Hail to the King...maybe.

Looks like the fabled Asteroids record score achieved by Scott Safran back in 1982 has been topped. John McAllister of Seattle, Washinton has racked up a score of 41,338,740 points during a 52 hour marathon. 52 hours of continuous play. That just boggles the mind, to be good enough to topple the score much less be good enough to play it for 52 hours without losing all of your ships. A praise worthy talent to be sure.

However the score has still to be confirmed by the referees of Twin Galaxies, they have a pretty strict method of verifying scores. You have to videotaped the entire challenge, that means never shutting off the camera, and you have to record the settings of the game you are playing. Since it was a 52 hour sessions the referee will have to watch the entire 52 hours of play before John is crowned the new King of Asteroids.

Only Solutions - Journey

Making a run for the border!

I have just learned, thanks to Kotaku, that if you head to Taco Bell you should be able to pick up some classic Atari 2600 titles for your PC enjoyment. Why are you still reading this? Go!

Update: As some kind readers have pointed out to me, the titles offered at Taco Bell, starting next week, are not Atari 2600 ports but rather the arcade originals. While wgungfu was the first to point my error in this post and received one of my prized Radium Chimps in the process, anonymous (Chuck?) shouldn't go empty handed...so I've decided to give him Vermont once my legions take it over. Congrats you two!