New Asteroids High Score!

[Diesel]

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One of gaming's oldest records was just blown up. And it wasn't an easy shot.

After a grueling 58 hours of continuous play, John McAllister of Seattle, Washington officially became the best Asteroids player on the planet by scoring an unthinkable 41,338,740 points in the classic 1979 coin-op arcade game. The previous mark of 41,336,440 was set by Scott Safran back in 1982 -- the longest standing record in gaming -- and was considered virtually unbreakable.

"It's basically considered a Holy Grail," he told Portland TV station KGW. "It was a title that a lot of people would want, and I wanted it."

McAllister also holds the world record for the lesser known sequel Asteroids Deluxe, a mark he set in 2009. Before he's inducted into the record books, however, his efforts will have to pass the strict submission guidelines of official game scorekeepers, Twin Galaxies.

It's been a rough year for video game records. In March, a plastic surgeon toppled the all-time Donkey Kong mark, while back in January, a Connecticut man hopped his way to the new high score in Frogger.

That's insane

[mikejet]

Has Twin Galaxies validated it yet?

[Batman1980]

58 straight hours of playing one game? I wonder how bad he smells now.

[CoMaToast]

yea.. pretty sure the guys single, and this is still not gonna get him laid...

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by CoMaToast

yea.. pretty sure the guys single, and this is still not gonna get him laid...

The two guys that go back and forth on the Donkey Kong score are both well off and have families.

[CoMaToast]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj564XOhDpQ

[CoMaToast]

Originally Posted by mikejet

The two guys that go back and forth on the Donkey Kong score are both well off and have families.

lol.. my bad..

[DetroitSportsFan]

I had no idea Billy Mitchell got beat in Donkey Kong again.

[jono_0101]

Originally Posted by mikejet

The two guys that go back and forth on the Donkey Kong score are both well off and have families.

at least not by the kind of girls youd want to get laid by....

what i want to know is, how many red bulls does it take to stay up that long without sleep?

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Has Twin Galaxies validated it yet?

Not yet

Before he's inducted into the record books, however, his efforts will have to pass the strict submission guidelines of official game scorekeepers, Twin Galaxies.

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

I had no idea Billy Mitchell got beat in Donkey Kong again.

Me either