Arika’s booth for Tetris The Absolute Grand Master 2 at AM Show 2000 allowed attendees to challenge either Arika’s resident Grandmaster player, or “reasonably good” marketing employees, for the chance at prizes. The Grandmaster went undefeated, even against TGM1 Grandmasters.
Gamest coverage of the very first individual to achieve Grand Master rank in the first Tetris: The Grand Master, Oosone. This occurred 4 months after the game’s release, and took about 30 attempts. Oosone was personally given a TGM board by Arika’s @miharasan!