Funspot 7th Annual Classic Video Game Contest Results
Weirs Beach, New Hamphire
(603)-366-4377
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FUNSPOT RESULTS FOR TOURNAMENT JUNE 2-5, 2005
On June 5, 2005 Michael Sao Pedro from Melrose, Massachusetts, USA was named
player of the year by Funspot Organizer Gary Vincent and the fill in
for MC Gary Vincent for the event on Sunday June 5, 2005 was Mike Stulir
of Legacy Engineering Group and Miss Lakes Region, Justine Barker, Miss Winnipesaukee.
Mike Stulir raffled off several Atari Flashback 2.0 game systems to help
raise money for the Children's Miracle Network, an organization that provides
medical care to children who otherwise wouldn't receive it. The Funspot event also
donated monies towards the Children's Miracle Network in hopes of making sure
every child gets proper medical care.
Michael sao Padro
Michael Sao Padro narrowly beat David Nelson, the previous (2004 Funspot
Tournament Champion) with a margin of only (1.61%) at the four day multiple
video game challenge at Funspot Arcade in Weirs Beach, New Hamphire.
The Contest Results are below:
Funspot 2005
Funspot Competition (2005)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Mike Sao Pedro
Mike Sao Pedro
Receives First Prize as Player of the Year (2005)
Funspot 7th Annual Classic Video Game Contest Results
Weirs Beach, New Hamphire
(603)-366-4377
(First Place) Michael Sao Pedro
(Second Place) David Nelson
(Third Place) Martin Bedard
NOTE: Scores Retabulated by found the new results as follows:
NEW EDITED FUNSPOT CHAMPION POSITIONS AND FINAL WINNERS Link
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:31 pm -- IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - Funspot 2005
NEW FIRST PLACE WINNER IS DAVID NELSON - Link
NEW FIRST PLACE
(First Place) David Nelson
NEW SECOND PLACE
(Second Place) Michael Sao Pedro
NEW THIRD PLACE
(Third Place) Jason Cram
2005 New Results because of a statistical error, David Nelson takes first place
and Michael Sao Pedro is moved down to second place.
David Nelson -- New Editied Winner of Funspot Player of the Year 2005
New Edited Funspot Player of the Year is David Nelson, and Michael Sao Pedro,
slides down to second place. This makes David Nelson player of the year
for both the 2004 and the 2005 Funspot Title.
NEW EDITED FUNSPOT CHAMPION POSITIONS AND FINAL WINNERS
(First Place) David Nelson
(Second Place) Michael Sao Pedro
(Third Place) Jason Cram
1. David Nelson, New first place winner, 821.52% 74.68%
2. Michael Sao Pedro, moved down to second place, 802.25% 72.93%
3. Jason Cram, moved up to third place, 638.05% 58.00%
4. Martin Bedard, moved down to fourth place, 631.17% 57.38%
5. Eric Geddes, fifth place 551.32% 50.12%
These new edited scores were tabulated after finding that many players scores
needed to be deleted because tbey did not finish all required 11 events.
The oversite is now corrected by Funspot, Gary Vincent and the percentages
have changed the first and second place as well as the third and fourth
place competitors.
David Nelson
David Nelson, Player of the Year (Second Place 2005)
There were (15) World Records set at (2005) Funspot Events
World Records
1st - Donald Hayes, (DBH) Super Cobra, 225,000 January.
2nd - Greg Erway, "Tapper" TGTS world record 3,162,125
3rd - Multi-player tie on "Superbug" at 360 points
Dave Nelson, Shawn Cram, Michael Sao Pedro and Martin Bedard Martin
4th - Jason Cram, "Rampage", 128,435
5th - Chris McClard, "Radical Radial",
6th - "Quartet" - Adam Wood upped his score to 762,400
7th - Steve Wiebe did the 985,600 on DK
8th - Dan Howard, "Genie", 972,340
9th - Adam Wood, Foreign Legion, 550 points
10th - Bryan Wagner, "Burgertime", 8,601,300
11th - Zack Hample, "Super Breajout", 2,031
12th - Chris McClard, "Wonderboy", 1,217,240
13th - Bryan Kuh, "Joust 2", 518,800
14th - Donald Hayes, "Frogger" 500,000+
15th - Darren Harris, "Indiana Jones" (7 lives), 1,400,000+
Martin Bedard
Martin Bedard Player of the Year (Third Place 2005)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR - 2005
(First Place) Mike Sao Pedro (64.87%)
(Second Place) Dave Nelson (63.26%)
(Third Place) Martin Bedard (49.88%)
Michael Sao Pedro Scores
Alpine Ski 109,782
Battlezone 60,000
Black Knight 5,215,910
Genie 705,340
Grand Lizard 4,090,720
Red Alert 11,960
Red Baron 42,640
Satan's Hollow 116,765
Sky Shark 292,510
Super Breakout 1,857
Super Bug 360
Venture 91,760
David Nelson Scores
Alpine Ski 84,855
Asteroids Deluxe 67,650
Battlezone 528,000
Black Knight 1,094,130
Genie 584,460
Grand Lizard 2,114,150
Red Alert 10,460
Red Baron 92,000
Satan's Hollow 458,515
Super Breakout 1,478
Super Bug 360
Venture 96,940
Martin Bedard Scores
Alpine Ski 74,852
Battlezone 24,000
Black Knight 411,600
Genie 589,560
Grand Lizard 1,405,330
Red Alert 20,460
Red Baron 41,600
Satan's Hollow 260,355
Sky Shark 942,060
Super Breakout 1,102
Super Bug 360
Venture 98,540
Anna Cram
Anna Cram - (First Place, Woman's Competition 2005)
Anna Cram Scores
Choplifter 32,000
Close Encounters 383,630
Devils Dare 590,470
Dig Dug (Marathon) 37,530
Gyruss (TGTS) 160,900
Joker Poker 336,420
Sky Shark 81,640
Wonderboy 1,153,750
Justine Barker, Miss Winnepesaukee
Justine Barker, Miss Winnpesaukee at Funspot to hand out Awards and Trophies
Danielle, Coin-Op, TV
Danielle, from Coin-Op TV was at Funspot giving interviews with Donald Hayes and
Anna Cram, and trying some games out.
Woman's Competition
Ladies challange: (Pinballs: Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, Joker Poker & Devel's Dare)
(Video Games: Dig Dug, Sky Shark & Gyruss)
Woman's Competition
(First Place) Anna Cram (94.5%)
(Second Place) Christian Cram (79.55%)
(Third Place) Lisa Paul (67.62%)
Gottlieb Pinball
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind Pinball, Gottlieb (1979)
Devil's Dare Pinball, Gottlieb (1982)
Joker Poker Pinball, Gottlieb (1978)
Pinball Flyers Link
All Pinball Flyers Link
Pinball titles that spun off from Video Game Titles
Several games were spun off from video games, including a couple of good
ones—“Spy Hunter” and “Space Invaders” and a number of not so good ones
based on the “Pac Man” video games. Bally even made a game called “Baby Pac Man”
that was a video/pinball hybrid.
2005 - Competition Video Games
Atari
Dig Dug - Atari (1982) Video Game
Dig Dug (Marathon) Ahlers, Eric 3,136,810
Romstar
Sky Shark - Romstar (1987) Video Game
Sky Shark Bedard, Martin 942,060
Konami
Gyruss - Konami (Centuri license) (1983) Video Game
Gyruss (TGTS) Rogers, Todd 270,900
Woman's Competition
(First Place) Anna Cram (94.5%)
(Second Place) Christian Cram (79.55%)
(Third Place) Lisa Paul (67.62%)
Pinball Challenge
Grand Lizard, Genie & Black Knight
Dan Howard, from Weirs Beach, NH
USA is the Winner of the (2005) Pinball Challenge
(First Place) Dan Howard (84.7%)
(Second Place) Mike Sao Pedro (78.44%)
(Third Place) Leonard M (68.41%)
Dan Howard Scores
Black Knight 2,822,350
Genie 972,340
Grand Lizard 6,517,310
Michael Sao Pedro Scores
Genie 705,340
Grand Lizard 4,090,720
Red Alert 11,960
Leonard Moscaritolo Scores
Black Knight 997,310
Genie 961,140
Grand Lizard 5,687,530
Grand Lizard Pinball, Williams (1986)
Grand Lizard, Daniel Howard high score: 6,517,310
Grand Lizard Pinball Backglass, Williams (1986)
Genie Pinball, Gottlieb (1979)
Black Knight Pinball, Williams (1980)
Cinematronics Video Games
Mystery Games
Star Castle Video Game, Cinematronics (1980)
Star Castle (Hard Chip) John Zabel, Score: 24,610
Asteroids Deluxe Video Game, Atari (1980)
Asteroids Deluxe, David Nelson, Score: 67,650
Black Knight, Michael Sao Pedro, high score: 5,215,910
Saturday Mystery Game: Star Castle, winner: John Zabel
Sunday's Mystery Game: Asteroids Deluxe, winner: Dave Nelson.
The Addams Family Pinball - Not in Competition
Addams Family
This popular pin released in early 1992, is based on the movie by
the same name. Pat Lawlor is the designer of this pin and he is
also famous for his other works including Whirlwind, FunHouse, and
Twilight Zone. This pin was so popular, it broke the production record
of most pins manufactured (of the same type) which was approximately
22,000 held by former champ Eight Ball Deluxe (early 1980's).
Addams Family, Morning Dove, Score: 14,854,040
Roo, warms up on Addams Family Pinball at Funspot, Williams (1992)
The Addams Family Special Collector's Edition
In 1994, The Addams Family was put back in production with a special run of
'Gold Edition' machines to commemorate the machine becoming the best selling
machine of all time. These machines had many more Gold accents, such as the
metal ramps, gold legs and bolts, gold lettering, the vault plastic, the bumper
caps and Thing's box. Each "Gold" machine includes a certificate signed by
the members of the design team and a gold plate on the lower right front of
the machine containing the machine number.
TAF Special Collector's Edition (TAFG, for TAF Gold) is numbered (1000 special edition
machines in total- a very limited run) and includes a certificate signed by
the members of the design team. The number of the machine is located on a gold plate
on the lower right-hand corner of the front of the machine.
Color Video Games for 2005 Contest
(Alpine Ski, Venture, Satan's Hollow & Red Alert)
Alpine Ski (Color)
Manufacturer: Taito
Year: 1981
Alpine Ski, Jason Cram, High Score: 122,334
Venture (Color)
Manufacturer: Exidy
Year: 1981
Venture Jason Cram, High Score: 118,400
Satan's Hollow (Color)
Manufacturer: Bally Midway
Year: 1982
Satan's Hollow, Peter Devens, High Score: 2,440,900
Red Alert (Color)
Manufacturer: Irem
Year: 1981
Red Alert, Martin Bedard, High Score 20,460
Color Video Games
(First Place) Jason Cram (Color)(70.52%)
(Second Place) Martin Bedard (Color)(63.77%)
(Third Place) Mike Sao Pedro (Color)(57.62%)
Monocrome Video Games
(Battlezone, Super Breakout, Super Bug & Red Baron).
Battlezone (Monocrome)
Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 1980
Battlezone Joel Hedge, High Score: 1,000,000
Super Breakout (Monocrome)
Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 1978
Super Breakout (Cavity) Zack Hample, High Score: 2,031
Super Bug (Monocrome)
Manufacturer: Kee Games
Year: 1977
Super Bug has a Three Way Tie with a score of 360 points a piece.
Super Bug, David Nelson, Score: 360
Super Bug, Martin Bedard, Score: 360
Super Bug, Shawn Cram, Score: 360
Red Baron
Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 1980
Red Baron, David Nelson, High Score: 92,000
Monocrome Video Games
(First Place) Dave Nelson (Monocrome) (90.3%) MB
(Second Place) Mike Sao Pedro (Monocrome) (61.96%)
(Third Place) John Zabel (Monocrome) (55.34%)
Names of some of the Great Players that showed up for the 2005 event:
Abdner Ashman
Darren Harris
David Nelson
Donald Hayes (DBH) born 12-11-1965
Dwayne Richard (DKR) born 12-22-1968 Canada
Eric Ashlers
Fred Pastore
Greg Bond
Greg Erway (GSE)
Jason K Cram (JKC)
Kelly Flewin
Mark Alpiger (MDA)
Martin Bedard
Pat Laffay
Robert Mruczek
Shawn Cram (SJC)
Steve Wiebe
Todd Rogers
Mark Alpiger photos and coverage of the June 2-5, 2005 Funspot Event: Link
2005 Funspot Roster
Roster of Players who's scores were submitted by Referee's at June 2-5, 2005 Funspot Event:
Eric Ahlers
Mark Ahlers "Scootie"
Mark Alpiger
Abdner Ashman
Kent Backe
Tod Backe
Dennis Baker
Justine Barker
Martin Bedard
Greg Bond
Chris Burnell
Anna Cram
Christian Cram
Jason Cram
Shawn Cram
David Cruz
Peter Devens
Morning Dove
Gregory Erway
Cameron Feltner
Kelly Flewin
Eric Geddes
Peter Greenwood
Robert Griffin
Ron Hallett
Zack Hample
Jennifer Harding
Darren Harris
Donald Hayes
Joel Hedge
Daniel Howard
Brien King
Joe Knasin
Brian Kuh
Steve Kyriakides
Patrick Laffaye
Brian Laskiewicz
John Lawton
Randy Lawton
Derek Litton
David Marston
Chris McClard
Leonard Moscaritolo
Robert Mruczek
David Nelson
Nick Ortakales
Dallas Overturf
Fred Pastore
Lisa Paul
Dwayne Richard
Todd Rogers
Michael Sao Pedro
Mike Stulir
Jennifer Sweet
Tom Votava
Bryan Wagner
Steve Wiebe
Adam Wood
John Zabel
Patrick Zabel
The next upcoming competition is coming in less than two
months to San Jose, California, USA on August 6, 2005.
(Update: California Extreme (2006 Event) Link)
California Extreme (2005 Event)
Date of California Extreme 2005 (Coin-Op Classics Contest)
San Jose, California, August 6-7, 2005
California Extreme will bring many of the same above players for competition
and for learning how to player the games by the masters. This should be
an event for the Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell Donkey Kong Playoffs for Donkey Kong which
has yet to be announced.
Steve Wiebe, Donkey Kong Champion
Steve Wiebe, Donkey Kong High Score of 985,600 World Record on June 3, 2005 at Funspot,
Wiers, NH. Link
Other Pinball/Video Game News
2004 Texas Pinball Festival Results: Link
Upcoming:
Texas Pinball Festival
October 28-30, 2005
Update: Link to the Results of the 2005 Texas Pinball Festival Link
2004 Texas Pinball Festival Results
2004 Texas Pinball Festival Results
Draw Your Partner (Team) Winners
Cody Chunn
Jim Belsito (JPB)
2004 Texas Pinball Festival Results
2004 Texas Pinball Festival
Flippers Tournament (Team) Winners
Jim Belsito & Trent Augenstine
Pinball Wizard Tournament Winners
Pinball Wizard Tournament Winners
Master, Jim Belsito, playing Elvis Pinball
2004 Texas Pinball Festival Results
1st Place Jim Belsito of Rialto, California $900 & Trophy (center)
2nd Place Cody Chunn $150 & Trophy (right)
3rd Place Lynn Lyons $75 & Trophy (left)
2004 Texas Classic Video Game Winners
Dwayne Richard, Bob Whitley, Lynn Lyons
2004 Texas Pinball & Video Festival Results
Classic Video Game Tournament Winners (Frogger)
1st Place Dwayne Richard (DKR) $150 & Trophy (left)
2nd Place Bob Whitley $100 & Trophy (center)
3rd Place Lynn Lyons $50 & Trophy (right)
2004 Minnesota Mayday Pinball Contest Results
Jim Belsito, Rialto, California, Pinball Champion:
The $10,000.00 Great Minnesota State Mayday Tournament
May Day Tournament 2005
April 28th - May 1st 2005
Minnesota Mayday Tournament sponsored by SS Billiards
Hopkins, Minnesota, 732 11th Avenue South in the Westbrooke Square mall.
SS Billiards is the home of the region's largest collection of publicly playable
pinball machines.
March 21, 2005 Come down to see the greatest pinball players in the
country. We'll have the top names including Lyman Sheats jr., Keith Elwin,
Neil Shatz, Paul Madison, Trent Augustine, Jim Belsito, Jason Werdrick, and
Rick Stetta! So come see 15 of the top 20 players in the US. Link
2005 Minnesota Mayday Pinball Tournament Results Link
Winners of the Minnesota Mayday Doubles Division:
Jim Belsito, Keith Elwin, Lyman Sheets, and Bowen Kerins
Keith Elwin & Jim Belsito
Keith Elwin & Jim Belsito Count their $500.00 dollar purse of prize money from
the Minnesota Mayday 2005 Competition.
The team of Keith Elwin and Jim Belsito took first place in the Minnesota
Mayday Competition.
They won five hundred dollars to share and each won a trophy.
Jim Belsito won high score on "The Sopranos" as well.
Other News: Jim Belsito, age 34 in 2005, has been running the only pinball league
in Southern California for over 10 years now. Link
Lake Alice
Inland Empire Pinball Association
1995-2005
Jim Belsito, President
The Inland Empire Pinball Association run by Jim Belsito, plays weekly on
Wednesday Nights at 7pm at Lake Alice in Riverside, CA.
Lake Alice Trading Company (951) 686-7343. 3616 University Ave Riverside, CA
Stern Pinball
Last Standing Pinball Manufacturer in the World
Legacy of Gary Stern of Stern Pinball, Inc.
Most entrepreneurs dream of building a successful company and one day eliminating
the competition. For Gary Stern, that dream became a reality. As president and owner
of Stern Pinball, he presides over the planet's sole surviving pinball-machine
manufacturer. Stern Pinball stands alone. Based in Melrose Park, Ill.
Williams Pinball Closes:
On Oct 25th 1999 a Williams Pinball (WMS) Press Release stated that WMS would cease to
build pinball machines. Williams was the last of the original (old school) pinball
manufacturers around and after over 50 years of quality games, they decided that the
market was just too weak. Williams was a very good pinball manufacturer since all the
way from Black Knight to Star Wars, Edition 1.
Stern:
In 1932, there were an estimated 150 pinball-machine makers worldwide. Today, Stern
Pinball stands alone. Based in Melrose Park, Ill., about 10 miles west of Chicago,
Stern has been the only game in town since its remaining competition folded in 1999,
making Gary Stern -- its silver-haired, pinball-tie-wearing Willy Wonka of sorts --
the only person keeping this piece of Americana from extinction.
History of Pinball:
The game, developed in Chicago around the time of the Great Depression, has come
down to this: A single privately held company with 56 full-time employees and revenue
of just over $30 million that puts out three or four new models a year. The entire
world's supply of new coin-operated pinball machines is limited to the roughly 10,000
that roll off the Stern assembly line each year.
Stern Founder:
His father, who got his own start in the 1930s as a game operator, ultimately founded
Stern Electronics in 1976 and when his dad folded, Gary Stern took over as owner
of Stern Electronics. Before flippers, a player would actually tilt the game in order
to manipulate the ball which was deemed illegal by major metropolitan cities as a
game of chance until the advent of flippers in 1947. Now the game is one of skill
and not just luck and the game is allowed in all cities in America.
Some of the recent models include Elvis, Playboy, and Monopoly
Although sales have remained stable at about 10,000 units a year, the coin-op business
has been on a downward trajectory for years. As recently as the early 1990s, the
industry churned out more than 100,000 machines annually.
As a result of the decline, Stern Pinball has diversified its operations. Among the
additions: "redemption games," in which winners receive tickets exchangeable for
trinkets at video arcades. Stern credits the stable sales of traditional pinball
machines to increases in nostalgic home buyers, which now account for roughly 20%
of total sales.
Classic Video Game Arcade Contests (May 28, 2004)
At the Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade in Portland, Oregon, the Aftershock RetroGames
Arcade in Madison, Wisconsin and the Houston Area Arcade Group Expo in Houston, Texas,
high score champions will spend three days celebrating the legacy of Pac-Man, Centipede,
Donkey Kong and Frogger in the form of an interstate high-score championship titled:
"Classic Video Game Championships Across America."
Anthony Ramos, Ground Kontrol proprietor states, "we also have Ryan Coulter, a
world-class Spy Hunter contender who may eclipse the current world record on
that game."
Where is Funspot?
For those going to Funspot, they can be found at Funspot, Rte3,
Weirs Beach, NH (603)366-4377. Contact Gary Vincent
Funspot is a short walk from the following:
Sun Vally Cottages
686 Endicott St. North
Weirs Beach, NH 03246
www.SunVally.com 603-366-4945
Pinball Players in deep concentration while working on high scores.
Thank you,
Paul Dean