It was all in vain though, as I died at the final boss, Totaku on mission 24.
I mean, what the hell, it's not just Totaku, it was 4 carrier bosses before that in a crazy boss rush, along with their battle fleets, and planes coming from behind, and no life or weapon energy, and no breaks, and.......and......and.......fudge!
I do believe it is: Tom Votova 2,636,500. By a decent margine also, way to go Seahawk!
Tom Votava is a mild celebrity holding many world records too btw.
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He clobbered Todd Rogers in DK for nes for 1st overall.
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"Tom Votava is one of the Referees in charge of verifying videogame scores for the record-keeping service Twin Galaxies. Tom is an official referee for games on the Genesis and SNES platforms."
Sorry for the posts, I'm just a little excited about the feat.
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Welcome to our new monthly column! Once per month, we’ll be spotlighting one of our staff members here at Twin Galaxies. We feel like it’s important to share a bit about ourselves with our gaming community and we want our gamers to feel like they are just as much a welcome part of Twin Galaxies as our staff is. So, we’ve decided to share some insights about our staff, starting with one of our finest members, Tom Votava (pronounced VAH-tuh-vuh).
Tom is a Senior Referee at Twin Galaxies, and has been a part of the Twin Galaxies community since October 2001. Tom resides in Scottsdale, AZ, USA and adjudicates scores on the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo platforms. His expertise in these areas allows him to crown world champion gamers for Twin Galaxies on these 16-bit consoles. Tom is also well known for his “Name That Tune” style contests featuring music from various video games.
“Twin Galaxies has done so much for competitive gaming and for me", says Tom. "I am honored to help out our gamers in any way that I can. Do you have what it takes to be our next champion? Then send us some videos and show us your best stuff!”
Tom holds numerous world records across a number of different platforms, all the way from the classic Atari days up to today’s modern Playstation 2 console. In addition, Tom just broke the world record on one of the longest standing scores at Twin Galaxies – the arcade version of Mario Bros. Tom’s 3,658,030 point score eclipsed the previous score of 3,481,550, held for nearly a quarter of a century by long-time Twin Galaxies gamer Perry Rogers. “Breaking the Mario Bros. record has been the single greatest challenge of my gaming career", says Tom. "I always enjoy difficult games, but this one was on another level entirely. I’d like to thank Perry for cheering me on. He’s a legendary gamer and an even better person. Now, if only we can take back our 2-player record…”
Twin Galaxies Referee Stephen Boyer, who is an expert on this title, authenticated Tom's newest world record score. Steve had this to say about Tom’s amazing gaming skills: "As a player of Mario Bros. myself, I know just how hard this game can be. One wrong move and you die. Then you have to drop back down with a bunch of critters running around while Icicles are dropping, two red fireballs are floating around and two green fireballs are moving left and right! They say this is a pattern game but it truly involves an incredible amount of skill in the process.
I first noticed Tom's previous score of 3,191,620 about a year ago when my cousin Scott and I were working on breaking the 2-player world record for Mario Bros. I was actually shocked to see another guy with a score of over 3 million on this title. I never thought anyone would ever challenge Perry’s score on this game. About two months ago I saw a video on Youtube where Tom had a sawed off Mario Bros. arcade game and how he was now ready to challenge the world record once again. I then emailed Tom and asked him if he had a referee to verify the score IF he indeed broke the world record. I offered to verify the replay and he accepted my offer. It didn't take long for him to break the record. All I can say is WOW!"
I have had the privilege of meeting Tom in person in 2008 and in 2009 at the Funspot arcade in Weirs Beach, NH. Each time, I was impressed with his professionalism, his positive attitude and his gaming skills. Tom is also well received by both the gamers he serves in his role with Twin Galaxies and by his peers at Twin Galaxies. He has earned my respect and the respect of others through his actions and is a great ambassador for Twin Galaxies and competitive gaming.
Special thanks to Tom for all of the things he does to make Twin Galaxies a great place for our gamers and our staff. Way to go, Tom!
Twin Galaxies is a waste of time. It's not worth the effort and paperwork just to put your name on a board that nobody looks at anyways. Really, the only games that really carry any weight there are Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., and other early 80s stuff.
I'm pretty sure over 90% of the scores on there have been beaten by people already, just not recorded or verified or played at an official Twin Galaxies event, or what have you.
Here, an example, it's the current high score board for Flicky on Genesis. The highest score is 1,298,140. Mine on RU is over double that: 2,721,940.
My 1943 NES score was at the final boss. There's probably a special bonus at the end. On the arcade version it is 1 million. I refuse to believe that nobody has beaten this game on a single play in the 22 years it's been out.
In fact my 1943: The Battle of Midway arcade score (2,455,640) makes second place on the list.
Twin Galaxies is a waste of time. It's not worth the effort and paperwork just to put your name on a board that nobody looks at anyways. Really, the only games that really carry any weight there are Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., and other early 80s stuff.
I'm pretty sure over 90% of the scores on there have been beaten by people already, just not recorded or verified or played at an official Twin Galaxies event, or what have you.
Here, an example, it's the current high score board for Flicky on Genesis. The highest score is 1,298,140. Mine on RU is over double that: 2,721,940.
My 1943 NES score was at the final boss. There's probably a special bonus at the end. On the arcade version it is 1 million. I refuse to believe that nobody has beaten this game on a single play in the 22 years it's been out.
In fact my 1943: The Battle of Midway arcade score (2,455,640) makes second place on the list.
So yeah, forget about Twin Galaxies.
I agree for the most part about Twin Galaxies. The only reason I would ever consider doing this would be to help give RU publicity. I checked their site, as I have several that seem to be higher than theirs too, but it's so time consuming and cumbersome. It's too bad videos made on a place like RU don't count. That would be a whole lot easier, and less of a pain to put together.
The site is also not user friendly either. I guess there is a certain degree of respect that goes with having records there, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
It's not about having the highest score ever, it's about being recognized as the world champion. Just beat that last stage, then submit.
I'd prefer to do that by taking a video and posting to my Youtube channel like I usually do.
Too bad I don't have a working NES, a 1943 cartridge, or a NES controller =/.
In the meantime I do think I have a way to beat 1943, but the game is pretty long so takes a while to get to the last parts where it matters. I'll get to it though, I've tasted victory and I want this game beaten. I just didn't know what was coming. Mission 23's boss was Ayako I, II, and III all in a row.
Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart.
— Manfred von Richthofen
And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.
The reason I got excited is because there are some games that are widely contested for and others are not. But I do agree with the whole screw TG thing a bit.
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