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Title: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on October 22, 2010, 12:25:54 am: Yesterday at around 3PM PST, John McAllister began his quest to beat a 25 year-old "Joust" record of 107 million points. His game is being broadcast live. It is oddly compelling to watch a skilled player in action - at 22 hours of play he has 47 million points.

EDIT: URL keeps trying to embed. Not sure how to correct this.

http://www.justin.tv/johnmcallister#/w/482257904/12 (http://www.justin.tv/johnmcallister#/w/482257904/12)
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: Generic Eric on October 22, 2010, 11:28:30 am: Cool. I like that game. Used to play it alot on the 2600.
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: shauny on October 22, 2010, 11:39:13 am: he's been up for 42 hours... :dizzy:

Is that on a real cab or mame? I assume it has to be real??
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: Ginsu Victim on October 22, 2010, 12:21:05 pm: Quote from: shauny on October 22, 2010, 11:39:13 am
Is that on a real cab or mame? I assume it has to be real??

MAME doesn't count toward the real record, only the MAME record.
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: Smeghead on October 22, 2010, 12:41:05 pm: I had some paint I wanted to watch dry so I missed it ::)
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: shauny on October 22, 2010, 12:48:09 pm: sleep deprived conversations are fun to listen to :laugh2:

Is there an official place to go to see mame high scores?
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: Generic Eric on October 22, 2010, 01:03:44 pm: Quote from: shauny on October 22, 2010, 12:48:09 pm
Is there an official place to go to see mame high scores?
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=44&gl=M (http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=44&gl=M) Twin Galaxies gives high scores for all sorts of platform. This is the link for mame.
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: ahofle on October 22, 2010, 03:07:04 pm: Quote from: shauny on October 22, 2010, 11:39:13 am
Is that on a real cab or mame? I assume it has to be real??

You can tell it's not MAME...when the cliffs disappear, there isn't a pixel remaining. :angel:
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: shauny on October 22, 2010, 08:59:05 pm: couple hours left. thanks for the link... kept me entertained at work all day.
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: Marsupial on October 22, 2010, 10:03:40 pm: he's like 2million points to the goal. That a single game? when does he eat/go to restroom?????
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: shauny on October 22, 2010, 10:19:59 pm: he leaves for like 10 minutes at a time... racks up free guys and his wingman counts how many kills while hes gone. crazy
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: Marsupial on October 22, 2010, 10:22:51 pm: oh, makes sense.

He must have like 100 men right now, or something.

[edit] he had about 105 when he was done. Strange part is when you're done, you need to die, go to enter your initials. Killing all the extra men was somewhat long. lol.
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: Ginsu Victim on October 22, 2010, 11:45:25 pm: Final score was 107,301,150 at, I believe, 53 hours.
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: amendonz on October 23, 2010, 01:06:49 am: Amazing.
Title: Re: Live Web Broadcast of JOUST world record attempt
Post by: Marsupial on October 23, 2010, 02:19:00 am: Quote from: Ginsu Victim on October 22, 2010, 11:45:25 pm
Final score was 107,301,150 at, I believe, 53 hours.

See, that's why I don't have a world record. I can't play for more then 5 minutes before the kids wants the arcade for themselves.!! LOL