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[Tain]

Good to know the game is even clearable. Always liked the game as a kid.

More American arcade games need to be doable on one credit.

And once you play TGM, it's impossible to play other (inferior) versions of Tetris ever again.

 

[Nicktals]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo

Goodness. At first I found myself thinking "this isn't all that impressive...I'm pretty sure I could do that".

And then...

my head exploded.

 

[Yowza]

Still not quite on the same level as that Tetris guy. That was pure insanity.

The Tetris puzzle solving 'speed' was impressive, but I still laugh more at the dexterity used in this video than the other two in this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjvwj3ZqgJo

Guitar Hero/DDR/etc suddenly feel primitive with just 4 columns of scrolling "music"

 

[Adam Prime]

:lol why were there 6 buttons on that Tetris cabinet?

That video was damn cool. I guess the guy just memorized the entire pattern of blocks falling and every different way he could place them? Unbelievable.

Oh yeah I forgot: "OMG HAX"

 

[GDJustin]

My thoughts as I watched that:

"That doesn't seem to harrr..OOOOMMMGG"

Edit: The Tetris vid, not the MM one.

 

[bigmit3737]

DAMN at the Tetris video.


And props to the Marble Mad video. I sucked at the game hardcore back in the days...and prob still do.

 

[d+pad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo

My god, that made my head hurt (kind of in a good way) :lol

 

[thomaser]

Ok, this guy confuses the crap out of me with his weird faces. Where are these clips from? Anyone?

When I was little, Marble Madness was this mythical, magical game people who owned an Amiga whispered reverently about at school. I finally got to try it, and wow was it hard. I have it on NES and GB, maybe also GBC. Never got further than the fourth or fifth level.

 

[MrOctober]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo

How has that guy not cured cancer or ended all war or something by now? It seems impossible to think that fast. Especially when he has to remember where all the pieces are since they are invisible.

 

[sw26]

Reminds me of playing the NES version as a kid. I could never beat that damn final stage.

Has there ever been any mention of the NES version coming to Virtual Console at all? I'd love to play it again.

 

[stuminus3]

That's really fun to watch, and a good reminder that trackball = the only way to play Marble Madness. You kids and your D-pads! This, my friends, is a "hardcore" gamer.

 

[Syril]

Wow, that's impressive. I have to use a mouse to do anywhere near that good, and I still end up losing a lot from dying.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

The Tetris puzzle solving 'speed' was impressive, but I still laugh more at the dexterity used in this video than the other two in this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjvwj3ZqgJo

Guitar Hero/DDR/etc suddenly feel primitive with just 4 columns of scrolling "music"

Well, if we're going to start linking to Pop'n vids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3gfL8n5vlU&fmt=18

 

[Azure Dream]

Ok, this guy confuses the crap out of me with his weird faces. Where are these clips from? Anyone?

He's just a little excited. (Semi-NSFW.)

 

[Diatribe1974]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo

That went beyond all forms of awesomesauce. Not often you're able to watch a savant in action. In this case....a Tetris Savant.

 

[JHarris]

Honestly, by this point I'm a lot more impressed by the Marble Madness player. Tetris has been so obsessed over and has gotten steady releases for nearly two decades now, but Marble Madness was a one-off (unless you count the prototype-only sequel, RIP). And playing it with a trackball is at least twice as hard as playing with a gamepad.

 

[twinturbo2]

It floors me how graphically sophisticated the game is for its time.

That, and the music is awesome by 1984 gaming standards.

Man, it's a shame that the sequel never got released... I want to play that.

 

[industrian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo

That's just insane.

 

[senahorse]

Nothing like the some of the vids already posted but it's fucking cool all the same.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ksKvcRQ61Os

 

[Earthstrike]

DDR keyboard, the insane fact that this was AAA makes it crazy.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1XAgH3HY0

 

[Trakdown]

Dear God @ Tetris video. I couldn't stop watching.

 

[TimesEunuch]

The biggest question is how he did that without pinching the shit out of his hands.

Most painful arcade cabinet ever?

Learn from the master.

 

[twinturbo2]

Learn from the master.

That could be pretty useful for playing Centipede, come to think of it. Maybe Golden Tee, too, but that's just a backwards-forwards motion...