Sega's arcade version of Tetris was released in December 1988.[5] In Japan, it was the highest-grossing arcade game of 1989,[6] and remained among the top ten annual highest-grossing arcade conversion kits through 1995.
Mega Drive version developed by Sanritsu Denki, which was cancelled, resulting in less than ten copies being printed.[8][9] A new version based on the arcade version was released on the Sega Genesis Mini in 2019.