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GDC 2019 full panel - Tetris World Championship: Building Explosive Esports on 8-bit Nintendo
Where it all started for consoles
In this 2019 GDC talk, Hitsparks Games' Chris Tang explores how the Classic Tetris World Championship format makes the most of NES Tetris' quirky killscreens, OCR technology, a passionate community low in toxicity and high in intellect, attachment to growing gaming events, explosive memes, and having an amazing role model for a champion.