Video Game Capital of the World

Ottumwa, Iowa (home of the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard) is named "Video Game Capital of the World" by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad. March 19, 1983.

First City of Games
Many of you have probably spent countless sleepless nights wondering just where the capital of the Video Game world was. Wonder no more. Ottumwa, lowa, has been given that lofty title. Ottumwa, the home of the Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard, was named capital by the governor of lowa. Run by Walter Day, Twin Galaxies was recently the host of a competition to determine the national video arcade game champ. The final results were broadcast on "That¹s Incredible." Nineteen hand-picked video game superstars participated in an arcade pentathlon featuring Donkey Kong Jr., Super Pac-Man, Millipede, Joust and Frogger. The top three finalists were flown to Hollywood to compete. Contestants had to achieve a certain score on each of five games and then run across a finish line. The winner was Ben Gold of Dallas, TX, with the second and third place winners crossing the finish line less than 15 seconds after he did.