North American Video Game Challenge 

10672 W Pico Blvd - Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310)-837-4195

 
Captain Video Arcade Owners: Mr. Mike McClelland and Mr. Gary Gullette 


Phil Britt -- 1st Place Winner Coronation Day 1985 And player of the year 1985





[ Mike Sullivan, 
Jeff Peters, Phil Britt, Jack Gale, Donn Nauert ]
World Records:Kung Fu, Pole Position, Paperboy, Zoo Keeper, Donkey Kong



USA Today, January 2, 1985

Video game players are gearing up… for the 1985 North American Video Game Challenge,
an invitational tournament involving 50 competitors from the USA and Canada who were
chosen by the U.S. National Video Game Team. The third annual Contest will be held 
at the Captain Video Arcade in Los Angeles from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 12-13. Players
will compete in four games: Return of the Jedi, Cheyenne, Karate Champ and Mad Crasher.
Winners will receive full-size arcade video games and will Be listed in 1985 edition
of the Guinness Book of Sports Records, Winners & Champions. The top 10 players will
join the American or Canadian national team and will be eligible
For international competition. Link




Jeff Peters - Current Photo



Jeff Peters - Etiwanda, CA 1985

Jeff Peters lived very close to Riverside, CA (about 20 minutes) and our 
Riverside Group would meet with Jeff Peters and go to arcades out of town,
like Los Angeles and Upland, CA showing our skills.

Jeff Peters - on Q*Bert - lasted to the fifty-hour mark at the Iron Man Contest 
on July 9, 1985 at Johnny Z's Arcade in Canada. He missed the 100 hour mark which
had a grand prize award of $10,000 put forth by the Sports Achievement Association
sponsored by Johnny Z's Arcade in Canada. James Vollandt was the closest to this
cash prize award with a 57 1/2 hour score on Joust.

2007
Jeff Peters - www.gearworksgames.com, LLC. link

Address: 3174 E. Walker Mill Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT, 84121
United States 


Episode 5 An Interview with Jeff Peters "Superman" Producer and of other 
video games

Jeff Peters: Classic Gamer and Producer of Games:

 He further went on to co-found a publishing company and created
 Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine as well as founding a successful
 graphics design company. Jeff Peters has been in the games industry
 for many years. He started collecting on coin-op arcade game, and then
 two and so on. He found he has aptitude for fixing and restoring old
 game machines. He worked at Sculptured Software while they produced
 many coin-op conversions for Acclaim. He was also the Director of
 Development for the ill-fated Beyond Games in Salt Lake city. But 
 even given the many roadblocks presented by the situation there,
 he was still able to produce Hotwheels for THQ. Currently Jeff works 
 for Electronic Arts in Florida as the producer on SUPERMAN. 

Written by Robert Senour with audio interview with Jeff Peters
www.aboutmakinggames.com
Interview Friday, 11 May 2007 link

Robert Senour inteviews Jeff Peters (Audio) About Making Games link

 


Arcade Records:

Jeff Peters 
 Rancho Cucamonga, CA
United States  


Coin-Op Arcade platform                          World 
                                      Score     Ranking   
 Arcade 683 Cheyenne Gun          43,770,000       4   
 Commando                          2,552,100       2   
 Domino Man                          757,063       2   
 Frontline                           668,400       2   
 Jungle King/Hunt                     54,530       6   
 Karate Champ                        110,300      12   
 Mad Crasher                         135,450       2   
 Pack Rat                            910,875       1   
 Pole Position II  Seaside            75,390       1   
 1418 Suzuka                          75,660       1   
 1415 Test                            81,870       1   
 Return of the Jedi                1,441,380       3   
 Sinistar                            282,225       1   
 Time Pilot                       15,000,000       1   
 Turkey Shoot    
 Pinball 1799 Rapid Fire          10,000,000       2   

1985 Residence
[Jeff Peters,] 
age 18, birth date: 5/17/66

13021 Pinon
Etiwanda, California  91739
(714)-899-1692


In 2004 he is now a Classic Arcade Game Distributor/Producer/Graphic Animator Game Cube,
in Salt Lake, Utah






Winners: Phil Britt (1st) Mike Sullivan (2nd), Jeff Peters (3rd) Jack Gale,(4th) 
Donn Nauert (5th)


[Coronation Day] Twin Galaxies January 12-13, 1985 Contest Scoring Results


[1985 Invitational Article]





Riverside, CA Players

Phil Britt, Mike Sullivan, Dave Dean, Paul Dean, Mike Quarles all of Riverside, CA. 

Paperboy, Kung Fu, Mappy, Spy Hunter, Crystal Castles Guinness Players




The 1984 Riverside, CA Nominees Selected By


[The Electronic Sports League, Inc.]
and the Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard to Play for 1985 Player of the Year 
were Phil Britt, Mike Sullivan, Dave Dean and Mike Umbarger - Jeff Peters from Etiwanda, Ca -
A shoert few miles away from Riverside, CA.





 All are Guinness Book Champion Players who lived and practiced in Riverside, CA. 

During the Twin Galaxies [Video Game Golden Age.] 
January 18, 1982 - January 5, 1986. 






[Official Score Keeper, Twin Galaxies]



In the 1980's Golden Era of Video Game Playing, a lot of video game players
were forming groups with the common interest of solving a particular video 
game, ie Mastering the Game.

Our particular Riverside, Ca. group became so good at mastering video games 
that everyone of us became famous by being published in the Guinness Book
of World Records. We had one common interest besides video game playing and
that is programming on the Apple 2e and then programming on other computers 
as they were developed.  Video game playing is closely tied to that of
programming logic and both take the same type of analytical skills for
mastery.  

The below is my memory of their biographies as I remember it.  We spent
hundreds of hours with each other mastering video games and then we all 
graduated college and got to serious with our careers and lives to make 
for practicing our skills on the latest video game.



-------------------
Year 2004 Standings

-------------------



Several of these scores are still number 1 in the world after 20 years of
retirement of full time video game playing. Notice how we all went to the 
same high school and many of us were in the same classes.

 Biography of Phil Britt, Mike Sullivan, Paul Dean -> Poly High School, 
 Riverside, CA Class of 1983 - Published Guinness Players of the Golden
 Era 1980's
 
 Dave Dean, Poly High School, Riverside, CA Class of 1984 - Guinness Level Player 
   And
 Mike Quarles: Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA - Guinness Player 
 
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --- Phil Britt 
 John Phillip Britt: (JPB) High School Attended: Poly High School, Riverside, CA. 
John Philip Britt, 2930 Sanberg Street Riverside, California 92506  born: 11/21/65
College UC RIVERSIDE, CA.

(John Philip Britt) 
Phil Britt, Game Graphics Systems Engineer, Games Developer, Programmer Game Conversions
to Macintosh System

Hyper Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Sony Development)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class of 1983
 Club Membership: Poly Computer Club Member 1982
College: University of California Riverside, Computer Science

 Interests: Mastering Video Games, Castle Amusement Park, Riverside, CA
            Programming on Apple 2e Computer
            Music: Electric synthesizer

Phil Britt: (John Philip Britt)

MobyGames Auto-Generated Summary *: Link
Phil Britt was credited on a game as early as 1993 and as recently as 2001.
His career spans more years than those displayed since these dates are based 
on the credits documented in MobyGames (which are incomplete). Phil Britt
has been credited with the roles Programming. Phil Britt has been credited
on games developed by the following companies: Hyper Entertainment and 
Visual Concepts. This does not imply employment by these companies. 

Games Credited
HyperBowl Arcade Edition (2001), Hyper Entertainment
Clayfighter (1993), Interplay

John Philip Britt has been credited on games developed by the following companies:
Blizzard Entertainment, Interplay and Delphine Software International.

LEGO Star Wars (Macintosh) John Philip Britt Credits: Link
 Programmer Link
Lego Star Wars Mac Programmer: 
John Philip Britt, Kevin Parichan ~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide 

(1992)
Out of This World Link
Jim Sproul, John Philip Britt

(1999) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six link
Programming: Kevin Parichan, John Philip Britt

 (2002)
 AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2002--Aspyr(TM) Media, Inc. announced today
 that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon(TM) and the Ghost Recon: Desert Siege(TM) Expansion 
 Pack has shipped for the Macintosh(R). Carbonized conversion was done by Kevin  Parichan
 and Phil Britt.

TOTAL PROGRAMMING CREDIT: John Philip Britt Link
Games Credited
Stonekeep (1995), Interplay Productions Ltd.
        Produced & Directed by: by Michael Quarles, programmed by John Philip Britt link
Claymates (1993), Interplay Productions, Inc. 
The Lost Vikings (1992), Interplay Productions, Inc.
Out of This World (1992), Interplay Productions, Inc.
The Bard's Tale Construction Set (1991), Interplay Productions, Inc.
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (1991), Ultra Games: 
         Produced by Michael Quarles, programmed by John Philip Britt link




Ghost Recon: Desert Seige


(2002) Austin Texas, Phil Britt and the Ghost Recon: Desert Seige Game Expansion Pack and 
Game Play:

Developed by Ubi Soft's(R) Red Storm Entertainment studio, and published for the PC by
Ubi Soft Entertainment, the amazing combat experience Ghost Recon and the Desert Siege
Expansion Pack come together to turn your Macintosh(R) into a pivotal wartime control
center. In Ghost Recon, Russia has fallen to ultra-nationalistic leaders driven to
rebuild the Iron Curtain. In the Desert Siege Expansion Pack, a 60-year conflict boils
over as Ethiopia invades its smaller neighbor Eritrea, threatening the world's most
vital shipping lanes. Whenever there is a military conflict, the Ghosts are the first 
in action!

Command this elite team of U.S. Army Green Berets through a series of demolitions, 
search and rescue missions and all-out fights for survival. Select, train and lead 
the defensive spearhead as the first team deployed and the last team to head out. 
Ghost Recon and the Desert Siege Expansion Pack puts you in the deadly, realistic,
covert combat of tomorrow's battlefields like none other. Swift. Silent. Invisible.
If you meet the Ghosts in combat - you're already dead.

"Ghost Recon and the Desert Siege Expansion Pack offer the most `realistic' military
gaming experience I've ever played," says Michael Rogers, Aspyr Media President and
Mac Game Guru. "I almost went out and got a buzz cut."

For all of the latest news and information on Ghost Recon and the Desert Siege Expansion
Pack for the Macintosh, visit www.aspyr.com.

Ghost Recon and the Desert Siege Expansion Pack are rated "M" (Mature) by the ESRB and
is available wherever great interactive entertainment software is sold, with a Suggested
Retail Price of $49.95.

Based in Austin, Texas, Aspyr Media, Inc. is a leading publisher of Macintosh interactive
entertainment software, committed to offering high-quality interactive entertainment
products and service, with a smile, to gamers worldwide.

More information on Aspyr and their line of products can be found on the Internet at
www.aspyr.com.

More information about Ubi Soft's products and full text of press releases can be
found on the Internet at www.ubi.com. 


 Jobs: Interplay video game programmer with Mike Quarles: Crystal Castles Champion
      Creating emulators and programming games to run on multiple systems and formats.
      Self Employed: Graphics Systems Engineer Hyper Entertainment, Inc. 
	  (formerly Sony Development)/Programmer

Aspyr™ Media, Inc. announced today that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon™ and the Ghost Recon:
 Desert Siege™ Expansion Pack has shipped for the Macintosh. Carbonized conversion was done by
 Kevin Parichan and Phil Britt. 

John Philip Britt was credited on game programming as early as 1991 and
as recently as 2003. His career probably spans more years than those
displayed since these dates are based on the credits documented in 
MobyGames (which are incomplete). John Philip Britt has been credited 
with the roles Programming. John Philip Britt has been credited on games
developed by the following companies: Blizzard Entertainment, 
Interplay and Delphine Software International. This does not imply employment by 
these companies. 

Games Credited for Programming by Phil Britt
1. Stonekeep (1995), Interplay Link
2. The Lost Vikings (1993), Interplay
3. Out of this World (1992), Interplay
4. Bard's Tale Construction Set Link



Stonekeep (1995)


The Lost Vikings (1993)


Out of this World (1992), Interplay


The Bard's Tale Construction Set
 (1991), Interplay




Phil Britt, Programmer



	  Phil Britt has Three Children
	  Now living in Austin, Texas (May, 2005)

------------
High Scores:
------------
National Video Game Team
Champion of Paperboy 1985 High Score: 1,002,018,
            Paperboy 1986 High Score: 1,136,435    
			
Phil Britt / JPB, birth date: 11-21-1965; Riverside, CA
Phil Britt Paperboy Score Link

The "Obstacle Course Trick", the "Grandstand Trick", and the "Lawnmower Trick"
are all banned tactics. Usage of any will disqualify the score. Twingalaxies.com


Paperboy Released: © 1984 Atari Games



Year 1985
John Philip Britt, Age 19
2930 Sanberg Street
Riverside, California  92506
(714)-684-3320

Year 2004 Residence:
Fountain Valley, CA

    contest results:   1985 North American Video Game Challenge: winner
                             1985 Video Game Masters Tournament:
                                        wr set on Paperboy of 1,002,018
                             1986 Video Game Masters Tournament:
                                        wr set on Paperboy 6/28/86 of 1,136,435
							 1987 Video Game Masters Tournament:
                                        wr kept on Paperboy of 1,136,435



Phil Britt, Worlds Best Golden Era Guinness Player
    world records:   Paperboy 1,136,435 6/28/86









    contender:         Cheyenne, Marble Madness, Return of the Jedi, Track & Field

Paperboy grand slam score of 1,136,435 points still stands and is one of the greater
 gaming performances of all time.

Player of the Year 1985
1984 Spy Hunter 346,890 - Phil Britt




Scores for Phil Britt (United States, California, Riverside)   
 Cheyenne Gun (default settings on Arcade) 61,587,000
 1/13/85 Riverside, CA  
 
 Phil's score is ranked 3 out of 25 scores ( 19.294%) 
 Phil's Score 61,587,000    R - Referee View 
  
 Food Fight (on Arcade)   
 Phil's score is ranked 6 out of 8 scores ( 1.420%) 
 Phil's  Score 1,464,400    R - Referee  View 
  
 Interstellar (on Arcade)   
 Phil's score is ranked 1 out of 1 scores ( 100.000%) 
 Score  Pts Highest Best   Verification Method Score Details   
 Phil's  Score 248,000    R - Referee  View 
 5/15/86 Riverside, CA
 
 Karate Champ (on Arcade)   
 Phil's score is ranked  11 out of 30 scores ( 46.144%) 
 Phil's  Score 110,700    R - Referee  View 

Return of the Jedi 
1,638,780 
Phil Britt 1/13/85, Riverside, CA

Track N Field (2nd Place)
92,190 Phil Britt 5/2/84 Los Angeles, CA

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phil Britt goes to Tokyo, Scheduled to Play Track N Field representing USA 

Article Archives: Press Enterprise, (Monday June 4, 1984) by Jill Hodges Staff Writer

"1984 March of Dimes International Konami/Centuri Track & Field Challenge"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track N Field:

Title: Video game whiz ready to prove he is world's best computer athlete

  John Philip Britt flexed his fingers a couple of times, dropped a quarter in the slot of
an arcade ame machine at Flipper Flapper Fun Co. in Riverside Plaza and stood poised:
one leg in front of the other, knees slightly bent, nimble fingers on the buttons and
Bespectacled eyes trained upon the screen.

  Masterfully, he guided the small athlete on the Track & Field game screen through various
sporting events.
  
  Britt, 18, of Riverside, was preparing for the March of Dimes International Konami/Centuri
Track & Field Challenge in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday.  He will leave tomorrow for Tokyo where
he will participate in the face-off among the top three Track & Field video game players each 
from the United States, Japan and Germany.

  Britt finished second in the national Track & Field championship after participating with
250,000 others in a three-week competition, according to Roger Sharpe, a judge in the contest
and editor of New York-based Video Games Magazine.
  
  The national and international competitions are sponsored by Centuri Inc., the co-producers
of the Track & Field video game: Bally's Aladdin's Castle video game arcades; and National
Convenience Stores, which runs Stop N Go markets, Sharpe said. Sharpe said the sponsors plan
to contribute quarters contestants have poured into playing the game, or approximately
$100,000 to the March of Dimes Telethon.

  For three weeks in May, video fans went to specified stores and video arcades nationwide
to specified stores and video arcades nationwide to play the Track & Field video game,
manipulating a miniature track athlete in the 100-meter hurdles, hammer throw and high jump.

The player must receive a qualifying score in one event to proceed to the next; if he doesn't
qualify, the game is over.  To make it through the game, the video athlete must run the 100-
meter dash in 13 seconds or less, jump 7 meters in the long jump, throw the javelin 7.5
meters, run the 110-meter hurdles in 13.5 seconds or less, throw the hammer 77 meters and
achieve a high jump of at least 2.35 meters.

  When Britt plays, the athlete always finishes the competition and the video machine's
crowd-cheering sound effects works overtime.  The player receives points for his performance
each event and Britt says his average scores about 91.7 points.

  After competition in May, 14 regional champions were flown to Houston for the national 
finals May 26.  Britt was the high scorer from a five-state region, which included
California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.

  In Houston, the regional winners played in a series of elimination rounds which lasted from 
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. "If you'd seen them (the competitors) by the end of the day, you'd think
they had just thrown the javelins and run the hurdles themselves," Sharpe said.

  Britt, who has been practicing the video game for about 1 1/2 hours a day to prepare for
the Tokyo finals, says video play can take its toll.

  "When you play 10 games a day, it gets to you," Britt said.

  Britt placed second in the finals in Houston behind Gary West, 16, from Oklahoma City, 
Okla.  The third-place finisher was 18-year-old Mike Mallory from Dayton, Ohio. Along with
the free trips for the winners and the escorts of their choice to Houston and Tokyo, the
top three winners from the United States received other prizes including luggage, a
computer and an arcade-size Track & Field video game.

  "They say there are even better prizes in Japan," Britt said.

  What does it take to be a video champion?

  Britt's mothers, Vivian Britt, who will accompany him to Tokyo, credits her son's 
dexterity too many years of music lessons.  "Maybe all those accordion lessons are really
paying off," she said.

  Britt disagrees; "It just takes practice, that's all."
  
  Britt grew up in Riverside, graduated from Poly High School a year early and went to the
University of Southern California for 1 1/2 years to study computer science.  At present he
is taking courses at Riverside City College.  He said he has been interested in computers 
since his older brother, Benjamin introduced him to them in sixth grade.

  With the international finals just over a week away, Britt appeared calm and confident.
"Let's just say I thought I got robbed in Texas," he said, "I could do better." 

"John Philip Britt of Riverside hopes to prove his second-place finish in a national
video game tournament is a fluke -- (He usually does better.) he wants to win the 
international competition in Tokyo."  

Track & Field
Manufacturer: Konami
Year: 1983


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Mike Mallory Flash Back and accounting of the 1984 event with his third place
win in the United States as well as his trip to Tokyo Japan being one of three to
represent America in the 1984 March of Dimes International Konami/Centuri Track & Field 
Challenge" along with United States, Phil Britt and Gary West
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From Mike Mallory - July 3, 2010 - Michael J. Mallory (MJM) - T&F Konami Third Place Winner:

I won my standup T&F machine at the Houston Texas March of Dimes Nationals in 1984. 
I also won a computer, luggage, and clothing etc., The big prize though, was the all
expenses paid trip to Tokyo, Japan for 8 days! The 2nd place finisher Phil Britt won 
the same thing plus a pool table. Gary West the U.S. National Champion won a brand new
1984 Jeep CJ. Now those were great prizes! By the way, I missed out on playing against
Phil Britt in the final pair by only 20 points. Phil Britt and I were in opposite brackets
I never had the chance to play against him.
 
In Japan I got blind-sided because the NEW Japanese versions of T&F were a lot different
from the U.S machines. I placed sixth and last. I was totally disgusted! 

Track & Field Vibrating Technique:
The vibration technique I use has nothing to do with hitting the game hard to cause the
leaf contacts to move. It's your fingers that are vibrating not the game contacts. You 
can tap the buttons rather softly and still execute it. This technique does not work
on the Japanese Track & Field machines. "It must be done on a leaf switch game. The
index finger on each hand vibrates upon hit giving two button strokes instead of the 
normal one button stroke per hit."

By the way, a European team was suppose to be there also but didn't show up. I did win
something in the team competition though. Phil Britt won and Gary West placed 2nd playing
on the Japanese version of Track & Field in Tokyo, Japan.

It really didn't take much to beat the Japanese guys though. They were still playing with
very basic techniques. Which is something I had to resort to as my style didn't work at
all on their machines.

The Japanese team did file an unsuccessful protest against Phil Britt and Gary West. 
They said that the Six Finger, 2 Button technique they were using was cheating. The 
Japanese argued that they were "rubbing" the buttons and not hitting/tapping them per
the instructions "on the game". 
 
While in Japan we toured shrines and places of interest. They also fed us three square meals
a day. Some of the restaurants were of the 4 star variety! I guess that's because we were
with a bunch of rich executives from Centuri. As a side note if memory serves me, the pinball
guru Roger Sharpe was also along for the trip. At that time he was the editor of Video Games
Magazine.
 
The coolest thing about the trip for me was our visit to Konami World Headquarters! I got
to meet the chief programmer and engineers who created T&F. Also while at Konami, we got 
to play Hyper Sports and prototype games for the original NES in one of their labs. This
was before Hyper Sports was released in Japan and a full year before the NES came to the
states. After returning home, I use to tell people about this new system coming to the U.S.
I would say, "there is this game called Super Mario and you control him with something 
called an "X" pad"! Nobody but my closest friends believed me.

 I played in the largest video game contest in world history to this day. There were over
 1 million players in the U.S alone and I placed 3rd. I have nothing else to prove about 
 Track & Field but may some day challenge Hector T. Rodriguez current world record of 95,350
 with a higher score. link

Michael J. Mallory (MJM)    

Michael J. Mallory
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


June 10, 1984 Video Game Systems "History"

In Tokyo, Japan, the top three Track & Field game players from the US play against
the top three Japanese players, over two days. The world champion Gold Medalist is
John Britt of Riverside, California. link
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Mike Sullivan 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Michael Sullivan:  High School Attended: Poly High School, Riverside, CA. 
Class of 1983

1985 Residence
Mike Sullivan, Age 19 (MLS)
4155 Acacia Street
Riverside, California  92503
(714)-689-0900
Birth Date: 09/09/65

Year 2004 now in Northern California 

 Club Membership: Poly Computer Club Member 1982
 Interests: Mastering Video Games, Castle Amusement Park, Riverside, CA
            Programming on Apple 2e Computer
            Mathmatics
            Star Wars Movies
            Collecting Coin-Op Video Games

National Video Game Team
Champion of Kung Fu Master 1985

Kung-Fu Master 1,349,040 6/30/85 Upland, CA.

1985 North American Video Game Challenge: Second Place / Behind Phil Britt (winner)

College Attended: University of California Riverside -
Computer Science Undergraduate Studies

Post Bachelors Degree: Masters Computer Science
Moved to Northern California
Job: Sony Programmer

Scores for Mike Sullivan ( United States, California, Riverside )   
 Cheyenne Gun ( default settings on Arcade ) 
 


 Mike's score is ranked  2 out of 25 scores ( 20.783% ) 
 Mike's  Score 66,341,100    R - Referee   7/2/85 Riverside, CA
  
 Karate Champ ( on Arcade )   
 Mike's score is ranked  5 out of 30 scores ( 53.355% ) 
 Mike's  Score 128,000    R - Referee  View 
   
 Kung Fu Master ( on Arcade )   
 Mike's score is ranked  1 out of 10 scores ( 100.000% ) 
 Mike's  Score 1,349,040    R - Referee  6/30/85 Upland, CA.
   
 Mad Crasher ( default settings on Arcade )   
 Mike's score is ranked  4 out of 23 scores ( 12.447% ) 
 Mike's  Score 105,176    R - Referee  View 
   

Turbo-Sub (2nd Place) 3,464,000 Mike Sullivan 1/9/85 Torrance, CA

Turbo-Sub(2 Player)(1st Place) 
5,260,500 Mike Sullivan & Mike Quarles 1/9/85 Torrance, CA

Mike Sullivan still holds first place on Return of the Jedi with a world record
score of 1,938,010 Link

Return of the Jedi
 
  Rank % Score  Points     Player            Date Verified Scoring Method
  1  100.00  %  1,938,010  Mike Sullivan     06/11/2004      Referee  
  2    84.56 %  1,638,780  Phil Britt        06/11/2004      Referee  
  3    74.37 %  1,441,380  Jeff Peters       06/11/2004      Referee  
  4    67.85 %  1,314,930  Joseph Janiec     06/11/2004      Referee 
  5    65.15 %  1,262,670  Donn Nauert       06/11/2004      Referee  
  6    54.33 %  1,053,000  Landon Rothstein  06/11/2004      Referee  
  7    52.45 %  1,016,520  Jack Gale         06/11/2004      Referee  
  8    51.65 %  1,001,010  Kelly Kobashigawa 06/11/2004      Referee 
  9    44.80 %     868,160  Michael Ward     06/11/2004      Referee 
  10  38.72 %      750,320  Ben Gold         06/11/2004      Referee

Twin Galaxies Scoreboard Return of the Jedi: link

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Paul Dean 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul Dean: (PMD)  High School Attended: Poly High School, Riverside, CA. 
Class of 1983

Born: Oct. 1964
 Club Membership: Tennis Team
 Interests: Mastering Video Games, Castle Amusement Park, Riverside, CA
            Programming on Apple 2e Computer
Year 2004 Residence: Riverside, CA.

Champion of Asteroids 1981 - Went to State Championships at Anaheim, CA.          
Champion of Spy Hunter 1985



Paul Dean - Guinness Book 
Largest Margin Of Gain
On A Video Game High Score
20 Year Standing Record

June 28, 1985 High Score 3rd Annual Masters Tournament 9,512,590 

College Attended: Riverside Community College: Computer Information Management 
                                               Cal State San Bernardino: Sociology
Post Bachelors Certification: Education

Jobs: Para mutual, Systems Operator, Tradeshow Installer, Route Operator, Realtor, Teacher

In Publications:
1985 WordStar Word Processing Publication
1986 Guinness Book of World Records
1987 Guinness Book of World Records
1997 Twin Galaxies Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records

Paul Dean Spy Hunter Story by Douglas Quan of the Riverside, CA Press Enterprise: Link


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Mike Quarles 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Quarles (Michael Quarles)


Mike Quarles (Michael Quarles)


Michael Quarles:  Initials (MQ) January 1985
Marriage to Susan (Umbarger - Poly Class of 1982) Susan Quarles of Riverside CA

 Interests: Mastering Video Games, Castle Amusement Park, Riverside, CA
            Programming on Apple 2e Computer, Assembly Language Programming
            

Champion of Crystal Castles 1985

  Crystal Castles (4th Place in 2004 World Standings)
  864,782   Mike Quarles   7/02/85 Riverside, CA
  883,598   Mike Quarles   1/15/87 Riverside, CA



College Attended: Riverside Community College - Computer Science Undergraduate Studies
Jobs: Manager, Interplay Games, Interplay video game programmer

Michael Quarles: Work Summary thru 1996; Producer & Directer of Video Games

MobyGames Auto-Generated Summary *:
Michael Quarles was credited on a game as early as 1988 and as recently
as 1996. His career spans more years than those displayed since these 
dates are based on the credits documented in MobyGames (which are 
incomplete). Michael Quarles has been credited with the roles Programming,
Support, Design and Production. Michael Quarles has been credited on
games developed by the following companies: Interplay and Visual Concepts.
This does not imply employment by these companies. 

Mike Quarles: Games Credited

Atomic Bomberman (1996), Interplay
Stonekeep (1995), Interplay
Clayfighter (1993), Interplay
The Bard's Tale Construction Set (1991), Interplay
Battle Chess (MPC version) (1991), Interplay
Adventures of Rad Gravity (1990), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Total Recall (1990), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Battle Chess (1988), Interplay
Wasteland (1988), Electronic Arts (Mike Quarles - Programmer)

 The Ultimate RPG Archives; Interplay Credits: Michael Quarles Link
 


BATTLE CHESS, Interplay Productions' first title


Designed an Programming by: Mike Quarles: Crystal Castles Guinness Player,

released under its own label. Designed by Jay Patel, Bruce
Schlickbernd, Mike Quarles and Todd Camasta

Michael Quarles was credited on a game as early as 1988 and as recently as 1996. 
His/Her career probably spans more years than those displayed since these dates 
are based on the credits documented in MobyGames (which are incomplete). Michael
Quarles has been credited with the roles Programming, Support, Design and Production.
Michael Quarles has been credited on games developed by the following companies:
Interplay and Visual Concepts. This does not imply employment by these companies. 

Games Credited by Mike Quarles, Programmer and Lead Manager

Atomic Bomberman (1996), Interplay
Stonekeep (1995), Interplay
Clayfighter (1993), Interplay
The Bard's Tale Construction Set (1991), Interplay
Battle Chess (MPC version) (1991), Interplay
Adventures of Rad Gravity (1990), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Total Recall (1990), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Battle Chess (1988), Interplay
Wasteland Video Game (1988)

Wasteland Video Game (1988),
 Electronic Arts

by Mike Quarles Programmer/Lead Manager

Wasteland:
   Alan ported the game to the C64 in short order, and then Michael Quarles
   ported the PC version after that. Wasteland was written in assembly language,
   so Michael actually began the port by cross-assembling the Apple II version
   into 8086 assembly.



Mike Quarles Self Employed: Games Developer
Married to Susan Umbarger sister of Mike Umbarger of Riverside, CA - Nominee 1984
Electronic Sports League

In process of moving to Carlsbad, CA.


Scores for Mike Quarles ( United States, California )   
 Crystal Castles ( on Arcade )   
 Mike's score is ranked  4 out of 20 scores ( 97.022% ) 
 Mike's  Score 883,598    R - Referee  View 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Dave Dean 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

David Dean:  High School Attended: Poly High School, Riverside, CA.
Class of 1984

Born: Oct. 1965
Brother of Paul Dean, spy hunter champion 1985.
Married, 1 new baby girl in 2004
Residence: Irvine, CA

Interests: Mastering Video Games, Castle Amusement Park, Riverside, CA
            One Season with Poly Football Team
			
College Attended: Riverside Community College
                  Cal State San Bernardino - Civil Engineering
                  Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA - Civil Engineering

Dave Dean, Of Riverside, Ca. Champion of Mappy 1983

First Knotts Berry Farm Video Game High Score Contest 1983
8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620

Knotts Berry Farm Sinistar High Score Contest Winner June 1983
Dave Dean won a video game for having the highest score
at the Sinistar Knotts Berry Farm High Score Contest.

Nominated National Video Game Team 1984

Jobs: Engineer: Rockwell, Hughes, Northrup, Boeing
Lead Engineer: B2 Bomber similation
Lead Engineer: Rockwell: Video Game and network Engineering on Brazilian Airlines

 
   
 Scores for David Dean ( United States, California)   
 Mappy ( on Arcade )   
 David's score is ranked  6 out of 13 scores ( 18.822% ) 
 David's  Score 155,840    R - Referee   7/21/83
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Riverside, CA A Breeding Ground For Championship Players
-------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 For some reason Riverside, CA breeds World Record Video Game Players. 

Twin Galaxies Scoreboard (Golden Era) High Score Players

1) Phil Britt    Riverside, CA. Paperboy, 1,136,435 6/28/86
2) Mike Sullivan Riverside, CA. Kung Fu Master, 1,349,040 6/30/85
                                Return of the Jedi, 1,938,010 6/30/85
								
3) Paul Dean     Riverside, CA. Spy Hunter, 9,512,590 6/28/85 (June 28, 1985)
                    The Reinstatement with witness Re-Verification: 5/18/04 (May 18, 2004)

4) Dave Dean     Riverside, CA. Mappy, 155,840 7/21/83
5) Mike Quarles  Riverside, CA. Crystal Castles, 883,598 1/15/87


Highlighted names below in the 1986 Guinness Book of World Records are the Biographies
covered on this web site as well as many others not highlighted which are covered throughout
my Walter Day Conversations Articles.

Guinness Book of Records  1986 (Highlighted Names)





Go to Guinness Players Biography- Large


Highlighted Names and High Scores from 1986 Guinness Book Table, Honorable Mention Scores -
 Updated in Year 2005.

1.  Mike Quarles,  Crystal Castles,      864,782, Riverside, Ca. (Defeated- Now #4)       Scores
2.  Bill Mitchell, Donkey Kong,          874,300, Fort Lauderdale, Fl. (Defeated- Now #2) Scores
3.  Mike Sullivan, Kung-Fu Master,     1,349,040, Riverside, Ca. (Undeafeated- Now #1)    Scores
4.  Mike Sullivan, Return of the Jedi, 1,938,010, Riverside, Ca. (Undeafeated- Now #1)    Scores
5.  Roy Shildt,    Missile Command,    1,695,265, Los Angeles, Ca. (Defeated- Now #2)   scores  
6.  Phil Britt,    Paperboy,           1,136,435, Riverside, Ca. (Undefeated #1)          Scores
7.  Paul Dean,     Spy Hunter,         9,512,590, Riverside, Ca. (Undefeated- Now #1)     Scores
8.  Jeff Peters,   Time Pilot,         5,197,100, Etiwanda, Ca.  (Undefeated- Now #1)     Scores

EDIT: 5/5/09 Roy Shildt's score is now #2, Return of the Jedi by Mike Sullivan is #1

Note: Myself, Paul Dean and my (group) of friends all from the same town, *(Riverside,
Ca.) and nearby, all practiced at Riverside, Ca. Castle Park, over the Guinness
Book High Score List in 1986 and held these high scores even now in the year 2005, 
almost 20 years later.  Pretty good for a bunch of kids who hung out together to 
master video games, here in Riverside, Ca.  Nobody ever mentions this, but the facts
above don't lie.  Thank you, Paul Dean - Spy Hunter Champion 1986.

Here is a list of the Modern Era High Score Players:

Twin Galaxies Scoreboard (Modern Era) High Score Players

 1) Scott Aston,  Riverside, CA.  Killer Instinct, (SNES) (Completed)
 2) Doris Casem,  Riverside, CA.  Pinbott 33,540,400 (High Score)
 3) Ad Dunn       Riverside, CA.  Crystalis,(NES) (Completed)
 4) Jerry Joswick,Riverside, CA.  Doom 3, Episode 2, Time: 2:45.000
 5) Frank Malloy, Riverside, CA.  Russian 'N Attack, 3,256,200
 6) Brad Parrack, Riverside, CA.  KoshiAe Island (Completed)

 Last, but certainly not least, Leslaw Skrzypek of Riverside California is the first
 MAME player to break the half a million barrier on Robotron by scoring 509,350 points
 and getting to wave 17. As with all early Williams games, Mark Longridge has carefully
 watched that the TG settings were adhered to, and as the settings are adjusted in the INP 
 file this can be easily verified. I have to ask myself, "What is it about Riverside, CA
 that makes champion level players?"

It must be the environment (eco system) and surroundings.
Riverside, CA is one hour from the beach, mountains and deserts.
The distance is to far to go to these locations every day.
We are one hour and a half from Los Angeles, CA, and less than
an hour to (High Tech) Orange County, Ca. (Home of Broadcom) and
many other internet related companies.

It is hot here during the summer.  With mild temperatures in
winter and summers reaching 112 degrees seven days of the year at maximum temperature.

Riverside, CA was considered the Palm Springs of the Celebrities
and rich Easterners in the 1920's and 1930's.  It was a get away
from the cold climates of the East Coast.  Orange Trees are
everywhere. Our famous hotel is the Mission Inn in which many
United States Presidents were married.

Hollywood, Ca is about 65 miles away.

So there you have it.  A suburb close to the action and technology
but not to close.  We are a commuter's town in which anybody with
a family will drive to Orange County or Los Angeles County for
the big bucks.  

If you want entertainment you will either have to drive an hour


--------------------------------------------------------------------
Riverside, CA Bud Hurlbut: Founder, Castle Amusement Park
-------------------------------------------------------------------- 

or find fun in your home arcade or local arcade,
Castle Park, owned by Bud Hurlbut from 1976-1999 in Riverside, CA. 

A Quote by Dwayne Richard, Classic Era Player from New York regarding California 
Guinness Players Skill Set:

Referee - Twin Galaxies (Year 2005) with References to Guiness Book Era
dwayne Richard Link

 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:31 pm    Post subject: disbelief is prevalent   

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am still waiting for someone from maryland to demonstrate the pacman kill-screen pass
so billy Mitchell's face is off the tv and magazines. Forget about the money I
think that accomplishment would be enough to motivate someone to take the task on. 

On Ms pacman considering how many players there were in contact with tg and guinness 
and very few were able to step forward to play. I think of the number of skilled 
players in California alone and none of them in all there experience found
a player or seen a player. Ms pacman was way harder then pacman and very few could 
ever figure it out even if they tried. Jr pacman is even worse but that is another 
subject. It amazed me to hear about Rick fothergill be able to play. It is a long ardous
commitment 99% would just give up. That is just what most did except the few that we 
know about. The only area i think we may be missing results from is Japan. There could
be a story there that we are unaware of, which make things interesting if something
ever did come to light. 

We need to get to the point can some one get past the split screen legitimately and
bring to an end the myth of the perfect game or just give it a rest about secret
knowledge. Are there more people who can get to the skill screen on ms pacman. 

It is like my professors talk to me about the fact you can be real smart but you need
acheivement to establish credibilty. Some lame answer like I did not need the money or
i do not want to because i do not have the time or whatever is just lame. It really
makes it hard to take you seriously and you will always get resistance when you speak
until you prove credibility. And is hard to forget such a claim that is unsubstantiated.
dwayne 

"flogging a dead horse is our national sport since the NHL is on strike." 
 

 









Leave A Email Message For Me, 1986 Guinness World Record Holder
 [ Paul Dean]
p a u l d e a n 0 0 7 @ c h a r t e r . n e t


(use no spaces in email name)




Paul Dean has become known after 20 years of being anonymous.
Please enjoy my web site!

Paul Dean

Click on the John Quincy Adams Stamp to Contact Me




  
I have developed this site so other players can find their scores on The Guinness Book
of World Records and find the history of Guinness Book and the history
of Twin Galaxies Official Scoreboard.&174





Castle Amusement Park, Riverside, CA


Castle Park Riverside, CA. Owner: Bud Hurlbut Link

Castle Park, RIVERSIDE a medium-sized park with many rides, mini golf, and an arcade.
The updated information that follows is courtesy of Bill Nehring of Castle Park.
The park holds 25 Acres of Fun and Excitement.

Arcade - The building is arranged in two levels, with over 200 state-of-the art Video 
Games, a Snack Bar, Pinball Machines, plus numerous games of skill like boomball and
skeeball, many of which reward success with valuable prizes! Link

Miniature Golf - There are four (4) 18-hole, beautifully sculptured and landscaped,
championship golf courses, where the scenery will catch your eye and sounds will 
delight your ears! Link

Ride Park - Over 30 rides and attractions, including a Dentzel Carousel (circa 1905), 
Log Ride, Dragon's Tower, 2 Trains, Sea Dragon, Plaza Cafe, and Midway Games with Huge
Prizes! Link

Trains:
Our small train was "retired" to Castle Park after having given more than 32 million
people rides at Knotts Berry Farm. 

The rare beautiful 1909 Dentzel Carousel: Link 
Big Top Restaurant - Perfect for Birthdays, Banquets, Awards Ceremonies, Team Meetings,
and Company Picnics!

Rumor has it that the Caslte Park was owned by the Knott family and 
there is a great similarity to Knott's Berry Farm in the ride park. This turns out not
to be the case but the owner, Bud Hurlbut used to be associated with Knott's and still
lives in Buena Park to this day. He built & operated the Log Ride (first in the world),
Mine Train, Fiesta Village, & Independence Hall. The similartities between the two
parks are striking. Alhough Mr. Hurlbut sold his rides to the Knott family back in 1986,
he still has some involvement with them. Bud Hurlbut's created the Knotts Berry Farm
Mine Ride & Log Ride.

Another part of railroad and amusement park history can be traced to Knotts.
Wendell “Bud” Hurlbut, owner of the Hurlbut Amusement Company, once had close 
ties to the park. Hurlbut built and installed the Calico Mine Ride, which uses
battery-powered versions of his 24” gauge amusement park trains. Along with the 
famous Timber Mountain log flume, which like its competitor Splash Mountain is a
themed dark ride before the long drop, the two rides were not only built by, but 
also owned and operated by Hurlbut as a concession to the park. Bud Hurlbut, whose 
company has been building amusement park trains since the 1940s and still continues
to do so, sold the rides to the park and started his own, known as Castle Park in 
Riverside, CA. He has since sold that park as well, but the 14” gauge “old timer” 
train Hurlbut ran at the old Lagoon section of Knott’s Berry Farm was moved to
Castle Park and still operates there as long as a 24” gauge Hurlbut train.

There are a couple of great train rides, a log ride (separate ticket than the rest) a
couple a small but fast coasters, and the kind of rides you would usually find at a
carnival. The park is very well landscaped and well maintained.

Built in 1976, the Park with the commitment of becoming the "Ultimate Family
Entertainment Park" has continued to expand and add attractions and other 
entertainment features in an effort to become the finest park ever built! 
Located right off the 91 Freeway in the city of Riverside, California, the
park hosts over a half million visitors each year. Link

Knotts Berry Farm

Bud Hurlbut and Knotts Berry Farm:

Bud Hurlbut was the acknowledged expert and pivotal figure within the amusement business.
Since his start in the 1940's, he has designed and manufactured rides for "kiddie parks",
owned and operated a collection of rare carrousels, helped Walter Knott expand Knott's
Berry Farm into Disneyland's quiet competitor, designed and installed their two biggest
themed attractions, and worked with Walt Disney on a number of occassions. 

The Original 1907 Dentzel Carousel at Knotts Berry Farm was owned and operated by
Bud Hurlbut until until the Knotts Berry Farm had bought their own carousel.

Merry Go Round:


First, Original Knotts Berry Farm Carousel:
Riverside, California, has one of the oldest and most beautiful carousels in
America today.  Almost 100 years old, it is a rare Dentzel Carousel, a
Menagerie-Jester Head model. It has 52 hand carved animals and two sleighs
that are circa 1904. The Carousel is 25 feet high, 52 feet across.

The Carousel was originally built for the Hershey Chocolate Company and the
Hershey Amusement Park in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  It was moved to Knotts Berry
Farm in Buena Park, California in the mid 1950's. In 1985 it was moved to it's
present location at Castle Park. Mr. Morris and the well-known artists/carvers
Daniel and Alfred Muller created some of the finest carousel horses of the era. 

The Second Replacement Carousel for Knotts Berry Farm:
One of the world's oldest working Dentzel Carousel, this 100-year-old treasure
still revolves to the strains of its antique Band Organ. Climb aboard one of 
this menagerie carousel's 48 hand-carved animals including lions, tigers, ostriches,
camels, zebras, giraffes, pigs, cats, rabbit and, of course, horses. Hand Carved Animals Link

TIMBER MOUNTAIN LOG RIDE - KNOTT'S BERRY FARM created by Bud Hurlbut

"The first and still the best." This was the very first thrill ride introduced at
Knott's over 30 years ago to keep interest in the park as all the Ghost Town fans
started to age. This is also the first log ride, built by Bud Hurlbut who now runs
Castle Park in Riverside.

Knotts Berry Farm Ghost Town


KNOTT'S BERRY FARM, BUENA PARK, the world's oldest theme park. Great ghost town to 
wander through and usually less than half the crowd of nearby Disneyland. Admission 
is less here too. Some of the best rides are Montezooma's Revenge, the world's first
Log Ride, and the Parachute Drop. Younger kids will like Jaguar, a big but rather
tame roller coaster that zooms through the middle of Montezooma's loop. The whole
family will like the stagecoach ride, the steam train, and the mine train.

Original Knotts Berry Farm (1928) History


The year was 1920 when Walter and Cordelia Knott moved to the then-sleepy community 
of Buena Park, Calif. to farm 20 acres of rented land. Walter, along with his
partner, Rudolph Boysen, created a new strain of berry called the Boysenberry and
grew & sold it from the farm. Since this farm grew berries and it was owned by the
Knott's, it became known as Knott's Berry Farm. Today, that land is part of
160-acre Knott's Berry Farm, America's first theme park and the 12th most-visited
amusement park in the country. And, while the Knott Family no longer owns the
venerable attraction, the Knott spirit of hard work and down-home hospitality
lives on in new owner Cedar Fair, L.P., who acquired Knott's Berry Farm in
December 1997. Link

Knotts Berry Farm and the Chicken Dinner: Link
The success of serving chicken dinners was immediate and by 1940 the Knotts Restaurant 
was serving as many as 4,000 dinners on Sunday evenings. To give waiting customers 
something to do and to pay homage to the pioneering spirit of his grandparents and 
his love of the Old West, Walter developed Ghost Town, eventually the first of Knott's 
Berry Farm's six themed areas.

The first structure was the Gold Trails Hotel, which had originally been constructed
in Prescott, Ariz. in 1868. Adhering to authenticity, Walter brought in other buildings
from deserted ghost towns and Knott's Ghost Town as it exists today emerged. Additions
were made as the years passed.

In the 1960s, the Calico Mine Ride and Timber Mountain Log Ride were added and Knott's
built its second themed area: Fiesta Village, a tribute to California's early Spanish
heritage. The third themed area opened in 1975 - Roaring 20s (rethemed in 1996 into
The Boardwalk) - featuring the Corkscrew, the world's first looping coaster. 

In 1983, Knott's debuted a first in the amusement park industry with its six-acre
Camp Snoopy, the world's first theme park "land" designed specifically for kids.
Wild Water Wilderness, a four-acre outdoor river wilderness area featuring the
whitewater rafting ride Bigfoot Rapids, was added in 1988, followed by Indian Trails
in 1993.

Don't miss out on Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner, some of the best amusement park food 
you'll ever find! The park was built around this restaurant.

Cedar Fair owns Dorney Park, Cedar Point, Valley Fair, and Knotts Berry Farm) 
in Sandusky, Ohio.

 Cedar Point, now operate Knotts Berry Farm and the other amusement park holdings 
 such as the Knott’s Camp Snoopy indoor amusement park at the Mall of America in
 Bloomington, Minnesota, and Soak City in Palm Springs, California. Knott’s Berry
 Farm Foods is now owed by ConAgra Foods and still produces the famous jams and 
 jellies. Cedar Fair has done good things for the park and has been supportive of
 the railroad, including possibly extending the line across the street to the other
 attractions that are part of the resort. Cedar Fair also operates railways at most
 of its other parks, including two steam railways at its flagship park Cedar Point 
 and Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Knott’s rebuilt Calico Ghost Town 
 in the actual town of Calico (Barstow) is its own attraction, and also has a 30” 
 gauge railroad powered by a converted old steam 0-4-0T, now internal combustion 
 powered.

Californian showman Bud Hurlbut. Hurlbut owned and operated all of the rides 
including the carousel at Knotts Berry Farm for over 30 years. His firm, the 
Hurlbut Amusement Company, specializes in the design and fabrication of miniature
trains for amuse-ment parks. Since 1950 he has built 50 of these custom railroads.
Hurlbut was a close associate to Walt Disney and spent many days with Walt discussing
concepts in rides for the proposed Disneyland during the early '50s.

Upon learning of Disney's plans for an elaborate amusement park in Orange County,
Walter Knotts con-tacted Bud and asked him to set up some rides at his famed Berry
Farm and restaurant. The antique carousel was the first ride to be installed. The
association between Knotts and Hurlbut continued for over 30 years.

Knotts Berry Farm, Hurlbut Amusement Company Sells out in Mid 1980's:
The day that the family hired Van Gorder to run the "Farm" was the beginning of the
end of the "old" Knotts. He went after the teen market, like he did when he was GM 
at Magic Mountain. This drastically changed the family atmosphere that was Knotts 
Berry Farm. This is when the "thrill" rides started showing up, competing with Hurlbut
Amusement Company's family oriented attractions. Then they started hiking the rent and
percentages on the Hurlbut operation, and Bud turned out the lights in the mid 1980's 
(I've gotten the exact date) and sold out. Things really started going down hill then.
Having been going to the Farm since the mid 1970's, IMHO Cedar Fair has done much less
"damage" than the previous management has done. It will never be the Farm of old again.

Master showman, Bud Hurlbut for many years owned the rides at Knott’s Berry Farm. He 
was close friends with Walt Disney, the Knott Family, Eddie Rickenbacker, Don Nixon 
and a host of famous California people. In 1990, Norton’s sold Hurlbut’s fabulous
collection ofcarousel horses at a record setting auction.