A 13-year-old from Oklahoma, United States of America may have become the first player to beat Tetris, the classic Nintendo game, 34 years after its launch.
A young man, Willis Gibson, posted on his YouTube channel a video of the moment he reached level 157, which caused the game to crash. In the video, the boy can be heard saying: “I’m going to faint, I can’t feel my fingers.”
Willis needed 38 minutes to win the game. The teenager has been playing since he was 11 years old and has participated in several video game tournaments.
Just a few years ago, people believed that you could only reach level 29. In 2010, professional gamer Thor Akerlund managed to reach level 30 using a technique called hypertapping, which involves vibrating his fingers in a way that causes the controller to move. faster than game speed.
But until last month, only artificial intelligence could stop the game.
The video game, which involves placing blocks in horizontal lines at increasing speeds, was created in 1984 by a Soviet engineer and gained fame when it debuted on Nintendo and the Nintendo Game Boy handheld console in 1989.
The game is currently available on several consoles and platforms, including mobile phones.