987) Video Game "TETRIS", Niue Island: A new colourful $2 Silver coin issued by the New Zealand Mint, on behalf of Niue Island, commemorating the 35th Anniversary of this popular Video Game, which will be celebrated world-wide on 06.06.2019: Coin issue date: 15.04.2019:
The Government & Treasury of Niue Island has issued a new Silver $2 Collector Coin on 15.04.2019, which celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the original release of an electronic game which took the world by storm - TETRIS.
About TETRIS:
In 1984, Tetris was originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov, who was a Soviet Computer Specialist, while he was working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the Soviet Union in Moscow. The game was inspired by Pajitnov's favourite puzzle board game - Pentominos. He created an electronic game that let players arrange puzzle pieces in real time, as they fell from the top of the playing field.
The game's name was derived from the Greek numerical prefix - "tetra" or "tessara" (meaning "four"), as all of the game's pieces contain four segments and are based on the game of tennis - Pajitnov's favourite sport. The name is also used in-game to refer to the play where four lines, the maximum simultaneous clearance number, are cleared at once.
Tetris was the first entertainment software to be exported from the former Soviet Union to the USA, where it was published by Spectrum Holobyte for use with the Commodore 64 and IBM PC. While versions of Tetris were sold for a variety of home computers, especially in gaming arcades in the late 1980s, it was the hand-held version for the "Game Boy" launched in 1989, that established the game as one of the most popular and successful video games ever.
Electronic Gaming Monthly - the monthly US video game magazine, rated Tetris in first place as the "Greatest Game of All Time".
By 01/2010, the games in the franchise had sold more than 170 million copies, consisting of 70 million physical copies (approx.) and over 100 million copies for cell-phones, resulting in Tetris continuing its popularity as the "best-selling game of all-time".
The Silver $2 Coin commemorating the 35th Anniversary milestone of the Tetris Video Game placed against an arcade shaped cabinet in which the coin is housed
The game's pieces - tetriminos - are conglomerations of geometric shapes composed of four square blocks each. A random sequence of Tetriminos slowly fall down the playing field, which is rectangular vertical shaft, called the "well" or "matrix". The objective of the game is to manipulate these tetriminos by moving each one sideways or rotating by quarter-turns, so that, they form a solid horizontal line without gaps. When such a line is formed, it disappears and any blocks above it fall down to fill the space. When a certain number of lines are cleared, the game enters a new level.
As the game progresses, each level causes the tetriminos to fall faster and the game ends when the stack of tetriminos reaches the top of the playing field and no new tetriminos are able to enter. Some games also end after a finite number of levels or lines.
The Commemorative Coin:
The Obverse & Reverse of the $2 Coin commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the Tetris video game placed side-by-side
This coin has been minted by the New Zealand Mint at its facilities in Auckland on behalf of the Treasury of Niue Island and features the popular video game -Tetris. The issue of this coin coincides with the Bran's 35th Anniversary, which will be celebrated world-wide on 06.06.2019.
The Reverse of the $2 Silver Coin has been inspired by the video game itself, with the iconic Tetrimino shapes on a chequered Proof background, arranged in a way to make it appear as it they are falling, much like in the game itself.
The Obverse of the $2 Silver Coin depicts an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials "IRB" appear below the Queen's neck. The peripheral inscriptions are - "ELIZABETH II. NIUE. TWO DOLLARS. 2019".
The specifications of this $2 Coin are:
Denomination: $2 (Two Dollars); Metal Composition: .999 Silver (Ag); Weight: 31.1 grams or 1.0 Oz; Diameter/Size: 40.0 mm; Coin Quality: Proof with applied colour; Mintage: 3,000 pieces; Minted by: New Zealand Mint; On Behalf of: Niue Island; Year of issue: 2019.
Remarks: The coin is housed inside a specially designed Tetris-themed custom case shaped like an arcade cabinet and includes a colourful image of the Kremlin, paying a tribute to the games Russian origins. The Coin can be found cushioned in black felt by lifting the "cabinet" off the base, which includes a Certificate of Authenticity (COA), also on its base.
As the game progresses, each level causes the tetriminos to fall faster and the game ends when the stack of tetriminos reaches the top of the playing field and no new tetriminos are able to enter. Some games also end after a finite number of levels or lines.
The Commemorative Coin:
This coin has been minted by the New Zealand Mint at its facilities in Auckland on behalf of the Treasury of Niue Island and features the popular video game -Tetris. The issue of this coin coincides with the Bran's 35th Anniversary, which will be celebrated world-wide on 06.06.2019.
The specifications of this $2 Coin are:
Denomination: $2 (Two Dollars); Metal Composition: .999 Silver (Ag); Weight: 31.1 grams or 1.0 Oz; Diameter/Size: 40.0 mm; Coin Quality: Proof with applied colour; Mintage: 3,000 pieces; Minted by: New Zealand Mint; On Behalf of: Niue Island; Year of issue: 2019.
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1) Battle of Marathon: Battles that changed History Coin Series: A $2 Silver coin issued by the New Zealand Mint of behalf of Niue Islands in 2018
2) Sachin Tendulkar: "World's Greatest Batsman": Gold & Silver coins issued by the New Zealand Mint on behalf of Niue Islands in 2015
3) The Red Dragon, an issue from Niue Island: minted by the New Zealand Mint: "The Mythical Dragons of the World Coin Series": The first Silver 5 Dollars selectively coloured Coin in the Series features the "Red Dragon of Vortigern": Year of issue: 2019
4) "The Four Dragons", Niue Island: Minted by the New Zealand Mint: The "Mythical Dragons of the World Coin Series": The second Silver 5 Dollars Selectively Coloured Coin in the Series features the Four Dragons: the Long Dragon, the Yellow Dragon, the Black Dragon and the Pearl Dragon: Year of issue: 2019
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6) Video Game "TETRIS": A new colourful $2 Silver Coin issued by the New Zealand Mint, on behalf of Niue Island, commemorating the 35th Anniversary of this popular Video Game, which will be celebrated world-wide on 06.06.2019: Coin issue date: 15.04.2019
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