"13-Year-Old Achieves First-Ever Victory Over NES Tetris"

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"13-Year-Old Achieves First-Ever Victory Over NES Tetris"
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Willis Gibson, a 13-year-old from Oklahoma, has reportedly become the first person to 'beat' the original Nintendo version of Tetris, achieving a score of "999999" and causing the game to freeze—a level of success previously thought to be achievable only by artificial intelligence. His accomplishment, which surpasses the supposed human limit of Level 29, was documented in a video uploaded to YouTube, marking a significant milestone in the competitive Tetris community.

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