"The game you couldn't put down. The story you couldn't make up."
Tetris - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
8-bit scene transitions and pixelated car crashes
Throughout the film, establishing shots and even the climactic car chase feature vehicles and buildings morphing into 8-bit graphics. This is a direct stylistic homage to the era of gaming that Tetris helped define, breaking the fourth wall to remind the audience they are watching a story about a video game.
Real-life cameos during the epilogue
During the film's epilogue and credits, archival footage and photographs of the real Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov are shown, honoring the real men who lived through the bureaucratic nightmare to bring the game to the masses.
Nintendo executive's hatred of Atari
A Nintendo executive explicitly mentions how much they hate Atari. This is a comedic nod to the intense, real-life 'console wars' and the massive legal battles between Nintendo and Atari (Tengen) during the late 80s over publishing rights for games, including Tetris itself.