Scoreboard Spotlight: MegaTech Conquers Nintendo World Championships 1990 & More!

Who's ready for the Super Bowl? Sure, you have another week to wait, but in the meantime, why not catch up with the Super Bowls of Competitive Gaming? That's right, every day is a contest of champions here at Twin Galaxies! Every record is a story of dedication, grinding practice, skill, and comraderie in celebration of this remarkable gaming community. And each edition, we choose five achievements to share as part of our weekly highlight. This time out we'll rough up some world warriors, take a turn as a web-slinger, fly an attack helicopter, do some stunt driving, and go back to 1990 for the ultimate gaming contest, so LET'S GO!

Jinxitup – Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) – Points

jinxitup delivered a Super Combo Finish to the TG leaderboard and claimed a new record on Capcom's iconic Street Fighter Alpha 3. Entering the contest as the fearsome Akuma, jinxitup traveled 'round the world destroying Street Fighters including M. Bison to clinch a final score of 3,888,300 points, beating the previous record by 442k.

Tracey Gleave – Black Widow (Arcade) – Points

Tracey Gleave returned to the Arcade Club Leeds and put his spider skills to the test with Atari's 1983 arcade hit Black Widow, taking out more bugs and nasty critters to improve on his previous high score with a final tally of 658,475 points to take 4th place on the TG leaderboard.

Math Fareswell – Tiger Heli (M.A.M.E.) – Points

Math Fareswell wasn't going to go half-way on Romstar's 1985 vertical shooter Tiger-Heli. In fact, he went as far as one can fly the Tiger attack chopper by pushing the game's score counter to its absolute maximum after 8 hours of playing – a world record score of 9,999,990 points. Congratulations! 

Fordy – TrackMania Nations Forever (PC) – Points

Buckle up! Fordy was strapped in for a crazy run on TrackMania Nations Forever, taking stunt driving to the next level – you have to see for yourself! After he landed, Fordy drove off with a new personal best of 1,332 points. Bravo! 

MegaTech  – Nintendo World Championships 1990 (NES) –  Points

MegaTech delivered an performance for the ages on Nintendo World Championships 1990 for the NES. Playing the same series of mini-games – Super Mario, Rad Racer, and Tetris – that were used at the famed 1990 Tournament, MegaTech sealed the deal on Tetris by employing an aggressive style to finish the contest with 96 lines cleared on Level 19 for a record-breaking combined score of 7,330,420 points, surpassing the previous record by nearly 2 million. Congratulations! 

This covers our Scoreboard Spotlight for this week. As a reminder, these were just a few of exceptional records that were adjudicated and accepted recently. Every record that made it through verification and landed on our leaderboards has a well-deserved place in the Twin Galaxies gaming pantheon.

Keep scoring high, finishing fast, and game on!