[Wired] July 3, 1999: Gobbling Up a Pac-Man Record - Overclock.net

Cr4zYH3aD · 07-03-08

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A "perfect" game of Pac-Man involves eating every pellet, floating fruit and edible blue ghost for 256 rounds.
Screenshot: Midway Games

1999: After nearly 20 years and millions of quarters, someone attains the unthinkable: a perfect score on Pac-Man.

The world record was set by 33-year-old Billy Mitchell of Hollywood, Florida, during a U.S.-Canada clash over the Fourth of July weekend. Mitchell took more than six hours to complete the game at the Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire.

To achieve the game's maximum score of 3,333,360 points, Mitchell navigated 256 boards (or screens), eating every single dot, blinking energizer blob, flashing blue ghost, and point-loaded fruit, without losing a single life.

"It was tremendously monotonous," said Mitchell, a father of three and president of Rickey's World Famous Sauces, a manufacturer of Louisiana hot sauces.

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OmegaNemesis28 · 07-03-08

Lulz - lets have a party!

Thats really cool though, without loosing 1 life?

kkbob33 · 07-03-08

this isnt exactly new news lol

Cr4zYH3aD · 07-03-08

thought it was cool, noone ever did it because the NES would freeze

cbrazeau1115 · 07-03-08

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Originally Posted by Cr4zYH3aD

thought it was cool, noone ever did it because the NES would freeze

Its an arcade game, not a NES game.

Billy also was in a Iron Man gaming competition. They got to choose their own game and it was who could play the longest without stoping or dying... Mitchell played like 2 days and he had to stop because the oil in his hands caused the game to break. Thats crazy.

Havegooda · 07-03-08

How do you eat EVERY ghost? Don't they just "repawn"?

~Gooda~

thydevil · 07-03-08

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Originally Posted by Havegooda

How do you eat EVERY ghost? Don't they just "repawn"?

~Gooda~

You use all chances to turn the ghosts blue and every time eat all of em.
If I'm not mistaken you have to eat a total of 4096 ghosts.

SugarySnack · 07-03-08

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Originally Posted by thydevil

You use all chances to turn the ghosts blue and every time eat all of em.
If I'm not mistaken you have to eat a total of 4096 ghosts.

I love "If i'm not mistaken". It is great to protect you from someone saying "OMgz!1! It was 4097 u n00b!"

On topic: If you have that much dedication for a game, you most likely have WAY too much time on your hands.

mrtn400 · 07-03-08

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Originally Posted by thydevil

You use all chances to turn the ghosts blue and every time eat all of em.
If I'm not mistaken you have to eat a total of 4096 ghosts.

But the ghosts respawn, so it's impossible to eat them all.

RaiDer · 07-03-08

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The world record was set by 33-year-old Billy Mitchell of Hollywood, Florida, during a U.S.-Canada clash over the Fourth of July weekend. Mitchell took more than six hours to complete the game at the Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire.

To achieve the game's maximum score of 3,333,360 points, Mitchell navigated 256 boards (or screens), eating every single dot, blinking energizer blob, flashing blue ghost, and point-loaded fruit, without losing a single life.

Get a life already. He lost one life, his own.

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