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13-year-old breaks record
The original Tetris was released back in 1989 and has finally met its match in a 13-year-old gamer from the United States. The talk of the town, Willis Gibson AKA Blue Scuti finally reached the killscreen for Tetris on NES.
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Killscreen here refers to a retro game crash that makes playing it impossible. This happens mostly in retro endless games, however, no human has ever able to reach the true kill screen till now.
The game has only been defeated by an AI computer program. “This is unbelievable. Developers didn't think anyone would ever make it that far and now the game has officially been beaten by a human being,” said CEO of Classic Tetris World Championship.
The entire 40-minute run was uploaded to YouTube. The 13-year-old has been seen reaching the highest score in under seven minutes and continues to place blocks for the next 30 minutes. With this, Scuti has now broken three world records.
My biggest struggle was when the nerves started kicking in: Scuti
In an interview regarding his achievement, Scuti said, “My biggest struggle was when the nerves started kicking in after like 30 minutes of play. You miss one five-tap, and the run can end.”
Playing the same game with restricted actions for a long time can be quite difficult. As Scuti revealed, muscle burnout can cause players to lose coordination, especially when you have to tap real fast.
Strategies like “hypertapping” or “rolling” are specifically used in hopes of crashing these endless games. Since these games are capable of taking such fast input, the game starts to glitch and eventually crash.
Another great example of killscreen is the original Pacman which crashes somewhere around level 256. It is important to remember that these techniques can cause injury.
Scuti dedicated the run to his father, who passed away recently and is ready to fight for holding this record. “If somebody takes my record, I want to go after it and take it back,” he said.