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| Frostillicus:
OK I don't usually watch MTV, but last night I was flipping and heard the death music from Pac Man so I tuned in. Anyone else see this? Might have been rerun I don't know - it was 'Real Life - Stories of Professional Gamers'. Followed events in the life of Golden tee tournament players and a UT champion(with a $10,000 top prize!) among others. BUT at the end they interviewed the world champion of PacMan(Mr. perfect game) and he said he is working on something now that will 'shock the gaming world to it's core'. They showed him playing centipede but no hint of what the new record/trick/whatever may be that he's working on. Anyone know/heard semi-credible rumors? ??? |
| Rasher2k:
Can't say I saw it. I read that when you 'finish' PacMan (level 256) the game crashes, giving you a split screen lockup - the end. Can't say I've done this myself... ;) You've probably seen this, but anyway: http://www.mameworld.net/pacman/ And another tidbit: --- Quote ---In July of 1999, Florida resident and die-hard Pac-Man fan Billy Mitchell achieved the first perfect score in Pac-Man (3,333,360) after playing for six hours straight. He beat all 256 screens eating every dot, fruit, and ghost (all four ghosts were eaten with each power pellet) - using only one Pac-Man! --- End quote --- |
| CitznFish:
I watched it..flipped through and heard Pacman as well. :) That Golden tee champ was a joke...couldn't win anything..maybe the cameras made him nervous...who knows. it was an interesting show but I don't want to be lumped in with ANY of the people they showed. :D |
| Generic Eric:
--- Quote --- --- Quote ---And another tidbit: --- Quote ---In July of 1999, Florida resident and die-hard Pac-Man fan Billy Mitchell achieved the first perfect score in Pac-Man (3,333,360) after playing for six hours straight. He beat all 256 screens eating every dot, fruit, and ghost (all four ghosts were eaten with each power pellet) - using only one Pac-Man! --- End quote --- --- End quote --- --- End quote --- I think they had Billy Mitchell on the show right? Wasn't he supposed to astound the world with some other thing? We went to lunch so I didn't see the rest. Did anyone acutally sit through the whole thing? |
| MilitiaMan:
--- Quote --- --- Quote --- --- End quote --- Did anyone actually sit through the whole thing? --- End quote --- Yes, I did -- UNFORTUNATELY. That's one hour of my life that I'll NEVER be able to get back. >:( Here's a quick run-down on the 4 segments of the show: The Order of Light A group of about 10 or 15 eighteen to thirty year-olds live together in a ratty apartment in Memphis, TN and basically play X-Box and PS-2 24 hours a day. They have computers and televisions hooked up in EVERY room of the house, including the kitchen. They exist on Coca Cola and whatever extra food they can bring home from their fast food restaurant jobs. And it is a virtual certainty that none of these boys will ever see a suntan OR a girlfriend. Golden Tee Champ A thirty-something guy wants to be a professional golfer, but likely never will because he spends all of his time swilling beer and smoking cigarettes at different bars around Memphis while "practicing" Golden Tee. Now that I think about it, I think that is how John Daly got his start, so maybe this guy still has a chance. The show made a big deal about how great this guy was at playing GT, but every match they televised during the show, he lost! And of course, cursed alot, drank alot, and smoked alot. Unreal Tournament Guy This kid apparently is the "best gamer in the world". He goes all over the country to different "Cyber-Athlete" Tournaments and the geeks that worship him actually let this guy stay at their crappy little apartments while he "practices" for these big tournaments. This dude actually appears to be some kind of semi-celebrity among the gaming community and I will give him his due --- at least he wins the tournaments he participates in. He was not nearly as pathetic as the little "grommets" that practically beg him to come over to their houses and play games while they watch over his shoulder. Pac-Man Dude Basically, this guy is the whole reason why I tuned in to the show ... and I was pretty disappointed. Living in the past is cool for all of us "MAME-Types" --- I understand that, I really do --- but this guy is taking it to extremes with his "quasi-members only" jacket and his 70's style feathered mullet haircut. Once the Pac-Man king of the world, he now spends his free time pimping his own fiery brand of Chicken Wing Sauce. There was a simply hilarious clip of him sneaking into a grocery store aisle and pushing all of his competitor's chicken wing sauce to the back of the shelf while conveniently arranging his own delectable sauce across the front of the shelf. I found myself wondering how many hours of his week were spent on activities such as this. Anyway, he left us with this -- "I am going to do something soon that is going to shock the video game world. I am training for it now." Then we see him wheeling a fairly beat-up classic cab into his home -- I think it was a centipede -- and of course the show ends with him firing away at spiders and such on the newly installed Centipede. ;D The best part of this show is that I made my wife sit through it so that she now realizes that there are alot of people out there that are more obsessed with video games than I am. The next time she asks me how I can possibly play Donkey Kong for 2 straight hours, I will simply remind her of the "Order of Light". -MM |
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