Player achieves first-ever "rebirth" loop in Tetris on the NES

Tetris came out on the NES back in 1989, and the game continues to be a fan-favorite all of these decades later. Players continue to test the limits of what’s possible in the game, and just a few days back we saw something achieved that had never been done before.

16-year-old Michael “dogplayingtetris” Artiaga is one of the best NES Tetris players in the world, and he’s been trying to achieve a mystical-level feat in Tetris for quite some time. The aim was to go for a Tetris “Rebirth,” which is when you play all the way to the highest level possible in the game and then keep going until gameplay literally resets back to beginning. After countless attempts, Artiaga finally achieved the impossible and you can see the moment below.

For Artiaga to reach this “Rebirth,” he had to clear a whopping 3,300 lines, which took him 80 minutes start to finish. The feat requires a ton of focus and rapid-fire skills, but clearly that’s something Artiaga has in spades.