VIDEOGAMES ARCADE - THE COMPETITION IS STILL OPEN

                           THE CHAMPIONSHIP 
             ( sorry for my bad English ) and  give your comment...

In the 80's I witnessed the biggest event that occurred in my country a small town at the edge of the world. a man came out of nowhere had arrived at his destination on one had ever seen before,the locals looked suspicious because of its mysterious appearance

certainly was not a type that go unnoticed was two meters high,Chronic cigarette to his mouth, sunken eyes deeply !
was placed in the center of the square and from there peering to the course of things later saw him climb a hill.  he was analyzing  the area , the neighborhood, the people, the shops.
 trying to figure out in which direction he was going in the future, progress projects 
was thought to be a business,in those years there was a great turmoil, everything was coming ..sometimes at night in the darkness of his room remained sleepless, thinking and mulling over what could be done while shining the light of the cigarette.

 already eh ... what could be done in the small country town?

 after a while the idea of ​​Archimedes had illuminated the head ( ! )

 had sensed the excitement that was in the air, the wind had whisperedear. 
In this historical period, the Home Computer were recently entered the market and in the homes of people.
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k and the Commodore 64 in a short time record of the sale  sales at the box office and electronics stores would not be wrong when.
I say that from 80' to 90' had virtually no competitor...nobody 

 

Each family wanted to have one at home The first-generation video games were already in the area into small units and 'had collected many consents to suit you
among many credits include the legendary Tiger One,Circus, Invaders, Super Bug, Sprint, break out, Lunar lander a monochrome screen mostly located in the bars club 
there was no time to lose, must act, take the situation in hand the flow of electricity was in the air, the planets were aligned, the monolith was in front of him.
 was the right time ..

 so the man who came from nothing, after some hesitation, took courage

 and throw myself into that world for him unexplored.

 the first foot hill of the new dimension that did not know.

 was the fabulous world of electronic games ... the coin-up ( the second generation )
 was not the usual deal to make good money ... there was something more the passion to be around people with an ambitious project that would attract the crowds, the masses.Something that would stay imprinted in the memories of the people,would that marked the rhythm of the days in your spare time so the man of machines rented a large room used for furniture the emptying and filling of video games,were needed many to destroy several smaller competitors. 
The entry had placed a big neon sign  that read :

  
 the largest arcade of all time with more than 100 arcade cabine tbased on electronic printed circuit board of type jamma with the latest attractions of the moment as the Flipper multi-storey Haunted House
 with the colored light , bulbs, springs, relays' pistons, fixed routesthe blades, the steel balls, the sounds ... 
more late we saw the great beauties 
 the lasergames with Interstellar Fantasy, Super Don Quix Ote 
Space Ace, Dragon n Lair, Cobra Command , ... things that our eyes could not believe

 new titles often come mostly Japanese and American nothing to do with the video poker today without a shredimaginative dishes that are all alike !

 then there were the rooms dedicated to the hobby, such as table tennis, tablesoccer 

a room completely designed for lovers of the slopes Polistil

nothing was left to chance, I had taken care of the appearance of the room personally 
Ioften saw him climb like an acrobat to attack some billboard
 was a person who had played bet anticipating 
the times of allevery day I saw in his eyes the creativity of a mad genius
a minstrel entertainment gaming ... and there was good in these clotheshad proclaimed guru of the game and became the god of machines.

 exploded in those years, the craze of arcade games and everything that was going around.

 I confess that I remained mesmerized as those involved in the distribution were to empty the coin boxes to the counting of gains with that infernal machine, the deafening noise.
 I looked at all those coins turn whirling and I traveled the world , gaze focused on those moments of noise produced by the machine mangiasoldi (eating-money)
 ... I watched this scene from time to time as a ritual.The cabinet jamma were based on the operation of integrated circuit stransistors, capacitors, resistors, chokes and filter soften worked second hour dissipating heat from the ventilation holes the evening ended, often in the morning you could smell the components electronic remained stagnant throughout the room. At that time on a popular TV channel shares a competition open to all gamers-play that had a record,

 a high-score worthy of note ... the Tournament of Champions (boys prodigy)
 in a short time the competition was also set up in the room

  TILT also did his part in order to increase profits.There were many prizes to be won in coins for those who had a distinguished record or had been told over the current one. 
For each level reached the bonus increased

 actually being there was an increase in revenue but also had to pay a lot of bonuses to the winners at the risk of ending up on the pavement in advance ...

in the meantime the jukebox singing  Owner of a Lonely Heart ( YES )

the collective passion for this event could see only that period which made all age ranges, none remained immune without being infected. THE NEW ERA.
video games on which they could test their skills were
 Xevious, battle zones, Galaga, circus charlie, joyful road, strategy x,Hyper Olympics, Stinger, Galaga, pole position, karate champ 1 & 2 , Moon cresta , scramble, Jungle man, Usa Race,Exerion  ,Sinistar but it was Gyruss (Konami) video game to be chosen as for this competition that was spreading across the planet.

Gyruss
 It is a traditional game of Space Invaders and Galaga, which is a fixed screen shooter. The main difference consists in the fact that the ship player-driven, rather than move to the left and to the right, moves long an imaginary circumference, maintaining the bow gun always points toward the center of the screen. This solution, adopted by very few games (in addition to Gyruss we can cite Tempest), is sometimes referred to as tube shooter ("FPS cylindrical").

 A single-player shooter where the goal is to fly through the solar system, destroying waves of alien attackers, before finally reaching the Earth.

 The planets that must be overcome before reaching the Earth are Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars... with background Music  unprecedented...
throughout the span of the game you could listen to the soundtrack 's Toccata and Fugue 
in D minor by Bach, in various portions arranged in rock style...
 I've seen people dance it with her ass !

  At that time you register a high-score  6.590  and the 14.8 million
nevery now and then came a new sample
 but was overcomeup to 41,090,450 points, 
Anthony Fodrizio holds the official record for this game. 
many samples were anonymous and unfortunately did not have the proper recognition, 
I am sure that the record of Mr. Fodrizio and 'been exceeded. 
for this and perhaps impossible to determine who was the true holder of the record.
 there is evidence of some American boys which allegedly showed the records on the basis of points scored but on days spent playing (untrusted) 
Gyruss as many other arcade had bugs in calculating the total points one million made the score you  reset it and starting again from 000000
 These races are usually very long, the score of the millions made must then be validated by a person present on site at all times of the game, this  contributed to his fame 
In that stormy period within our territory, even drug which put the shadows on the local level. 
Perhaps because of this, the club lost its credibility a place to spend their days peacefully. 
Then the epilogue, the decline slow inexorable, the debits,

personal crisis of god coming back to be a man

 with his weaknesses, his moments of despair

 collapsing an ambitious project that was based on the coin-up

 we were directly affected and 'knew that I was closing the local saw a dream finally .. ended an era

 something 'was lost, the carefree of those days.since then there have been more a phenomenon of such magnitude that man had created a dream of game for us kids then ..an aggregation ... a reference point newspaper we had made witnesses of 
the 'beginning of gaming technology

 I realize now that was a pioneer of what could be done in the 80's  brilliant mind who had joined a number of factors,the people, the machines, the places, the colors of 80' years

 this  man  impressed me is the human sideas children often to stay ,  to talk to himof more and less, gave advice, six tips, tell stories.Sometimes I wonder if this was his mission ...in fact, after this event, the man who came from nothing shoot him lose his tracks ..In the past years I get around  little Italy in several clubs of arcades  but I have not found at would resemble to TILT

it's  time has come talking about me
in this club arcade I reached the record in Gyruss with 14.8 million 

people who attended the game and could not believe it myself. 

I could not explain how I could avoid all the alien attacks 

meteorites and 'magnetic fields

I remember how I signed my first autograph as now lady gaga. 

someone asked me ...were the 80' 

  

However, the mystery remains 

"  Who 's the really  Champion  of Gyruss  
and who 's Champion of  Xevious ?

the tournament is still open ... 

The machines have been waiting for the truth  "

Hey ... you, talk to you that you're reading
I'd like to continue the tournament Arcade Games started in the 80s'
and 'What are you waiting not waste any time ...  

we can organize us boys network, you decide if it is' a great tournament
or a tender for a few close friends.
Surely many of you have been waiting a long time
an event so special
I had the idea I'm here now ... Do not miss this opportunity
Are you ready to become the god of video games? ... you are tired of doing
the usual life ... the usual routine
the challenge 'already begun and things are going at the speed of light
we are the protagonists ... had already written all this
the competition will be based solely on Arcade Games "

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