Tetris has been inducted into the "Hall of Fame" of the following publications: Computer Gaming World (1999), GameSpy (2000), GameSpot (2003), and IGN (2007). Tetris was listed as part of the game canon, announced at the 2007 Game Developers Conference by Henry Lowood of Stanford University as a list of ten games modelered after the National Film Preservation Board to be considered for preservation by the Library of Congress. In November 2012, the Museum of Modern Art acquired Tetris, along with thirteen other video games, to display. As part of the 2015 inaugural class, The Strong National Museum of Play inducted Tetris into the World Video Game Hall of Fame for its iconic nature.
Tetris has been inducted into the "Hall of Fame" of the following publications: Computer Gaming World (1999), GameSpy (2000), GameSpot (2003), and IGN (2007). Tetris was listed as part of the game canon, announced at the 2007 Game Developers Conference by Henry Lowood of Stanford University as a list of ten games modelered after the National Film Preservation Board to be considered for preservation by the Library of Congress. In November 2012, the Museum of Modern Art acquired Tetris, along with thirteen other video games, to display. As part of the 2015 inaugural class, The Strong National Museum of Play inducted Tetris into the World Video Game Hall of Fame for its iconic nature.