This is a historic moment for Tetris fans. 13-year-old Willis Gibson from the US is believed to be the first person in the world to complete the iconic computer game, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. He recorded his feat on video and dedicated it to his late father.
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“Tetris” is one of the most popular computer games in the world. This logic-arcade puzzle was created in June 1984 (it celebrates its 40th anniversary this year) and its creators are Soviet programmers. Alexey Pajitnov and his colleagues Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Geriasi. To date, it has many variants, is available on many platforms: from consoles to smartphones, and has sold more than 520 million copies.
What is “Tetris”? The game consists of arranging colored blocks of different shapes (called tetrominoes) in a vertical line on the board. Tetrominos fall from the top of the screen and the player's task is to rotate and move them left or right to match the already placed blocks. The goal of the game is to fill the entire horizontal line, make it disappear and score points. The game ends when the blocks reach the top of the board, making it impossible to place further tetrominoes.
The faster the player builds lines, the more points he scores, making Tetris a dynamic game that requires quick thinking. In addition, the level of difficulty gradually increases and the speed of falling blocks increases, which complicates the task of the player.
13-year-old Willis Gibson from the US was probably the first person in the world to complete Tetris.
No one has ever managed to finish Tetris. Only bots controlled by artificial intelligence did this. That changed on Tuesday, when a 13-year-old American Willis Gibson (Known online as Gamer blue scoot) posted a video of his historic victory.
Willis played the classic Tetris for about 38 minutes, and when he thought he'd lost, he reached level 157. The blocks “disintegrated” and the point counter read 999999. – Oh my God! Yes! will disappear. I can't feel my hands, said the shocked teenager.
As he points out “The New York Times”, Willis is a big Tetris fan. He has been playing for two years now and trains about 20 hours a week. In October last year, he took third place in an online tournament. The boy dedicated his incredible record to his father Adam, who passed away in December.
– So far no human has managed to do this (Tetris Completion – ed.). Just a few years ago, everyone thought it was impossible to do Vince Clemente, chairman of the Classic Tetris World Championship, a video game competition series, told the Times.
Two years ago the AI reached level 255 and most players manage to reach level 30. Willis Gibson, who learned how to spin blocks quickly using a pad, reached level 157, making him the first person to “beat” Tetris. Unless someone managed to do it in the privacy of their own apartment and decided not to tell the world about it, which is unlikely.
The movie “Tetris” showed the history of the creation of the iconic game
We remind you that last year the premiere of the film took place on the Apple TV+ platform “Tetris” About the history of this iconic game. Production location Taron Egerton Cold War thriller convention and shows how the Americans (specifically Nintendo's US branch) tried to get a license from the USSR to distribute Tetris.
“If you like movies about behind-the-scenes innovations, games and pioneers in the electronic entertainment industry (and beyond), this is a must-see for you – as long as you keep track of some of the color.” Paradoxically, isn't it. Only retro fans should enjoy it. Reviewed by Bartosz Godzinski.
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