The Comeback That Broke NES Tetris
1,479When the powerful "Rolling" technique was introduced to the NES Tetris scene, people worried that it would break the game. Over a year after that prediction, a match between rollers was so historic that the rules for competitive play might be changed for the first time in the game's 33 year history.
Players featured:
Fractal161: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-5fATPHnwCmelz5_8kEZ-g
Dogplayingtetris: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBOLXG6Zk441DgVNno9GGqQ
Huffulufugus: https://www.youtube.com/c/Huffulufugus
PixelAndy: https://www.youtube.com/c/VideoGameBrosElite
Videos featured:
Joseph vs Koryan (2018 CTWC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xjQeMC1Vsc
Brighton's rolling demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSzxPklUu9w
Andy Vs Huff (June 2022 CTM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SvyP-MR-Lc
Dog vs Fractal (July 2022 CTM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eik0We8a9eU
Andy vs Nenu (2021 CTWC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98MklNydJ2k
MylesTheGreat: https://www.youtube.com/c/MylesTheGreat
TommyNTG's From Below gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM-PiUhN508
Music (in order):
FRM - Transistors
Luminist - Kinematica
Chris Doerksen - High Speed Chase
Foewi - Test
Some background:
Tetris for the NES is one of the most played versions of Tetris at a competitive level, stemming back to the 1990 Nintendo World Championships. From there, the game had a small scene for about two decades, until the first account of a maxout score by Harry Hong emerged in 2009. From there, the Classic Tetris World Championships began in 2010. It was initially dominated by only das players, but Koryan and eventually two time world champ Joseph Saelee brought the playstyle of hypertapping to the forefront of the game, causing a new emergence of young tapping players who would go on to break the game. In 2020, Cheez created his own style called rolling, where multiple fingers are used in succession to move pieces. Now, players such as Fractal161 and Dogplayingtetris are using that to completely obliterate previous records, producing incredible landmark achievements along the way.
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