High Scores

In Real Life

Record-Seeker Restarts 70-Hour Assault On All-Time Q*Bert Mark

11:30AM May 19, 2011 | Owen Good

Last month, George Leutz set out to topple a high score nearly 28 years old: Q*Bert‘s all time mark of 33,273,520. It’s believed that it would take playing for 70 hours on a single quarter to beat that score. Halfway into it, someone kicked a power cord, (seen above) and all of Leutz’s work was lost. More »


In Real Life

Arcade Legend Sets Joust Tandem Record – With His Son

11:00AM December 24, 2010 | Owen Good

Steve Sanders, one of the first competitive professional gamers during the 1980s arcade boom, now holds a world record in his best game: Joust. He and his son, Isaiah (pictured), recently set the tandem high score record, with 745,000. More »


News

World Record Claimed On Game Rescued From The Dump

10:30AM December 19, 2010 | Owen Good

A 27-year-old video gaming world record has fallen to a British man playing on an arcade cabinet he rescued from a garbage dump nearly 20 years ago. More »


News

Wiebe: Still Points Available In Race To Donkey Kong’s Max Score

2:30PM November 20, 2010 | Owen Good

The infamous “kill screen” sets a limit to the highest possible score in Donkey Kong. Steve Wiebe, who reclaimed the world’s No. 1 in September, says the game still has about 100,000 points to go. More »


In Real Life

New World Record In Joust Awaiting Certification

3:00AM October 24, 2010 | Owen Good

John McAllister, the owner of what is widely believed to be the most unbeatable video game high score, has claimed another world record, in Joust, after a marathon session at the arcade cabinet. More »


News

You Deserve 200 Points For Looking In The Right Direction

5:00AM October 13, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

Which actions in video games deserve points? Walking? Looking? Kicking a man off a ledge? Early 2011 first-person shooter Bulletstorm answers these questions. More »


In Real Life

EA Closes Out Double Down Challenge By Raising $US1000

12:30PM May 19, 2010 | Owen Good

Enough. I am officially declaring this Double Down-eating developer competition over. Electronic Arts may not have really set the land-speed record for consuming Kentucky Fried lard, but it did raise $US1000 for – wait for it – cancer research. More »


In Real Life

Apparently We’re The Refs Of The Game Testers’ Speed Eating League

12:30PM May 7, 2010 | Owen Good

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This Sunday I facetiously suggested that an Activision game tester had claimed the world record fastest time for eating a horrible meat sandwich called the Double Down. Disney Interactive Studios wants it known they have just obliterated the mark. More »


In Real Life

Activision Claims World Record In Double Down Speed-Eating

9:00AM May 3, 2010 | Owen Good

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Two Activision game testers staged a speed-eating competition of the KFC culinary profanity known as the Double Down, with the winner polishing it off in 57.97 seconds. Video inside, plus my review of the “sandwich.” More »


News

The Man Who Beat Bejeweled 2

5:00AM April 30, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

The people who made Bejeweled 2 bring us what they say is the true tale of the first person to conquer Bejeweled 2. 2200 hours. 2,147,482,575 points. Max score possible. Meet Mike Leyde [Bejeweled official site]