Founder of EGM Magazine Loses Title on Classic Video Game After 21 YearsThis article comes from Highwaygames.com ![]() In a report given to Twin Galaxies, Chip said, "I actually don't remember ever seeing Cliff Hanger in the arcades when I was younger, probably due to the fact that so few machines were made. However, when I joined the daphne team around 1999, I quickly became very involved with Cliff Hanger. It didn't take long to realise that Cliff Hanger had very fixed patterns and that there was definitely a possible way to get the maximum possible score. My friend Bo Ayers (who runs Cliffhangerfan.com and owns an original Cliff cabinet) and I sat down one weekend and figured out, via lots of experimenting, which bit of the film sequence has the most number of moves between "respawn" points." Chip Sbrogna will be recognised as the new world record holder on Cliff Hanger in the forthcoming edition of Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records. As for Mr. Steve Harris? He was not available for comment and it is uncertain if he will try to regain his title. Twin Galaxies still recognises Harris as the undisputed world record holder on Swimmer, Red Alert, Popeye, Wacko and Bega's Battle - all classic games form the early 80s. Harris was one of Twin Galaxies' superstar players during the early 80s. He was a founding member of Twin Galaxies' U.S. National Video Game Team and competed in Twin Galaxies' North American Video Game Olympics, which was televised by ABC-TV's That's Incredible on February 21, 1983. In 1989 Harris founded Electronic Gaming Monthly as part of an extensive chain of magazines, which included EGM2 and Expert Gamer. Harris eventually sold the chain to Ziff-Davis in the late 90s and retired from the gaming world. https://www.highwaygames.comhttps://www.highwaygames.com/arcade-news/founder-of-egm-magazine-loses-title-on-classic-video-game-after-21-years-1552/ Copyright © 1999 - 2025, Highwaygames.com All Rights |