California Extreme 2007 Video Game "High Score" Final Results

[pauldean]

California Extreme 2007 Video Game "High Score" Contest Final Results

Classic Video Game 'High Score' Contest Results and Cash Prizes
"Pay Out" for the 2007 California Extreme Video Game High Score
Event on August 11, 2007 Event Results at 10:00pm PST, CAX,
Parkside Hall, San Jose, CA.

DAY ONE (HIGH SCORE CONTEST) California Extreme 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007

And the Winners Are:

Mr. Do! - Factory Default Settings - TG Settings               

Rank           Prize      Player                                                    Score
1st  Place - $40.00  "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman                 1,510,000
2nd Place - $20.00   Mike "Cat" Pirring                                234,400
3rd  Place - $10.00   Jeff Yonan                                          135,200

Berzerk - Slow Bullets - Factory Default - TG Settings       

Rank           Prize     Player                                                    Score
1st  Place - $40.00   Phil Younger (PKY)                              143,750     
2nd Place - $20.00 "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman                      48,880
3rd  Place - $10.00  Thomas Peter                                        30,780

Space Duel - Six Ships - 1 Player Only! - Single Ship or Tangent Ship Allowed
(Note: Space Duel "Not" set to TG Settings)

(1) Player Space Duel - CAX supplied this third Mystery Game "Space Duel"

Rank           Prize      Player                                                    Score
1st  Place - $40.00 - Mike "Kat" Pirring                                107,210
2nd Place - $20.00 - Thomas Peter                                        89,180
3rd  Place - $10.00 - Jeff Yonan                                            75,380

DAY TWO - (MARATHON DAY) California Extreme 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007

Berzerk - "Slow Bullets" World Record Marathon Attempt:
Factory Default - TG Settings - Extra Life @ 5,000 & 10,000

Berzerk: TG Leaderboard - Slow Bullets
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=3823&vi=658

August 12, 2007 - Berzerk (Slow Bullets) World Record Marathon Attempt:
Chief Witness: Walter Day, Dwayne Richard, Paul Dean

Name                                         High Score
Phil Younger                               304,570  Phil Younger (PKY) Berzerk "New World Record"

Mr. Do! - World Record Marathon Attempt:
Factory Default - TG Settings

Number of Mr. Do's: 3
Extra: Easy To Win
Special: Easy To Win
Game Difficulty: 1 - Average

Mr. Do!: TG Leaderboard
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=2548&vi=3354

August 12, 2007 (Mr. Do!) World Record Marathon Attempt:
Chief Witness: Walter Day, Dwayne Richard, Paul Dean

Name                                       High Score
"Jimmy" Tongki Linderman         5,500,000 Mr. Do! "New World Record"

CAX 2007 High Score Contest Final Results and Marathon Day:

DAY ONE (HIGH SCORE CONTEST) California Extreme 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007

Top (3) in the Money High Score Video Game Competition Results:

On August 11, 2007 "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman won $60.00 in total
with his supreme skills on both Mr. Do! with a First Place, and on
Berzerk Slow Bullets with a Second Place.

Mike "Cat" Pirring also won $60.00 in total with his excellent skills
on Space Duel with a First Place and a Second Place on Mr. Do!

Phil Younger took home $40.00 for mastering Berzerk Slow Bullets
and coming in first place.

DAY TWO - (MARATHON DAY) California Extreme 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007

Phil Younger: Berzerk - Slow Bullets - World Record 304,570 points

Current TG Leaderboard Scores for Phil Younger:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=30240

On August 12, 2007 Phil Younger played for several hours on Berzerk
Slow Bullets for a new World Record of 304,570 points. Walter Day of
Twin Galaxies was able to watch and verify this score which will be
added to the TG World Records Data Base. It is interesting to note
that Phil Younger beat Ron K. Bailey's 25 Year Old Record on his
"First Man" having four more Humanoid lives in storage.   

Ron K. Bailey has held the Berzerk Slow Bullets Record of 178,500 since
August 30, 1982 and was recently interviewed in the 2006 Lincoln Ruchti
Documentary "Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade" which followed the lives
of teenage video game superstars who in 1982 came from all over North
America to join Walter Day in a LIFE Magazine feature spread, which recognized
them as video game world champions.

Lincoln Ruchti & Michael Verrechia’s, "Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade",
with Ron K. Bailey and Joel D. West Berzerk: Slow Bullets Rivals, as well as other
Life Magazine Superstars:
http://news.com.com/Film+packs+in+memories+of+arcade+superstars/2100-1026_3-6150361.html

"Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade" Movie Trailer with Berzerk Slow bullets superstars
Ron K. Bailey and Joel D. West.

Famous last line of video Berzerk sound clip quote:

"You can teach a monkey how to play a certain number of rooms but you cannot
teach a man how to play Berzerk."
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/12598

August 12, 2007
"Jimmy" Tongki Linderman - Mr. Do!  5,500,000 points

Current TG Leaderboard Scores for "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=39129

"Jimmy" Tongki Linderman has a very impressive ability of playing
Pac-Mania and Mr. Do! to an extent that nobody else can do. He easily
beat the competition at the California Extreme 2006 Pac-Mania High
Score Contest last year and the same is true for the California Extreme 2007
Mr. Do! Contest. His 5,500,000 easily beat the current TG Leaderboard
score of 2,535,852 done by John McKeever. All of the five roll-overs were
timed and recorded by Walter Day of Twin Galaxies. "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman
stopped his game at 5,500,000 'killing off' (Modified 8/15/07 (34*) men in Total
extra men) in storage taking several hours of game play to complete his game.
His tactics and techniques on Mr. Do! are unique and a real eye opener. It was
a sight to see.

John McKeever - Mr. Do! Leaderboard Stats:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=2548&vi=3354

Desiree McCrorey, the Mr. Do! Classic Era Champion was another player
at CAX who stopped by to monitor "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman's world
record attempt which went past her classic era score of 1,390,350.

Here is a recent interview with Desiree McCrorey, Classic Era Mr. Do! Champion:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=19&id=1444

I wanted to say thank you to all of the participants at the California Extreme
2007 Video Game High Score Contest because without you there is no high
score competition.

High Score Contest participants:

    Name                                   Hometown
1. Gary Hatt                              Ontario, CA
2. Thomas Peter                        Portland, OR
3. Michael Brown                       San Jose, CA
4. Mike "Cat" Pirring                  San Francisco, CA
5. Shannon Hoekstra                 Rohnert Park, CA
6. Tongki Linderman                  Brooklyn, NY
7. Jeff Yonan                             Fremont, CA
8. Phil Younger                          Whittier, CA
9. Mark Alpiger                          Louisville, KY

Thank you to all of the special guests who showed up and said hello
and to those who helped me with my CAX 2007 High Score Contest.

 1. Walter Day - Founder Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard
 2. Dwayne Richard - U.S. National Video Game Team (1980's)
 3. Brian Kuh - (Achieved 17 video game world records in 1 Day - Funspot IX)
 4. Mike Klug - Pole Position II Champion
 5. Mark Alpiger - Crystal Castles Guru
 6. Francis Mariani of Ataricade
 7. Gary Hatt - U.S. National Video Game Team Member (1980's)
 8. Desiree McCrorey - Mr. Do Champion
 9. Roy Shildt - Missile Command
10. "Bill" William Carlton "High Score" Documentary
10. "Jon" Jonathan Koolpe - Venture Champion
12. Gene Lewin - Arcade Superstore
13. Jim Belsito - Guinness Book Pinball Champion 2007
14. Franz Lanzinger - Developer Crystal Castles 
15. Owen Rubin - Developer of Space Duel
16. "Al" Allan Alcorn, - Developer of Pong
17. Ken Chaney CAX Board Member
 
Thank you California Extreme and the Extreme Team and everybody else
who was involved for allowing me to run another successful High Score
Video Game Contest with supreme results giving our high score players
a chance to show their stuff at the biggest Classics Arcade Game Show
in America. http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=19&id=1471
 
Thank you for the CAX 2007 Event:
Mark Birsching, Jon Koolpe, Bowen Kerins, Ken Chaney, Scott Evans and everybody
else who makes California Extreme more successful every year.

Where else can you play 400 games all on Free Play and get World Records on
the Classics of the 80's

See you next year!

California Extreme Classic Arcade Games Show 2007
August 11-12, 2007
Parkside Hall, San Jose, California.
http://www.caextreme.org/

[Berzerk1]

    This is my 2nd time at California Extreme.  I want to thank Paul Dean for having this contest.
Of course I did great on Berzerk but I need to work on my Mr. Do and Space Duel games.  Also want
to thank Walter Day of Twin Galaxies, Dwayne Richard, and Paul Dean for verifying my score for my
World Record on Berzerk slow bullets. It was a tough game but I was able to concentrate enough
to do it. I enjoyed meeting people I know and new people I haven't seen before.  Phil Y.

[yankeebest]

I had 34 men left when i quit.

[pauldean]

New California Extreme 2007 World Record Scores added to the Twin Galaxies
Database:

New World Records
 
Mr. Do!
Berzerk (Slow Bullets)
Moonquake

Twin Galaxies has added the High Score Winners Tongki Linderman and
Phil Younger of the California Extreme 2007 Video Game High Score Contest
Day (2) Marathon World Record Attempts to the TG Scoreboard and to the
newest high scores column on the TG Home Page for their new World Records
as well as Gary Hatt for his World Record Score on the rare classic, Moonquake.

Newest World Record Coin-Op Scores Column Per the TG Home Page:

August 12, 2007
Mr. Do!
5,500,000
Tongki Linderman
Platform: Arcade
Variation: Points
NEW WORLD RECORD!

Twin Galaxies Mr. Do! Leaderboard for Tongki Linderman: "New World Record"
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&sid=92476

Twin Galaxies Mr. Do! Leaderboard of all scores:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=2548&vi=3354

Twin Galaxies Leaderboard for all of Tongki Linderman Records:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=39129

August 12, 2007
Berzerk
304,570
Phil Younger
Platform: Arcade
Variation: Slow Bullets
NEW WORLD RECORD!

Twin Galaxies Berzerk "Slow Bullets" Leaderboard for Phil Younger: "New World Record"
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&sid=92475

Twin Galaxies Berzerk "Slow Bullets" Leaderboard of all scores:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=3823&vi=658

Twin Galaxies Leaderboard for all of Phil Younger Records:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=30240

August 11, 2007
Moon Quake
211,830
Gary A Hatt
Platform: Arcade
Variation: Factory Default
NEW WORLD RECORD!

Twin Galaxies Moon Quake Leaderboard for Gary A Hatt: "New World Record"
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&sid=92474

Twin Galaxies Leaderboard for all of Gary A Hatt Records:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=12817

Great Job at the California Extreme 2007 High Score Event and Day (2)
of the Marathon World Record Attempts on those Classic Era Games
Berzerk and Mr. Do!

Those Scores just keep on falling! Which score will come down next???

Congratulations to "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman, Phil Younger and Gary A. Hatt
for your Coin-Op world record accomplishments done at California Extreme 2007.

See you next year at California Extreme 2008!
http://www.caextreme.org/

[yankeebest]

PLEASE let walter day know that it was held at the PARKSIDE HALL, NOT THE SAN JOSE MCENERY CONVENTION CENTER.

[pauldean]

California Extreme 2007 Video Game High Score Contest and World Record Attempts:

California Extreme Classic Arcade Gaming Show (2007)

Saturday, August 11, 2007 - Sunday, August 12, 2007

Parkside Hall, San Jose Convention Center
180 Park Avenue
San Jose, California 95113

Berzerk (Slow bullets) Final Scores - August 11, 2007
(Factory Settings) TGTS

Rank        Name                                  Score

1. Phil Younger                                143,750
2. "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman             48,880
3. Thomas Peter                                30,780
4. Jeff Yonan                                     22,880
5. Gary Hatt                                        8,940
6. Michael Brown                                 3,760

Mr. Do! (Factory Settings) TGTS  - August 11, 2007

Rank       Name                                   Score

1.  "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman       1,510,000
2. Mike Perring                                234,400
3. Jeff Yonan                                   135,200
4. Gary Hatt                                      74,850
5. Mark Alpiger                                  53,600
6. Shannon Hoekstra                         46,950
7. Thomas Peter                                38,600
8. Mike Brown                                   37,500

Space Duel - Mystery Game Supplied by CAX  - August 11, 2007

(6) Man - Single Player! (Tandem or Single Ship Allowed)
(Not Factory Settings)

Rank       Name                                   Score

1. Mike Pirring                                 107,210
2. Thomas Peter                                89,180
3. Jeff Yonan                                     75,380
4. Gary Hatt                                      31,280
5. Phil Younger                                  27,530
6. Michael Brown                               22,970

Moon Quake  - August 11, 2007

Rank       Name                                   Score

1. Gary A. Hatt                                211,830 (NEW WORLD RECORD)

Other Listings with TG

August 12, 2007 - (California Extreme 2007 DAY (2) Marathon World Record Attempt)

Mr. Do! (Factory Default) TGTS

Rank       Name                                   Score
1.  "Jimmy" Tongki Linderman       5,500,000 (NEW WORLD RECORD)

August 12, 2007 - (California Extreme 2007 DAY (2) Marathon World Record Attempt)

Berzerk (Slow Bullets) (Factory Default) TGTS

Rank       Name                                   Score
1. Phil Younger                                304,570 (NEW WORLD RECORD)

Thank you.

[rtm]

Congratulations to the players on the top scores achieved. I know that the "Berzerk" record has been on the robot killer's wish list for years, so I'm glad that he pulled off a new world mark. I am also aware of Jimmy's "Mr Do" expertise having seem him play at the Philly Classic 2004, if I remember correctly, so well done. As for Gary's "Moonquake", that is a title that I have never heard of before, but I certainly have heard of Gary and I'm happy that he has added another mark to his list of accomplishments.

Great work, guys !! Wish I was there to see it.

Robert

[pauldean]

Moonquake classic video game: screenshots by Mark Alpiger and Francis Mariani











Owen Rubin, Al Alcorn and Walter Day Pose in front of Moonquake
which was part of the (5) Game High Score Line-up at CAX 2007.

The Line-up included the following classic games:
1. Berzerk
2. Mr. Do!
3. Space Duel
4. Moonquake
5. Rare Prototype Game

 

[pauldean]

Phil Younger, Berzerk Photo by Francis Mariani of Ataricade 8/12/2007
http://forums.webmagic.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=2&Board=UBB3&Number=505612&page=0&fpart=4




Phil Younger posing by his favorite game, Berzerk, on Sunday August 12, 2007
after getting an world record score of 304,570 (NEW WORLD RECORD)

Ataricade
http://www.ataricade.com/

[Berzerk1]

Thanks Robert for congrats.  Yeah  thats been on my wish list for a long time.  Took 3 hours
and a lot of concentration.  You mention you haven't seen Moonquake. It is very rare and only
2 are known to exist. Also Marble Man was there and 3 are known. Moonquake has great graphics.
Phil Y.

[yankeebest]

DO YOU HAVE MY PICTURE?

[pauldean]

Challenge Arcade Event

 Tongki "Jimmy" Linderman (left) along with Challenge Arcade owner Joe LeVan (right). 
http://www.challengearcade.com/

Stayed tuned on CAX 2007 Photos, next week.

[pauldean]

TG Recognizes Phil Younger and Tongki “Jimmy” Linderman for their NEW World Records in 2007

Twin Galaxies recognizes both Phil Younger and Tongki “Jimmy” Linderman
for their world record accomplishments done on August 12, 2007 at San Jose's
California Extreme 2007. Day 2 - Marathon Day - AT California Extreme
POST Coin-Op Video Game High Score Contest,  both Phil and Jimmy broke the
classic video game 'world records' by nearly twice as many points. These
accomplishments have gotten them new world records and a front page
post with interviews on the Twin Galaxies site. http://www.twingalaxies.com/

TG World Record Articles/Interviews with the New reigning Champions:

Phil Younger
Berzerk - Slow Bullets - New World Record 304,570
Phil Younger: 'Phil Younger is Goin' Berzerk: CA Native Breaks 25 Year Old World Record'

TG's Blaine Locklair Interviews Phil Younger, the new world record holder of Berzerk - Slow
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=43&id=1493

TG writes, "Phil is also the M.A.M.E. world record holder on the sequel to Berzerk, Frenzy."

Does this mean I have some serious competition at my heels for Frenzy in 2008: Frenzy
Legends of the Golden Age Marathon: 4,874,931?
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=19&id=1242
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=19&id=1243

''Tongki “Jimmy” Linderman
Mr. Do! - New World Record 5,500,000  level 293
Jimmy: ''Tongki “Jimmy” Linderman Does the Do!''

TG's Blaine Locklair Interviews Jimmy, with a new world record for Mr. Do!
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=43&id=1490

Congratulations on your accomplishments as you both deserve all the credit for
figuring out the key to unlock these classics for these new world record scores.

One never knows which classic will next be dominated by an up and coming
player - crushing the old long standing world record scores from yesteryear.

Hope to see you both at California Extreme 2008 as it is you, the highest
caliber of player who really makes my high score contests intriguing and
a delight to run.

Thank you also to Walter Day of Twin Galaxies, who was able to watch these
world record players in person at CAX 2007 San Jose, CA on August 11-12, 2007.
Their marathon performances and their accomplishments at the Coin Operated
Video Game High Score Contest were nothing short of astounding.

Here is a link to the format of the CAX 2007 Classic Coin Operated Video Game High
Score Contest:
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/forums/index.php/topic,274.0.html

Thank you everyone who came out to CAX 2007 and made this contest a success!
 
California Extreme Classic Arcade Games Show
August 11-12 , 2007
Parkside Hall
San Jose, California
http://www.caextreme.org/

[Berzerk1]

Paul,
  You don't have to worry about me breaking your Frenzy record. My record on Mame is 400,000+
on setting extra man every 3,000 points at which point I got tired of playing and stopped. I could go higher
but it would be bad if I could not stand up and move around a little. I think my max. would be 10 hours
for maybe a million points. I can't even thing about playing over 40 hours. I did play one arcade game in
1986 set at extra at 10,000 points and got 68,000 points which was challenging. Thanks again for your contest and hope to be at California Extreme 2008.  Phil Y.

[George Strain]

Paul,
  You don't have to worry about me breaking your Frenzy record. My record on Mame is 400,000+
on setting extra man every 3,000 points at which point I got tired of playing and stopped. I could go higher
but it would be bad if I could not stand up and move around a little. I think my max. would be 10 hours
for maybe a million points. I can't even thing about playing over 40 hours. I did play one arcade game in
1986 set at extra at 10,000 points and got 68,000 points which was challenging. Thanks again for your contest and hope to be at California Extreme 2008.  Phil Y.

Paul, you should have a go at Rafal "destructor" Politanski's 5 Man Frenzy score of 229,144 from the 2004 TG MAME Decathlon.