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Description	A screenshot of Tetris for the NES. The game is shown in a "glitched" state, demonstrating the low contrast colors of level 146 (shown as "E9").
Author or copyright owner	Nintendo
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Frame from gameplay video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9oVQ43j22g
Date of publication	November 1989
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Tetris (NES video game)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	The screenshot shows that the color palette glitch makes the game board extremely difficult to see. This glitch is important because it prevented players from beating the game. The palette shown is the subject of sourced commentary. As a screenshot of high-level play, the image also illustrates the broken level counter and maximum score discussed in the article.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	The software or website from which the screenshot is taken is copyrighted and not released under a free license, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Image resolution is reduced.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution screenshot from software or a website will not impact the commercial viability of the software or site.
Other information	The piece colors shown were not intended by the developers and were determined by a software bug.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Tetris (NES video game)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tetris_NES_color_glitch.jpgtrue

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