Jeffrey R. Yee

[Jeffrey R. Yee]

 

Jeffrey Yee and his father Richard admitted years later that they simply put another quarter in and combined the score, this was done in the Pac Man parlor at pier 39 in San Francisco in 1982, after the screen went haywire Yee's Dad put another quarter in, no one saw this and the score was verified based on the time Yee was there at the machine that day.

 

Interesting, where did you read/see this at?

 

 

He told me in 1988, I worked with his girlfriend at Fishermans Wharf. It was no secret here, him and his dad were a couple of characters.

[Jeffrey R. Yee]

I just stubbled on some interesting stories about video gaming in the past, and this name came up in my reading, Jeffrey R. Yee.

 

For those that don't know, and I was one of them before my internet time started, Jeffrey R. Yee claimed to get a high score of 6,131,940 points in 1982 I think on Pac Man. The story goes that Reagan even sent him something to make it official. It would seem that if a president sent something to someone like this it could be tracked down and proved. Oh, and he was 8 years old at the time as well.

 

Either way, a score like this would mean getting through the split screen at level 256. Something Mitchell offered 100k for proff of. Seems mister Yee finds himself in the middle of video gaming history as a result of this challenge...

 

Anymore stories like this out there? I know about the Missle Command drama that was also made popular by King of Kong, though I think I'll look more up on that next as I'm in the mood and know little about the facts.

 

What are your thoughts on things like this? Do you believe that the 256th screen of Pac Man can be completed? There seems to be some information out there to suggest its possible and the game would just start over after that screen.

 

Are there more of these stories I should know about it?

 

Jeffrey Yee and his father Richard admitted years later that they simply put another quarter in and combined the score, this was done in the Pac Man parlor at pier 39 in San Francisco in 1982, after the screen went haywire Yee's Dad put another quarter in, no one saw this and the score was verified based on the time Yee was there at the machine that day.