Classic Tetris
2024 CTM Lone Star Championship – DAS Championship: Timestamps
Classic Tetris Monthly (CTM) organized the 2023 CTM Lone Star Championship. Besides the main event, it featured a National DAS Championship where players competed using the DAS playstyle. The DAS tournament happened on July 21, 2024. Qualifying sessions were 1-hour each. Afterwards, players were seeded based on the average of their Top 2 scores in […]
2024 CTM Lone Star Championship: Timestamps
Classic Tetris Monthly (CTM) organized the 2024 CTM Lone Star Championship. Which was held at Classic Game Fest at Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas. It happened on July 19-21, 2024. Qualifying was mainly done online, with limited in-person qualifying stations available for those that are unable to do their qualifying session online. In-person qualifying […]
2023 CTM Lone Star Championship – National DAS Championship: Timestamps
Classic Tetris Monthly (CTM) organized the 2023 CTM Lone Star Championship. Besides the main event, it featured a National DAS Championship where players competed using the DAS playstyle. The DAS tournament happened on July 23, 2023. Qualifying happened in-person and online. Afterwards, players were seeded by highest score achieved. Top 12 players advanced to the […]
2023 CTM Lone Star Championship: Timestamps
Classic Tetris Monthly (CTM) organized the 2023 CTM Lone Star Championship. Which was held at Classic Game Fest at Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas. It happened on July 22-23, 2023. Grand Finals match was held online on July 30, 2023 because they had to leave the venue. Qualifying happened on Day 1 where players […]
Tetris Champion, Alex T, Competes on a German Game Show
The current reigning Tetris World Champion, Alex T, competed on a game show in Germany. “Drei gegen Einen – Die Show der Champions”, which translates to “Three against One – The Show of Champions”, is a show where world champions, record holders, and talents compete against Tim Mälzer, Elton, and Knossi. Hosted by Laura Wontorra. […]
Dog Becomes The First Player To Achieve Rebirth In NES Tetris
On the evening of October 5, 2024, Michael “Dog” Artiaga became the first player to achieve rebirth in NES Tetris. Finishing the game by going past Level 255, where the game loops back to Level 0. When Blue Scuti crashed the game in December 2023, it became a phenomenal achievement that was reported by various […]
Simply’s Austin, Tetris Tournament: Timestamps
Popular Twitch streamer, Simply, got into playing NES Tetris after watching Summoning Salt’s video on the history of Tetris World records. Since then, he has been mastering the game. Eventually deciding to host his own tournament called Austin, Tetris. Featuring 16 Twitch streamers from Austin, Texas who will compete head to head to become the […]
NES Tetris Will Be On The Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of Tetris will be available on the Nintendo Switch this winter. The Nintendo Corporation made the announcement this morning. The game will be available through the Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) subscription service. (Update 12/11/2024: The game is now available on the Nintendo Switch) 2024 has been a big year […]
John Green Is A Tetris Master
At the 2018 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) Finals, 16-year-old newcomer Joseph Saelee defeated 7-time champion Jonas Neubauer to become the new Tetris World Champion. This became a major turning point in the Classic Tetris scene, inspiring a new generation to pick up the game. 2 days later, on October 23, 2018, John Green uploaded […]
Noah Dengler Gets A Perfect Maxout In NES Tetris
On April 15, 2024, Noah Dengler became the first player to achieve a perfect Maxout in NES Tetris. A few days earlier (April 9), he was one Tetris away from getting the perfect maxout. But could not pull it off because he could not set up another Tetris without burning lines. He had 42 Tetrises […]