Video Game World Championship

This article comes from Highwaygames.com

Starting at noon on Thursday, May 30, 2002, Twin Galaxies will host the Video Game World Championship. The event will gather players at the famous Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, NH, to compete for the coveted title of "world's best" classic video gamer on nearly 150 different legendary video games manufactured between 1975-1986, namely the period now known as the "Golden Age" of video games.

And there seems to be something for everyone, whether you want to leisurely test your skills on any classic on the floor, or put yourself in the frying pan of competition, facing off against the nation's top players in a seven-game high score contest. Needless to say, you'll have the thrill of playing the original Donkey Kong, Jr., Crystal Castles or Berzerk you knew and loved 20 years ago.

Yes, five contests await the competitors: the first one is a high-score contest on 150 different games manufactured before 1986; the second is a secret high-score contest featuring a different game each of the four contest days that is not unidentified until the beginning of each day and the other is a "world championship" on seven different games. Both will be conducted simultaneously and both will award the winners a listing in the forthcoming edition of Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records.

More information can be found at the Twin Galaxies website