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author: Jan Brennenstuhl
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- Urbanism
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  alt: 'Tetris Hack: Amazing 90 Meters Tetris Game!'
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date: '2012-05-16T21:19:24Z'
description: 'Tetris Hack: 153 windows, 153 pixels - the front of the MIT’s Green Building lit up in a colorful display of the popular puzzler Tetris!'
tags:
- Urban Hacking
- Electronic Art
- American Urbanism
title: 'Tetris Hack: Amazing 90 Meters Tetris Game!'
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/amazing-90-meters-tetris-game/
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# Tetris Hack: Amazing 90 Meters Tetris Game!

The MIT’s *Green Building* recently hosted the world’s largest Tetris game! The 90 meters tall academic and research building was designed by noted architect I. M. Pei, whose window facade suited perfectly for a 17x9 pixel Tetris screen...


## Tetris on the MIT Green Building


As The Tech pointed out in a [corresponding article](http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N22/tetris.html), the mysteriously appearing Tetris hack, which was described as *The holy grail of hacks* was *the culmination of over four and a half years of work by an undisclosed number of hackers*! The group of hackers used the already installed LED arrays to light up the windows with a variety of colors for the super-sized video game, allowing not just students to play a fully functional game of Tetris on the Green Building!

In my eyes, transforming buildings into massive arcade games is a great way of showing expertise! Those who wanna see more, should check out the [15 meters Space Invader game](/15-meters-space-invader-game/), **Filthy Luker** installed in Manchester not long ago.

Via [popupcity.net](http://popupcity.net/2012/05/the-worlds-largest-tetris-game/).