Classic Tetris
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. 2024 has been a big year for Tetris. In December 2023, Blue Scuti crashed the game of […]
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 […]
Fractal Wins 2024 CTM Mega Masters and $10K
In March 2024, Classic Tetris Monthly (CTM) hosted the annual Mega Masters tournament. Where 64 players compete head to head to become the Mega Masters champion for a portion of a fan funded prize pool. Fractal qualified for Mega Masters as the #5 Seed. In his Round 1 games, he built a large lead into […]
Alex T Beats NES Tetris Twice: 4th Player To Beat Tetris
In March 2024, Alex T was the first player to reach the 10 million point score and claimed the fan-funded bounty. He was playing on a ROM that patched the game crash. With the bounty claimed, he set his sights on other Tetris goals. On the evening of April 2, 2024, Alex T was live […]
Alex T Becomes The First Player To Reach 10 Million Points In NES Tetris
On February 1, 2024, the Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) set up a fan-funded bounty for the first player to reach 10 million points in NES Tetris. Prior to the bounty, PixelAndy had the world record with an 8.9 million score on January 11. So it was only a matter of time before someone claimed […]
Classic Tetris Monthly Mega Masters 2024: March Madness of Tetris
Classic Tetris Monthly (CTM) is hosting a 2024 Mega Masters this month. Usually, CTM has a 16-player tournament in their Masters event each month. For this occasion, 64 players will qualify for the Masters tournament. Fittingly, this is happening during March Madness. Last year, the prize pool was over $17,000, with the winner getting over […]
The Rolling Revolution: The Never-Ending Story of NES Tetris
In the past few years, the Classic Tetris community has broken boundaries in the game of NES Tetris. In 2017, the Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) started going viral when YouTube was recommending the 2016 Finals video to people. That is how 15-year-old, Joseph Saelee, discovered the CTWC. From there, he decided to pick up […]