Alexei Leonidovich Pazhitnov (born March 14, 1956 , Moscow ) is a Soviet Russian and American programmer , game designer , creator of the Tetris game.
| Alexey Pazhitnov | |
|---|---|
 Alexey Pajitnov ( Barcelona , 2008 ) | |
| Date of Birth | March 14, 1956 (63 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , RSFSR , USSR |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  USA |
| Occupation | game designer , programmer |
| Awards and prizes | Game Developers Choice Awards |
Biography
He graduated from the Moscow Mathematical School No. 91 and the Moscow Aviation Institute .
He worked in the Computing Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences , dealt with the problems of artificial intelligence and speech recognition . In the same place, in 1984, he developed the famous Tetris game.
In 1988, with the support of the company Bullet-Proof Software, he organized the company AnimaTek (development of gaming software), and in 1991 moved with it to the United States .
In October 1996, he moved to Microsoft , where he was involved in the development of puzzles. Left Microsoft in 2005 .
In 1997, Computer Gaming World put Alexei Pazhitnov in fourth place on the list of the most influential people in the gaming industry [2] .
On August 18, 2005, WildSnake Software released the announcement [3] that Alexey Pazhitnov joins this company and begins to develop a new series of games.
March 7, 2007 was awarded the Game Developers Choice Awards First Penguin Award [4] .
June 24, 2009 was awarded the honorary LARA - Der Deutsche Games Award [5] .
Personal life
Pazhitnov’s son, Dmitry, died in a ski accident on Mount Rainier in 2017. [6] [7]
Games
| Title | Year of issue | OS , computer | The role of Pajitnov |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetris | 1984 | Electronics-60 , IBM PC | The original idea, (the algorithm with Dmitry Pavlovsky, the program from Electronics-60 to the IBM PC was transferred by Vadim Gerasimov ) |
| Welltris | 1989 | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS , Macintosh and ZX Spectrum | The overall design of the game, together with Andrei Sgenov (aka Andrei Sgenov) |
| Faces | 1990 | DOS , Macintosh [8] | Original idea (together with Vladimir Pokhilko) |
| Hatris | 1990 | TurboGrafx-16, Arcade, Game Boy & NES | Original idea |
| Knight move | 1990 | Famicom Disk System ( Japan ) | Idealist |
| El fish | 1993 | Dos | Original idea (together with Vladimir Pokhilko) |
| BreakThru! | 1994 | Windows 3.x | Pajitnov’s photo on the cover of the game. |
| Wild snake | 1994 | Game Boy & Super NES | General game design |
| Knight moves | 1995 | Microsoft Windows | Idealist |
| Ice & fire | 1995 | Windows, Macintosh & PlayStation | Original idea (together with Vladimir Pokhilko) |
| Clockwerx | 1995 | Microsoft Windows | The original idea. Pajitnov’s photo on the cover of the game. |
| Tetrisphere | 1997 | Nintendo 64 | Assistant |
| Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection | 1997 | Windows & Game Boy Color | General game design |
| Pandora's box | 1999 | Windows | General game design |
| Hexic hd | 2005 | Xbox 360 | Original idea and design. |
| Dwice | 2006 | Windows | General game design |
| Hexic 2 | 2007 | Xbox 360 | General game design |
| Marbly | 2013 | iOS | Original idea and design. |
Notes
- ↑ 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards To Honor Miyamoto, Pajitnov
- ↑ The Most Influential People in Computer Gaming // Computer Gaming World : journal. - Ziff Davis , 1997 .-- October ( no. 159 ). - P. 56 .
- ↑ WildSnake collaborates with Tetris creator!
- ↑ 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards To Honor Miyamoto, Pajitnov
- ↑ Games Award ehrt Tetris-Erfinder Paschitnow
- ↑ Dmitri Pajitnov - In Memoriam, retrieved February 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Skier identified after body was missing for a month on Mount Rainier, retrieved Feb 9, 2018 . The News Tribune (August 22, 2017).
- ↑ Mann, Richardo. Faces (Eng.) // Compute! : journal. - 1990 .-- December ( no. 124 ). - P. 92 .
Links
- Alexey Pazhitnov on www.peoples.ru
- Moby Games Employee Page - Alexey Pajitnov
- Tetris - from Russia with love , BBC , Interview July 6, 2004. (eng.)
- How to write Tetris , Colta.ru , Interview September 11, 2011