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Summary: Guide for establishing rules,tournaments & score keeping
Review: ...settles all arguments by telling you what the current high score is on almost any game and who you have to beat to beomce the new world champion! ...authority that establishes the rules and standardized tournament settings on each game! ...organizes video game and pinball playing into a sport, with a tradition of contests, statistics, world records and star players! ...coordinates an international schedule of tounaments players can compete in to gain entrance into this record book! ...brings credit to thousands of youth around the world who know they are the best!************************* Walter Day is the world's only electronic games referee. He runs the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard-the "official scoreboard for the world of video game and pinball playing." As the founder of organized video game playing, Day has judged contests and high scores submitted by arcades as far away as South Africa, Australia, Ireland, and Japan.
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Summary: Looking forward to the next edition
Review: As the title says, the book is the authoritative collection of records on video games & pinball. As well as arcade machines this includes home computer systems, consoles, and arcade emulation (MAME, specifically). Unfortunately the main problem with this book now is its incompleteness: it's now several years old and somewhat out of date. (See the Twin Galaxies website for a searchable database of all today's records.) An updated and expanded edition is meant to be on its way. The book makes up for it with a special section on "The Golden Age of Video Games" which recounts the early history of Twin Galaxies and the growth of video gaming in the 80's as a 'sport'. I thought the book took itself a little too seriously here. This section also tells the story of the That's Incredible video game competition, organized by Twin Galaxies, which many people reading this may remember watching on TV. [As an aside: A clip of this is actually downloadable from the Twin Galaxies website. It's great 80's nostalgia, and listening to the hosts' earnest commentary of the players is sheer camp hilarity! Best Line: "He piles on the pepper and sends down a bun covered with hotdogs and an egg for his four thousand points!"] The book also includes a detailed section on the TG rules and how to get yourself in the book. I'm looking forward to the next edition being an even thicker book, with records for many more games - not least for MAME!
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Summary: The life, times, and scores of video games.
Review: I like to congratulate Walter Day on his achievement. This book is exactly what the video game world needed. Finally, a book that tells about the history of video games from the very beginning of the golden age to the present .Also, a complete listing of high scores and contest scores that helps complete this amazing book. I strongly recommend this book to anyone and everyone that enjoys playing video and pinball games. I should know, I my self have been competing in video games for twenty years now and hold several world records. Congatulations again Walter, I look forward to more in the future.
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Summary: A book of scores - but more stories would be welcomed.
Review: I picked the book up thinking it was just a list of arcade game scores - but the author chose to also include scores for home video game systems as well. Since the focus of the recollections at the end of the book were about arcade games, a separate book for home systems would be more appropriate. A majority of the entries are for Nintendo systems, which were provided by Nintendo itself, and some are carried out to the top 250 scores. Surely the top 10 would have been plenty. On the plus side are the 200 pages of stories from the Golden Age of arcades. This is the highlight of the book, and despite the author getting a bit self-important at times, makes for very entertaining reading for those of us who were there. If you were an arcade junkie in the early 80's, you may get a kick out of it.
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Summary: #1 In Its Class
Review: I remember consulting Walter Day way back in the late '70s when video gaming was in its infancy... and even then there was almost nothing he didn't know about the gaming world. This book seals his reputation as the video world's most pre-eminent Guru. A vital reference if you follow the world of video gaming.
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Summary: The authority on Video game and Pinball world records
Review: Since I'm part of the original video game generation, I may be a little biased, but this is definitely the definitive source for video game and Pinball records. And I'm proud that I'll be listed in the next edition.
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Summary: So many high scores for all the best games...
Review: The Twin Galaxies record book is one of a kind and a must-have for true videogame enthusiasts. For years, Walter's done a fantastic job of compiling videogame and pinball records, and finally collecting them in a book was a great idea. There is so much to read over and so many scores to try and beat, I could really never tire of this book. I only hope to achieve some winning scores so that I can be included in the next edition!
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Summary: The best literature about video games to date!
Review: This book is a must have for any gamer. Just imagine a book that lists the top players along with their scores from over 12,000 players in 31 differant countries. From arcade scores to turbografx scores this book has it all. While I bought this book just to see the scores that I could beat, the added 200 pages in the back of the book was even better. A great story about the early 80's. I can't wait to see the next edition of the book with more Playstation and Saturn scores. A must buy for under $20.
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Summary: An absolutely essential book for any videogamer!
Review: This book is much more than just a record book. The stories about the golden age of videogaming are so engrossing that I couldn't put the book down! After reading the stories, I couldn't keep from challenging some of the scores myself, and believe me, those people in the book deserve a place there. If you ever wondered what it would be like to be a pro gamer then pick up this book, you won't regret it. I should know, I'm one of the captains for the NH Pro Videogaming Team and this book is our bible. In order to even be considered for our team you'd have to beat one of the records in this book. So take it from a pro, this book is the be-all-end-all to a videogamers library.
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Summary: The best thing for video gamers since sliced bread!
Review: This book is unbelievable! It covers just about everything you can think of as far as video games and pinball for just about all formats available. It's the only one of it's kind and is basically a video game players "Bible" for referencing scores on video games. A must have for any advit video game player. The 200 pages at the end of the book are stories of the golden age which were very interesting to read as an added bonus to this hugh book for less then $20.
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