Elektronorgtechnica (also spelled Electronorgtechnica), better known abbreviated as ELORG, is the former Soviet Ministry of Software and Hardware Export [1] [2] that was responsible for the licensing and development of the popular video game Tetris [3]. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Tetris (Тетрис is a Video puzzle game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in June 1985 while working for the Dorodnicyn As the game was owned by the state (Tetris was written by salaried programmers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences), all rights to the game worldwide were handled by ELORG [4]. The Russian Academy of Sciences (Российская Академия Наук Rossi'iskaya Akade'miya Nau'k, shortened to PAH RAN) consists of the National
The company was also associated with the export of Soviet design calculators, Electronika being one brand that was exported, rebranding them as ELORG products [5]. Elektronika (Russian Электроника) is the Brand name used for many different electronic products such as calculators electronic watches portable
ELORG is now reportedly a privatised Russian company which has retained the rights to the "Tetris" trademark [6] [2]. Tetris (Тетрис is a Video puzzle game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in June 1985 while working for the Dorodnicyn A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual ELORG is now a partner in the Tetris Company which licences the Tetris name to game companies, along with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and businessman Henk Rogers. The Tetris Company LLC, aka TTC is based in Hawaii and is managed by Henk Rogers. Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov (ru Алексей Леонидович Пажитнов regularly Aleksei Leonidovich Pazhitnovborn Henk Rogers is a video game designer and entrepreneur best known for winning a license for Nintendo's handheld and console versions of the Computer game
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- ^ BBC News: "Tetris: A chip off the old bloc" (Accessed June 1, 2006)
- ^ a b PR Newswire - "TETRIS INVENTOR GETS HIS DUE IN HISTORIC RUSSIA/US JOINT VENTURE" (Accessed June 1, 2006)
- ^ Atari HQ: Tetris History (Accessed June 1, 2006)
- ^ "Tetris Story" by Vadim Gerasimov (Accessed April 15, 2007)
- ^ Museum of Soviet Calculators on the Web - Export and Foreign (Accessed June 1, 2006)
- ^ The Tetris Taxonomy - "Putting the puzzle pieces back together: Alexey Pajitnov has a new game plan for Tetris. " (Accessed June 1, 2006)