It took 33 hours... Matthew Ackerman, from Florida USA, has broken the world high score record for Ice Cold Beer with a score of 2,160,000. Moving those tiny steel balls up the playfield and into the bubble holes is infinitely more difficult than Matthew makes it seem! #retro pic.twitter.com/tWrMwmj3qf
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 28, 2019
Dying Light World Record Time
Today, speedrunner AussieGG from New Zealand (?!?) achieved the world record time on the PC game Dying Light, with a time (minus loads) of 1 hour, 43 minutes and 58 seconds! #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr pic.twitter.com/T9Dvwco1nA
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 27, 2019
De Blob De Stroyed!
A few days ago OKNEM, speedrunner from Queensland Australia, broke the world record time for de Blob on the Nintendo Switch! With a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes and 54 seconds #retro #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr #nintendo pic.twitter.com/18Xh7qDpJF
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 26, 2019
Podcast Episode 53: Australia Kong Off 3, Brisbane Pinball Masters, and the Australian Arcade Championship - Full Breakdown!
In this epic episode, Marc Matt and John delve into the tournaments and results that was the Australian Kong Off 3, Brisbane Pinball Masters, and the Australian Arcade Championship. The trio go into detail on the formats, the qualifying and strategies of each competition, and share their general feedback on this massive 10 day event!
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A New Quake 2 World Record!
The series of games that helped birth the speedrunning phenomenon has a new world record as of a few days ago. Runner greedisgood210, from Bosnia, beat the Quake 2 world record with a new time of 19 minutes and 18 seconds! #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyYmBZ #quake #retro pic.twitter.com/NXvqWXQHpV
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 23, 2019
Podcast Episode 52: The Final BPAC Summary Mini Episode!
Marc Matt and John are at the Brisbane Pinball and Arcade Collective Showcase Event 2019, and we do our last BPAC wrap-up mini episode! John sends in a recording of his thoughts of the Walter Day interview from episode 51, and Marc Matt and Benn discuss the last few days before flying home back to Sydney.
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Super Mario 64 120 VC Record!
Another Super Mario 64 world record speedrun, and another held by an Australian! The SM64 120 star world record on the Nintendo Virtual Console is held by Paracusia, from Queensland, with a time of 1 hour, 42 minutes and 49 seconds! #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr #Mario pic.twitter.com/ytdmUHPNLz
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 21, 2019
Objection! Phoenix Wright Speedrun Record
What do you do when you need a bathroom break but have a world record to beat? Play faster! TheBarinade, speedrunner from Australia, takes the world record time on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney with a time of 1 hour, 49 minutes and 42 seconds! #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr pic.twitter.com/mHYWMxgxOg
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 20, 2019
Podcast Episode 51: An Interview With Gaming Luminary Walter Day! Courtesy The Warped Zone Podcast
Marc Matt and John are at the Brisbane Pinball and Arcade Collective Showcase Event 2019, and so is Benn Banasik from the Warped Zone Podcast! As part of Benn's PhD, we sit down for an interview with the legendary Walter Day. Prepare for a mind expanding discussion on video games and the people that play them! The Warped Zone Podcast have their own release of this interview and further exploratory discussion, so check them out here: https://anchor.fm/warpedzone
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Podcast Episode 50: The BPAC Day 3 Wrapup - An Epic Cast With Guests Guests Guests!
Marc Matt and John are at the Brisbane Pinball and Arcade Collective Showcase Event 2019, and give their day 3 wrapup and reveal the winner of the Australian Kong Off 3, and are joined by a bunch of guests! iTunes, Stitcher, and Google http://gamethesystem.co/podcast
Podcast Episode 49 - The BPAC Day 1 Wrapup!
It’s the Brisbane Pinball and Arcade Collective Showcase Event 2019! Marc Matt and John get together at 2am to discuss the first day! iTunes, Stitcher, and Google http://gamethesystem.co/podcast
Super Mario Sixty Fooouuurrrr
Want to see what a super competitive speedrun leaderboard looks like? How about 16 star Super Mario 64, played on emulator, with 1226 players! And up the very top, in position 1, is speedrunner Shans from NSW Australia with a time of 15 minutes and 35 seconds! #speedrun #mario pic.twitter.com/Ty1Xq8QC55
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 8, 2019
Hyper Light Runner
Hyper Light Drifter is a beautiful game from 2016, and the world record speedrun time in Any% Alt Drifter mode is Queensland Australia's bloxar, with a clear time of 23 minutes and 6 seconds! #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr pic.twitter.com/BpyAssghCz
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 7, 2019
So Fast It's Scary!
Even creepy survival horror games get the speedrun treatment. Runner H1pp0_ from Queensland Australia speed-walks through 2018 PC game Visage in 34 minutes and 6 seconds #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr pic.twitter.com/SixBPdtPhz
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 7, 2019
Australian Street Fighter Records Galore!
Australia has some incredible Street Fighter players. To prove that point, here's A1Major again, from South Australia, who holds the world record speedrun time on Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition on the Megadrive, with a time of 10 minutes and 44 seconds! #EVO2019 pic.twitter.com/DAveUCRco8
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 6, 2019
Podcast Episode 48! The Best Game Released in 1990!
It's time! The best game released in 1990 will be decided right here in this marathon episode! Marc, Matt and John debate the 9 nominations for the best 1990 game, and then run down the results of the reader vote across our social media feeds and Discord!
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It's A New Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting World Record!
Just today! Dale-Jay Koia from Brisbane Australia - during EVO 2019 weekend - has beaten the Twin Galaxies world record score on Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting - 1,631,100. Taking the title back from USA player Chris Gleed after he beat fellow Australian Evan Weston! #EVO2019 pic.twitter.com/wDaVcDEUp2
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 4, 2019
Australian A1Major World Record on Street Fighter 2
Even fighting games aren't safe from speedrunners, and the world record time on arcade Street Fighter 2 is held by South Australian runner A1Major, with an ass kicking time of 8 minutes and 59 seconds! #speedrun #retro #streetfighter #EVO2019 https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr #retrogames pic.twitter.com/e9J4C9oUgi
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 3, 2019
Benn Banasik - Columns Master!
Benn Banasik, the Columns master from Sydney Australia, claims another Columns Twin Galaxies world record with Columns II on the arcade! Benn stacks his way to 18,629 points to claim victory! #sega #retro https://t.co/Q3SvOPX8dx #retrogames #retrogamer #retrogaming pic.twitter.com/N6wC2M2Y96
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 2, 2019
The Best Game Released in 1990 - In 24 Hours Time!
Marc Matt and John will record episode 48 of the podcast in just 24 hours time (Thursday night Sydney time), and will finally decide the best game released in the year 1990! There were 9 nominations, and that 9 will soon be ranked, named and shamed!
Before those 24 hours are up, you - yes, you the reader - can choose your favourite of the 9 too, and the reader votes will be called out on the podcast. Go vote either at the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pg/gamethesystemco/), the Twitter feed (https://www.twitter.com/gamethesystemco/), or even better, head over to the Discord chat and join everyone else debating them all! Head over to http://www.gamethesystem.co/discord/ and join the fun!
The games are: Aliens (arcade), Speedball 2 (Amiga), Smash TV (arcade), Snow Bros (arcade), Castlevania 3 (NES), MERCS (arcade), Creatures (C64), Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (MegaDrive), and Dark Seal (arcade). An unusual mix if ever there was one!
