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Nov. 13, 1982: Teen Sets 'Asteroids' Record in 3-Day Marathon

Tech Digest found this 11/14/2008 on wired.com

Fifteen-year-old Scott Safran of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, sets the world record score in the arcade game Asteroids— the longest-standing videogame high score in history. 1 Safran, who had been practicing nonstop at the game for the previous two years, agreed to play a marathon session of Atari's ...