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Pentominoes
Pentominoes is our tribute to Tetris ?, a famous arcade game created years ago
in the Soviet Union by Alexey Pajitnov. Pentominoes began in Roman times, a game
with odd shaped pieces that come together to form a square or rectangle. Pentominoes
will look familiar to anyone who`s played Tetris ?. The pieces are all the shapes
one can make by combining five squares. Tetris pieces, however, are constructed
of four squares instead of five.
There are a total of 12 pieces, adding up to a total of 60 squares. You can arrange
these pieces in four different rectangles. There are many solutions for most, but
only two solutions for a 20 x 3 rectangle. You can flip and rotate the pieces as
much as you want.
Tetris ® is a registered trademark of The Tetris Company. Pentominoes is not
affiliated with The Tetris Company in any way.
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