Originally published in the 1985 American Edition of the Guinness Book 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 nationwide competition was held under the auspices of Twin Galaxies with Walter Day as coordinator, on June 29, June 30 and July 1, 1984 in 9 locations across the continent, namely New York NY, Anchorage AK, San Jose CA, Miami FL, Wilmington NC, Victoria BC, Villa Park IL, Seattle WA, Oklahoma City OK. 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. Game Score Player --------------------------------------------------- Alpine Ski 133,263 Cary Sinnett Baby Pac-Man 1,196,560 Jose Pelegio Berzerk (Fast) 104,680 Ron K. Bailey Bosconian 615,490 Frank Rion Bubbles 1,365,970 Joe Malasarte Bump N Jump 186,380 Gary Hatt Burgertime 4,978,550 Bill Mitchell Centipede 1,244,825 Darren Olsen Congo Bongo 379,500* Steve Harris Crossbow 2,888,000 Kenneth Murphy Crystal Castles 845,832 Eric Ginner Defender 230,125 Gino Yoo Dig Dug 1,238,710 Douglas Smith Donkey Kong 196,900 Randy Davis Donkey Kong Jr. 957,300 Bill Mitchell Donkey Kong 3 1,898,100 George Daniels Firefox (9000) 500,045 David Palmer Food Fight 1,512,900 Cameron Koehncke Frogger 68,880 Jeff Scism Frontline 134,200 Donald Freer Galaga 1,867,080 Rick Dixon Galaxian 186,770 Lloyd Dahling Gyruss 7,035,300 Shelton Drumgolo Joust 1,002,500 Don Morlan Jr. Pac-Man 148,630 Fred Alderov Jungle King 39,240 Chris Emery M.A.C.H. 3 Fight 455,600 Randy Albright M.A.C.H. 3 Bomb 315,200 Greg Jones Mappy 513,350 Mike Reynolds Mario Bros. 1,758,800 Perry Rodgers Millipede 1,679,868 Kyle Cholly Long Missile Command 1,426,115 Roy Shildt Moon Patrol 181,900 Jeff Scism Mr. Do! 1,390,350 Desiree McCrorey Ms. Pac-Man 679,260 Bill Mitchell Pac-Man 2,478,610 Bill Mitchell Pengo 285,210 Debbie May Jensen Pole Position 67,260 Les Lagier Popeye 351,150 Steve Harris Punchout!! 8,585,130 Chris Emery Q*Bert 1,112,300 Doris Self Robotron 838,475 John Martinez Satan's Hollow 6,543,820 Chris Emery Sinistar 188,170 Joseph Janiec Space Invaders 9,990 Joseph Amor Spy Hunter 794,495 Brian McDowell Star Gate 194,200 Scott Heyano Star Rider 240,047 Eddie King Star Trek 1,723,175 Maurice DiSciullo Star Wars 13,990,709 Mike Hewett Super Pac-Man 315,380* Steve Saunders Tapper 5,000,000 Jack Gale Tempest 792,317 Chris Ayra Time Pilot 5,197,100 Jeff Peters Track & Field 93,100 Gary West Tron 1,695,463 David Palmer Tutankham 115,100 Dwayne Richard Vanguard 122,290 Mike Hewett Zaxxon 367,550 Dave Ander Zoo Keeper 16,145,250 Brian Halik * Record set in 1983