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''Tetris'' holds the distinction of being the first video game played in space, by Russian astronaut {{wp|Aleksandr Serebrov|Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov}}.<ref>Plunkett, Luke. "This Game Boy Has Been to Space. For Real." ''Kotaku'', 4 May 2011, kotaku.com/5798377/this-game-boy-has-been-to-space-for-real. Retrieved January 22, 2018.</ref> The astronaut received the game from Nintendo's then-chairman, {{wp|Howard Lincoln}}, while the latter was on a trip in the USSR to see Pajitnov.<ref>Nintendo Staff. "A Link With The Soviet Union." ''Nintendo Power'', 1989, p. 54.</ref>