[1], In mid-1981, Walter Day, founder of Twin Galaxies, Inc., visited more than 100 video game arcades over four months, recording the high scores that he found on each game. Under the direction of Day, functioning as an assistant editor for the Guinness Book in charge of video-game scores, the USNVGT gathered annual contest results that were published in the 1984—1986 U.S. editions. The U.S. National Video Game Team organizes a fundraiser for the Red Cross and announces plans to create a Red Cross Video Team to take to Washington, DC. 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Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1137500 - mark kiehl, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1144800 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1091400 - David McCrary, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 798,600 - Tanner Fokkens, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,072,200 - Corey Chambers, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 606,200 - Jon shear, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,158,400 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 854,300 - Alen Staal, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 912,400 - Tanner Fokkens, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,170,500 - Wes Copeland, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 856,500 - Allen Staal, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,172,100 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,108,100 - David McCrary, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,177,200 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,190,000 - Wes Copeland, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 881,600 - Aaron Truitt, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 970,200 - Chris Gleed, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,190,200 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,195,100 - Wes Copeland, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 668,800 - Vincent Cote, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 802,300 - Vincent Cote, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,218,000 - Wes Copeland, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 860,700 - Vincent Cote, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 871,900 - Allen Staal, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,206,900 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 87,600 - John McNeill, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 124,600 - John McNeill, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 226,200 - Shane Sawle, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 901,400 - Shane Sawle, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 224,800 - James King, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 473,000 - James King, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,059,700 - Daniel Desjardins, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 907,600 - Aaron Truitt, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 881,200 - Andrew Barrow, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 312,000 - John McNeill, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,230,100 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,076,000 - Michael Groesbeck, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,247,700 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 929,800 - Vincent Cote, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 64,400 - Kelly Kerr, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 88,200 - Kelly Kerr, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 406,300 - John McNeill, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 98,700 - Kelly Kerr, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 533,100 - James King, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 122,200 - Kelly Kerr, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 771,000 - James King, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 145,700 - Kelly Kerr, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,116,400 - Tanner Fokkens, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,259,000 - John McCurdy, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 195,800 - Kelly Kerr, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 900,400 - Dave Mitchell, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 492,900 - John McNeill, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 910,400 - Dave Mitchell, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 919,400 - Steven Kleisath, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,106,200 - Steve Wiebe, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,001,800 - Steven Kleisath, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 940,700 - Dave Mitchell, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,138,500 - Matthew Tecchio, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,022,700 - Shawn Robinson, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 1,300,000 - william rosa, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 234 - Andrew Mee, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 4,444 - Andrew Mee, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 874,900 - Glen Updike, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points [Hammer Allowed] - 877,300 - George Riley, Arcade - Donkey kong - [Points [Level 1-1]] - 10,000 - Chris Gleed, Arcade - Donkey kong - [Points [Level 1-1]] - 10,100 - Allen Staal, Arcade - Donkey kong - [Points [Level 1-1]] - 10,400 - Chris Gleed, Arcade - Donkey Kong - [Points [Level 1-1]] - 11,400 - Chris Gleed, Arcade - Donkey Kong - [Points [Level 1-1]] - 12,600 - Jeremy Young, Arcade - Donkey Kong - The most Fire ball Smashes whilst falling down thorugh a riviot - 2 - Allen Staal, Arcade - Donkey kong - The most Fire ball Smashes whilst falling down thorugh a riviot - 3 - Tanner Fokkens, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Most Frieballs Traped in Riviot Holes - 5 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Most Frieballs Traped in Riviot Holes - 0 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - most oil can jumps on a pie factory level - 6 - Allen Staal, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Most Wall Jumps on a Rivet Board - 50 - Alen Staal, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Most Wall Jumps on a Rivet Board - 53 - Alen Staal, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Most Wall Jumps on a Rivet Board - 55 - Allen Staal, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Most Wall Jumps on a Rivet Board - 1,206,900 - Robbie Lakeman, Arcade - Donkey Kong - Points on "Hard" Romset - 914,200 - Tanner Fokkens, Arcade - Donkey Kong - This is a "lowest is best" score track, meaning 100 points is better than 200 points. In September 1983, the USNVGT visited the Italian and Japanese Embassies in Washington D.C. to issue challenges for an international video game championship. [citation needed], Twin Galaxies organized the first Video Game Film Festival on June 2, 2001, at the Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire as a vehicle to document the cultural impact that video games have exerted on today's society. Special Rules: The record is the sum of the 2 scores when ONE of the … This page was last edited on 1 September 2020, at 23:02. The USNVGT toured the United States during the summer of 1983 in a 44-foot GMC bus filled with arcade games, appearing at arcades around the nation and conducting the 1983 Video Game Masters Tournament, the results of which were published in the 1984 U.S. edition of Guinness World Records.


This event was descended from the Coronation Day Championships that were conducted by Twin Galaxies in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 2000. This was the last year the contest was in this format.