Marketing Strategy for Global Success
Henk Rogers: [[w:Game Boy|Game Boys; [w:Super Mario Land|Mario; [w:Tetris (Game Boy video game)|package them with ''Tetris'']
Gentlemen, if you want to sell a couple hundred thousand ] to little kids, package them with ]. But if you want to sell millions of Game Boys to absolutely everyone, young and old, around the world... ].
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Chaos in the Soviet Union Amidst Change
Kevin Maxwell: [[w:Dissolution of the Soviet Union|is about to implode]
The Soviet Union ]. Everyone's snatching up what they can, and Gorbachev can't do a thing about it!
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A Strategic Approach to Problem Solving
Henk Rogers:
How did you know where to find us?
Alexey Pajitnov:
It was easy. I thought "What would I never do?
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Pioneers Must Take Risks to Succeed
Henk Rogers:
Pioneers have to bet the house to win.
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Programming Languages: Preferences and Perspectives
Henk Rogers:
Um, I like Pascal. Assembler is my go-to. But never underestimate...
Alexey Pajitnov:
...the power of BASIC.
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The Lasting Impact of Tetris on Dreams
Henk Rogers:
I played Tetris for five minutes. I still see falling blocks in my dreams.
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The Ethics of Game Ownership and Profit
Alexey Pajitnov:
Mr. Rogers, I don't have right to receive money from my game.
Henk Rogers:
Well, that's crime.
Alexey Pajitnov:
No. This is communism.
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The Boundless Nature of Good Ideas
Alexey Pajitnov:
Good ideas have no borders.
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Questioning American Emotion in Tetris
Henk Rogers:
Is now the time for American emotion?
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The Importance of Partnerships in Success
Henk Rogers: [assistant translating in Japanese; video game beeps, boings; video game chiming; [w:Punch-Out!! (1987 video game)|Punch-Out!!]
You don't do it often, true. But you do make exceptions. Because you know as well as I do, partners are what make us great. That's why Mario has Luigi. That's why Zelda has Link. That's why Mike Tyson has whoever he's punching out in ]
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The Origins of a Gaming Revolution
Henk Rogers: [[w:Alexey Pajitnov|Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov; [w:Electronika 60|Electronika 60; [w:IBM PC compatible|IBM-compatible; [w:Economy of the Soviet Union|But this is the Soviet Union, remember?]
It all began with a guy named ], four years ago. By day, he worked as a programmer for the government at the Soviet Computer Science Center. But by night, he invented games for fun. His computer, a Stone Age, Soviet piece of crap called an ], didn't even have a graphics card. His falling blocks were parentheses pushed together. Alexey and a couple of buddies from work made the game ]. Which meant color graphics, 8-bit music and floppy disks that people copied and shared for free. It spread like wildfire. ] Nothing gets out easily. It would take an entrepreneur to actually go there and monetize it.
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