Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 31

DOOR PRIZES EVERYTH) MINUTES BETWEEN 8:30 AND11 0:30 PM Amusements C-9 The Lexington Leader Friday April 9 1982 Pac-Man master shares his secrets NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES VISA Video games By MICHAEL BLANCHET Kevin Fischer of Silver Springs Md is the self-proclaimed champion of Pac-Man He also claims to be the best-kept secret of the video game world As of March 20 Kevin five (count five) games in which he has racked up scores in excess of 3 million points to his credit Kevin envisions games of over 10 -million but Pac-Man unlike other video games has what Fischer calls ceiling" On the 251st board the maze splits making further play impossible His latest encounter with the outer limits of Pac-Man took place at the Easter Seals Charity Tournament which was held at Time-Out Amusements in Wheaton Md Playing for 4 hours and 10 minutes without mishap Kevin accumulated just over three million points all on his first Pac-Man After 250 rounds of flawless gobbling the RAMs and ROMs decided enough was enough On the 251st board Pac-Man reached its limit The maze split and its corridors filled with meaningless symbols Needless to say Kevin won the tournament along with the first prize 100 free games at Time-Out Amusements Fischer's feat is certainly on par with the efforts of Tommy Smith current Defender world record holder: 16604200 points in 16 hours and 30 minutes and Steve Juraszek the Arlington Heights 111 wiz-kid who enjoyed a flurry of publicity after his 16 hour and 34 minute defender game So how come nobody knows about Kevin Fischer 28 the king of the most popular video game in the land? "Outside of the people who have seen me Kevin laments "nobody be- lieves that my scores are Fischer is not lacking for witnesses A throng of 50 to 60 onlookers including the manager of Time-Out huddled around Kevin during his last record-breaking attempt Arcade owners in the Silver Springs area: are well aware of ability They never stop him from playing Pac-Man but they do request that he play during hours In an attempt to thwart the swelling ranks of Pac-Man masters Midway has recently offered an to owners of Pac-Man machines Once installed the behavior becomes markedly more aggressive This proved to be only a temporary setback for Kevin Fischer On a game equipped with this update (or chip Kevin reached 1994-400 points at Putt-Putt Golf and Games in Rockville Md before losing his last Pac-Man to the tenacious quartet of monsters criteria for separating the good players from the stand-outs on Pac-Man is the pattern each player uses after the ninth appears His pattern takes 48 seconds to execute and allows him to capture both bonus as they appear Kevin states pattern is better than (Ken) Upton author of apparently agrees In an article for a future edition of Electronic Games Magazine Uston plans to include an explanation of Fischer's ninth key pattern along with his own Kevin enjoys sharing his skills with -other players His prize pupil Gary Barkowski has topped 2 million One of his slower students a 10-year-old boy only managed 1 million When all is said and done remember that Kevin is only human He confessed that on a bad day he can only manage a score of six or seven hundred thousand his secret you ask Stetson says Kevin "I always wear it for good DOUBLE THE SAVINGS ON COUPONS Bring in any manufacturer's CENTS OFF coupon and Heck's will DOUBLE your savings When double the value exceeds the retail price yqur refund will be equal to the retail price of the item Red Ticket Sale Items and FREE coupons not included Hurry on in and SAVE From 8:00 to 1 1 :00 pm Only Dishwashing OFF REGULAR PRICE Any 24 Quart Case of Oil S'! pur cMcmHnw dl um MW nuIHradn Wl Wl NMiMiimmWmmLOmwtHHPMnioIlKmom AUTOMOTIVE DEPT zzd is Kendall tm (partita nIm laknci Nt HOUSEWARE 0EP Watch out for Pac-Man sheets Never let it be said that the American system of free enttmrise let a hot item grow cold Now that Pac-Man has established its dominancy in the world of electronic games it seems to be time for the hungry little critter to start popping up in the housewares field too Are you ready for this: A number of firms are going to be bringing out Pac-Man sheets drapes towels comforters bedspreads and related products this month Industry experts think the dot-eating Pac-Man characters can do almost as much for the home textiles industry as they have for the video folks At least you have to feed a quarter into the towel rack every time you dry your face on one of them ROLL 25 OFF R0l1aRsN HECK'S REG PRICE All Easter Candy mAa iA ai gaaM gNI AmI I bbih isri rv pev rsqi caper nmi rei eiei i Kleenex Paper Towels lapc iiWifi ill rti Nack'i km prlea ufMwmnM Spring Time get your Pool Patio Grill Ready! 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