techdigest.tv - 11/14/2008
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What were you doing 26 years ago, on November 13th 1982? I was waiting to be born, personally, but a fifteen-year-old named Scott Safran was slotting a quarter into an 'Asteroids' machine. Three days later, Scott staggered away from the machine, having set a high score of 41,336,440. That was ...
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Blast From The Past: Asteroids Is Serious Business
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... He might have pulled it off, too, if the machine hadn’t broken down when he made it to 15 million points. So, whatever became of Scott Safran? In 1989, at the age of 22 the king of Asteroids fell from the the roof of his L.A. apartment trying to rescue his cat. For Scott Safran, being immortalized as a record holder for one of the toughest games in history is unbelievably cool. I, on the other hand, have surpassed Scott Safran in age which makes me the real winner. Link [ via ]
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