Willis Gibson, a 13-year-old from Oklahoma, is believed to be the first person to beat the classic Nintendo video game Tetris, more than three decades after it was first released.
Gibson, nicknamed 'Blue Scuti’ online, posted a video of his record-breaking feat online after taking just 38 minutes to reach level 157. “end screen” – the actual result of the game. His score read '999999′.
„Please crash” Gibson says in the video that he completes another row of falling blocks just before the game finally freezes. „My god!” he exclaims. „Yes! I’m going to faint. I can’t feel my hands.”
Only a few years ago it was thought possible to advance to level 29. Previously, only specially designed AI bots could force the game to the kill screen.
Tetris features a variety of falling blocks that the player must arrange into horizontal lines at increasingly faster speeds. The iconic game has baffled gamers since its release on Nintendo systems 34 years ago, after being created by Soviet engineer Alexei Pajitnov in 1984.
It is considered one of the most beloved and enduring video games in history and remains popular to this day as new generations of players join in on consoles and mobile phones.
“It has never been done by a human before.” Classic Tetris World Championship president Vince Clemente said Wednesday, according to the New York Times. “This is something that everyone thought was impossible until a few years ago.”
Gibson, who maintains his Tetris skills without training nearly 20 hours a week, has become one of the top competitive players in the United States since he started playing just two years ago.
“When I started playing the game I never expected to crash or beat it” He wrote on his YouTube channel. Gibson also claims to have broken the overall scoring record, as well as three other Tetris world records.
He dedicated his success to his late father, Adam, who passed away last month.
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