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Epic 'Asteroids' high score stands the test of time

GEARFUSE found this 11/14/2008 on techdigest.tv

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 ...