Well Steve Wiebe has done it again, he has regained the high score record for Classic arcade game Donkey Kong. He recently topped Billy Mitchell’s score with a score of his own approved by Twin Galaxies. Wiebe’s score was 1,064,500 which topped Mitchell’s score of 1,062.800. Ever since the release of King of Kong, the battle for the title has been just as feverish. The title has gone back and forth, and not to long again it was snatched by a wildcard in Hank Chien, with a score of 1,061,700. …

Recently news broke about a rare Atari game selling for over 5k, actually $5,250 to be exact.  So what game made in the 80′s could be worth over 5k?  Well it was a game that was only sold in religious stores, and that game is called ‘The Music Machine’.
The Atari 2600 game was merely bought as a collectors item, and not so much for amazing gameplay.  This actual game was still sealed and packaged, which brought the value up, since it was basically brand new.  This is a really cool …

Here is a rough trailer for a pinball documentary title ‘Bang Back: The Pinball Movie’, which is about the best pinball player of all time Rick Stetta.  This movie looks pretty cool and interesting, and hopefully there will be more information about when the film will come out.  

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An Australian man by the name of Phil Day has broken the world record for the 1981 arcade game ‘Galaga’. Day didn’t just beat the record he actually destroyed it with a score of 3.44 million, the old record was 2.7 million.
The record was set on the machine in the back room of his cottage, and was the result of 6 months of training.  That doesn’t mean he has been playing for a mere 6 months, just training for the record for that long.  Phil Day has been playing the classic Namco game …

Over 2,000 pinball players made a pilgrimage to a small town outside Pittsburgh, PA. this August for the 4 day event of the Pinball World Championships.
If it weren’t for all the cars outside, you would never even think something this cool was happening inside the giant 30,000 sq. ft. warehouse building.
A lot of great players and machines were at the event and you can read all about it and check out some photos in a visual tour at Crispy Gamer.
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This is so awesome, there seems to be a secret room inside Flynn’s Arcade at Comic-Con.  The neon sign flickers and the secret door opens, then Daft Punk starts to play louder and louder, its just so Epic!!!!! And there it is, the new Light Cycle from ‘TRON 2.0′ wow its so cool.  This such a cool exhibit and great marketing idea. 

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If you have an iPhone then you can take your Arcade games with you wherever you go.  It actually looks really good, and controls seem pretty good too,  well at least as good as it can play on a phone.  Check out this video of the Simpsons arcade game being run on an iPhone 3Gs.

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Is the ultimate arcade at the Strong National Museum of Play, in Rochester NY.  Videotopia is an exhibit that will run until November 1, 2009.  
There are so many cool titles to check out at the exhibit, and if I was in driving distance I would be there in a heartbeat .  There are over 100 fully restored games waiting to be played.
The National center for the History of Electronic Games is located at the Strong Museum, and is hoping to get a permanent exhibit in 2012.

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