Crazy Flipper Fingers
April 30, 2008
 It's the eighth anniversary of my entry into the hallowed halls of the Twin Galaxies Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records. If you've seen The King of Kong, you are familiar with the Twin Galaxies organization - recognized by Guinness as the official purveyor of video game records.
On April 30th of 2000, TG hosted a "Video Game and Pinball Championship" tourney for the state of Michigan. The battlefield for this epic contest was the Ypsilanti Putt-Putt Golf & Games. To suggest I am extremely familiar with the Ypsilanti Putt-Putt arcade would be a profound understatement.
The game was Star Wars Episode I Pinball, and despite a previous personal best of 94 million, I triumphantly racked up (a record) 161,749,150 points. Some details were recorded in the Station Archives:
"For those in the know, I attained the level of Jedi Knight on the first ball (and picked up over 100 million). A couple extra balls later I was a Jedi Master with 140 million. Ball two managed another 20 million and ball three (also known as the Two-Second Ball - approximately how long it was in play) drained poste haste. Two letters away from being a Jedi Spirit. Ugh."
According to the Internet Pinball Machine Database, the Ep I pin was the last machine to be produced under the revered William-Balley label.
See Also:
Twin Galaxies Star Wars Pinball Record page
Star Wars at Pinball.com (info, wallpapers, sounds, etc)
Internet Pinball Machine Database
The King of Kong official movie website
Archived TG.com screenshot
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