347 lines in Tetris on Tetris and Dr. Mario - Part 2

[Mars9000000]

Nice! Best i've gone is 294... After 290, i had no clue what block was which and got 4 lucky lines.

[Cleon0154]

ARE YOU A FUCKING HUMAN O.O?!!!!!

[McAirman]

Good job. My record was 300 lines. Never thought I'd see it beaten so badly :P Reminds me of when SNES was still around. I bet if everyone who plays the FB tetris tried this they'd lose pretty badly.

[UltimaPlayer12]

@tetris295 I see. I have plenty troubles with both tetris games. Also, I have Tengen Tetris for NES... is that a bad thing (such as a port?) or was that just a remake of tetris on another older system? It's a ROM so Iunno o.o

[UltimaPlayer12]

@tetris295 I don't see what's wrong with Tengen Tetris. I have it on my softmodded wii and love it

[Spectre255]

Alright, I won't play it then! :p

[Spectre255]

True enough I suppose, I guess I'm just too lazy!

A good chunk of my videos were recorded before TG accepted computer recorded submissions anyway, or at least before I was aware they accepted them.

[Spectre255]

I don't feel like recording to their strict standards, and I'm always afraid that if I send something in, they'll invalidate it for some silly reason....I have very little respect for TG or the 'records' there anyway....no offense meant to anyone.

That competition is too far away, and I'm too busy to attend, though I did tell them to keep in touch with me for the documentary thingie.

Never played Tengen Tetris, sorry :/

[acid4444]

you sir, are my hero in the world of gaming.

and of girls cause if you can switch sides and rotation that fast, well... yea...

[steveng004]

Nice. I wish I had the original Nintendo so I could go straight to level 19 on Tetris, SNES doesn't have that built in.... I'd like to do mode B on 19, all we have is 9 with 5. I'm only up to 321 - 325 on SNES in marathon...

[BlueHeli]

How you can keep up with the blocks at level 29 is beyond me... the best I ever did was 297 lines.

[rrosario2005]

Do you use a special control?

[captainphoenix]

It's probably an emulator. The SNES controller can't keep up with a keyboard and a modern computer processor on any level.

[Spectre255]

Nah, no emulator, and it's just a regular SNES controller. I'm pretty sure I can punch the SNES controller buttons faster than any key on the keyboard anyway.

It's recorded with a TV Tuner card in my PC.

[redeyedol]

@captainphoenix

Actually, emulated games by default would have more lag than a game played on console. It's because of the emulation process - it takes extra time for the SNES data to be processed by the emulator into information that the computer can read (and vice versa), compared to low level (code that's very direct to the machine) processing that happens on the SNES. By default, an SNES controller hooked up to the console would transfer input faster than keyboard/controller to an emulator.

[captainphoenix]

@redeyedol True, but you're comparing a 32-bit processor to one millions of times faster. Although the number of processes may be more, modern computers are better equipped to handle the difference; the supercomputers of the 50's all used machine-level code but are nowhere near as fast as computers today. The best way to tell the difference is with Tetris Attack - it's really obvious with TA. Someday I'll just record my loser ass playing both emulator and the real thing and post it on youtube.

[redeyedol]

@captainphoenix

It's a bad idea to reference to the supercomputers of the 50s, as they're more different from technology today than SNES is to home computers of 2010. Instead, here are the issues:

1. A USB pad would obviously be slower than SNES pad to console because it has to transfer signals over a less direct route.

2. A keyboard and SNES pad have same input/output speed, however it's emus that matter here. So what if comps are fast today? Emus mimic consoles, why would it be any faster?

[redeyedol]

@redeyedol

While computers today are significantly more powerful than SNES, here's what counts:

1. The emulator has to translate SNES data to computer data so you'll be able to actually see, hear and play the game.

2. The emulator has to translate computer signals from keyboards or similar computer peripherals into data that will be understood by SNES. This takes longer if it involves USB.

3. The emulator runs on an OS which isn't all low level. By default it's slower. SNES is PURE assembly.

[redeyedol]

@redeyedol

So to conclude, while modern computer processing speeds perhaps ALLOW a game to be emulated at speeds equal to that on a console, it has nothing to do with how fast keyboards and controllers work with input/output. In fact, keyboard technology isn't really too different from that which SNES pads use. They're very simple devices that have changed little over the decades, and are very straight-forward methods of transferring electromagnetic signals from one point to another.

[redeyedol]

@redeyedol

I should also add that for about 7 years, I've played Killer Instinct competitively online and offline, and I actually NOTICE a difference. Over the years I've played it on 3 different computers, and I play on keyboard (which is obviously more direct than a USB pad). I compare emulated Killer Instinct to the game on console, and I DO notice a difference. It's very subtle, but affects timing of certain very precise techniques. SNES plays faster by at least a millisecond (isn't much).

[captainphoenix]

@redeyedol I'll record it and show you. Give me a week. Trust me.

[entrophic4ever]

Impressive. My maximum is 350. Haha, I bet you saw Tetris in your dreams for weeks! Your game does seem to go a bit slower than mine, mine goes spastic at level 20, and then slows down at level 25. It's odd... Anyway, kudos to you, and lets hope you break 400!

[Danielson22]

awesome. Ive always wondered what happens after 300 lines. Best i ever did was 297. Def gonna try and beat it now that i know its possible.

[flamingdonut141]

Jesus dude.

You are extremely amazing. I hope to be as good as you some day..but I doubt it.

[killa91606]

spectre,i have a question-

have u ever thought of getting like or a ps3 or a 360 or any modern game gadget and do new records or what you want to do,or are you old school

[flamingdonut141]

If anything he needs a Wii for Tetris Party.

[astonisher]

Man it takes a lot to impress me in the Tetris world, but you never seem to fail to do so...can't wait to see the video on you showing the playing style. I'm sure its pretty similar to the other version you did, but I still want to see it nonetheless. Amazing...this proves 999,999 is possible on this version. 630k is my high I think, I'll double check when I get back to states.

[Spectre255]

Thanks astonisher; I don't know how soon I'll be able to get a playing style video up though; my digital camera will only record, maybe, 3 minutes or so, and I'm afraid that messing with the camera only after getting to level 29 will mess me up, and result in a lot of wasted time. I'll give it at least one try soon though. Your high score still stands though, I think you're a much more efficient player than myself. My current high is 587330 in 376 lines.

[astonisher]

376 Lines...your ridiculous haha tell me when you break 400 lines...impressive though either way, some day we shall play some Versus Mode.

[Spectre255]

Yes, we will!

[InzuDraRagna]

Nice Waw-Wow's!

[reddycomit]

Oh my god dude, way to kick ass.