Donald Hayes of Windham, NH has captured the Dig Dug world Title with a score of 4,388,520 points, eclipsing the four-year-old mark of 4,211,920 points set by Canada's Dwayne Richard in 1999. Hayes becomes the first player in classic gaming history to match Billy Mitchell's feat of holding five major titles simultaneously. Mitchell was recognized in the Guinness book back in 1983 as the world record holder on Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Centipede, Burgertime and Donkey Kong. Donald Hayes has now pulled down five big ones, too: Tron, Centipede, Dig Dug, Domino Man and Super Zaxxon.

"No one in today's fast growing 'classic gaming' field can keep up with Hayes' domination of the hobby," says Walter Day, chief editor of the forthcoming Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records. "Centipede, Tron and Dig Dug, in particular," adds Day, "were stellar games, with worldwide followings. Donald's scores are the highest we've seen in twenty years of monitoring records." Hayes will be recognized by Twin Galaxies in a special ceremony later this year and be awarded Commemorative Notice in the upcoming record book. To see the astonishing range of playing skills required to beat this game, an indepth analysis of the accompl;ishment has been prepared by Twin Galaxies Chief Referee, Robert Mruczek, who reviews each milestone reached by Hayes during his record game. To see this report, go to Dig Dug World Record.