Elektronorgtechnica

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Elektronorgtechnica (also spelled Electronorgtechnica), better known abbreviated as ELORG, is the former Soviet Ministry of Software and Hardware Export [BBC News: "Tetris: A chip off the old bloc"] (Accessed June 1 2006) [PR Newswire - "TETRIS INVENTOR GETS HIS DUE IN HISTORIC RUSSIA/US JOINT VENTURE"] (Accessed June 1 2006) that was responsible for the licensing and development of the popular video game Tetris [Atari HQ: Tetris History] (Accessed June 1 2006). As the game was owned by the state (Tetris was written by salaried programmers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences), all rights to the game worldwide were handled by ELORG ["Vadim Gerasimov - Tetris Story"] (Accessed June 1 2006).

The company was also associated with the export of Soviet design calculators, Electronika being one brand that was exported, rebranding them as ELORG products [Museum of Soviet Calculators on the Web - Export and Foreign] (Accessed June 1 2006).

ELORG is now reportedly a privatised Russian company which has retained the rights to the "Tetris" trademark [The Tetris Taxonomy - "Putting the puzzle pieces back together: Alexey Pajitnov has a new game plan for Tetris. "] (Accessed June 1 2006) . ELORG is now a partner in the Tetris Company which licences the Tetris name to game companies, along with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and businessman Henk Rogers.

See also

• Tetris

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