Once you have achieved such greatness, what meaning can one find in life?
On Saturday, John McAllister sat down at a friend’s house near Portland, Oregon to play a game of Asteroids. By Monday, he was still playing.
At 10:18 p.m. Pacific, he scored 41,338,740 points, a new all-time high score. In doing so, he beat a record that has stood for over 27 years.
The official Asteroids high score of 41,336,440 is the longest-standing record in gaming history, having been set on November 14, 1982 by 15-year-old Scott Safran. He stayed awake for three days to accomplish this feat.[...]
Every few hours, once he had racked up enough extra lives, McAllister got up from his barstool, paced the room, ate a sandwich, then sits back down to play. A last-minute bathroom break Monday evening almost cost McAllister the title: He got down to only two ships remaining before rallying back.
2 comments:
Asteroids was far and away My Game back in the 80s. Fond memories of dominating the scoreboards, hours of racking up points just shooting the saucers, and that Jaws-like music still seem fresh. I also remember being epically disappointed by the Atari 2600 version.
I played it on my older brother's 2600. But my favorite game was Combat because there was one level on which I could consistently beat him.
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