It's very cool that such a well known person is such a passionate gamer with skills to boot, but what of that Tetris high score? Was it ever beaten? If so, when? We combed through Nintendo Power’s high score pages and found that Woz’s submission as Evets for 546,145 points was never actually bested - although someone came close and beat the 507,110 score that Woz submitted under his real name. While that’s a great trip down Memory Lane, the story doesn’t end there. Woz also disclosed his love of Tetris, and that he gifted Game Boys (which for many years had Tetris as the pack-in) when he’d meet with famous and influential people, including heads of state. In short, Woz was so good that Nintendo Power only accepted and published his score once, and so to get listed again, he changed his name. It made the rounds a few years back when Woz did a few interviews and disclosed the whole story.

The news of who Evets really was isn’t new.

He was featured three times once via a letter which included photos and was duly printed in the reader mail section, once with a high score of 507,110 and once again with a score of 546,145 - this time with his name listed as Evets Kainzow (spell it backwards and you’ll get it).

In 19, Apple co-founder Steve 'Woz' Wozniak submitted several high scores to Nintendo Power magazine for the Game Boy version of Tetris. While we're on the topic, we thought it might be a good idea to take the headwinds and revisit another famous video game record, perhaps the most famous Nintendo-related scores ever. There’s been a lot of news as of late about some famous high scores and the shaky stories behind them.