The classic block puzzle game Tetris was completely defeated for the first time in 40 years since its release by a 13-year-old boy living in the United States.
According to AFP and CNN broadcasts on the 3rd (local time), Willis Gibson, who lives in Oklahoma, USA, recently became the first human being to complete a game of Tetris, which until now was only possible with artificial intelligence (AI).
Tetris is a game where players fill gaps by rotating blocks that fall in different shapes. Once a line is completed, the block disappears and you have the opportunity to match the line above it.
As the level goes up, the speed at which blocks fall becomes faster. On the 21st of last month, when Gibson, who was playing Tetris, reached level 157, the game could not keep up with the speed and stopped with the so-called ‘kill screen window (999999)’, which was terminated due to coding limitations.
Gibson recorded the 38-minute play and uploaded it to YouTube on the 2nd. “I felt like I was going to pass out,” Gibson said. “He has no feeling in his fingers,” he said. “When he started playing, he never expected to beat Tetris.” As of this day, the number of video views exceeded 800,000.
Tetris, which was first introduced to the world by a Soviet developer in 1984, was popularized by the Japanese game company Nintendo. Players knew that there would be a point where the game would stop due to coding limitations, but putting this into practice was only possible through AI.
Maya Rogers, CEO of The Tetris Company (TTC), which owns the copyright to Tetris, said in a statement on this day, “We congratulate ‘Blue Scooty’ on his incredible achievement in the legendary game, which is approaching its 40th anniversary.” . Blue Scooty is Gibson’s Tetris game nickname.
Source: Donga
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