Gamers Attempt to Set New World Records

Aug. 31, 2010 - PRLog -- Labor Day Weekend marks another record setting attempt for a number of gamers in the Portland, Ore., region.  Recent International Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees Rob Barrett, Ken House and John McAllister will be attempting to set new world records at an event hosted by House.  Bill Carlton and Ross Benziger will also be attempting to set new world records.

The five men will be attempting to set the following records beginning Saturday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m.:
- Rob Barrett: Tutankham new high score
- Ross Benziger:  Various games, including Donkey Kong
- Bill Carlton: Missile Command high score attempt
- Ken House: 24-hour Robotron attempt, as well as a Mini DigDug marathon attempt
- John McAllister: Various games, possibly including Donkey Kong 3, Gravitar and Support

A live-streaming broadcast of the event from KenCade will be shown on Aurcade as well as other live-gaming streams around the world.

When Aurcade broadcasted McAllister’s Asteroid’s marathon, almost 20,000 unique visitors from 96 countries visited the site to watch the stream.

To watch the streaming video of this event, please visit http://www.aurcade.com.

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About Aurcade
Aurcade was founded by David Hernly in 2008 to help the arcade gaming community find the games they want to play. The site now tracks thousands of machines listed all over the world, and growing daily. Since then Aurcade has expanded it's role to include the Aurcade Tournament System (ATS) to officiate arcade events in real time. Aurcade is now the official scoring partner to locations such as the American Classic Arcade Museum, the largest arcade in the world; and Richie Knucklez Arcade.