![974,980 [former PB] HUGE maxout choke - NES Tetris @Xenophilius](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PJz9-baGzJ8/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Man. Man oh man oh man.
I’m choosing to focus on the fact that this is a huge PB rather than on the fact that I was less than a Tetris away from the max.
Man. Man oh man oh man.
I’m choosing to focus on the fact that this is a huge PB rather than on the fact that I was less than a Tetris away from the max.
![974,980 [former PB] HUGE maxout choke - NES Tetris](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PJz9-baGzJ8/mqdefault.jpg "974,980 [former PB] HUGE maxout choke - NES Tetris
Man. Man oh man oh man.
I’m choosing to focus on the fact that this is a huge PB rather than on the fact that I was less than a Tetris away from the max.")
![825,360 from a 19 Start [former PB] - NES Tetris](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PNbu5sg2T9I/mqdefault.jpg "825,360 from a 19 Start [former PB] - NES Tetris
Watching back, I didnt have to burn NEARLY as much as I did. But all of my PBs have been on the back of unnecessary anxiety burning so that I dont top out before killscreen, so I guess thats where Im at.")
![Level 29 is starting to click - 420,600 [former PB] - NES Tetris](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PUutJva5H64/mqdefault.jpg "Level 29 is starting to click - 420,600 [former PB] - NES Tetris
somethings working. hope i can keep this going.")
![FIRST 1.2 MILLION. FINALLY - 1,219,960 [former PB] - NES Tetris](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q40sjVkUe5Y/mqdefault.jpg "FIRST 1.2 MILLION. FINALLY - 1,219,960 [former PB] - NES Tetris
I really tried to choke this one. My brain really wanted to wreck this one as well. But I got it.
This was during the warmup for a 4-player bracket I was playing at twitch.tv/MonthlyTetris the other two players were knocking out round 1 as I was playing this, and thats what you hear in the background. I went on to win the bracket despite numbing PB nerves.
This is also my earliest maxout PB, calculated at 187.4 lines. Thats a maxout by the end of level 24!")
![341,400 points on the killscreen [former PB] - NES Tetris](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QYvgv4G8_v4/mqdefault.jpg "341,400 points on the killscreen [former PB] - NES Tetris
the pbs are finally coming in after months of nada. half-max next??")
![First level 35: 291 lines [PB] - NES Tetris](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SYQVecUkddE/mqdefault.jpg "First level 35: 291 lines [PB] - NES Tetris
Sweet!
The untrimmed full game can be found here: https://youtu.be/FouC5c2Bqns")
![698,240 from lvl 19 start [Former PB] - NES Tetris](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SdDMvdqWtVk/mqdefault.jpg "698,240 from lvl 19 start [Former PB] - NES Tetris
Smashed previous PB by over 100,000– wow. This happened after studying Joseph Saelee’s gameplay at 0.25x speed.
I think I can safely say I’m maxout capable at this point—not to say I will get a maxout anytime soon, but this is a good proof of concept that I can put up quite a few points within 100 lines of 19 speed.")
