When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While legendary puzzle game Tetris was created by Russian programmer Alexey Pajitnov, it spread ...

‘Dr. Mario’ combined germs, logic, and light plagiarism. It was also familiar to Henk Rogers, the producer who partnered with Pajitnov to bring Tetris to the world and, most importantly, to Nintendo.