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Why did acquiring the rights to the original Tetris almost trigger an international political crisis in the 1980s?

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Why did acquiring the rights to the original Tetris almost trigger an international political crisis in the 1980s?

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Why did acquiring the rights to the original Tetris almost trigger an international political crisis in the 1980s?
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