Twin Galaxies’ Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records (ISBN 978-1-887472-25-8-25-8, $34.95 U.S.) is a 758-page book containing arcade world records from players in over 50 different countries collected over the last 30 years.
THIS IS THE ARCADE VOLUME – FEATURING ARCADE COIN-OP, PINBALL, MAME AND NOVELTY GAMES
This is the Arcade Volume of the 2nd edition of Twin Galaxies’ Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records, edited by Walter Day and Mr.Kelly R. Flewin. This book promises to re-enliven public interest in high scores and competitive game playing. This book organizes video game and pinball playing into an international sport, with a tradition of contests, statistics, world records, and star players.
This Arcade Volume honors the champions on the most popular arcade video, pinball and arcade emulation titles ever produced. The only book of its kind, this volume is to electronic game playing what the Guinness Book of World Records is to athletic excellence. This Arcade Volume does NOT include world records on home consoles or PC games.
This Arcade Volume of Twin Galaxies’ Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records explains the rules of gameplay for the most popular arcade games,as well as guiding the player through the submission process so that their high scores can appear in the next edition of this Arcade Volume.
The book also contains:
- The individual rules for playing hundreds of arcade coin-op and pinball games
- The highest scores on thousands of different arcade coin-op games
- A series of biographical features that introduce the reader to 265 of the top arcade gamers in the world
- A series of historical features that take the reader on a tour of the history of electronic gaming