Raw
Thrills supplied prizes and Betson Enterprises,
represented by Keith Fleming, supplied the games for the weekend. Callan Hendricks, widely known throughout the classic
gaming world, hosted the event at his newly-opened classic gaming showroom,
where he buys, sells and repairs coin-op games from the 1970s-1980s.
And,
Scott Evans donated a large quantity of T-shirts printed with graphics from
80s titles like Joust, Dig Dug and Defender.
Again, thanks to the support of these organizations, the event will write a memorable page in the history of gaming.
Ashman Leads with Two Records -- but Dean and Tharp
Shine, Too!
Frenzy, Jr. Pac-Man, Robotron and Tapper marks set
at Totally Amused in
12/4/2005
Abdner Ashman of
And,
playing for 41 hours, Paul Dean of
Playing
at 3:00 AM in the morning, after more than 200 attempts, Abdner achieved 945,550 points, history's highest Robotron score on the difficult 5-man setting. Earlier
in the night, Abdner had set a new Junior Pac-Man
record of 2,238,990 points. Abdner Ashman is now
recognized as a rare "renaissance" player who has world-class
skills on both strategy games and fast-reaction-time games.
Accomplishments
by Ashman, Dean and Tharp were among the highlight of a night of all-night
gaming that saw dozens of players from around
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Champions Crowned on Two Modern Arcade Titles
Fast and the Furious and Target:Terror Champs make record book
12/4/2005
Legendary classic
champions from the early 1980s tried their hands at the latest arcade
masterpieces for a high-score contest slated for Twin Galaxies' Official
Video Game & Pinball Book of world Records.
Two games
created by Eugene Jarvis, founder of Raw Thrills, Inc. and originator of
the legendary arcade hits Defender and Robotron, were
contributed to the activities conducted during the Houston Arcade
Championships in
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Live Update from The Houston Arcade Championships -
2005
Totally Amused in Humble,
12/4/2005
The results from
the Houston Arcade Championships and the reunion of the Legends
of the Golden Age will be updated by the hour, keeping the public
abreast of all the new world records logged on more than 100 different
arcade titles from the 1970s and early 1980s. Twin Galaxies plans to
identify national champions on dozens of classic arcade games.
Also, the
two premier coin-op games in today's arcades (The Fast and the Furious and
Target: Terror Gold) have been included in the event to crown a modern
arcade champion. To follow the ever-changing news, click on the story link
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Competitive video gamer spurns high-tech for
classics
The Star
12/3/2005
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Paul Dean and Kelly Tharp Hoist Marathons
Ashman beats Jr. Pac as
marathons on Tapper and Frenzy Surge Forward
12/3/2005
At Totally Amused,
in Humble, Texas, during the Legends of the Golden Age superstar reunion,
Paul Dean of Riverside, California and Kelly Tharpe
of Louisville, Kentucky are forging ahead with marathon attempts at new
world records. Paul Dean has passed the 2/3rds mark during his attempt to
break the 22-year-old frenzy world record: 4,804,540 points set by Mark
Smith in 1983.
Currently
at 4 million points, Dean will be playing until Sunday morning to break the
record. Dwayne Richard of Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada, a world record
holder in his own right on dozens of classic arcade titles, watched Dean
play throughout the night, performing the function of "official
witness" to verify Dean's achievement for Twin Galaxies' Official
Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records.
Dean also
is the world record holder on the arcade edition of Spy Hunter.
Kelly
Tharp has reached 6.1 million points on Tapper in
an attempt to break Greg Erway's mark of 9.1
million points set in 2003.
The
two-year-old Jr. Pac-Man record fell tonight at the hands of Abdner Ashman, who scored 2,238,990 points, eclipsing
his own world record of 1,550,000 points set in June of 2003.
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World video game champ among us
Courier Times,
12/1/2005
Tom Duncan gets big media coverage in the New Castle
Courier-Times in
Twin
Galaxies Web site, an electronic scoreboard, has dubbed Tom Duncan "a
hero." The site has also called "his perseverance and game
playing acumen."
But
Duncan himself is a bit more modest about his 1,000th world video game
record."
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Big Arcade Tournament in Houston
Fast and the Furious and
Target: Terror in Humble, TX
11/30/2005
Humble, TX –
November 30, 2005 – A video game convention of superstars who were prominent
back in the early 1980s is scheduled for Humble, TX, the weekend of
December 2-4, 2005.
This
event is composed of two major activities: The Houston Arcade Championships
and the Legends of the Golden Age superstar gathering. For more information
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Legendary Video Stars Gathering in Texas
Famous Stars from the Early
1980s Gather in Humble for Convention
11/30/2005
Humble, TX –
November 30, 2005 – A video game convention of superstars who were
prominent back in the early 1980s is scheduled for Humble, TX, the weekend
of December 2-4, 2005.
This
event is composed of two major activities: The Houston Arcade Championships
and the Legends of the Golden Age superstar gathering. For more information
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Fatal1ty Captures Largest Purse in Video Game
History
Fatal1ty Takes Home $150,000
1st Prize in CPL World Tour Finals Championship
11/29/2005
Auravision, Inc., Master
Licensor for Fatal1ty Brand Products,
congratulated Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel today for his stunning victory at the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) World Tour
Finals Championship contested last week in
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