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Kelly Tharp, of Sellersburg, Indiana, will be marathoning Q*bert at the nationally-famous Challenge Arcade in the Reading, Pennsylvania area for a three-day stint starting on February 20, 2006. His goal is to beat a video game arcade record that has stood for 22 years.
If successful, his marathon will take approximately 72 hours, starting on the morning of Monday, February 20, playing on only one quarter. During that time, he will be required to record on videotape his entire performance and also submit to a drug test immediately after the game's completion. The tape and drug test will be evaluated by the editors of Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records.
Since the beginning of organized video game playing, Q*Bert has been recognized as the most difficult game to marathon for great lengths of time. Due to its bizarre array of colorful screens, the game play is harder on the eyes than any other game of the "Golden Age" of arcade classics, and countless players have failed to beat the 22-year-old world record of 33,273,520 points set by Bob Gerhardt of Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada on November 28, 1983.
Kelly Tharp has already won his way into the gaming history books by taking the Tapper Marathon crown on December 4, 2005 in Humble, Texas, during the highly-acclaimed "Legends of the Golden Age" classic gamers reunion. Kelly lasted 18 hours, scoring 9,437,400 points to beat the 9,100,175-point mark set by Famington, N.Y.'s Greg Erway on June 20, 2003.
"Most players can only handle one or two marathons in their career," says Walter Day Chief Scorekeeper at Twin Galaxies and editor of the Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records. "If Kelly beats Q*bert in addition to his prior victory over Tapper, he will attain a level of prestige few players will ever reach."
Apparently, Kelly is an old hand at marathoning games. Though his past accomplishments were never verified by Twin Galaxies, he reports prodigious scores on important titles: Jungle Hunt (521,620 points), Mousetrap (18,000,000 points), Q*bert (12,800,000 points), Burgertime (3,800,000 points), Battlezone (1.1 million points) and Robotron (27,000,000 points). He also claims to have finished Crystal Castles, Galaga, Kick Man, Pac Man, Paperboy, Dragons Lair 1&2, Space Ace Cliffhanger and Marble Madness.
The Challenge Arcade is located at the Berkshire Mall, 1665 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610 (Reading area). Their phone number is 610-376-1650. The Challenge Arcade will be conducting an arcade championship during the weekend of March 17-19, 2006.
- Monday, February 20, 2006
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if you are intrested then keep an eye on http://www.xb-t.com/news
i think they will post the result later
and i dont think he got strong ballz to play that long
If successful, his marathon will take approximately 72 hours, starting on the morning of Monday, February 20, playing on only one quarter. During that time, he will be required to record on videotape his entire performance and also submit to a drug test immediately after the game's completion. The tape and drug test will be evaluated by the editors of Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records.
Since the beginning of organized video game playing, Q*Bert has been recognized as the most difficult game to marathon for great lengths of time. Due to its bizarre array of colorful screens, the game play is harder on the eyes than any other game of the "Golden Age" of arcade classics, and countless players have failed to beat the 22-year-old world record of 33,273,520 points set by Bob Gerhardt of Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada on November 28, 1983.
Kelly Tharp has already won his way into the gaming history books by taking the Tapper Marathon crown on December 4, 2005 in Humble, Texas, during the highly-acclaimed "Legends of the Golden Age" classic gamers reunion. Kelly lasted 18 hours, scoring 9,437,400 points to beat the 9,100,175-point mark set by Famington, N.Y.'s Greg Erway on June 20, 2003.
"Most players can only handle one or two marathons in their career," says Walter Day Chief Scorekeeper at Twin Galaxies and editor of the Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records. "If Kelly beats Q*bert in addition to his prior victory over Tapper, he will attain a level of prestige few players will ever reach."
Apparently, Kelly is an old hand at marathoning games. Though his past accomplishments were never verified by Twin Galaxies, he reports prodigious scores on important titles: Jungle Hunt (521,620 points), Mousetrap (18,000,000 points), Q*bert (12,800,000 points), Burgertime (3,800,000 points), Battlezone (1.1 million points) and Robotron (27,000,000 points). He also claims to have finished Crystal Castles, Galaga, Kick Man, Pac Man, Paperboy, Dragons Lair 1&2, Space Ace Cliffhanger and Marble Madness.
The Challenge Arcade is located at the Berkshire Mall, 1665 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610 (Reading area). Their phone number is 610-376-1650. The Challenge Arcade will be conducting an arcade championship during the weekend of March 17-19, 2006.
- Monday, February 20, 2006
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if you are intrested then keep an eye on http://www.xb-t.com/news
i think they will post the result later
and i dont think he got strong ballz to play that long