The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 83

1 1 3 June 1, 1983 S.F. EXAMINER zC5 President praises whiz who sure shoots a mean Pac-Man By Ken Wong Examiner staff writer What can you say about an 8-yearold who made $90,000 playing video games? "You're really incredible." That's what President Reagan called Jeffery Yee in a congratulatory note after Yee, world champion PacMan player of the year, set a world record with an amazing 6,131,940 points in 8 hours and 15 minutes. Jeff blazed into the limelight Dec. 12 at the Pier 39 Arcade when he' shattered the world record of 640 and got into the Guinness Book of World Records. Since then he has been on TV shows such as "Super Kids," "That's Vital statistics From preceding page and Nancy Ann Carlucci, 22, Anthony Joseph De 27, Pacifica and Midori Lynn Yokoyama, 25, San Mateo Glenn Keith Dillard, 22, Pacifica and Lisa Anne Sanford, 20, Pacifica Robert Randolph Gerlach, 27, San Mateo and Bonnie Sue Hoover, 30, San Mateo Luis.

Alonso Clark, Burlingame and Cathy Joye Coon, 36, Burlingame Sid. Pollack, 38, Belmont and Jane Alice Andreini, 34, Belmont Mark Edward Warner, 27, Foster City and Cynthia Jean Novotny, 22, Foster City Robert Michael Knight, 30, La Honda and Holly Ann Nelson, 27, Palo Alto Aaron Albert Zick, 26, Menlo Park and Elizabeth Alice Cheney, 26, Menio Park David Wayne Farnum, 25, Red22, Redwood City wood City and Ruth Anne Johnson, Robert Kenneth Scott, 43, San Mateo and Viola Longoria, 25, San Mateo Incredible," and "Star Cade" and obtained a Social Security card for made $50,000 in prizes and appear- him. ances. The fourth grader at Jean Parker He has a contract to appear on Elementary School is a triple champ. commercials for Parker Bros.

this He's the Pac-Man Junior Division summer. For that he'll earn another champion, Pac-Man world champion $40,000. for 1982 and "Super Kid" Pac-Man for And with the sweet smell of suc- 1982. cess in the air, can the Internal Reve- He's described by his father, a nue Service be far behind? IRS has poster wholesaler and retailer, as a given notice for $239 in estimated tax "B-minus student, quiet, but quick to for the first quarter of the year. learn." When Jeff wrote a thank you note Jeff was introduced to the video to Reagan, he asked the president for game world by his friend, Jimmy help.

Louie. "I am not working," he wrote. "I "Jimmy asked me to go with him can pay only $5 a month." to Pier 39. I didn't play. I just watched," he said.

But he was But not to worry, the Yees will pay hooked. the taxes. His father, Richard, has The next week he went back with San Francisco and Debra Ann Priest, 30, So. San Francisco David Frank Eli, 26, Foster City and Mary Natalie Giusto, 26, Foster City John Joseph McPhillips, 46, Redwood City and Lois Jane Waller, 44, Redwood City George Robert Rumjahn, 31, San Francisco and Theresa Moy, 31, Sunnyvale mont and Cristina Pages, 25, Jorge Arellano, Cortes, 33, 2. BelBelmont Alex Elisha Rogers, 54, San Carlos and Maura Rivas, 56, Redwood City Daniel Gregory Burtovoy, 24, San Mateo and Clara Ann.

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What's the secret? "Look out for the monsters. Don't let them eat you," The Wizard said. Sounds simple. Only thing is, there are four of them ganging up on PacMan. "Look out for the red one.

He's mean and then the pink one, too," he said. Forget the blue and the yellow ones; they're not dangerous. Even with the skill to stretch his quarter into hours of free play, The Wizard has plunked $1,000 into the video game machines to hone his winning touch. "He was spending $10 a day when I said, 'That's it. No more quarters, I'm going his father said.

The Wizard did odd jobs, running errands to keep playing. By September, he was hitting the 3 million point range. This is where the super players cut loose from the crowd. When the machine hits 999 points the third time around, it goes berserk. This is the maximum the digital tally will flip when it reverts back to 000,000.

Then poof the overloaded cir- cuit sets off a split screen mode with half the screen gummed up by gar- Whatever you have to sell Reach Northern California's largest audience with an ad in the Want Ad bled letters and stumps most players, the full maze back But The Wizard beat the machine, load by sacrificing shooting them into the troubled The full maze ing the monsters pops back on the way for another points. When Jeff plateau he ran lems. "My neck, My arms and fingers. said. "My eyes were Then came Dec.

Arcade when history him at the control 15 minutes and Bally, the makes Pac-Man, Man machine for record. In March, arcade-sized video BurgerTime, on the Which is great na Jade, a Francisco student, who also freak. Now a celebrity, autograph hounds. signing his name. "I said.

He tries to keep it's hard. At Jean cipal Virginia Wales esty, "We didn't know champion until DON'T YOU COULD PAY THE Safes for World's largest selling safe Protect against fire and loss up to for 1 hour Fire walls equal to 3 feet of 1 concrete 3-number combination lock $21500 $6400 SIMILAR IN STYLE numbers. This TV," she said. unable to recall His mother, Nancy, who works on the tube. part-time at an attorney's office, is knows how to afraid that the excitement might inbypassing the over- terfere with his studies.

"I want him two Pac-Men, to stick to his homework," she said. through the tunnel "That's why we've waited until area. school's out before we do the comwith Pac-Man lead- mercial for Parker his father in a merry chase said. screen, clearing the Jeff is losing interest in Pac-Man potential 3,000,000 and is into Millipede, Galaza and Star Trek. "I want to design my own video reached the 5 million game," he said.

He's working at it on into physical prob- his uncle's computer. back and legs hurt. Outside of video games, he enjoys I was tired," he playing basketball. "I like swimming and ice cream." he said. He does his 12 at the Pier 39 swimming at the North Beach pool.

was made with He can eat all the ice cream he for eight hours and wants free at Bud's Ice Cream on 6,131,940 points. Clement Street. Ken Jong, the owner, Chicago firm which bought the Burger. Time machine gave him a Ms. Pac from him.

setting a new It will be a busy summer for The Jeff won another Wizard. He'll be in Atlanta to do a machine, the one hour special on TBS, the satellite Star Cade show. TV station. Then a tour of Disneyfor his sister, Dean- world, the Space Center at Cape KenMiddle School nedy and Memphis, Tenn. is a video game "We're going to pay our respects to Elvis Presly," said his father.

"He Jeff is a target for loves Elvis." He's not used to There's also a book, "The Pac-Man don't like it," he Wizard," coming out in summer on guess who. a low profile, but Meanwhile, he's busy making Parker School, Prin- guest appearances as the recentadmires his mod- American Red Cross Video Game a- he was a world Thon which raised $50,000 at a penny someone saw him on a point. GET BURNED! PRICE AND NOT GET THE Stephen Joseph Sena, 27, So. San Francisco and Barbara Mary Roberts, 22, Millbrae Adbollah Hamtania, 34, Millbrae. and Mary Margaret Langley, 21, Millbrae Douglas Russell Willinger, 30, Foster City and Lynn Marie Cowles, 28, Foster City Robert Louis Kearn, 25, Burlingame and Renee Lauren Polanco, 29, Burlingame Eddie Alexander, 23, San Mateo and Dina Darlene Kuchinsky, 25, San Mateo George Perry Auld, 40, Half Moon Bay and Nancy Jo Krueger, 28, Half Moon Bay Grant Otto Thompson, 25, San Francisco and Flor 'Eudocia VigoCampos, 28, San Mateo Roland Pierson Stowers, 78, Leesburg and Leora May Bowles, 77, San Carlos Victor Jerome Phillips, 24, Oakland and Gloria Vincent, 23, Oakland Lawrence Robert Collins, 19, Pacifica and Barbara Ann Kincaid, 19, Pacifica Michael Robert Locks, 39, Pa- San Bruno Michael Steven McKinney, 32, Redwood City and Kathy Ann South, 30, Redwood City Daniel Curtis Mark, 21, San Mateo and Sheri Margaret Kinch, 22, San Mateo Gary Lynn Holmes, 38, Atherton and Alma La Vonne Crawford, 51; Sunnyvale William Robert Brown, 23, Redwood City and Catherine Gay Skalisky, 21, Redwood City DISSOLUTIONS NORMANDIN, Peter Louis and Dianne Elizabeth MEINHOLD, Richard L.

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