How making the most successful video game ever changed Alexey Pajitnov’s life.

The game’s past, present, and future.

In which the author’s wife attempts to break the world record in Tetris.

On video game collectors’ “holy grail” – a Nintendo World Championships cartridge:

Wired.com tracked down some of the Nintendo World Championships participants and serious videogame collectors whose lives have touched by these coveted artifacts of a bygone 8-bit era. Here are their stories.