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In response, on July 3, Mitchell achieved the perfect score at an arcade in Laconia, New Hampshire, and set the game's world record as recorded by Funspot and Twin Galaxies. For this, Twin Galaxies named him "Video Game Player of the Century", and Namco, the makers of Pac-Man, brought Mitchell to Japan for the Tokyo Game Show that year. [5]
At the time, a higher record had been set by Dean Saglio, but on an emulated version of the game rather than a physical arcade cabinet. [9] [b] Lakeman overtook his own record in December and again in June 2015. [8] In September 2015, Wes Copeland bested Lakeman for the high score. Lakeman reclaimed the record within six hours. [10]
In 2008, Guinness World Records released its gamer's edition, a supplement that keeps records for popular video game high scores, codes and feats in association with Twin Galaxies. The Gamer's Edition used to contain 258 pages, over 1,236 video game related world records and four interviews including one with Twin Galaxies founder Walter Day. [93]
The world's tallest man, as confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, is Robert Pershing Wadlow, who was born in 1918 in Alton, Ill. Standing at a colossal 8'11.1″ (2.72 m) and weighing in at ...
Simon Elmore won the Guinness World Record for most straws in the mouth on August 6, 2009. He held 400 straws between his jaws for 10 seconds. He held 400 straws between his jaws for 10 seconds. 2.
The controller has been criticized for being bulky compared to other video game controllers; it was awarded "Blunder of the Year" by Game Informer in 2001, [10] a Guinness World Record for the biggest controller in Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008, and was ranked the second worst video game controller ever by IGN editor Craig Harris ...
Don Larsen's perfect game in the World Series will probably never be touched, though it's theoretically possible that a pitcher could toss two perfect games in a single Fall Classic. After all ...
Guinness World Records: The Videogame is a party video game based on the Guinness World Records series of books of world records. Developed by TT Fusion and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the game was released on November 7, 2008, in Europe, November 11, 2008, in North America, and November 12, 2008 in Australia.