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Guinness World Records for Tapper and Ms. Pac-Man set at Barcade event

5:40 PM on 04.11.2008, Jordan Grim Devore 17 comments

Guinness World Records for Tapper and Ms. Pac-Man set at Barcade event photo
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Barcade in Brooklyn hosted a little shindig yesterday in which it invited hopeful gamers to drink a few rounds and beat a world record or two, although not necessarily in that order. Official judges from Guinness were there to do what they do best, and believe it or not, 2 records were actually smashed.

The games? None other than Tapper and Ms. Pac-Man. Michael Przybocki took home the record for fastest time to beat five boards on Tapper with a time of 1'20"43, while Daniel Dujinc beat five boards on Ms. Pac-Man in a record time of 2'05"80.

The other available records to beat were too much for the competition, but I don't blame them. Highest Out-Run Score (52,897,690), highest Ghosts 'n Goblins score (1,000,100), and highest Donkey Kong score without using the hammer *gasp* (317,000) -- beating any of these would be quite an amazing feat.

[Photo courtesy of hryckowian]


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Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 04/11/2008 17:47
O I c wut u did thar
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 04/11/2008 17:48
Tap that game...
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 04/11/2008 17:49
Hm, I've only ever seen this game as "Root Beer Tapper" before. That image under the title seems to suggest that they're tapping something else...

Scandalous!
JamnOnTheOne's Avatar
JamnOnTheOne at 04/11/2008 17:54
@Dexter345

In the original version of the game you were tapping "Budweiser"...They changed it to root beer because of kids playing it IIRC
Teen Idol's Avatar
Teen Idol at 04/11/2008 18:36
Root Beer tapper rocks my socks.
necrozen's Avatar
necrozen at 04/11/2008 19:27
Wish I couldve seen that tapper speed run. These people with their arcade feats amaze me!
kariomart's Avatar
kariomart at 04/11/2008 19:28

Przy is a personal friend of mine. He's been playing that game for years and is a prodigy. The second I saw the Dtoid post about this event, I let him know. It's like Guiness taylor made this record for him.
kariomart's Avatar
kariomart at 04/11/2008 20:00
And PS, the Tapper and Ms. Pacman records are new to Guiness, so technically there was no smashing going on.
slayoyayo's Avatar
slayoyayo at 04/11/2008 20:35
also technically he's a savant not a prodigy.
anoon's Avatar
anoon at 04/11/2008 21:24
Nice to see some coin op coverage!!!
More of that please.
welkstar's Avatar
welkstar at 04/11/2008 21:39
@anoon

Shit yeah!
mistic's Avatar
mistic at 04/12/2008 02:18
nice job setting those records!

I still have to try tapper out :-)
NihonTiger90's Avatar
NihonTiger90 at 04/12/2008 11:51
Very awesome. Wish I could have been there.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 04/13/2008 03:45
I'm nowhere near any of these scores. Bravo, gentlemen, bravo.
emily62190's Avatar
emily62190 at 03/19/2009 14:44
my level on pacman on my phone is 43!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tell me if i won a world record
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