# Owokuqala unomusa

I-Tetris kwakuwumdlalo wokuqala wekhompyutha owawubandakanya ukuwa kwezicucu ze-tetromino okumele umdlali wegeyimu aziqondanise ukuze enze umugqa onganqamuki oshabalala kamuva ukuze kuvuleke isikhala sokudlala somdlalo esithe xaxa. Uma umdlali engakwazi ukwenza umugqa ongaqhekeki, isikhala sokudlala umdlalo sigcwala ngokushesha kuze kufike lapho kungasekho sikhala futhi umdlalo usuphelile.

Umdlalo kaTetris wahlelwa okokuqala ngo-1985 ezweni elaliyiSoviet Union ngu-Alexey Pazhitnov. Igijime emshinini obizwa nge-Electronica 60 kodwa yasheshe yathunyelwa ukuthi isebenze kwi-IBM PC kuyo leyo nyanga yokukhishwa kwayo okokuqala. Ngemuva kwenyanga eyodwa futhi umdlalo wawuthunyelwe ukusetshenziswa ku-Apple II naku-Commodore 64 yithimba lohlelo eHungary.

Kwafika eMelika ngo-1986

Umdlalo washeshe wabona inzalo evela endlini yesoftware ese-UK, u-Andromeda, owakhipha e-UK nase-USA ngo-1986 yize umqambi wohlelo lokuqala uPazhitnov ayengavumelananga nganoma yisiphi isivumelwano sokuthengisa noma sokunikeza amalayisense. Yize kunjalo, u-Anromeda ukwazile ukuthola amalayisensi we-copyright womdlalo futhi wamaketha iTetris njengoMdlalo wokuqala ngemuva kwekhethini lensimbi. I-Tetris yayiyi-smash hit esheshayo futhi inezinkulungwane zabantu ezazibanjwe.

inkampani entsha, i-ELORG, yathatha izingxoxo egameni likaPazhitnov futhi ekugcineni amalungelo okuthola amalayisense anikezwa iNintendo ngo-1989 ngesamba esiphakathi kwezigidi ezintathu kuya kwezi-5 zamaRandi. AbakwaNintendo basheshe basebenzisa amandla abo ezinkampani futhi benqabela noma iyiphi enye inkampani ukumaketha umdlalo u-Andromeda ayewunikeze ilayisense, kufaka ne-Atari. Kodwa-ke, iTetris yayibe ngumdlalo omkhulu kakhulu wokuthengisa kuwo wonke amafomethi ngaleso sikhathi.

Namuhla iTetris isathandwa kakhulu, ngezinguqulo ezisebenza kuwo wonke amafomethi, futhi isalawula ukwenza abantu babanjwe ngumdlalo wayo olula kodwa onomlutha.