this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2023
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That’s only because in the West there was no way for the game to reach customers at the time. The game was popular in the “Soviet Block” just fine, because distribution model was different.
Today, it would spread through internet like fire.
Sure, I'm always playing Vietnamese and Cuban games. They're grrrreat!
And Tetris was only successful because of licencing, let's not create an alternative history here