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Teen achieves first NES Tetris "rebirth," proves endless play is possible
Dogplayingtetris blasts past 3,300-line rollover in two-hour, 29M-point endurance test.
And after a bit of celebration and recovery on the low levels, Artiaga managed to keep his rolled-over game going for another 40 minutes, finally topping out after a total of 4,216 lines and a record 29.4 million points. In the last few years, though, the development of hypertapping and then rolling grips has allowed pro-level NES Tetris players to get faster piece movement by tapping the directional inputs up to 30 times per second. As the game continued to run at extremely slow, lower-level speeds, Artiaga took some time to briefly collapse on his bed and rehydrate (while occasionally nudging falling blocks to beneficial positions).
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