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I noticed in some of the screenshots that Tokyo System House (TSH), which produced the game for NEC, sublicensed Tetris from Bullet Proof Software (BPS), which licensed it from Elorg (Электро́норгтехника).

In 1988, BPS produced Tetris for many computer platforms in Japan, including FM-7, MSX2, PC-8800, PC-9800, X1, X68000, and Family Computer (NES). Some of these are NEC products. By 1991, when the word processor version was released, Tetris had been ported to even more machines including TRS-80, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, and Macintosh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tetris_variants

So I imagine the high polish of the game is due to existing industry experience and references.



FM-7 had a pair of 6809s, and the MSX2 had a 16-bit extension of the Z-80. TIL.




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