Back in 1988, the computer game Tetris made its first appearance in the US as a PC Game!
A little history…. the company that released the game was Spectrum Holobyte…. which had a dubious licensing right to the game. So when companies became interested in licensing Tetris for other platforms besides the PC, a series of events kicked off a long legal battle!
In the end…. (you probably know this… or can guess!) the big winner was Nintendo… who used the game Tetris to drive sales of its new Game Boy platform.
Compared to other games – it’s done really well….
Well.. it did very well… until recent times…
For a long time – it remained in the number 1 spot!!
It’s all about gamification. People love games!
Anything you do… if you can… add some gamification and people will be more engaged, they’ll try to get more points, more whatever it is that’s on offer… more points might unlock particular levels, etc…
Tetris was huge – and is still played a lot today.
It was simple. Engaging. Gave points. And the best thing… people talked about it. Which meant more and more people wanted to play it.