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[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Virtually endlessly. What they're talking about is, AFAIK, the ~~actual original~~ (not actually original, but NES) Tetris. It was meant to be infinite, but at some point the numbers get too big to store, and the programming starts breaking down. Some games might be able to keep going indefinitely, just resetting/looping some numbers, and in modern games it might take years, centuries, or even universal lifetimes to reach that point, but almost all "infinite" games will break down at some point.

[–] ActionBasto@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

they're talking about the nintendo entertainment version of tetris, which is the most popular competitive version of tetris.

[–] marsNemophilist@lemmy.wtf 0 points 2 days ago (4 children)

i wouldn't call it the most popular.

[–] ActionBasto@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's the one that they play at the largest tournaments, and the tetris game with the most sought after world records, so i'm using that as my indicator. what would you say is the most popular version for competative play?

[–] marsNemophilist@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nes Tetris is practically unplayable for today's gamers. While it draws massive nostalgia-driven tournaments targeting the US audience, games like TGM, TETR.IO, and PPT are far more popular globally.

[–] ActionBasto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

yes, that's why i specified competitive tetris.

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