Official Video Game & Pinball Book Of World Records

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I was able to purchase an old classic book edited by Walter Day himself.   It's the Official Video Game & Pinball Book Of World Records, 1st Edition published in 1998.   This book details "The Official Scoreboard for the World of Video Game & Pinball Playing", Twin Galaxies opens its vaults and reveals who the champions of the electronic gaming world are. The only book of its kind, this volume lists thousands of games--old and new--and crowns the top ten champions of every pinball, home game, network game, computer game, and arcade game ever made. Illustrations.  This book was sold at Discover Books Website.

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Some of the Records as printed by the Book of World Records in 1998.

Arcade

Dig Dug          4,129,600        Ken Arthur                  Blacksburg, VA            1/20/83

Moon Patrol   1,214,600         Mark Robichek           Mountain View, CA   11/21/83

Pole Position  67,310              Les Lagier                   San Jose, CA                6/30/86

Tekken 3         3:23:60            Mathew Nelson           Wilmington, NC         4/20/97

Surf N Safari  43,982,620       Robert Chesnavich                                          2/13/93

Donkey Kong 874,300           Billy Mitchell             Ft Lauderdale, FL       7/2/85

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Home Computer Game Systems (Consoles)

Atari 2600       Frogger            4,025   Matt Matthews           Raleigh , NC 

Atari 2600       Rampage         39,700 Jacob Huebert              North Lima , OH

Atari 5200       Mario Bros      93,750 James Carter                Lakeland, FL

NES                 Arkanoid       820,420 Jack Wang                  Findlay, OH

NES ExciteBike Track 1 0:49.79 Ryan McGough & Shawn Beniller  Mt Vernon,OH

NES Jordan vs. Bird               171 points       Jim Goble        Blountsville, AL

Gameboy         Tetris               743,641           Michael Schulte Fremont, CA

Commodore 64 Battlezone     21,000             James Carter    Lakeland, FL

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