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The Tetris manual had names for the blocks (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by TigerClawTV@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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The long one was called Hero. Ain't that the truth.

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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Fairly certain this was proven to be fake

[–] danielton@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yes, unfortunately, this is fake.

Citation: https://nerdist.com/article/jeopardy-fake-tetris-name-error/

[–] TigerClawTV@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Oh wow props

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

It seems odd that a Russian would name blocks after US states.

[–] zuu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Feel like if it were real it would’ve been included in the recent Tetris movie? Too bizarre to have been skipped and fits with the theme of the movie.