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Schools Seeking Creative Fundraiser Invited to Join Global Video Game 
Contest 


Fairfield, IA� Schools looking for a creative fundraiser are invited to 
join the electronic gaming industry�s most famous video game contest 
scheduled for the weekend of April 19-20, 1997.  

The 1997  Video Game & Pinball Masters Tournament   invites students at 
all schools to compete on three popular home console systems: the Nintendo 
64, Sony Playstation, and Sega Saturn with the resulting scores included 
in a new book: Twin Galaxies� Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World 
Records   (ISBN # 1-887472-25-8).

Walter Day, scorekeeper for the event, says �this event can raise funds by 
collecting entry fees from the students. Plus, businesses can pledge money 
towards winners� scores. Also, schools should expect a wonderful side-
effect: a boost in school spirit as students make the record book 
individually or as a school team.� 

In addition to high scores achieved by individual students, a special 
section in the record book will compare the performances of the 
participating schools teams in a final chart of standings.

During the contest, Twin Galaxies will be in contact with the contest 
sites via Internet email or by  800# phone lines, giving up-to-the minute 
reports on how local players are doing in the standings. This can inspire 
the local media to become very involved.  Twin Galaxies agrees to publish 
the top ten winners (all locations will be combined) on every game in the 
new book of world records.

The Video Game & Pinball Masters Tournament   is the world�s most famous 
high-score contest for video and pinball. This competition was televised 
under different names by ABC-TV�s �That�s Incredible� in 1983 and 
�Entertainment Tonight� in 1985 and was published in the 1984-87 editions 
of the U.S. Guinness Book of World Records.

The Twin Galaxies� Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records.
was inspired by Day�s years as an assistant editor in charge of video game 
scores for the Guinness Book of World Records. �My reputation as the 
�official scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing� 
caught the attention of the Guinness editors in 1983,� says Day.  
�Guinness wanted to publish Twin Galaxies� scores because video games and 
pinball were their most requested subject matter. However, when the 
publishing rights to the U.S. edition reverted back to the Guinness 
headquarters in England, video games were dropped as a category. �

Later,  Day was again asked by Guinness to supply them with scores. 
Instead, Day decided it was time to open Twin Galaxies� vaults and put 15 
years of score keeping into an annual book: the Official Video Game & 
Pinball Book of World Records.

Twin Galaxies� Book of World Records  will crown the top ten champions on 
every pinball, home game, network game, computer game, and arcade game 
ever made. The only book of its kind, this volume is to electronic game 
playing what the Guinness Book is to athletic excellence. By establishing 
electronic gaming as a sport, this book of scores is destined to become 
the official Bible of world records for the entire world of computer 
gaming. 

Twin Galaxies� Book of World Records   explains the rules of organized 
video game and pinball playing and has a special chapter explaining �How 
To Get Into This Book!� The book will be unveiled in Chicago, May 30, 1997 
at �Book Expo�-- the official convention for the American Booksellers 
Association. For more information on the book, contact Deborah Roberts at 
Sunstar Publishing, Ltd. at (800)532-4734.

Any school wishing to join should email Walter Day at wday@telegroup.com 
or call Twin Galaxies (515-472-3882) as soon as possible to request a 
media kit. Schools  communicating by fax can reach Walter Day at (515)472-
0845.

The Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard has been the �official 
scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing�  since 1982 
and has enjoyed media appearances in RePlay Magazine, Playmeter Magazine, 
LIFE magazine, Marvel comics, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Playboy 
and the Washington Post. For more information, contact Walter Day at Twin 
Galaxies (515)472-3882.   Or email Walter Day at wday@telegroup.com 
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