Which company published the first U.S. commercial release of Tetris?

Spectrum HoloByte published the first U.S. commercial release of Tetris.

Its version was released for IBM PC-compatible computers in January 1988, following the licensing efforts of Robert Stein's Andromeda Software. Spectrum HoloByte obtained the American rights through Stein, while Mirrorsoft handled the British and broader European computer market.

The U.S. release deliberately emphasized Tetris's Soviet origins. Spectrum HoloByte used red packaging, Cyrillic lettering, Russian-themed imagery, and music associated with the game's setting. That presentation helped make the game feel like an unusual cultural import rather than an ordinary Western computer title.

The other choices refer to important later parts of Tetris history. Bullet-Proof Software published Japanese versions, Nintendo became central to the Game Boy and console releases, and Mirrorsoft published the first British commercial edition. The wording “first U.S. commercial release” points specifically to Spectrum HoloByte's 1988 computer version, not to the later Nintendo editions.