Dan Coogan - Gravitar World Record

[Panorama]

I don't know if anyone is familiar with the 1982 Atari classic video arcade game Gravitar, but it is my favorite arcade game.

After 3+ years and serious 6 attempts (that we taped) I finally broke the world record on 12/23/06. 8,029,450 points, 23 hours and 15 minutes. The previous record was 4,722,200 points set by Ray Mueller on 12/4/82, 12 hours and 21 minutes.

Here are a few links posted on the web about the game, etc...

here are a few links:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8843
http://tinyurl.com/yymplu - groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/view ... ght=#62991
http://tinyurl.com/yjgxam - classicarcadegaming.com/forums
http://www.cooganphoto.com/gravitar/ - my Gravitar web site, which I recently updated with info related to the record.

I've asked Brien King to add a Twin Galaxies Tournament Settings (TGTS) for Gravitar -- 6 ships/No Bonus -- it's the only challenge I have left on the game, to play through the entire game with only 6 ships -- should make tournament play better as well..
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx? ... 43&vi=1259 - Brien King posted my score to the page today

best,
Dan Coogan - a.k.a Panorama

visit my Gravitar site
http://www.cooganphoto.com/gravitar
dedicated to the 1982 Atari classic video arcade game Gravitar.
Hints and playing tips with screen captures, etc. included...

Gravitar World Record holder - 8,029,450 [12/23/06]

Edit - 2 long urls for tiny urls
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"Photography with a Vision"
http://www.cooganphoto.com

[plagiarism]

Congrats. And to think I felt "special" completing Zuma. Since that's that the original game, and some MIME emulation, how were you able to take breaks?

[coop41]

Wow, congratulations, how the heck do you play a game that long?????

[phillyidol]

Merry Christmas Dan. And as a gift I'm letting this thread go without a joke. (it isn't easy either)[:D]

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[BigBri]

Congratulations, Dan.

I love the old vector graphics video games, especially the Atari ones, as they were the most interesting. They were also so freaking hard! Remember one called Major Havoc? Ugh.

I used to spend a ton of time playing MAME games (up until around the time I started playing Napster, et al). Now I'm going to fire it up again, if it still works (my version's probably a few years out of date).

[SwampThing]

Congrats Dan, seems 2006 has been a good year for ya!

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[Frau_Blucher]

[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
<br>Wow, congratulations, how the heck do you play a game that long?????
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He failed to mention that he holds the Gravitar record in the subcategory "...while sitting in a puddle of your own urine."

Just jokes Dan! It really is pretty amazing that you totally obliterated the record. This wasn't Vasiley Aleksiev breaking the sqaut record every other week by 0.1 kilos to feed his family. This was like Carl Lewis running the 100 in 5 seconds then singing the national anthem like Pavaroti!

Not my thing, but pretty damned impressive.

[ben_at_work]

Very Cool Dan!!! Congrats to a fellow gamer.

I've been busy working on the new Zelda game but have been playing the hell out of Elevator Action on MAME.

I guess the closest I ever came to your fame is an all nighter at Perry's Pizza in Fullerton when I was 16. I could play Star Castle forever on one quarter and one 1st prize in the all night competition.

Are you the one that made the video game cabinet for the MAME games?
Someone here did.[;)]

"Concentrate, Concentrate!" Thats classic, you were in the zone big time [;)][;)]

[design_femme]

Hahahaha! Nice work, Dan!

My husband recently got into playing MAME games.

He acquired this baby: http://www.x-arcade.com/two-player.shtml and got it hooked up to an old laptop (that had a broken screen but was still working) and our tv. Good times!

[BigBri]

Jeez, this game is still too freaking hard.

And my wife won't let me stick any more quarters into the floppy drive.

[Bitter Almonds]

<p align="justify">... and the only game I could beat twice over was Galaga[V]

Congrats on the record.