Thirteen-Year-Old Becomes The First To Beat The 'Unbeatable' Tetris Game (Image: Screen Grab)

A 13-year-old American became the first human player believed to ever beat the original Nintendo version of Tetris. Willis Gibson, an Oklahoma teenager, beat the game after playing Tetris to level 157. The falling-block video game was originally created in 1984.

Willis Gibson, who goes by the streamer name “Blue Scuti” in the gaming world, took 40 minutes to reach what gamers call a “kill screen,” a point where the Tetris code glitches, crashing the game. This is considered to be an incredible achievement in the world of video games, where gamers push hardware and software to their limits. The game was created by Soviet engineer Alexey Pajitnov during the height of the Cold War. In this highly popular video game, players are required to arrange falling blocks into perfect horizontal lines at increasing speeds. This game gained popularity in 1989, after it was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

Many gamers have long considered this game to be unbeatable. Willis Gibson has also posted a video on YouTube, documenting his feat. “Oh my God! Yes! I’m going to pass out. I can’t feel my hands,” he was seen saying when the game freezes. According to a BBC report, 13-year-old Willis Gibson has participated in numerous gaming tournaments, and he has played the game since he was 11.

Vince Clemente, CEO of the Classic Tetris World Championship, told Reuters that this achievement is “unbelievable.” Vince Clemente said that only an artificial intelligence (AI) computer program had beaten Tetris previously. “Developers didn”t think anyone would ever make it that far and now the game has officially been beaten by a human being,” Reuters quoted Vince Clemente as saying.