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After 44 years, Donkey Kong player discovers that the legendary kill screen isn't really the end
For now, this is the "true kill screen" of Donkey Kong. There is, in theory, one way you could get past the old kill ...
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Tetris had never been beat by a human, until 13-year-old Willis Gibson did it - NPR
At level 157, he reached the notorious "kill screen" — the point in the game where it becomes unplayable because of limitations with the game's original programming. It took him less than 39 ...
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13-Year-Old Is First Human to Beat Tetris; Only AI Had Done It Before - Business Insider
Willis Gibson, a 13-year-old kid from Oklahoma, became the first human to beat Tetris by reaching the "kill screen." Only AI had done it before.
iPhone 18 could kill the display cutout — here’s why that could be a disaster
In a recent Power On Newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claimed that Apple will shrink the Dynamic Island in the iPhone 18.
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First-ever killscreen-less "Rebirth" achieved in NES version of Tetris, 38 years later - Yahoo
Michael Khanh posts the first ever killscreen-less "rebirth" in NES Tetris. Prior Tetris records for humans required a killscreen reached past Level 157 — but how about Level 255?
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Donkey Kong killscreen overcome after 44 years | heise online
Donkey Kong was Nintendo's first global success and was released in 1981 as a slot machine with a CRT screen. The company not only defined the genre of the platform game, but also established the ...
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After 44 years, Donkey Kong player discovers that the legendary kill screen isn't really the end - GamesRadar+
The kill screen occurs on the barrel stage, which requires you to climb up a bunch of ladders and run across several slanted girders to reach the end.