Artistic License – Art: During his conversation with Yamauchi, Henk talks about partnership, bringing up comparisons with Zelda and Link.It was also likely to Hand Wave the fact that Henk was able to rewrite Tetris to run on Game Boy so quickly, as C code can be compiled to run on multiple platforms, while code written in assembly would require complete rewrites to run on a new platform. This was likely done because assembly can look like random gibberish to the average layman, while C is much more human readable. C compilers in the 80s were not optimized enough to output efficient code to run on video game consoles of the era, and so most games were programmed in assembly. In addition, it's claimed that Super Mario Land was programmed in C, which also happens to be the language Henk Rogers' version of Tetris is written in.In reality this would've required major modifications to the source code. Artistic License: In regards to computer science: When convincing Nintendo to pack Tetris with the Game Boy instead of Super Mario Land, he is able to rewrite his source code for the game to run on the Game Boy simply by changing a few lines of code, and it looks exactly like the commercial release of the game.Armour-Piercing Question: One delivered by Henk Rogers directly to Robert Maxwell, near the end of the movie.Unfortunately, corruption has no borders too.Anachronism Stew: When Henk mentions Zelda and Link, we see footage of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, which was made in 2002 while the movie is set in the 80s.After all of this, he understandably goes into a Villainous BSoD. His father Robert Maxwell still congratulates him however, because Kevin's efforts means the Maxwells are now able to bluff Nintendo into signing a fraudulent contract, something that horrifies Kevin. After going through all the trouble to make a deal with ELORG for Tetris, it turns out that due to his father's fraudulent activities, the Maxwells don't have the liquid assets necessary to keep their end of the deal in time for the Tetris rights to be secured. All for Nothing: Kevin Maxwell plays this straight.Air Guitar: Henk Rogers does this during an underground party he attends with Alexey to the theme of Europe's "The Final Countdown".In general, he was a much more complicated and sympathetic person than the Corrupt Bureaucrat with a Chronic Backstabbing Disorder portrayed in the movie. Also, the movie severely underplays the fact that he was the man who discovered Tetris, recognised its huge potential and first bought it to a wider audience. His company, Andromeda Software, was also much more than a simple IP leecher it had, in fact, developed over 70 titles by the time Tetris came along, and Stein is known in his home country as " The Father of Hungarian Video Game Development ". Adaptational Villainy: The real Robert Stein was more direct in his dealings and was, in fact, already negotiating handheld rights with Atari when Henk Rogers contacted him note In reality, the Game Boy had already been out in Japan, without any bundled games, for some time by then, meaning he didn't go behind his back to screw him.As the Gaming Historian shows, in reality his ignorance played a huge part in Stein and Mirrorsoft eventually losing the Tetris deal. Adaptational Intelligence: Kevin Maxwell is shown to be a competent, if somewhat arrogant and pushy, negotiator, managing to secure an initial offer for the Tetris rights from ELORG (though that was mostly due to his father's deals with the KGB).The film premiered on Apple TV+ March 31, 2023. With enemies on both sides of the Iron Curtain, Rogers and Pajitnov must work together to bring the beloved game to the world. His quest is complicated however, when he finds the rights to the game are controlled by the Soviet government, who hold a tight grip on the IP. Baird ( Stan & Ollie), produced by Matthew Vaughn, and stars Taron Egerton, Nikita Yefremov, Roger Allam, and Toby Jones.Įgerton plays Henk Rogers, a video game producer who discovers the game created by Russian designer Alexey Pajitnov (Yefremov) and sets out to secure the rights to bundle the game with the upcoming Game Boy. Tetris is a 2023 biographical drama thriller film based around the iconic video game and the legal battles for its licensing.
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