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Originally published in the March 1983 American Edition Electronic Gaming Magazine of World Records® Note: The following has the spelling errors from the Original edition corrected.

To ascertain what scores in video games are actually world records, a nation wide competition was held under the auspices of Twin Galaxies with Walter Day as coordinator, across the continent.

The results of the competition are in the accompanying chart. The winners and their scores have been verified by qualified judges. This was the first competition of this kind and plans are to continue this under the same auspices annually.

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The Below is the March 1983 Twin Galaxies World Records

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 American Edition Electronic Gaming Magazine of World Records

March 1983 Video Game High Scores

All high score are in Alphabetical Order
(*) = New High Score


Astro Blaster (Sega/Gremlin)    101,450  Eron Foote, Spokeane, Washington (*)
Battlezone (Atari)            9,600,500  Dennis Hranitzky, Grapevine, Texas
Centipede (Atari)            15,207,353  Darren Olson, Calgary, Canada
Crazy Climber (Nichibutsu)      487,150  Jim Wright, Lake Orion, Michigan
Defender (Williams)          49,367,750  Marvin Norton, Safford, Arizona
Dig-Dug (Atari)               3,499,010  Dwayne Lindsey, Redding, California
Donkey Kong (Nintendo)          863,500  Steve Sanders, Clinton, Missouri
Frenzy (Stern)                1,914,777  Jim Howell, McHenry, Illinois (*)
Frogger (Sega/Gremlin)          507,230  Dave McPhee, Muncie, Indiana
Galaga (Midway)               5,102,380  Jack Pardo, Lansing, Michigan
Gorf (Midway)                 1,237,500  Jim Hart, Jacksonville, North Carolina
Kangaroo (Atari)                162,400  Francis Haggerty, Cresskill, New Jersey
Kick-Man (Midway)             4,429,555  Rich Turkishev, Manitov Springs, Colorado
Looping (Venture Line)          449,500  Bruce Boulden, Frankfort, Indiana
Missile Command (Atari)      52,246,260  Joe Fernandes, Artesia, California
Omega Race (Midway)           1,779,300  Rick Klin, Hamilton, Montana
Pac-Man (Midway)             14,880,210  Dave Marsden, Santo, Texas
Phoenix (Centuri)               585,778  Darnel Stephens, Piqua, Ohio
Robotron (Williams)         115,935,000  Steve Harris, Gladstone, Missouri
Star Castle (Cinematronics)  12,536,960  Jack Haddad, Tony Garza; San Jose, California
Scramble (Stern)              8,410,500  Jason Itzler, Cliffside Park, New Jersey
Solar Fox (Midway)              221,110  Rick McClellan, Columbus, Ohio
Space Firebird (Sega/Gremlin)   128,520  Bobby Henderson, Belle Chasse, Louisana
Stargate (Williams)          64,830,268  Mike McCrary, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tempest (Atari)               1,697,634  Eric Clayberg, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Theif (Pacific Novelty)         389,890  John Carver, Holly Hill, Florida
Tron (Midway)                 1,554,836  John Carver, Holly Hill, Florida
Vanguard (Centuri)              750,150  Greg Mercier, Huntsville, Alabama
Wizard of Wor (Midway)          398,000  Johnny Thatch, Marietta, Georgia
Zaxxon (Sega/Gremlin)         1,148,900  Barry Begos, Coventry, Rhode Island, New York (*)


















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