Tetris is one of only a handful of games that have achieved a truly iconic status, and it’s also one of the most notorious brands for going after clones and copycats. Early mobile gamers may remember the drama surrounding Tris, which appeared just a few months following the App Store’s opening in 2008 and offered a port of a surprisingly playable version of Tetris for touchscreens that had been popular in the homebrew community for some time prior. With EA releasing the official Tetris game on the App Store’s debut that June at the then-standard price of $9.99 (boy, remember those days"), it wasn’t long before they went after Tris and forced Apple to give it the boot. EA’s Tetris wasn’t bad either, but if you asked players at the time, it was pretty universally agreed upon that Tris did it much better.
EA’s Tetris shenanigans wouldn’t end there though, as in 2011 they pulled that original paid version of Tetris that launched alongside the App Store in 2008 and replaced it with a totally revamped new version that featured tons of in-app purchases, including monthly and yearly subscription options. They were way ahead of the curve on that one! That new Tetris had some nice things going for it including some new control options and new modes, but it was a sucky move to anyone who had bought the original release on the App Store, especially at the original price of $9.99, to make them have to repurchase a new version t...