Tetris for the NES (the overseas version of the Family Computer) slows down and makes it impossible to continue the game once a certain level is reached. A method was devised to exploit this slowdown ...

Just to add to this: Rolling is not just faster, but safer on the fingers/wrists, and really opened the playfield again for older players as it requires less continual stress compared to hypertapping.

It has long been thought that the classic puzzle game 'Tetris' cannot be 'played to the end', and that ultimately the game will be over when the tetriminos (blocks) can no longer be erased. However, ...