Tetris cartridge for the Game Boy
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Object Details
- Associated Name
- Huynh, Richard
- Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Description
- All original Game Boys were bundled with Tetris, an addictive game developed in 1985 by Russian mathematician Alexey Pazhitnov and assisted by Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov. As with the NES, game software was stored on removable cartridges, allowing users to switch games at whim.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Richard Huynh
- CA 1985
- ca 1985
- ID Number
- 2003.0344.02
- catalog number
- 2003.0344.02
- accession number
- 2003.0344
- Object Name
- Video Game Cartridge
- Object Type
- Video Game
- Measurements
- overall: 7 cm x 6.5 cm x 1.5 cm; 2 3/4 in x 2 9/16 in x 9/16 in
- place made
- Japan
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Family & Social Life
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Games
- Record ID
- nmah_1253119
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-35a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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