Elektronorgtechnica

Elektronorgtechnica (also spelled "Electronorgtechnica"), better known abbreviated as ELORG, is the former Soviet Ministry of Software and Hardware Export [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3479989.stm BBC News: "Tetris: A chip off the old bloc"] (Accessed June 1 2006)] [http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=34683 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 [ [http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/special/tetrishist.html 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 [ [http://vadim.oversigma.com/Tetris.htm "Tetris Story"] by Vadim Gerasimov (Accessed April 15 2007)] .

The company was also associated with the export of Soviet design calculators, Electronika being one brand that was exported, rebranding them as ELORG products [ [http://www.taswegian.com/MOSCOW/contentsassorted.html 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 [ [http://www.arkmay.com/tetris/articles/alexey.html 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.

ee also

*Tetris

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