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This past February 1982, Twin Galaxies started releasing to the public its list of new high scores achieved on arcade games. If you are lucky, you can find the complete list of updated scores posted at your favorite arcade.

Otherwise. here are the latest entries in the Twin Galaxies National Scoreboard for this year (1982):

FEBRUARY 1982

• February 6, 1982 - Mr. Leo Daniels, 20, scores 40,101,910 points on ASTEROIDS by Atari Inc. after playing the game for 36 hours and four minutes at Ocean View Corporation in Carolina Beach, North Carolina.
• February 20, 1982 - Mr. Ken Chevalier, 16, scores 12,900,000 points on BATTLEZONE by Atari Inc. after playing the game for 12 hours at the Star Station 101 arcade in Atascadero, California.

MARCH 1982

• March 23, 1982 - Mr. Michael Weisberg, 27, scores 638,651 points on TEMPEST by Atari Inc. after playing the game for fifty minutes at Space Port Arcade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• March 29, 1982 - Mr. Allen Toney, 23, scores 583,750 points on WARLORDS by Atari Inc. after playing the game for one hour at Scratch & Tilt in Huntington, West Virginia.

Let’s hope Twin Galaxies, or maybe Guinness or anyone, will start publishing records on a regular basis. I’m tired or waiting months to find out if my high score on 800 Fathoms.

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