From what I´ve heard, Alexey Pajitnov, who created Tetris in 84, did not receive any royalties from Tetris since he was employed by The Soviet Government. It wasn´t until he moved to The US in 91 and found the Tetris company with Hank Rogers in 96 that he finally could collect royalties from his game.
he got 50% royalties after 1995 and he finally got 100% royalties after buying elgor the state company which went private after the dissolution of the soviet union. and then he bought in 2005.
1984 it was in the Soviet Union. there's no way anyone would even think of getting royalties. because all products in the Soviet Union belonged to the state. that's why tetris is actually free if you're in the Soviet Union.
The story on the licensing rights to Tetris and how it entered into the world is quite the fascinating one. The Soviet Union is nearing its end, and a battle for the rights to one of history's greatest games is underway in the background. I recommend The Gaming Historian's "Story of Tetris" and the BBC Documentary "Tetris: From Russia With Love" for the most accurate retelling of what happened, but there's some stuff that makes you go, "wait, that was TRUE!" Still funny to see them making it all look so dramatic, though. "THIS... Is the Game Boy! Only 10 other people have seen it until now!"
I saw the film and I knew the real story a few decades ago (there are more documentaries about Tetris than there are about.. well anything). This film, is 80% real. There were no car chases, but there was some scary shit that went down. Still, it was a damn good film.
So the movie is going to be KIND OF true as there was a Henk Rogers who was a publisher for Nintendo, and he traveled to Russia in the 80's to try to secure the handheld (Gameboy) rights to Tetris. Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris, but he had wrote it during his off time while working directly for the communist Soviet government, so it technically belonged to that government (which was managed by a government division under the name ELORG). Plus there were other actors claiming that they had secured rights to publish the game for computers, consoles, and arcades. It really is an *interesting* story, but I'm rather certain there were no tanks or car chases. 😂 Another commenter has already linked a video from the Gaming Historian, their channel has a full on documentary on the story, I really recommend it.
I don't know, like I said I found it to be a very interesting story all on its own, and if its told well then there shouldn't be a need to add so much embellishment as to make it a farce. Rogers traveling to Russia at the height of the cold war with no idea where he was going or whether the people he was meeting would be hostile or not should be a tense enough situation for most people, like it doesn't have to be a Bourne move or whatever.
England vs usa vs japan trying to buy a game Tetris from the Soviet Union. Everyone knows how complicated it is and there are people who use party power to block other groups from by Tetris
This russian NES bootleg is called Dendy, and actually developed by Taiwan company Steepler from chieniese components. Very compicated story. As all 90s Russia was
Okay this story is true but for movie purposes it is a little bit over-the-top dramatized. For entertainment value they added a few details but this is basically how it went down.
As an Asian, I can relate with the famicom/nes bootleg cartridges. I have the Chinese bootleg famicom console that came with a bootleg 66in1 cartridge and a bootleg zapper. It was the best we can get here back then. The official Nintendo one was either so hard to find or so god darn pricey for normal people in the 3rd world country. You can buy like 10 bootleg cartridges for the price of one official so it was the way to go for parents here.
We haven’t really changed up our spread in a while: Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Disney Plus. I would like to get Paramount long enough to finally see the new Twilight Zone and I really want to see this movie. Not sure what I’d drop though. If it was just me, it would be Hulu once MHA finishes S6 but everyone else has shows they like on it.
the coolest thing I know coming out for February is Carnival Row season 2 on Amazon prime. season 1 was great: like, London circa 1900 except fairies are real, and Orlando Bloom is a detective. romantic and fantastical,
I think that this'll be a "dramatization of" or "based on a true story." It's literally a return to the cold war "russia bad/usa good" style films. Not that there's any need for propaganda against russia considering their current regime and actions. I'm just saying that it seems likely the film is trying to ride the current dislike for russia so if it *wasn't* juicy enough they'd just invent scenes whole cloth to make it so.
When actuallity it was a story about a Corporation from England trying to fuck over the Soviet Union who they basically considered a bunch of rubes and an American who worked for Nintendo of America who basically uncovered how that Corporation was fucking over the soviet union and went to them with a counter offer. The head of the department that covered the issue in the soviet union was now run by an ex KGB member who outsmarted the England based corporation and licensed the Exclusive rights for home console, arcade, and everything besides computers to Nintendo of Japan. At the same time massive lawsuits between nintendo and atari were underway, the soviet union was on the brink of collapse. And major players all over the world were throwing money at what seemed a childrens game. I feel like the movie will be overrdramatized which is a shame as I feel it could have easily been done straight drama and be even better.
The way I do streaming is month to month. I have all the basics installed but If I want to watch something on an app I’ll subscribe and then immediately unsubscribe. That way I can watch what I want but not get charged for months when I’m not even watching anything on it. So in a way I have all of the streaming services…but also none of them 😅
interesting fact : because the Soviet Union was cut off from the world economy. so soon the clone game was made by the Soviet Union state company and was sold for free in the Soviet Union. cannot be sued by private companies of other countries. a lot of people to the Soviet Union to get cheap medical drugs and software .
Wait a minute the emoji movie is one of the most famously horrible things ever put to a cinema screen and you actually WANT a Tetris a movie like that? What the hell is wrong with you people on the Internet?!!?
This is greatly exagerated, there is a good documentary on the gaming historian chanel ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_fQtxKmgJC8.html ) about it, still crazy but not Jason Bourne crazy. Also : hi.
