'Tetris' is playable in certain Russian trucks, and for a very specific reason

This is basically the car version of the Konami Code, right?

There’s an incredible Easter egg tucked away in the computer brains of trucks produced by Russia’s Gorky Automobile Plant. As the video above demonstrates, performing a specific set of steps unlocks a playable version of Tetris on the tiny dashboard screen.

The vehicle in question is the 2017 model of GAZelle Next trucks, according to a translation of a related news story provided by the Russian-speaking father of Mashable‘s Anna Shkolnikov.

This simple, monochrome version of Tetris is no mere Easter egg, either. It’s installed for the specific purpose of testing out the picture quality on the dashboard screen. The nature of the falling blocks game presumably allows testers to make sure every inch of the display works correctly, since you can effectively fill the screen. Read more…

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