In 1981, Konami release "Frogger", which quickly captivated the attention of gamers
worldwide, and which is now regarded as a classic from the golden era of classic
arcade gaming.
First-time players watched the demo screen as seven small green frogs hopped across
the screen one-by-one forming a straight line, and then hopped upwards in formation
to spell out the word "Frogger". The default high score of 4,630 points, a relatively
easy goal to achieve. And it appeared that the score "turned over" after 99,990 points.
Little did players realize how difficult reaching the first 100,000 point mark would be,
let alone the long-standing world record of more than 440,000 points by Mark Robichek
that would stand for more than twenty years.
Donald Hayes, one of today's hottest classic arcade gamers who has seven (7) classic
arcade world records under his belt, has added an eighth title, by becoming the new
world record holder with a final score of
589,350 points, the first and only gamer to pass the 500K mark. And in doing so, Donald
wins a $250.00 "bounty" that I placed on this record earlier in the year.
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