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A good number of Todd's scores have not yet been verified (e.g. 128k on Kaboom Diff A). I don't want to enter scores into the dBase and Book of Records without absolute proof. This will avoid the fiasco's of late. As for "or does he post ficticious scores on his web site", I HIGHLY doubt Todd would ever do such a thing. He has been a respected gamer since the late 70's and at one time would tour the country (US) going to events such as CES to demonstrate new games (and old) for the crowds at Activisions' request. In fact, they would pair him up with major celebrities to usher in new games (Decathlon w/Bruce Jenner, etc.).
As for my age, I'm 37 and have been playing Atari games without pause (save for a deployment here and there with the US Army) since '77.
Regarding Dragster sub-6 times at live events, there are still a few people that can do it. At this years CGE, of the 27 people that competed in the "Racing Days" event, 4 (including Todd and myself) were able to get sub-6 times.
Please feel free to e-mail Todd directly. He is a very nice and open guy and always welcomes discussions. Just be sure to treat him as you would want to be treated. Nobody likes nasty-grams from someone they don't know.
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Here are the Top scores (submitted for verification) on the TG site:
1 100.000% 999,999 David Yancey PH
1 100.000% 999,999 Todd Rogers R
2 38.800% 388,000 Ken Vance R
3 38.549% 385,490 Robert Mruczek R
4 31.569% 315,690 Joe Knasin R
5 28.910% 289,100 Robert Macauley R
6 22.538% 225,380 Ron Corcoran R
7 20.605% 206,050 Michael Ryan R
8 18.879% 188,790 Mark Rupprecht R
9 16.385% 163,850 James Carter R
10 14.325% 143,250 Greg Easterly R
11 6.417% 64,170 Stephen Knox R
12 1.682% 16,820 Brien King R
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and you say a 5.56 on dragster and you saw this DAMN im not worthyMust have been a typo... 5.56 is not possible on Dragster due to programming. Todd's record is 5.51. I know he's gotten 5.57 many times. That's probably the score he got at CGE.(scores must end in 1,4, or 7 only)
My best is still 5.64, but my goal is to get a 5.57 one day. It's only 2 score jumps on the Dragster ladder. I had a friend with initials ML get a 5.61....CURSES.... that's 2 people to beat! :wink: :wink:
David:
You are correct, that was a typo. Todd did in fact score 5.57.
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Yeah this guy todd rogers is like a rash all over the high score listings does todd submit tapes and videos to twingalaxies or ron for verification? and you say a 5.56 on dragster and you saw this DAMN im not worthy and if you go to his we site www.beatthechamp.com hell he has listed a 128,000 + on Kaboom small buckets difficulty ( A ) I WANT TO SEE THAT VIDEO did ron verify that one and why is it not on the twingalaxies web site just curious but on the over all yeah he has a Dump load of high scores .Reguards Joy Panzoukis
Joy:
Initially, all of Todd's tapes were sent to Walter at TG HQ. Walter then sent them to me for verification. Now, Todd, as do all other players, send their tapes directly to me (for Atari, Astrocade, Inty and others).
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Jeff (JD) Lowe is the Twin Galaxies NES referee. I would send him an e-mail at [email protected] to get the necessary forms and instructions on score submissions. Yes, the TG dBase is thin on many platforms and titles. During the 80's and most of the 90's our focus was predominately coin-ops and pins. Over the past few years we have tried to shore up the console and computer scores. It has been a bumpy road, as some of the scores we had posted we not verified or mis-reported, but we are constantly striving to ensure the dBase and Book of World Records are as acurate as possible.
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And it is my tradition to mention to Ron, that we have now been threatened with snow flurries here in Central Ohio (hasn't happened quite yet, but tomorrow morning supposedly we are to wake up to some I hear) :D ERRR!!!!! We are supposed to have sunny skies and 82 tomorrow...
I can't wait until my daughter heads off to college in 2 years... If all goes well, shortly after that, I'll be back in Cleveland. -
is there any web site i can check for rairity guide?http://www.digitpress.com/lists/intellivision.pdf for a list of games
http://www.tomheroes.com/Video%20Games%20F...ntellrarity.htm has a rarity guide (not sure how up-to-date it is)
http://www.intellivisionzone.com/intv_guide.asp Excellent guide. Seems current.
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BadBrad:
Call them. I have ordered several systems, accessories, parts, etc. from them and have always received prompt replies whenever there were questions.
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do you know of anything like that in the toledo ohio area or where can i find out about upcoming events where i could make a world record attempt?
I'm not sure about any events in the Toledo area, but there is the CinciClassic each year.
I so terribly miss living in Cleveland... Phoenix is nice, if you like 110F+ days for 4 months solid... -
anyone know if you get the videotape back after its submitted?As indicated on our site and the player submission/agreement form, all tapes submitted become the property of Twin Galaxies. We do this so we have archived proof of a players claim and for legal reasons. I highly suggest making an additional copy for your own records.
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All items marked "R" for Referee are items that were performed with a TG Referee present at the time of the score. Typically, these take place at events such as CGE, E3, FunSpot, etc. There are occasions when I (or any other Ref) will travel to an arcade, or a gamers home, or other agreed upon location, to witness an attempt. Typically, this is reserved for world record attempts on highly contested titles.
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Only if it's a Combat or ET... otherwise it must be worth THOUSANDS!
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Way back when, in the early 1980's, Todd was engaged by Activision to tour the country and demonstrate their games. If you check out his website you will see he is actually quite an incredible gamer (and person). At this years CGE, he was able to (several times) post a 5.56 on Dragster in-front of many people. While not his PB of 5.51, it's a helluva lot better than I can do (my PB is 5.97).
As for who is the Ref, that would be me.
I must state however, that more than 90% of the scores in the TG dBase were inherited and I have spent the past 7+ years trying to verify/validate each and every one of them. As questions about scores come to light, I examine each one with great detail. First I dig thru the TG archives to see if we have photographic or videotape evidence. If that proves fruitless, I try to get in touch with the gamer who's score is in question. If that fails, I will usually remove the score or place it in limbo until proof is provided to me that is beyond reasonable doubt. As for Todd's Raiders score. After talking to him, he is certain the 23 was achieved, alas, there is no videotape evidence, so I replaced the score with a score I do have from him on tape, which is the 20 you now see in the dBase.
Please understand that neither I, nor any TG "official", get paid for what we do. This is a labour of love and a "part-time" hobby. Yes, we all wish we could do this as our real jobs, but that's not in the cards right now...
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Yes, we do allow for videotape submission of an emulator for the Atari, Intellivision & Coleco platforms. Might I also suggest using PCAEWin and submitting an .avi of your gameplay? Seems like it would be easier, but videotape is fine too.
Hope this helps.
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Personally, I prefer
Ultra-Edit @ http://www.ultraedit.com/
and
RadASM @ http://radasm.sonshinesoftware.com/
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Excerpt copied from the NPR site for Oct. 17, 2002
http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm...%2F2002&PrgID=3
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Old Video Games Now Collectibles
Host Bob Edwards speaks with Albert Yarusso about the growing popularity of vintage video games first introduced in the 1970's. He is the co-creator of AtariAge.com, a website devoted to vintage video games. (3:50)
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And Todd Rogers just submitted a score of...
818,510
playing Normal Difficulty.
I really must practice more. My 98k sucks by comparison.
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Brien:
While I was never a fan of Pengo back in the day, your game has turned me to the Dark Side...
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It rocks on my PIII-500 laptop (62 fps)
So it goes without saying that it plays very smoothly (76 fps) on my 1.5GHz Dell Dimension. 
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Manuel:
If you have a group of AA regulars, and you provide pics straight from a digital camera, along with the proper forms, I will accept the scores and post them to the dBase and book of records.
If I had the time, I would love to go back to Germany and personally witness you guys play.
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Yes, Russell Archey sent me a recording of his 100k game. If memory serves me correct, the game lasted about 9 hours. The #5 score from Mark Feldt is legit. Mark sent me stills from a digital camcorder with time/date stamp on them. I accepted these as sufficient evidence prior to our changing the rule on videotape only submissions.
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TWIN GALAXIES ATARI 2600 TIME-BASED DECATHALON - FINAL RESULTS
by Robert T Mruczek - Twin Galaxies Editor and Chief referee
Reported on September 30th, 2002
Hello fellow gamers !!
After sixty days of heated competition, and just a tad bit of controversy, our first ever time-based decathalon has drawn to a close. Gamers competed on ten classic titles from the vintage Atari 2600 home console system, and after it was all said and done, five (5) world records were set, inclusive of two (2) first-time record listings. And as is usual for a Twin Galaxies event, the competition was spirited and inspired.
You probably want to know who won...so here you go. Mind you...only competitors who submitted scores in all ten events could be considered for a ranking, and only non-TG staffers could be eligible for prizes.
If you see "DNQ", that means that the competitor did not qualify, and "TG" means the competitor is a TG staffer so can compete, but is ineligible for final rankings, prizes and certificates, although their scores are still included for calculations if they qualify. Thus, two gamers did not qualify, and the scores of two other qualifying gamers impact the overall rankings of everyone's scores, but do not count for prize consideration.
Here now are the final overall results in terms of percentages down to the 2nd decimal place, out of a maximum 1000.00%...
FINAL RESULTS
Rogers, Todd TG 959.92
Ewing, Jonathan 880.74
Mruczek, Robert TG 876.29
Gavigan, Ryan 839.61
Yancey, David 825.50
Drake, John 815.99
Knox, Stephen TG, DNQ 719.96
Corcoran, Ron TG, DNQ 611.28
As you can see, the gamer who accumulated the most points was Todd Rogers. However, as he is a TG employee, the Twin Galaxies recognized 1st place winner for certificate purposes is Jonathan Ewing with 880.74 points. In 2nd place is Ryan Gavigan with 839.61 points. In 3rd is David Yancey with 825.50 points, and in 4th is John Drake with 815.99 points.
This is also the highest final percentage rankings in memory for a Twin Galaxies decathalon event, out of a maximum of 1000%.
Incredibly, three players were all within 25 points of each other...a testimony to how tight the competition was until the very last day. Most gamers, Todd and myself included, kept at it, chipping away a second here, or a few tenths there, until we could do no more. The individual results are awesome.
Here now are the ranked results from the ten individual events in terms of the actual scores per events, along with the relative percentage per event out of a maximum of 100.00%, so you can see for yourself how right the competition was...
Skiing - Game 1 "B" - World Record is 32.63 Seconds
Ewing, Jonathan 32.72 100.00
Drake, John 32.73 99.97
Rogers, Todd 32.73 99.97
Yancey, David 32.75 99.91
Mruczek, Robert 32.83 99.66
Gavigan, Ryan 32.85 99.60
Knox, Stephen 32.98 99.21
Corcoran, Ron 33.63 97.29
Jonathan Ewing turned in a near-flawless run of 32.72 seconds, less than 1/10th of a second off the world record pace. Two gamers, John Drake and Todd Rogers, both tied for 2nd place with 32.73, just 1/100th of a second off Jonathan's pace, while David Yancey came in 3rd place with 32.75 seconds, just 3/100ths of a second off Jonathan.
This event comes down to minimizing your lateral movements and making the most minute adjustments throughout the race. Precision accuracy in most of the timed events was necessary in order to achieve the fastest results. And the beauty of the format is that a gamer could get perhaps two attempts in per minute...more in the case of "Dragster" where the average game lasts 6 seconds.
As was true with most of the Activision titles in this competition, the average results in terms of percentages was predictably tight, and in many cases, gamers were all within one percentage point of another. The reality is, games of shorter duration and those in whole seconds can realize greater disparities between contenders.
Barnstorming - Game 1 "B" - World Record is 32.50 Seconds
Rogers, Todd 32.67 100.00
Ewing, Jonathan 32.77 99.69
Yancey, David 32.77 99.69
Drake, John 32.85 99.45
Mruczek, Robert 32.90 99.30
Gavigan, Ryan 32.95 99.15
Corcoran, Ron 33.24 98.29
Knox, Stephen 33.70 96.94
During the competition, a new world record of 32.50 seconds has been officially established outside the parameters of the decathalon at the CGE and was not counted towards this competition's final results, as set by Todd Rogers. Within the competition, Todd managed to come close with a time of 32.67 seconds for 1st place. Tied for 2nd at 32.77, just 1/10th of a second behind, are Jonathan Ewing and David Yancey. John Drake is in 3rd place with 32.85 seconds.
Barnstorming is an enjoyable title, even moreso once you recognize the birds' flying patterns and how to fly inbetween the birds. As you can see by the results, all gamers were within 1 second of each other...tight indeed.
Grand Prix - Game 1 "B" - World Record is 29.47 Seconds
Rogers, Todd 29.61 100.00
Ewing, Jonathan 29.61 100.00
Yancey, David 29.64 99.90
Mruczek, Robert 29.69 99.73
Gavigan, Ryan 33.13 89.38
Corcoran, Ron 34.80 85.09
Drake, John 37.35 79.28
Knox, Stephen 40.22 73.62
Due to the speed involved, and the ease at which your vehicle can come to a screeching halt due to the most subtle of contacts with another vehicle, the tightness between gamers widened in this event. Still, four gamers managed to stay within 8/100ths of each other, the fastest being very close to the world record itself.
Tied for 1st place are Todd Rogers and Jonathan Ewing with 29.61 seconds, a fast time indeed. In 2nd place, a fraction of a second behind, is David Yancey with 29.64 seconds. I managed to tie my own previously submitted personal best of 29.69 seconds for 3rd place.
What most gamers probably do is adopt a single pattern for solving the event, and then stick with it as long as they can. After viewing everyone's attempts, I can safely say that there are three (3) distinct patterns to use...two are identical up to a certain maneuver 2/3 of the way thru, while the other is a radical departure and focused on the central two lanes, thus has the most risk.
Sky Jinks - Game 1 "B" - World Record is 34.73 Seconds
Rogers, Todd 34.73 100.00
Yancey, David 34.74 99.97
Ewing, Jonathan 34.76 99.91
Mruczek, Robert 34.83 99.71
Drake, John 34.83 99.71
Gavigan, Ryan 37.79 91.90
Knox, Stephen 39.73 87.42
Corcoran, Ron 39.81 87.24
A new world record has been set in this event !! After re-evaluating an earlier score which was found to have been accomplished on a prototype cartridge, the previous record holder, Todd Rogers, reclaims his stance with a winning time of 34.73 seconds in this tricky performance of aerial maneuvering and timing. His 2nd place competitor is David Yancey with a speedy 34.74 seconds, just 1/100th off Todd's pace, followed tightly by Jonathan Ewing in 3rd place with 34.76 seconds...3/100ths off Todd's pace.
Like "Grand Prix" and "Barnstorming", the gameplay of this title is extremely reliant upon how fast you are travelling, and for what duration !! Reaching a certain point too quickly can be as bad as, or worse than, getting there too slowly, so the perfect blend must be found to achieve the fastest times possible.
Dragster - Game "B" - World Record is 5.51 Seconds
Rogers, Todd 5.64 100.00
Yancey, David 5.67 99.47
Drake, John 5.81 97.07
Corcoran, Ron 6.01 93.84
Mruczek, Robert 6.04 93.38
Ewing, Jonathan 6.31 89.38
Knox, Stephen 6.34 88.96
Gavigan, Ryan 6.57 85.84
"Dragster" is hands down the shortest Atari 2600 time-based challenge of all time. And due to the duration of the event, a player can crank out maybe 6-8 attempts inside of a minute.
Todd Rogers, the only person OR computer on Earth to have achieved a 5.51 seconds on this title, takes 1st place with 5.64 seconds. He was given chase by David Yancey, whose 5.67 seconds time easily qualifies him for 2nd place...and due to the nuances of the game, where the ending digit must be either a "1, 4 or 7", no one could come between Todd and David in this competition.
John Drake zoomed past the finish line in 5.81 seconds, the only other sub-6:00 time this competition. What did I like most about it as a referee ? Well...the 6 second verifications, that's what !!
Boxing - Game "B" - World Record is 24 Seconds to KO
Rogers, Todd 28 100.00
Gavigan, Ryan 45 62.22
Yancey, David 60 46.67
Drake, John 70 40.00
Ewing, Jonathan 75 37.33
Knox, Stephen 77 36.36
Corcoran, Ron 91 30.77
Mruczek, Robert 95 29.47
There were a few events this competition that resulted in widely disparate scores. Activision's "Boxing" was one of them.
Todd "Hurricane" Rogers came to within 4 seconds of his world record pace, knocking out his opponent in 28 seconds. His next nearest competitor is Ryan "Sugar Ray" Gavigan who performed this feat in 45 seconds. Ranked 3rd the Twin Galaxies equivelant of real-life prize-fighting is David "Bigrig" Yancey who KO'd the computer in an even minute.
For ranking purposes only, the above reflects the time of the KO, but for Twin Galaxies record tracking on the database, the times will reflect the seconds remaining out of a 2:00 starting timer. Thus, Todd has 1:32 left on the timer at the moment of KO, Ryan has 1:15, and so forth.
Adventure - Game "3B" - World Record is 40 Seconds
Ewing, Jonathan 40 100.00
Rogers, Todd 54 74.07
Mruczek, Robert 55 72.73
Knox, Stephen 57 70.18
Gavigan, Ryan 60 66.67
Yancey, David 72 55.56
Drake, John 72 55.56
A new world record was set, rather shattered, on this event. Chopping down the previously verified record of 49 seconds by 9 entire seconds, Jonathan Ewing is now recognized as one of the greatest Atari 2600 "Adventurers" of all time, solving the random game 3 adventure in a previously unheard of 40 seconds. However, the possibility exists that the time may be, upon further investigation, 39 seconds. As chief referee, I verified 40 seconds using a stopwatch, but the absolute way to find out for sure requires that worldwide Atari editor, Ron Corcoran, take a final look and evaluate thru his own eyes, just to be sure. In the event that the record is found to be 39 seconds, the overall competition rankings will change ever so slightly, but we will definitely notify all of a slight change in relative winning percentages.
Coming in 2nd place is Todd Rogers with 54 seconds, followed by myself at 55 seconds. Note that the official Twin Galaxies ruling is that the game starts from the instant a gamer moves to the instant the grail is brought back to the gold castle AND the music starts.
Game "3B" is random in nature, having an estimated 15-20 solutions, perhaps even one or two more. The challenge is recognizing which solution is required from just the barest evidence.
Superman - Game "B" - World Record is 57 Seconds
Rogers, Todd 61 100.00
Mruczek, Robert 70 87.14
Gavigan, Ryan 86 70.93
Ewing, Jonathan 89 68.54
Yancey, David 99 61.62
Knox, Stephen 113 53.98
Drake, John 125 48.80
Easily among the top two most frustrating titles this time-based competition. As "Superman" you are required to re-build a bridge and re-capture several crooks causing havoc in the city, as well as capturing the diabolically clever Lex Luthor. Well, as this is the Atari 2600, he's not really "diabolically" clever...just clever enough to set free any prisoners that you captured.
Todd Rogers achieved a blazing fast 1:01 (61 seconds), proving that he's the "Superman" of this competition...and he almost caught up with his world record pace of 57 seconds to boot. Achieving a personal verified best of 1:10 (70 seconds), I came in a distant 2nd place. Coming up in 3rd is Ryan Gavigan with 1:26 (86 seconds).
There are three (3) tricks in the game that are banned...failing to build the bridge, failing to do anything, for that matter, and simply walking to the Planet (such a cheat is rumoured to exist, though I don't know how it is performed), and useage of the "Pause" (select button) at any point in the game. All times above did not utilize any of these tricks.
One variable does seem to exist...the very beginning of the game when Clark Kent witnesses the bridge explode and walks back to the phone booth to change into Kent. Sometimes the timer begins immediately, sometimes only after you enter the phone booth, and sometimes just after the bridge explodes. The difference between the three could be as great as 5 seconds, but Twin Galaxies does not differentiate times based on this random factor.
Key to the fastest times possible lies in a combination of map memorization and some good old fashioned luck. The crooks can be anywhere, but eventually, you will catch a large group congragating by the jail cell after so many hundreds of restarts. Such "parties" can lead to sub-1:10 times easily, and then some !!
Private Eye - Game 1 "A or B" Fastest Completion - World Record is 1:02 Remaining (1:18 Completion)
Rogers, Todd 118.00 100.00
Ewing, Jonathan 118.00 100.00
Drake, John 118.00 100.00
Gavigan, Ryan 119.00 99.16
Yancey, David 119.00 99.16
Mruczek, Robert 124.00 95.16
Knox, Stephen 130.00 90.77
Corcoran, Ron 137.00 86.13
This is the first time this event was ever contested or submitted for, and I am pleased to announce that not one but three players all share the rank of 1st place in this event. The game traditionally allows a start time of 3 minutes (180 seconds) and displays time remaining as the record. Although that is what will be entered into the TG database, I needed the time of completion to best assess the relative performances.
In the 3-way tie for 1st place are Todd Rogers, Jonathan Ewing and John Drake, each finishing the mission with 1:02 left on the game timer, meaning they accomplished all the goals in a time of 1:18
Ryan Gavigan and David Yancey share 2nd place with 1:01 left on the game timer, taking 1:19 to accomplish all the tasks. I came in 3rd place with 56 seconds left on the game timer, accomplishing all the goals in 1:24
This title also has commensurate scoring (points) with every attempt, and worldwide Atari editor Ron Corcoran has been made aware of the scores relative to each submission, so that they can be tracked as well under a separate scoring category.
Breakout - Game 1 "B" Fastest Completion - World Record is 3:45 (225 Seconds)
Mruczek, Robert 225.00
Drake, John 234.00
Rogers, Todd 262.00
Ewing, Jonathan 262.00
Gavigan, Ryan 301.00
Yancey, David 354.00
About two years ago, I suggested to Ron Corcoran that Twin Galaxies needs to re-vitalize this venerable title in which most gamers could achieve the maximum score of 864 points on as little as their first ball. So, I thought of a speed completion, and he liked the idea, so here we are.
In the never before contested category of fastest completion of game 1 "B", I have to modestly point out that I happen to have set the competition record of 3:45 (225 seconds), which for the moment is the world record on this event. In a very close 2nd place is John Drake with 3:54 (234 seconds), the only other sub-4:00 time achieved and verified thus far. As incredible as this sounds, a tie for 3rd place occurred...both Jonathan Ewing and Todd Rogers achieved a completion of 4:22 (262 seconds).
Fans of the game realize quickly that the key is to get the ball moving at top speed as fast as possible, and there is only ONE (1) way to do this based on a particulat angle that the first ball is released from. All it takes is six precisely placed returns and you're off with a chance to set a record.
The trick here is knowing when you are in a loop, and releasing a new ball rather than waste time in the ball loop, a trap every gamer, myself included, often falls into. In fact, not one score above was free from repetetive hits, thus I am fairly positive that much faster is possible. How fast ? Well, I am gauging that 3:05-3:15 is not outside the realm of possibility. As it stands, the fastest 1st set of bricks completed is 1:46 from what I've seen, and the fastest 2nd set is 1:28 so together that's 3:14...and even these two "best of" times were not completelt flawless. So I suspect there will be some more jockeying for the privilege of being number one on this event for a little while longer.
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AFTERMATH
The four winning players will each get a place certificate from Twin Galaxies. The players have a choice of prizes based on their relative rankings, and we will announce their final selections after I have contacted each player and confirmed their choices.
We view this event as a success, and plan on having another such time-based event soon, perhaps in as little as six months from now, with cross-platform appeal, more prizes, and new events to keep things fresh.
Until that time, keep practicing your favourite time-based event. You never know what could be next. Who knows...could even be the fastest 99 points versus the computer on "Fishing Derby", or the fastest victory on Activision "Tennis" !!
Robert T Mruczek
Twin Galaxies - Editor and Chief referee
Star Wars classic arcade champion
[email protected] (work E-MAIL)
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That was really my point, the fact that the Fuji is still alive and kicking (as it where). The fact that Infogrames/Atari didn't actually develop the title (like most big name distributors - Activision, Microsoft, etc.), it's still nice to see the name and logo around so many years after everyone (except us AA'ers) thought it was dead.
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Who is Todd Rogers?
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For all of you purists out there, he is what I have in my collection of "Mr. Activision" sightings.
- Todd's first Dragster cert from Activision (# 157) dated 1 Dec 80 with a time of 5.64
- Todd's second Dragster cert from Activision (# 2786) dated 14 Jan 82 with a time of 5.57
- Activision news release (AP) dated 6/4/82 entitled "Chicago Whiz-Kid is Champ of New 'National Sport'". This was published via Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc., Chicago, Ill
- News article announcing Todd as the champion of an Ill State Atari 400 Centipede championship. Each player had 3 minutes to score as many points as possible and Todd won with 1 life only! (25,116)
- Photographs of Todd and Bruce Jenner playing The Activision Decathlon at the Chicago CES in June 1983.
- Top Score magazine (Sep/Oct 87) - Todd was the "Home Software Editor"
- Electronic Game Player magazine (Jul/Aug 88) - Todd was the "Computer Software Editor"
- Videogaming and Computergaming Illustrated magazine (July 1983) - Todd reviewed games for Tim Moriarty the Managing Editor
- Electronic Fun with Computer and Games magazine (Dec 1983) - Todd is highlighted for scoring 10 Million points on Happy Trails
- Money magazine (Dec 1982, p.114) - Todd is highlighted in this article
- VideoGames magazine (March 1983) - Todd's 653,990 on Gorf is reported
- Joystick Magazine (Dec 1982) - Todd is pictured (twice) and featured in this edition
- Joystick Magazine (Jan 1983) - Todd is featured in the Home Buyers Guide
- Joystick Magazine (April 1983, pg. 2) - Todd is featured in the "Editor-In-Chief" section as well as the high score charts
- Joystick Magazine (Sep 1983, pg. 51) - Todd reviews carts
- Video Games Player magazine (Aug/Sep 1983) - Todd is showcased for a perfect Pitfall score (114,000)
- the Reporter (Chicago - Nov 1982) - article about Todd with a pic of him and actor Robert Culp
- A picture of George Foreman endorsing TKO Boxing (Akklaim) and thanking Todd for the game
- A picture of Andre the Giant endorsing WWF WrestleMania (Akklaim) and thanking Todd
- A picture of Warren Moon endorsing NFL Quarterback Club (Akklaim) and thanking Todd
- A picture of Boomer Esiason endorsing NFL Quarterback Club (Akklaim) and thanking Todd
- A picture of Sugar Ray Leonard endorsing Boxing Legends of the Ring (Sega) and thanking Todd
- A picture of Todd and Richard Simmons (1982 Chicago CES)
- A picture of Todd and Robert Culp (1982 Chicago CES)
- A picture of Todd and Chuck Norris (1983 Chicago CES - Xonox booth))
- A picture of Todd and Barbie Benton (1983 Chicago CES)
- An autographed picture of Vanna White for Todd
- An autographed picture of Sting for Todd
- An autographed picture of Curly Neal for Todd
- An autographed picture of Chuck Norris for Todd
- An autographed picture of Ox Baker for Todd
- An autographed picture of Marina Sirtis for Todd
- An autographed picture of Jim Levy, President, Activision, Inc. for Todd
- An autographed picture of Michael Jordan for Todd
- An autographed picture of Joe Montana for Todd
Is that enough for ya'?
I also have some stuff showing David Yancey and Alan Hewston's accomplishments.