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New Joysticks Available For Your Atari 2600
The GOAT Store has announced the completion of work on two highly anticipated products,
the 2600 JAMMA Joystick and the slightly larger brother, the 2600 JAMMA Joystick LX. These
two joysticks, are made from actual JAMMA arcade parts.
"The JAMMA Joysticks series are products that I really have enjoyed creating, build-
ing and selling," said Dan Loosen of the GOAT Store. We hope that enthusiasts for
the 2600 find this joystick . . . useful!"
The 2600 JAMMA Joystick ($41.90) and the 2600 JAMMA Joystick LX ($46.90) are
currently on sale at the company’s website: http:www.goatstore.com

R E C O R D B R E A K E R S
14 Year Old Centipede Record Eradicated
November 22, 2000 - After months of repeated attempts by Donald Hayes, the
14-year-old world record on Atari's classic arcade video game, Centipede, has been
smashed with an incredible 7,111,111 points. He ended the game voluntarily after
nearly half a day of non-stop bug exterminating at Funspot Family Fun Center in
Weirs Beach, New Hampshire.
"Breaking the Centipede record is one of the greatest video-game playing ac-
complishments seen in recent years," explains Walter Day, Chief Scorekeeper at
the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard (www.twingalaxies.com) and the official
judge for all video game world records, since 1982.
Hayes, 32, of Salem, New Hampshire, will be honored by the Mayor of Salem
sometime in December at Salem City Hall. He will receive a framed certificate cre-
ated by Twin Galaxies to commemorate the accomplishment.
Former Centipede record holder G. Ben Carter of Fremont, Nebraska was un-
able to be reached for comment.

R E C O R D B R E A K E R S
Perfect Pitfall

Alan Hewston has achieved the first verified “perfect” score
on the Atari 2600 version of "Pitfall." The “Perfect Pitfall” score
was verified by Ron Corcoran, Twin Galaxies’ Worldwide Editor
for the Atari 2600 and Commodore systems.
Hewston stated, “ I never planned to get a perfect game, just
a perfect score. By not dying or making any mistakes, I lost a
few more seconds in finishing time, but mostly because I just
took my time and stayed on 3-4 vines for 2 swings to make damn
sure this game did not end in tragedy.” Alan ended up with three
seconds to spare.
Alan will be honored with a Twin Galaxies certificate and an
appearance in the next edition of Twin Galaxies’ Official Video
Game & Pinball Book of World Records. He will also write of his
experience in the December 20 issue of Today's Heroes Video-
game Retro Times (http://www.tomheroes.com).

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