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8/25/2005	Retro video game fanatic breaks 20 year Space Harrier record UK Newsquest Regional Press, London, UK
Retro video game fanatic breaks 20 year record Byline: Richard Lyons London -- August 25, 2005 -- A Cheam man with a passion for 1980s arcade games became a world record breaker this month when he achieved the best-ever score at a vintage video game. Nick Hutt of Brocks Drive broke the world record score for 1980s arcade game Space Harrier at the Classic Gaming Expo UK 2005 which was held at Fairfields Hall in Croydon on August 13. The achievement will be entered in the official video game and pinball book of world records after his top-scoring game was watched by referees from monitoring group Twin Galaxies. Mr Hutt who notched up a score of 35 774 740 said: "It is really strange it doesn't sink in straight away. The previous high score was set 20 years ago and it has stayed there all that time." The 34-year-old developed a love of 1980s arcade games when he began playing them at seaside resorts while on holiday with his family. What started as a joy in playing the retro games then developed into a desire to collect and preserve them when he bought a full-sized arcade machine version of Space Harrier. The machine which has a seat that moves along with the action of the game was bought from France and is one of only six left in the UK. In the run up to the Expo Mr Hutt practised by playing the game every day and can complete all of its 18 levels nearly each and every time. More than just a source of fun however his enthusiasm for pioneering video games such as Space Harrier Outrun and Pac Man is also an exercise in childhood nostalgia. "I think it reminds me of when I was a lot younger and going away on holiday he said. There are good memories there. Actually having one and restoring it is nice you are also preserving something that's part of history."

Twin Galaxies in the News

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07/15/2010	Twin Galaxies World Championship To Launch at Big Bang 2010 TGI and Guinness World Records Team Up for Record Event
05/17/2009	Iowa town hopes lure of Pac-Man, Donkey Kong can turn arcade's glory into video gamer's mecca As printed at the BaltimoreSun.com, May 17, 2009
05/05/2009	Twin Galaxies Featured On MSNBC.com Ottumwa, IA's Movement for Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Mega-Mainstream Momentum
02/19/2009	Twin Galaxies Newsbreak Get the Scoop on Numerous TG Newsbits From Around the World In One Place
12/16/2008	The King of Kage RocktownWeekly.com, Harrisonburg, VA
11/13/2008	Nov. 13, 1982: Teen Sets Asteroids Record in 3-Day Marathon WIRED Magazine, San Francisco, CA
09/20/2008	Twin Galaxies Gamer Scott Patterson Featured on "The 33 News" in Texas Check Out This Video, Which Also Features Twin Galaxies and The Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008 Book
05/23/2008	Twin Galaxies Featured On GameTap.Com's "Tapped In" Missile Command Gamer William Carlton, Chief Referee Blaine Locklair Appear In "Tetris" Story
04/26/2008	Guinness Gamer's Edition 2008 Book Review New TG, Guinness book featured in LA Times review
04/21/2008	Twin Galaxies Featured in "Frag" indieWIRE review of new film screened at AFI Dallas 2008

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