![]() Back then, there was only one player, Thor Aackerlund, who claimed to have achieved a max-out score and level 30, and lots of people thought he was lying, which, as it turns out, he wasn't. So, in NES Tetris, the blocks fall faster as you level up, and once you get to level 29, they drop so fast that it's almost impossible to move them left or right, making level 30 seemingly impossible. If you get 999,999 points, the game stops being able to count your score. ![]() There are two, like, great white whales of NES Tetris. Tetris became a phenomenon, in fact it is still the best selling video game of all time.Īnd lately, I've been wondering, why are humans suddenly getting much better at Tetris? First, a little background. So this is Tetris, a video game developed by Alexey Pajitnov that arrived in the United States in 1989 for the Game Boy and the Nintendo Entertainment Systen, AKA the NES. It is the most perfect video game ever made don't me. Hypertapper extraordinaire Koryan, seen here playing Jonas: Īs you might be able to tell, I am a huge Tetris fan. New world champion Joseph, whose video of getting to Level 31 is one of the single most beautiful things I have ever seen on YouTube: ![]() Tetris players featured in this video include: If you want to learn more about Tetris (AND YOU DO), enjoy the incredible drama of the Classic Tetris World Championships: ![]() You can now join Life's Library, our new book club: (And also what we might learn from the Tetris community.) In which John examines what's driving the improvement in scores among high-level players of the 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System's version of Tetris. ![]()
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