California Extreme 2009 "High Score" Contest Results for July 11, 2009

[pauldean]

California Extreme Classic Arcade Games Show Contest Final Results (2009)
California Extreme 2009
July 11, 2009

Location: Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
http://www.caextreme.org/

(CAX) California Extreme - July 11, 2009 –
Coin Operated Video Game High Score Contest Results:

Thank you to all of you who participated in this high score event
because it is the players that come first and without you there is no event.

Special Thanks to the following people for helping with my high score contest setup:
 
Twin Galaxies - Walter Day/Billy Mitchell - Posters, Etc.
Mark Alpiger - CAG
Gary Hatt - US National Video Game Team (1986)
Jonathan Koolpe - CAX Extreme Team
James Hakola - Toy Manufacturer - Mr. Dandy Sculpture
Players

Name                                       Hometown

John McAllister                         Seattle, WA
James Redding                         Long Beach, CA
Richard Vasquez                       Whittier, CA
Paul Novaes                              San Mateo, CA
Thomas Peter                            Portland, OR
Aaron Mitchel                             Van Nuys, CA
David Lougy                               San Diego, CA
Jeff Yonan                                  Fremont, CA
Leonard Gottlieb                         Walnut Creek, CA
Michael Brown                            San Jose, CA
Brett Pulliam                              El Cerrito, CA
Tongki “Jimmy” Linderman            Brooklyn, NY
Steve Thornock                           Las Vegas
Ron Hallett                                 Albany, NY
Michael Klug                               San Jose, CA




Cash Prices for Video Game High Scores: $210.00 Total
1st  Place $40.00     2nd Place $20.00    3rd Place $10.00   

First Place Players of each game received a CAX Video Game Plaque.

Top (3) Players of Kick, DKII and Pole Position II (Fuji) also received (2) signed Billy Mitchell/Twin Galaxies CAX (2009) Numbered collectable posters and collectable numbered "Rickey's World Famous Hot Sauce” by Billy Mitchell.

1st Place $40.00       David Lougy
2nd Place $20.00      Steve Thornock
3rd Place $10.00       Ron Hallett

Kick(man) (1981) (Factory Settings)

1st  Place: David Lougy                            62,885
2nd Place: Steve Thornock                        24,290
3rd  Place: Ron Hallett                              20,135
4th  Place: James Redding                         19,275
5th  Place: John McAllister                         17,785
6th  Place: Jeff Yonan                                17,485
7th  Place: Tongki “Jimmy” Linderman          14,350
8th   Place: Thomas Peter                           13,860
9th   Place:  Brett Pullman                           9,865
10th Place:  Richard Vasquez                        8,740
11th Place:  Leonard Gottlieb                        4,045             

Donkey Kong II: D2K: Jumpman Returns - Developed by Jeff Kulczycki

1st  Place $40.00      Paul Novaes
2nd Place $20.00      Aaron Mitchel 
3rd Place $10.00       Thomas Peter   

Donkey Kong II: D2K: Jumpman Returns (Lives 4+1)

1st  Place: Paul Novaes                             88,400
2nd Place: Aaron Mitchel                            39,500
3rd  Place: Thomas Peter                           27,200
4th  Place: Leonard Gottlieb                       24,800

Pole Position II (Fuji) (Factory Settings)

1st  Place $40.00      Michael Klug
2nd Place $20.00      Ron Hallett 
3rd Place $10.00       Thomas Peter   

1st  Place: Michael Klug                            72,930
2nd Place: Ron Hallett                              70,140
3rd  Place: Thomas Peter                           67,390
4th  Place: John Mcallister                         32,120
5th  Place: Leonard Gottlieb                       17,880

CAG Forums: (CAX) California Extreme (2008) Video Game and Pinball Contest Final Results:
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/forums/index.php/topic,909.0.html

CAG Forums: California Extreme (2007) Video Game "High Score" Final Results:
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/forums/index.php/topic,285.0.html

CAG Forums: California Extreme (2006) Final Results:
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/forums/index.php/topic,91.0.html

CAG Forums: California Extreme (2009) "High Score" Video Game Contest Announcement for July 11, 2009:
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/forums/index.php/topic,1684.0.html

Partial Inventory of Games at (CAX 2009): Over 440 games!
http://www.caextreme.org/games2009

California Extreme 2009 Flyer:
http://caextreme.org/files/cax2009flyer.pdf

[pauldean]

Paul Dean's Fourth Annual High Score Video Game Contest at California Extreme - 10:30am - 9:00pm - July 11, 2009

A one day high score contest, $210.00 in cash prizes.

Paul Dean and Thomas Peter (CAX 2009)

http://www.spyhunter007.com/Images/cax_2009_paul_dean_thomas_peter.jpg

Thomas Peter of Portland, Oregon received two Billy Mitchell/Twin Galaxies limited edition numbered CAX posters and two limited edition numbered hot sauce commemorative bottles as well as $20.00 total in cash for placing in Paul Dean's CAX high score contest. Thomas Peter placed in Third on Donkey Kong II and Pole Position II at this CAX 2009 high score contest.

Paul Dean and Thomas Peter (CAX 2009)

http://www.spyhunter007.com/Images/cax_2009_paul_dean_thomas_peter_hot_sauce.jpg

Thomas Peter receives prizes by Paul Dean for placing in the high score competition.

The contest games Pole Position II, Donkey Kong II and Kick are in the background of the above photo.

Paul Dean and Thomas Peter (CAX 2009)

http://www.spyhunter007.com/Images/cax_2009_paul_dean_thomas_peter_make_trax.jpg

Paul Dean and Thomas Peter are showing off one of the contest prizes, a Make Trax poster from Billy Mitchell/Twin Galaxies.   

The Walter Day/TG Poster displays the following:

A Commemorative Poster Donated as a Gift from Twin Galaxies and Billy Mitchell

Make Trax
California Championships
July 11-12, 2009

California Extreme 2009

History’s greatest classic arcade event
Over 400 arcade games set on free play.
Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA

“Who dares face Walter Day on Make Trax”

Walter Day signs Make Trax
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/forums/index.php/topic,1885.msg23282.html#msg23282

Billy Mitchell, Video Game Player of the Century
Walter Day, Twin Galaxies Founder
Twin Galaxies’ Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records

Twin Galaxies
600 North Third Street, Fairfield, Iowa 52556 USA
(641)-472-1949 walter@twingalaxies.com
www.twingalaxies.com

The difficulty settings and game playing rules involved in all
Contests and high score performances monitored by Twin Galaxies have
Been approved by Walter Day and the Twin Galaxies board of referees.
Limited Edition 1 of 20

Poster Created by Greg Hoose and Jonathan Hoose

 

[CrazyKongFan]

Got a question about a game setting, included in the following messages:

California Extreme Classic Arcade Games Show Contest Final Results (2009)
California Extreme 2009
July 11, 2009

Donkey Kong II: D2K: Jumpman Returns (Lives 4+1)

and

The difficulty settings and game playing rules involved in all
Contests and high score performances monitored by Twin Galaxies have
Been approved by Walter Day and the Twin Galaxies board of referees.

Is the 4+1 a typo? I don't know of any TG track for D2K that involves 4+1
(the original D2K track is 6+1, but they recently added a 3+1) Of course, I
don't know if TG was actually there or not "monitoring the performances"

[pauldean]

The difficulty settings and game playing rules involved in all
Contests and high score performances monitored by Twin Galaxies have
Been approved by Walter Day and the Twin Galaxies board of referees.

Is the 4+1 a typo? I don't know of any TG track for D2K that involves 4+1
(the original D2K track is 6+1, but they recently added a 3+1) Of course, I
don't know if TG was actually there or not.

That's right, No TG referee was there and this is not a TG Event and not a TG Track, however they support non affiliated high score events with posters, hot sauce, etc.

[CrazyKongFan]

Ah ok, no prob. Paul, I was just curious I'd never heard of 4+1 being used before, so I thought it was odd and may have been a typo. I noticed they always put that disclaimer at the bottom of all their posters. The local show here, they created some posters too and had the same message on it, even though nobody was there from TG. I wish I coulda competed in that, I might have had a chance looking at the top D2K score

[pauldean]

California Extreme (2009) Tournament Results Update:

Congratulations to all of the Pinball and Video Game High Score and Tournament Players and thank you to Bowen Kerins for heading up the pinball event as well as to the California Extreme Team for putting on another great show!

David Lougy
Video Game High Score Player - Kick
Video Game Plaque

http://www.spyhunter007.com/Images/cax_2009_kick_contest_plaque_david_lougy.jpg

David Lougy, Paul Novaes and Michael Klug are all recipients of video game plaques for their high scores in the July 11, 2009 CAX Video Game High Score Contest.

The California Extreme Final Results of the July 11-12, 2009 Pinball Tournaments are as follows:

Tournaments:

Congratulations to all the winners of the pinball tournaments:

Solid State:
1.  Keith Elwin
2.  Andrei Massenkoff
3.  Jim Belsito

Modern:
1.  Keith Elwin
2.  Trent Augenstein
3.  Andrei Massenkoff

EM:
1.  Neil Shatz
2.  Andrei Massenkoff
3.  Gene Lewin

Casual Division:
1.  Ron Rezendes
2.  Neil Inn
3.  Mike Hafner

Three pinball tournaments are based on the eras of the games: modern (1990 to present), solid state (roughly 1975 to 1990), and electro-mechanical (roughly 1960 to 1975).

A fourth tournament is reserved for casual players only, players who have never won a prize in any previous pinball competitions.  This is a bonus division -- casual players are also eligible to win in any of the other three tournaments.

Keith Elwin, number one pinball player in the world, was the big winner, walking away from the modern and solid state tournaments with a couple of trophies and $1,290 in prizes. California Extreme gave away over $7,500 in cash and prizes, which was the highest yielding California Extreme Tournament to date.


Thank you.