Back in 1989, Nintendo released Tetris for the NES. This detailed article first explains the mechanics of how Tetris works, then builds an AI to play the game. To understand the mechanics of the game, ...

Blue Scuti's achievement of reaching level 157 in NES Tetris is a historic milestone, proving that it is possible to surpass the game's previous limits. The glitching of block colors in NES Tetris ...

Nintendo is adding a steady flow of classic games to its Switch Online platform, from the most obvious to the most obscure, but perhaps never something as significant as the NES version of Tetris. Why ...

The NES version of Tetris has been around for over 34 years, but a human has just completed it for the first time. Tetris on NES does not have a traditional ending; beating this game means reaching a ...

In the news that we all expected to greet us as we crossed the threshold into 2024, the classic NES version of Tetris has finally been ‘beaten’ for the first time by a very skilled 13-year-old. No ...

The NES Tetris scene has been booming over the years thanks to the likes of competitions like the Classic Tetris World Championships. As more players discover NES Tetris along with new tricks and ...

In the fall of 2018, tucked away in a side hall at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, seven-time Classic Tetris World Champion (CTWC), Jonas Neubauer, found himself against the ropes. 37-year-old ...

It looks like Switch Online just became a Guinness World Records battleground. Nintendo has added a new title for Switch Online, that may seem mundane, but is actually monumental, particularly because ...

The original version of Tetris 2 (not to confuse with the Western version of Tetris Flash, also called Tetris 2). From Zelda to Mario, here are our favorite Switch games I only have one real question: ...

NES Tetris players are using a new technique called Rolling to set new world records by achieving button presses of over 20 times per second. YouTuber aGameScout detailed this new up-and-coming ...

The Tetris community has reached another major milestone, with 16-year-old Michael "dogplayingtetris" Artiaga becoming the first player to clear level 255 and achieve the mythical "rebirth" — ...

Every time you move a piece over, the game counts it. The more you move it, the game thinks you have more trouble with that certain piece, and will dish out more of them. You can exploit this every ...