Pac-Man World Record Broken

[Ian David]

The official Pac-Man world record has become a little less attainable, as the sixth person in history to achieve a perfect score in Namco's arcade classic is also the fastest to date.

The first perfect Pac-Man score was achieved by hot sauce mogul Billy Mitchell in 1999, and once the perfect score was achieved, there was no way to top it, unless you did it faster. Until recently, the top speed record was held by Chris Ayra, who completed the game in 3 hours, 42 minutes, and 4 seconds back in 2000. Now Ayra slips to the number 2 position, as the suspiciously-named David race has been confirmed as the world's fastest, with a time of 3 hours, 41 minutes, and 22 seconds, only 42 seconds faster than the previous record.

Achieving a perfect Pac-Man score requires the gamer to eat every dot, bonus fruit, and blue ghost possible across 256 levels, after which the game glitches out. The fact that people are still trying to beat records for doing this never ceases to amaze me.

More:
http://kotaku.com/5357260/pac+man-world-record-broken


Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/SOEArtPortal/statuses/3914041040


See also:


Pac Man Fever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0oHHO26Ya0


Do The Donkey Kong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmo6UgKT-R0

[Downtown Hound]

1. People will still be playing Pac Man and especially Ms. Pac Man

a hundred years from now. Certain classics never lose their popularity, and Pac Man has the advantage of not being based on graphics and thus becoming obsolete. It's all about gameplay, and thus, will never stop being a good game.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. I'm sure you've probably seen "The King of Kong" but if not, you MUST.

A film about the rivalry between Billy Mitchell and Steve Weibe over the Donkey Kong high score.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-RG9c3tk0A&feature=PlayList&p=A776AB4F6B76D241&index=2


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMJZ-_bJKdI


My personal favorite classics?

Defender (rolled over the machine over a million a couple of times)
Asteroids (never great but to me the game has an aesthetic and feel that will never go out of style, I love it)