13-year-old gamer becomes the first to beat the ‘unbeatable’ Tetris — by breaking it

[The Arrogant Worms]

https://apnews.com/article/tetris-win-kill-screen-blue-scuti-willis-gibson-df9325c62d42292e854cadb54d8f4cb3

 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it.

 

Technically, Willis — aka “blue scuti” in the gaming world — made it to what gamers call a “kill screen,” a point where the Tetris code glitches, crashing the game. That might not sound like much of a victory to anyone thinking that only high scores count, but it’s a highly coveted achievement in the world of video games, where records involve pushing hardware and software to their limits. And beyond.

 

It’s also a very big deal for players of Tetris, which many had long considered unbeatable.

 

That’s partly because the game doesn’t have a scripted ending; those four-block shapes just keep falling no matter how good you get at stacking them into disappearing rows.

 

Top players continued to find ways to extend their winning streaks by staying in the game to reach higher and higher levels, but in the end, the game beat them all.

[Gurn]

^ Was one of my favourites , in the arcade.

Can't play as well with any of the home versions- same issue with the Gauntlet series.

[6of1_halfdozenofother]

3 minutes ago, Gurn said:

same issue with the Gauntlet series.

[Gurn]

8 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said:

1 quarter could last hours-especially if someone else decided to play, for awhile.

 

Elf with fast feet "Blue Elf has eaten all  the food" Yah- I got to hear that a lot.

[The Arrogant Worms]

At University we used to play PacMan in the Bucking Bronc bar a lot(when the strippers were not on of course)

[Gurn]

2 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

At University we used to play PacMan in the Bucking Bronc bar a lot(when the strippers were not on of course)

Table top Mappy- at the Sidney hotel.

There was also one at a little diner on 4rth? st in Sidney- I had a great game going- and they let me stay, after closing time while they cleaned up and shut down.

[Snoop Hogg]

I would play Street Fighter 2 at the local 7 11!

[gwarrior]

I remember playing "crusin' USA" at Lougheed mall way back in the day at the arcade there, back when they had the movie theater there. I had a nasty habit of driving off road and running wildlife down and laughing like a mad bastard.

[Sharpshooter]

On 1/5/2024 at 12:22 PM, The Arrogant Worms said:

https://apnews.com/article/tetris-win-kill-screen-blue-scuti-willis-gibson-df9325c62d42292e854cadb54d8f4cb3

 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it.

 

Technically, Willis — aka “blue scuti” in the gaming world — made it to what gamers call a “kill screen,” a point where the Tetris code glitches, crashing the game. That might not sound like much of a victory to anyone thinking that only high scores count, but it’s a highly coveted achievement in the world of video games, where records involve pushing hardware and software to their limits. And beyond.

 

It’s also a very big deal for players of Tetris, which many had long considered unbeatable.

 

That’s partly because the game doesn’t have a scripted ending; those four-block shapes just keep falling no matter how good you get at stacking them into disappearing rows.

 

Top players continued to find ways to extend their winning streaks by staying in the game to reach higher and higher levels, but in the end, the game beat them all.

The Creator of Tetris was amazed. Said Tetris isn’t meant to be beat.