At 12:09 22.02.99 -0800, you wrote:
>Where does the Atari Games arcade version come in? Doesn't that predate
>the home versions?
>I always thought that was the first.
No, the PC and home computer versions by Spectrum Holobyte in the USA
and by Mirrorsoft in Europe were released before Atari's arcade version.
Mirrorsoft, Spectrum Holobyte's British sister company, sublicensed the
arcade and videogame rights to Atari Games although they didn't have them
at that time. They were able to get the arcade rights from Elorg, but lost
the videogame and handheld rights to Bullet Proof Software/Nintendo.
So Atari's arcade version came after the computer versions but before
the videogame and handheld versions.
If you want to know more about the complicated licensing story of Tetris,
you should get a copy of David Sheff's 'Game Over' book.
Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg
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