EricICX | The Secret Second Ending of Tetris @EricICX | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
A video describing the treacherous path to the true end level of NES Tetris: Level 255, and an overview of the techniques we'll need to learn to reach it.

Massive credit to HydrantDude for making this video possible.
Check out the informational videos he's made on his channel:
why the colors glitch out at level 138 - youtube.com/watch?v=2Lp2yA2wYKI
why clearing a single at level 155 crashes nes tetris - youtube.com/watch?v=BpEcjdr_YDo

Also, check out his Crash Theory spreadsheet, if you'd like to learn more about how specifically to avoid the crash:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zAQIo_mnkk0c9e4-hpeDvVxrl9r_HvLSx8V4h4ttmrs/edit#gid=1013692687

Credit to these people for some footage:
Ecstasy Of Order - The Tetris Masters tubitv.com/movies/652019/ecstasy-of-order-the-tetris-masters
Chambers_N Gaming - Donkey Kong Former WR youtube.com/watch?v=wnhihX0A1_8
Jamey Pittman - Pac-Man Perfect Game youtube.com/watch?v=AuoH0vz3Mqk
De Martian - Level 256 TAS youtube.com/watch?v=fy5qt_SOapM

And if you want to learn more about how we got to where we are with rolling:
youtube.com/watch?v=8riV1xDST5k


Music Used:
HOME - Before the Night
Aaron Krogh - Good Memories
Luminist - Solar Movement
Amacha Music Studio - Moon
HOME - Sleep
PeriTune - World_OP2 (Music Box)
Celeste Piano Collections - Reach For The Summit
Dead End Wonder - Kiri no mori Misty Forest (霧の森)
Celeste Piano Collections - Quiet and Falling
HOME - 4 (Resting State, Extended)
Amacha Music Studio - Nemurinitsuku Sekai (A World to sleep in)

Chapters:
0:00 - Blue Scuti's Game
0:36 - The Beginning
2:54 - The Glitched Colors
4:55 - The True Killscreen
6:34 - Avoiding the Crash
14:08 - The Levels From Hell
16:24 - Rebirth

Thanks for watching!