Contact List page @ Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com)

After attending Funspot, a major arcade tournament host, for their 2003 contest, I was more convinced than ever that what classic arcade gamers needed was a list of each other's e-mail addresses, plus some basic information about themselves (gaming-wise !). This idea had been percolating in my mind for a number of years, and after discussing it with various players in attendance, I decided to implement it in the months after this tourney.

If you wish to be a part of this list, and are already somewhat known in the gaming community, then to go to my form page, where you may enter the information to be part of my list. Hopefully, we'll get a bit of camaraderie going, and be able to easily touch base regarding matters that are video gaming related.

Also, anyone who is involved with classic gaming is welcome to be a part of this listing. Examples: Funspot event organizers; Twin Galaxies' referees, and personnel; game programmers; and anyone else that fits into the category of 'classic arcade gaming' ! All names are in alphabetical order, and all information in the 'accomplishments' category is generally provided by the person themselves, but I will do my best to ensure that everything is accurate. One final note for those considering being added to this list: in order to foil spammers that use robots to 'mine' e-mail addresses, I've taken advanced steps, using Javascript, to keep these e-mail addresses safe. Now, without further ado, here we go...

Name initials / (nickname) home page	Accomplishments and other Information	E-mail address

'Scootie' Ahlers SCT / Scootie	gaming accomplishments: Dig Dug: 1,370,350 officially, 1,610,050 unofficially; Crazy Climber: 253,950; Donkey Kong: 129,300 officially, 161,550 unofficially; Robotron: 182,700 (TGTS); Klax: 1,150,300 "on ONE credit. Used the 'Big Sandwich' technique on the first 3 levels to get A LOT of POINTS. Truly a FUN game."; Super Mario Bros.: ?????? - "Played this game A LOT 'back in the day'; played it recently at Funspot, and was still able to make it to the end on ONE credit. Forgot what my score was since TG tracks fastest completion time on this title." Super Mario Bros. 3 - "Made it to World 7-5 on ONE game. Made it to the end on one continue."

Mark Alpiger MDA www.cs411.com/mark	wr's on The Glob (142,847) and Tetris Plus (284,800); contender on Crystal Castles (now #2), Marble Madness, Road Runner, Snake Pit, Tetris Plus 2; avid gamer on arcade and computer platforms, plus MAME (see MDARULZ at M.A.R.P.); also, coming soon: my video gaming biography

Mark Boolman MDB / Welby	contender on Star Wars (had 16M+ score in 1985 tourney that wasn't tabulated) and Astro Fighter (came within 1K of (then) wr on first day playing); MAME wr on Two Tigers. "Skilled on: Elevator Action, 1942/3, Gyruss, Time Pilot, Commando, Vulgus and most shoot 'em up and tile-matching games. Started getting back into the classics in 12-2002, thanks to MDA and MAME. Can usually pick up most games in a few days, if they interest me or I'm challenged. I love the laser disk games, especially Firefox, M.A.C.H. 3 and Dragon's Lair. Feel free to contact me if you have questions about Star Wars, or just curious about me / games played."

Jason K Cram JKC	wr's on Congo Bongo (1,506,300), Crazy Climber (301,950, 4 lives start), Lazarian (382,785), Rampage (208,040), Kozmic Kroozr (439,300), Moonwar (112,010), Super Bug - Normal Course (360 - perfect game); contender on Shoot Out, Xenophobe, and Zoo Keeper (#2, at 29,363,900); also made the only two 15 million jumps on ZK in history; contest result: 3rd place at 2002 Funspot Classic Videogame World Championship tourney

Shawn Cram SJC	wr's on Zoo Keeper (35,732,870), Donkey Kong 3 (2,544,400), Donkey Kong - 'No Hammer Challenge' (317,000); skilled on: Donkey Kong Junior, Robotron, Donkey Kong, Star Wars, Galaga, Tutankham, Frogger, Carnival, and Mario Brothers (1M points); contest result: 5th place at 2002 Funspot Classic Videogame World Championship tourney; Twin Galaxies referee at large

Brandon Erickson BRE	contender on Star Wars; currently gunning for world record in tournament mode (now #2, with 20.9M, and still increasing skillset); set marathon time record for this title, at 54 hours 10 minutes, and placed second (on that marathon game) for marathon score

Greg Erway GSE	wr's on Tapper - 5 man TGTS (3,162,125), Root Beer Tapper - marathon (1,959,200), Pepper II (917,540) and Wild Western (826,900); contender on Tapper - marathon and RBT - 5 man TGTS, plus Astro Fighter

Donald Hayes DBH www.thedonald.org	wr's on Centipede - TGTS (7,111,111), Centipede - 3 minute timed version (59,106), Dig Dug - marathon (4,388,520), Frogger (589,350), Joust - TGTS (1,008,500), Millipede - regular (10,627,331), Millipede - TGTS (495,126), Pac-Man (3,333,360 - perfect game), Space Invaders (55,160), Super Zaxxon (622,000), Super Cobra (225,270), Domino Man (1,040,866), and Lode Runner (999,999); contest results: 2nd place at both 2001 and 2002 Funspot Classic Videogame World Championship tourneys; 2003 Funspot CVWC Player of the Year (placed 1st on the Color Challenge, 2nd on Monochrome Challenge)

Tim McVey TIM / sprinter461 sprinter.home.mchsi.com	Official (Twin Galaxies) WR holder on Nibbler (1,000,042,270); with this game, he was declared be the first person to score one billion points on an arcade title

David Palmer DEP	wr's on Star Wars - TGTS (31,660,614), Battlezone (23,000,000), Red Baron (1,219,230; unofficial), Firefox - 12000 (800,877), The Empire Strikes Back - single credit (1,556,836), The Empire Strikes Back - multi-credit (2,873,487), Star Rider - single credit (523,870), Star Rider - multi-credit (3,008,923), TX-1 (277,400), and Vertigo (664,871; unofficial); contender on Firefox (9000), tho he probably has the true record on that variation, too (see his take on things here); a true expert at all first-person perspective games

Frank Seay FGS / Ocean	wr on Crystal Castles (910,722, made 03-17-1987); scored over a million points on: Alien Syndrome (1,200,080; cheat used), Amidar (3.87M), Dig Dug (1.3M), Galaga (1M+), Joust (2M+), Kick Man (3M+; "the game freaks out, and you're kicking part of his leg !! lol"), Make Trax (1M+), Mouse Trap (8.9M), Mystic Marathon (1.6M); Pac-Man (3M+; reached "turnoff screen"), Qbert (4.15M), Robotron (10M; made "10,000,000, then quit; meant to stop at 9,999,975, which is all score will hold, then it turns over"), Tron (2.25M), Xevious (1M+),* and Vanguard (1M+); other scores: Donkey Kong Junior (around 750K; reached "turn off screen (split) around f2 level"), Jungle King (550K); Ms. Pac-Man (490K)

Jason W. Spindler JWS / Spindaddy	wr on Turbo Sub (13,883,000)

Kelly Tharp LJM / Thud	wr on Tapper - marathon (9,437,400); scored over a million points on: Asteroids (2.1M), Battlezone (1.11M), BurgerTime (3.8M), Defender (2.3M), Dig Dug (1.419M), Joust (4.194M), Kick Man (2.747M), Mouse Trap (18M), Qbert (19.97M), Robotron (27M), Root Beer Tapper (18.3M), and Pac-Man* (actually 999,990, to avoid rollover); claims unofficial wr's on Jungle Hunt, at 521,620, and 391,421 on Dragon's Lair, plus played many lasers (DL, SA, Cliff Hanger, M.A.C.H. 3) to the end; reached the endings of these titles: Crystal Castles, Dig Dug, Galaga (stage 0), Marble Madness, Pac-Man, Paperboy (all 3 streets)

Bryan Wagner BLW / bryguy	wr's on BurgerTime (9,000,000), and Rolling Thunder (645,860, 1 credit); made the splitscreen on Pac-Man

Gary Whelan GSW / sandinista	wr on Galaxian - 1,114,550 points, made 09-10-2006; beats his previous mark of 503,710, set on 06-01-2006

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