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Alex Thach (born November 7, 2008), known online as Alex T, is an American classic Tetris player. He is best known for his victory in the 2024 Classic Tetris World Championships (CTWC), becoming the first person to get a score of over 10 million points, and a number of other smaller records achieved on both original and modified game cartridges which prevent crashes late game.
The record playthrough lasted 38 minutes and was uploaded to Gibson's YouTube channel on January 2, 2024, under the title "The First Time Somebody Has Ever 'Beat' Tetris". [11] [12] The playthrough was also the highest overall scoring game of Tetris at the time of recording. [8] The achievement attracted mass media attention.
Beginning from the 2023 tournament, game code was further modified such that at level 39, the speed of the falling pieces is increased to 2 cells per frame, effectively inhibiting gameplay past level 39. Both players in a match play "Type A" Tetris, beginning on Level 18, at the same time on separate systems.
Tetris, also known as classic Tetris, is a puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Based on Tetris (1985) by Alexey Pajitnov, it was released after a legal battle between Nintendo and Atari Games, who had previously released a console port outside of the terms of their Tetris license.
In 2013, Jonas was once again able to defend his title for the third time, defeating rival Harry Hong 3–2 after being down 0–2. This marked the first time Neubauer lost a round in the finals and made him a 4-time Classic World Tetris champion and the sole champion of the competition up until this point. [16]
Michael Khanh Artiaga (born November 20, 2007), known online as dogplayingtetris or simply Dog, is an American Tetris player from Texas. He is best known for back-to-back victories in the 2020 and 2021 Classic Tetris World Championships (CTWC), the former of which led him to set the Guinness World Record for the "Youngest Tetris World Champion" at 13 years old.
Tetris 64 [a] is a puzzle video game developed by Amtex and published by SETA for the Nintendo 64. Released exclusively in Japan in 1998, it came packaged with a unique accessory, the "Bio Sensor," which alters the gameplay based on the player's heart rate .
As a child, he felt pressured to play, as the prize money and endorsements were financially important for his family. [5] At the time, he was known as the only player to claim to have reached level 30 in Tetris [ 6 ] Aackerlund soon disappeared from the scene but remained known as perhaps the most well-known name in Tetris prior to the ...