On Friday, July 23, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, marco vos wrote:
> Here in The Netherlands, it was even FRONT-PAGE news on the biggest
> newspaper of Holland:
> The Telegraaf.
>
> Rhett James Barnes <cryor...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:cryorunner-22...@dt085n38.san.rr.com...
> > I hadn't payed attention to this thread. But I at least felt that it was
> > a safe assumption that the discussion and interest was pretty much
> > confined to this group. And I guess I also assumed that it was some sort
> > of historical event people were talking about; must have happened in 1982
> > or so.
> >
> > But then yesterday my friend asked me, "Hey did you hear that some guy got
> > a perfect score on Pac Man?" And the alarms went off. Seems they're
> > trying to pass this off as NATIONAL NEWS. In 1999.
> >
> > I mean, you'd expect it here. Anyone reading this group is just a loser..
> > [OK, reality check: How many gigantic, old, rickety, video-dinasuars do
> > you have cluttering up your garage/basement/living-room, causing endless
> > grief to the rest of your family? How many hours a day to you spend
> > trying to keep these things alive, or trying to find new ones to waste
> > your money on? Guilty as charged.]
> > But this thing is actually a news item in the press. The world is clearly
> > coming to an end.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In article <7lrtnb$did$1...@cscnews.csc.calpoly.edu>,
> > jgod...@falcon.csc.calpoly.edu (Jon David Godfrey) wrote:
> >
> > > Thought there would be some interest...
> > >
> > > Posted from: http://www.twingalaxies.com/PR-Pac-Man_World_Record.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twingalaxies.com/PR-Pac-Man_World_Record.html
> > >
> > > NEWS RELEASE
> > >
> > > CONTACT: Walter Day, Twin Galaxies (515)472-3882,
> > > http://www.twingalaxies.com
> > > PHOTOGRAPH AVAILABLE
> > > For immediate release: July 4, 1999
> > > "Perfect score" achieved on Pac-Man in New Hampshire
> > >
> > > WEIRS BEACH, NH -- For the first time in video game playing history,
> a
> > > perfect score was achieved on the legendary arcade game, Pac-Man.
> > > Taking nearly six hours to accomplish the feat -- on one quarter --
> > > Billy Mitchell, 33, a Fort Lauderdale hot sauce manufacturer visiting
> > > the famous Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, NH, scored
> > > 3,333,360 points -- the maximum possible points allowed by the game.
> > > The results will go into next year's edition of the Twin Galaxies'
> > > Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records -- which is the
> > > official record book for the world of video game and pinball playing.
> > > Though the Funspot is a world famous vacation spot, Billy Mitchell
> was
> > > not there to enjoy the holiday festivities. Mitchell was there for
> the
> > > sole purpose of beating the Canadians to the Holy Grail of video game
> > > playing: history's first perfect game on Pac-Man.
> > >
> > [edit]
omg

On 2023/03/24 10:17 p.m., Samantha Kus wrote:
> On Friday, July 23, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, marco vos wrote:
>> Here in The Netherlands, it was even FRONT-PAGE news on the biggest
>> newspaper of Holland:
>> The Telegraaf.
>>
>> Rhett James Barnes <cryor...@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:cryorunner-22...@dt085n38.san.rr.com...
>>> I hadn't payed attention to this thread. But I at least felt that it was
>>> a safe assumption that the discussion and interest was pretty much
>>> confined to this group. And I guess I also assumed that it was some sort
>>> of historical event people were talking about; must have happened in 1982
>>> or so.
>>>
>>> But then yesterday my friend asked me, "Hey did you hear that some guy got
>>> a perfect score on Pac Man?" And the alarms went off. Seems they're
>>> trying to pass this off as NATIONAL NEWS. In 1999.
>>>
>>> I mean, you'd expect it here. Anyone reading this group is just a loser.
>>> [OK, reality check: How many gigantic, old, rickety, video-dinasuars do
>>> you have cluttering up your garage/basement/living-room, causing endless
>>> grief to the rest of your family? How many hours a day to you spend
>>> trying to keep these things alive, or trying to find new ones to waste
>>> your money on? Guilty as charged.]
>>> But this thing is actually a news item in the press. The world is clearly
>>> coming to an end.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In article <7lrtnb$did$1...@cscnews.csc.calpoly.edu>,
>>> jgod...@falcon.csc.calpoly.edu (Jon David Godfrey) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thought there would be some interest...
>>>>
>>>> Posted from: http://www.twingalaxies.com/PR-Pac-Man_World_Record.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twingalaxies.com/PR-Pac-Man_World_Record.html
>>>>
>>>> NEWS RELEASE
>>>>
>>>> CONTACT: Walter Day, Twin Galaxies (515)472-3882,
>>>> http://www.twingalaxies.com
>>>> PHOTOGRAPH AVAILABLE
>>>> For immediate release: July 4, 1999
>>>> "Perfect score" achieved on Pac-Man in New Hampshire
>>>>
>>>> WEIRS BEACH, NH -- For the first time in video game playing history,
>> a
>>>> perfect score was achieved on the legendary arcade game, Pac-Man.
>>>> Taking nearly six hours to accomplish the feat -- on one quarter --
>>>> Billy Mitchell, 33, a Fort Lauderdale hot sauce manufacturer visiting
>>>> the famous Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, NH, scored
>>>> 3,333,360 points -- the maximum possible points allowed by the game.
>>>> The results will go into next year's edition of the Twin Galaxies'
>>>> Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records -- which is the
>>>> official record book for the world of video game and pinball playing.
>>>> Though the Funspot is a world famous vacation spot, Billy Mitchell
>> was
>>>> not there to enjoy the holiday festivities. Mitchell was there for
>> the
>>>> sole purpose of beating the Canadians to the Holy Grail of video game
>>>> playing: history's first perfect game on Pac-Man.
>>>>
>>> [edit]
> omg
Old news, but archive.org has that twingalaxies web page archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20001022010903/https://www.twingalaxies.com/PR-Pac-Man_World_Record.html
John :-#)#
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