So everyone will have the ability to refer back to news items that are no longer part of the rotation that appears at the top of every forums page, I've created a complete archive in this post. As items are taken out of rotation (usually because they are either no longer current enough to stay up, or because a record score noted has been topped, and the piece no longer applies), they'll be added in here.
So... below is a collection of all previous news items that have been featured on the
CAGDC forums:
Removed on ??? (reason: no longer current enough):
Big congrats to
Bryan Wagner for his ingenious method of setting simultaneous world records, at Funspot 8.
Congratulations go to
Robert Griffin for his incredible accomplishment of making
both the marathon, and 5-man, wr's on
Joust 2, at Funspot 8.
Removed on 11-28-2008 (reason: no longer current enough):
David Palmer 'Strikes Back' with
two new world records ! Get all the details
here.
Thanks for everyone's interest in the
Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com)'s 2006 bounties ! Look for more in the early part of 2009 !!
Congratulations to
Abdner Ashman on his incredible
302,550 world record one-hour time limit score on
Ms. Pac-Man at the
2007 CAGDC Tourney.Major congratulations must go out to
Jimmy Linderman, for his tour-de-force performances on
Mr. Do!, Q*bert, and other titles, at the
2007 CAGDC Tournament.Major props to
Brian Kuh, for setting
seventeen world records in one day, at
Funspot 9.
Removed on 01-24-2009 (reason: no longer current enough):
'Great job' goes out to both
Steve Wiebe, and
Billy Mitchell, for their certified 1 million point plus world record marks, each set last year on
Donkey Kong. Billy is currently in the lead, with Steve trying hard to reclaim the record... - MDA, Spring 2008
Removed on 04-04-2009 (reason: no longer current enough):
Thanks to everyone that attended the third annual
CAGDC Tournament event, which was held at
Pro Putt Family Fun Center in March 2008. A big congratulations goes out to our first repeat winner,
Donald Hayes ! - MDA, Spring 2008
Removed on 09-23-2009 (reasons: no longer current enough; new record nullified story):
Les Martin humbles Super Pac-Man at Funspot X
Congratulations to
Les Martin on his smack-down performance on
Super Pac-Man at Funspot 10. He made an incredible
5,318,800 points, with 2.2M being done with his
first man!
- MDA, Summer 2008
Donkey Kong Junior sees first official million point game
Congratulations to
Ike Hall for his record smashing TGTS score of
1,033,000 on
Donkey Kong Junior, the first one ever verified over 1 million, in August 2008, eclipsing Billy Mitchell's previous record of 957,300.
- CM, Fall 2008
Removed on 02-03-2010 (reason: new record nullified story):
Costanza Frogger record falls
With just the right amount of grease on the joystick,
Donald Hayes has eclipsed George Costanza's fictional, and once thought impossible to reach,
Frogger record of 860,630 from a 1998
Seinfeld episode. Don scored an amazing
881,150 points using MAME on his PC. Will history's first Frogger rollover at 1 million be far behind ??
- CM, Winter 2008/2009
Wiebe gets another world record !
Big congrats go to
Steve Wiebe for his latest world record - a
1,139,800 point triumph on
Donkey Kong Junior, set in March, 2009. The previous record was Ike Hall's score of 1,033,000.
- MDA, Fall 2009
Removed on 02-21-2010 (reason: new record nullified story):
Mark Kiehl snatches away the Donkey Kong Junior crown
Congratulations to
Mark Kiehl of Enid, Oklahoma for setting a new world record
score of 1,147,800 on
Donkey Kong Junior in September 2009. This race has heated up in the last 18 months, with the record changing hands three times after Billy Mitchell's verified record score of 957,300 stood for 25 years. The previous record was Steve Wiebe's score of 1,139,800.
- CM, Winter 2009/2010
Removed on 03-11-2010 (reason: no longer current enough):
Mega marathons at Challenge Arcade's World Record Weekend
Major props are in order for two marathon gamers at
Challenge Arcade's World Record Weekend event in September 2008:
Jimmy Linderman crushed
Mr. Do! for 18 hours, setting a new TGTS WR of
30,075,000, and
Bryan Wagner pushed the
Burger Time TGTS record almost out of reach with a fantastic 22-hour
11,512,500 point effort.
- CM, Fall 2008
Buzzworthy scores from the November 2008 Funspot gathering
Tony Temple -
Missile Command TGTS WR:
2,213,705Donald Hayes -
Joust TGTS WR:
1,489,250Eric Ahlers -
Toobin' WR:
3,941,890.- CM, Fall 2008
More scores of note from the November 2008 Funspot gathering
Jason Boyens -
Xevious WR:
3,317,730Rob Macauley -
Contra TGTS WR:
1,550,400Aart van Vliet -
Lunar Rescue WR:
279,780,
Ms. Pac-Man CAGDC 1 hour record:
312,190, and
Ms. Pac-Man TGTS 3rd place score:
919,820.- CM, Fall 2008
23+ year record on Track & Field broken
CAGDC forums member
Hector Rodriguez (
Hector) recently broke the long-standing Twin Galaxies
Track & Field world record mark set in 1985 by Kelly Kobashigawa. Kelly had a 95,030 score, and Hector made
95,350 points, on 12-18-2008. Congrats, Hector - way to pound those buttons !
- MDA, Winter 2008/2009
Thanks to everyone that attended the (sold out !) fourth annual
CAGDC Tournament event, which was held at
Richie Knucklez' Arcade in March 2009. A big congratulations goes out to the three-peat winner,
Donald Hayes !
- MDA, Spring 2009
Removed on 04-19-2010 (reason: new record nullified story):
Mark Kiehl Steve Wiebe snatches away
the Donkey Kong Junior crown
Congratulations to
Mark Kiehl Steve Wiebe of
Enid, Oklahoma Redmond, Washington for setting a new world record score of
1,147,800 1,190,400 on
Donkey Kong Junior in September 2009 on February 11, 2010. This race has heated up in the last 18 months, with the record changing hands
three four times after Billy Mitchell's verified record score of 957,300 stood for 25 years. The previous record was
Steve Wiebe's Mark Kiehl's score of
1,139,800 1,147,800.
No offense to Mark Kiehl is intended (he even OK'ed this, BTW). This is our way of poking fun at ourselves for being so slow with some news items. We will try to get future announcements up within 5 days or so rather than 5 months.
- CM, Winter 2009/2010
Removed on 06-29-2010 (reason: no longer current enough):
26-year-old Gorf record falls
One of the longest-lasting cag records on the books, Todd Rogers' 3-ship score of 653,990 on
Gorf was so far ahead of the competition that many wondered if it was unbeatable... until January 31, 2009, when
John McCann of Altura, MN clocked a
943,580, including over 733,000 on his first ship! John also took the #1 spot on the 6-ship variation in October 2008.
- Chris M., Spring 2009
D2K record is TKO'd by Ben Falls
Almost one year ago, Scott Kessler set a WR score on
D2K: Jumpman Returns that seemed breathlessly high. It remained untouchable until March 2009, when
Ben Falls officially became the first person to top 300K with a
301,800. Just a few days later he upped that to an incredible
361,300, and now 400K is in his sights! Several players have broken through on this title recently and scores are being pushed dramatically higher by top competitors.
- Chris M., Spring 2009
Les Martin smacks Super Pac, again...
Congratulations go out once more, to
Les Martin, for his second dominant public performance in a row on
Super Pac-Man. He made an incredible 5,318,800 points at Funspot 10, in 2008, and then followed up at FS 11 with
7,271,080 ! He played an amazing 634 stages during the 10 hour, 5 minute performance. Way to go, Les, and you dominate this title, like few others do, on a classic arcade game.
- Mark A., Fall 2009
