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Teenager claims first ever Tetris 'rebirth'


Michael Artiaga, 16, is the first known person to see the NES video game reset itself after beating it.

Michael Artiaga, 16, claimed the historic moment of so-called "rebirth" while livestreaming himself playing Nintendo's version of the game on Twitch on Sunday. After successfully clearing level 255 on Tetris - the game's highest - Artiaga, who streams as "dogplayingtetris", celebrated and watched in shock as it started again from scratch. Artiaga is one of several teenage gamers who have livestreamed their attempts to break previous, and each others', records for the number of levels reached or lines cleared without the game crashing.

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