Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Shaughnessy Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: High Scores Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:58:34 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 73 Message-ID: <36C2010A.33FDBD01@manc.u-net.com> References: <36C09070.ACA7365E@btinternet.com> <36C0A87C.2DE436D@manc.u-net.com> <36C1F3D7.8EB60B35@btinternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: manc.u-net.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------911E87EFE4CE33554B510199" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en --------------911E87EFE4CE33554B510199 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don't give up from seeing my score -- give up when you see the score that someone else around here (ie. a modest fellow Yarozer not wanting to shout publically about his Tetris exploits like I do) had managed... we're talking OVER 83,000,000. I almost cried! I think it was on the original version too, which makes it even more impressive. I wonder what kind of score Alexey Pajitnov (the late creator of Tetris) could manage on the new DeluXe version of his genius classic (if he hadn't been shot dead that is) I reckon he'd still be on his first game.. Talking of GameBoys, death and genius, the GameBoy inventor himeself (sorry, can't remember name) got killed a year or so ago by a passing car while he was stood by the side of the road, in case any of you didn't know, and, er, wanted to. Jim (feeling morbid, but nothing a session on the GBC won't fix) James Duffield wrote: > 983,523! > Think i'll just give up know. > Seriously though i have know managed 199,847, still a long way off > your > score. I've only had the Gameboy 3 days, so you never know there might > > still be time for a challenge yet. > Anyone else with a world champion score? > Let us know. > > Cheers > > James D --------------911E87EFE4CE33554B510199 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don't give up from seeing my score -- give up when you see the score that someone else around here (ie. a modest fellow Yarozer not wanting to shout publically about his Tetris exploits like I do) had managed... we're talking OVER 83,000,000.  I almost cried!
I think it was on the original version too, which makes it even more impressive.

I wonder what kind of score Alexey Pajitnov (the late creator of Tetris) could manage on the new DeluXe version of his genius classic (if he hadn't been shot dead that is)  I reckon he'd still be on his first game..  Talking of GameBoys, death and genius, the GameBoy inventor himeself (sorry, can't remember name) got killed a year or so ago by a passing car while he was stood by the side of the road, in case any of you didn't know, and, er, wanted to.

Jim (feeling morbid, but nothing a session on the GBC won't fix)

James Duffield wrote:

983,523!
Think i'll just give up know.
Seriously though i have know managed 199,847, still a long way off your
score. I've only had the Gameboy 3 days, so you never know there might
still be time for a challenge yet.
Anyone else with a world champion score?
Let us know.

Cheers

James D

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