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Tetris cartridge
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Nintendo Game Boy

Gaming on the move was all the rage. The arrival of the portable Game Boy meant friends finally became redundant in 1989.

The nation's youth sat staring at Tetris blocks falling down the tiny monochrome screen as they travelled on buses, sat in parks or waited for lessons to start.

It took nearly a decade before the concept of two-player interaction returned.


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