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Tetris is not designed to be beaten. Throughout the game's history of nearly 40 years, people simply assumed that it was designed to continue indefinitely until the player lost. However, the evolving professional Tetris scene, striving for previously unattainable levels, eventually pushed the game's code to its limits.

Professional Tetris player Willis "Blue Scuti" Gibson became the first person to "beat" Tetris some three decades after its original release by playing the game's most extreme levels until it crashed. Even this feat is only one more step on a long journey to discover how far humans can push Tetris.

Tetris doesn't have a traditional ending like most single-player games – it's designed to run until the player loses. For decades, pro players thought they'd reached the theoretical end of the NES version – the agreed-upon regulation version of the game – but recent breakthroughs revolutionized high-level play and put the code's breaking point within reach.

A 13-year-old is the first human to beat Tetris

Professional Tetris player Willis "Blue Scuti" Gibson became the first person to "beat" Tetris some three decades after its original release by playing the game's most extreme...

www.techspot.com

 

[RoboFu]

thats not beating it. you cannot beat it... it just froze from a memory overflow. lol

 

[Zathalus]

Impressive stuff. Playing the game until the NES threw in the towel and said fuck it.

 

[kazuyamishima]

Wow, the game really had enough of him.

 

[Majormaxxx]

His console overheated and he pissed himself lol

 

[Alx]

thats not beating it. you cannot beat it... it just froze from a memory overflow. lol

Well it's not a random overflow, it froze because he went as far into the game as it is technically possible (score of 999999), so definitely reaching its end. Hence beating it.

 

[funking giblet]

Well it's not a random overflow, it froze because he went as far into the game as it is technically possible (score of 999999), so definitely reaching its end. Hence beating it.

It is a little random, you can actually go further and wrap level 0, but a human hasn't done it, so he caused the crash instead. The crash can be avoided.

 

[baphomet]

Well it's not a random overflow, it froze because he went as far into the game as it is technically possible (score of 999999), so definitely reaching its end. Hence beating it.

People have been maxing the score out for decades.

That's not beating it.

 

[Pelao]

Sure, technically it's not "beating it," but it's still impressive. The kid is really good at Tetris and not just anyone can do what he did. I at least suck at Tetris NES, I'm too used to the more modern versions of the game.

 

[cjp]

Ars has a great read on this

34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen”

BlueScuti forces the game to crash after 40 minutes and 1,511 lines.

arstechnica.com

 

[BlackTron]

When you beat someone by just completely breaking them.

 

[Chuck Berry]

It aint the Tengen version so it doesnt count

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

Why don’t headlines ever match reality

 

[Sorcerer]

It's like reaching what is it level 256 in Pac-Man? The game just wigs out. If Tetris threw in the towel for the kid, then consider yourself beaten Tetris!!!
I wonder if that was the reason, dev's started incorporating endings into arcade games? People would milk one quarter all day on a game like Asteroids, (hunting the UFO's after clearing all but one rock on a stage) and the arcade owner was probably losing a small fortune.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Regardless if he actually “beat” it or not, it’s a breath of fresh air seeing a younger teen playing something other than Fortnite, Minecraft, that other ftp level and game building game whatever it’s called, or Warzone.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Ars has a great read on this

34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen”

BlueScuti forces the game to crash after 40 minutes and 1,511 lines.

arstechnica.com

 

[midnightAI]

Pfff, come on Nintendo patch that shit

 

[mitch1971]

38:31 Got to love the blue 'tetris glove' he has on...

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

It's like reaching what is it level 256 in Pac-Man? The game just wigs out. If Tetris threw in the towel for the kid, then consider yourself beaten Tetris!!!
I wonder if that was the reason, dev's started incorporating endings into arcade games? People would milk one quarter all day on a game like Asteroids, (hunting the UFO's after clearing all but one rock on a stage) and the arcade owner was probably losing a small fortune.

I’m really only replying to you because you used the words “wigs out” haven’t heard that used in a long long time lol

The last time I wigged out was on 3 hits of Purrple Jesus. Lol

 

[rofif]

technique called "hyper-tapper" ?!
That's what my wife calls me every weekend

 

[VinnyMac]

Bro came in clutch like 4 times lmao

 

[twilo99]

Incredible.

What was he playing on?

 

[Sorcerer]

I’m really only replying to you because you used the words “wigs out” haven’t heard that used in a long long time lol

The last time I wigged out was on 3 hits of Purrple Jesus. Lol

Yeah, I'm not sure where that came from. My fingers are faster than my brain. LOL!!!

 

[Flutta]

Why don’t headlines ever match reality

Because reality sucks.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Imagine him getting turned down by a girl to the homecoming dance, because she went for the kid with the Columns high score.

 

[bitbydeath]

The cynic in me says he cheated, just like all those “speed runners” out there.

 

[Alebrije]

 

[Filben]

In a literal sense he has "beaten" the game, yes.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Champ deserves a real gaming chair.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Tetris speed caps at lvl 29 so you really beat Tetris once you reach lvl 29. Which anyone from the age of 5 can do.

 

[ReBurn]

Games on my NES froze all the time. I didn't know I was making history.

 

[farmerboy]

Love the nitpicking in this thread about the legitimacy of the kill screen.

Kids a gun.

 

[bender]

Love the nitpicking in this thread about the legitimacy of the kill screen.

Kids a gun.

The dismissals are weird. Props to this kid...though he's probably a robot.

 

[IDKFA]

Kid to his NES before he's about to get started.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Bruh this can't be real

 

[Kenpachii]

Bruh this can't be real

Bet she can't even beat the first level.

 

[AngelMuffin]

Professional Tetris Player?

 

[Hohenheim]

I get a headache from just looking at that shit.
Tetris is great, but so damn stressful after a while!
Amazing archivement by this kiddo.

 

[Zuzu]

It's a great achievement but I don't think it should be considered the true end of the game. The true end should be considered Level 255 where all the blocks turn red and upon beating it the game loops back around to start again at Level 00. No one has gotten close to that yet and the player would have to actively avoid triggering the kill switches littered in the code at higher levels.

 

[T-0800]

Tetris is not designed to be beaten. Throughout the game's history of nearly 40 years, people simply assumed that it was designed to continue indefinitely until the player lost. However, the evolving professional Tetris scene, striving for previously unattainable levels, eventually pushed the game's code to its limits.

Professional Tetris player Willis "Blue Scuti" Gibson became the first person to "beat" Tetris some three decades after its original release by playing the game's most extreme levels until it crashed. Even this feat is only one more step on a long journey to discover how far humans can push Tetris.

Tetris doesn't have a traditional ending like most single-player games – it's designed to run until the player loses. For decades, pro players thought they'd reached the theoretical end of the NES version – the agreed-upon regulation version of the game – but recent breakthroughs revolutionized high-level play and put the code's breaking point within reach.

A 13-year-old is the first human to beat Tetris

Professional Tetris player Willis "Blue Scuti" Gibson became the first person to "beat" Tetris some three decades after its original release by playing the game's most extreme...

www.techspot.com

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

He deserves to be on the Olympus of gamers and make a holy grail.

 

[Toons]

Wish I was this cool as a kid

Tetris is still awesome

 

[CrustyBritches]

Bruh this can't be real

Dumb cunt doesn't realize how much money pro gamers make these days.

 

[SleepySlippy]

The game can't be won, but it's definitely been beaten lol

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Tetris music until the game memory overruns?...no thanks.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Bruh this can't be real

Like...99,9% of everyone on this planet wouldn't do what this kid did...but plenty of people do what she does for a living and better, clearly. She should just sit down.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

thats not beating it. you cannot beat it... it just froze from a memory overflow. lol

Well, Tetris literally shit it's pants competing against the kid. That's the definition of beating it.

 

[Ikutachi]

It's not over until rebirth.