Antix (computer game)
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Antix is a video game developed by Dmitry Pavlovsky, one of the original developers of the video game Tetris
, and realized in 1985.". The game was named Antix by Dmitry, what is short for Antixonix, because it was a version of a game Xonix
.
The game has an inverted hidden play field. It was first developed for the Elektronika 60 and then ported to MS-DOS
by Dmitry and Vadim Gerasimov
. Xonix was very popular at Dorodnicyn Computing Centre
, where Dmitry was a computer engineer, and in Moscow
before Tetris was made.
Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
, and realized in 1985.". The game was named Antix by Dmitry, what is short for Antixonix, because it was a version of a game Xonix
Xonix
Xonix is a video game in the style of Qix by Ilan Rav and Dani Katz.Xonix was very popular at the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, where Dmitry Pavlovsky, one of the original developers of the video game Tetris, was a computer engineer, and was the direct inspiration for Antix.-External Links:* at...
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The game has an inverted hidden play field. It was first developed for the Elektronika 60 and then ported to MS-DOS
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...
by Dmitry and Vadim Gerasimov
Vadim Gerasimov
Vadim Gerasimov is an engineer at Google. In 1994-2003 Vadim worked and studied at the MIT Media Lab. At age 16 he was one of the original co-developers of the famous video game Tetris: he ported Alexey Pajitnov's original game to the PC architecture and the two later added features to the game....
. Xonix was very popular at Dorodnicyn Computing Centre
Dorodnicyn Computing Centre
Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre was established in 1955 and became a leading research institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union...
, where Dmitry was a computer engineer, and in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
before Tetris was made.