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Yours truly,
Mark Alpiger, basks
in the glow of a new The Glob
world record score.
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A shot of the
new world record - 111,859 points.
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The high score
table on The Glob shows the new record, along with other contestant
scores for the day.
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| Donald Hayes
(left) and Brian Kuh work hard on raising their scores.
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Pat Laffaye has
arrived, and strikes
a pose next to a 'dancing' title.
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Ryan Moss tries
his hand at
Super Puzzle Fighter II X,
one of his fave titles.
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Joe LeVan and
Chuck Whitby (standing, l-r) take a break, while Joe's father-in-law, and
Kelly
Tharp (seated, l-r) chill out.
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Here, three of
the tourney
players take on games that
line one side of the arcade.
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Ryan continues
his game.
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Here are two of
the contest games (with note cards posted on them),
and a laser title in-between.
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Brian and
Donald continue
to build their scores.
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Two of the
contest titles
are shown here.
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Another contest
title (Donkey
Kong) is shown, with contestants shown to the left.
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Brian gives Track
& Field a workout. He finished first on
this title in the tournament.
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Kelly gets in a
game of Pole
Position II early Friday evening.
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Bryan proudly
poses next to Dragon's Lair, after making a world-class (and probable
world record) mark.
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A view of the
game, with Bryan's score shown - 373,508 points.
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A close-up of
the score
is shown here.
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It's Saturday evening,
and Pat is
hard at work on his favorite
game - Frogger.
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Richard Marsh
has arrived after a long drive, and checks out
Brian's Pengo prowess.
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Brian keeps
playing, and Richard starts off his attempts with a
game on Zoo Keeper.
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| Donald pushes
up his score on Tetris Plus. He achieved the highest mark in the
tourney on this title.
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The contestants
continue to play,
and Chuck even gives one of
the tourney titles a whirl.
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Two DDR
gals dance together.
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Notice the girl
on the right
is barefooted.
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Wally Kehler
has arrived, and
checks out Ryan's tournament play.
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Brian tries out
a little Zoo Keeper.
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| Now it's time
for Don to 'bask' - he's topped my wr on The Glob.
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Here's Donald's
new record
score - 118,150 points.
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Donald's score
is shown next to others that he made earlier in the day.
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Sunday is here,
and the contest
is over. Now, time for me
to award the money !
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Contestants
gather to hear the results. The gal next to
Bryan is his girlfriend.
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This shot shows
6 of the
11 tourney entrants.
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| I explain a few
things about scoring, and other issues, and get ready to hand out the moolah !
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First up is the
contest winner - Brian Kuh - who gets $200 for his success.
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Next is Donald
Hayes, who
takes second place, and $100.
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Finally, we
have Bryan Wagner
taking third place, and getting $50.
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Alright - it's
Monday, and the tournament is over, but Kelly
and I stop into the arcade
before my flight out.
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Joe's there
too, and can't resist playing his new fave -
Pole Position II.
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| Well, I had
to beat Donald back on 'my' game - The Glob. And, I did.
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Here's the new 'Glob'
wr - 133,834 points. And, I have it on tape.
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The high score
table shows my wr.
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Well, I also
had to document the setup of the 'Glob' kit in the
arcade's Pac-Man game.
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Here's a closer
view.
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Now, a close-in
view of the
control panel, and overlay.
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Joe's still
trying for a high-
score on PP II.
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Let's wind
things down with a tour
of the arcade. Here's a mix of modern, and classic, titles.
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This row
features newer game titles.
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features mostly fighters.
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Another mix of
games is shown.
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A nice mix of
laser, monochrome,
and color titles is shown in this shot.
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| Kelly tried to
make a good mark on The Glob too, and he did - 77,529.
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Now, back to the
gameroom tour. Here's a neat view looking
down 'classics row'.
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Here's the view
down the row in
the other direction. Looks like
Joe's still trying for a
great score.
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Classics
surround the more
modern Raiden II.
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Two modern
titles are shown here.
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We'll wrap up
with two of the most popular classic titles - Donkey Kong, and Star
Wars.
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