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Tetris Has Finally Been Beaten After 34 Years

1980's style block grahics showing an old Tetris game
Blue Scuti has cleared that fabled โ€˜finalโ€™ level and crashed Tetris, beating it after over three decades. Because the game has no story, levels, or any form of progress beyond high scores and increasing speed, you โ€˜beatโ€™ the game by crashing it, AKA reaching the โ€œTrue Killscreenโ€.

Bizarre things started to happen at the highest levels, showing this game was probably never intended to go so high. Itโ€™s incredible though to see such a classic and simple game having such a cult following, and level of competitiveness for so many years.

The video in the linked article gives a good overview of the history of Tetris high scoring and why it broke through new levels (the speed-up caps at level 29). It shows, too, that you need to shift your paradigm a bit to get different results.

It does seem though that itโ€™s not a hard crash and that some variables contribute to when it happens, so it may be possible to push things even a bit further.

See https://www.thegamer.com/tetris-beaten-34-years/
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