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I get why this is exciting and all that, but how is bad code (or insufficient resources) leading to the bug or crash equivalent to "player beating the game"?
Reverse engineering the NES Tetris cartridge shows that it has only so many possible states which is what allows one to find these limits.
I get why this is exciting and all that, but how is bad code (or insufficient resources) leading to the bug or crash equivalent to "player beating the game"?
Since this version was made for 16-bit Windows, it was no surprise that they used a 16-bit integer to store your score. What was surprising is that they used a signed 16-bit integer, meaning that after you passed 32,767 points, your score would roll over into the negative.
Teenage me was so good, I'd consider it a disappointment if my score didn't turn negative in every round I played.
ssh playnetris.com
I only ever knew the version of Tetris that shipped with the Windows Entertainment Pack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack >. Since this version was made for 16-bit Windows, it was no surprise that they used a 16-bit integer to store your score. What was surprising is that they used a signed 16-bit integer, meaning that after you passed 32,767 points, your score would roll over into the negati…
Of course, I'd have to dig up my old computer from a landfill to try and prove it, so I just have to live out the rest of my days knowing that I'm an unrecognized world record holder.
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It's the last thing that can happen in the game, which I think is a fair definition of getting to the end, or "beating" it.
When I made a game crash through a bug before I did not consider myself beating the game, that is why I have or had difficulties understanding. I suppose the difference is making it crash through playing as many levels, for example, as possible.
Pushing limits in games is fun.
I've never played competitively, but I remember well my own excitement as a child whenever I managed to trigger a glitch (such as getting enough bonus lives to overflow the lives counter on Commando on C64, which was pretty simple but still was very exciting the first time it happened).
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I don't understand, what hardware limit?
Memory. Past a certain point, the numbers can become so high (score, level or other) that it corrupts the memory and freezes the game
I’m not into Tetris but that was surprisingly interesting.