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Aussie takes Galaga world record honours

In gaming circles, Phil Day from Braidwood in New South Wales is an absolute legend.  After six months of gruelling practice at his beloved Galaga, he smashed the two year old world record of 2.7 million set by American Andrew Laidlaw, and notched up an astounding 3.44 million! Phil’s record-annihilating score came in two hours and five minutes of play.  In order to qualify for the record, the game must be played on an original, unaltered 1981 machine featuring its original circuit boards.  To report the achievement, uninterrupted video footage must be taken and sent to Twin Galaxies, the world-wide authority in computer game records. The mental challenge of aiming for the record books was exhausting, according to Phil who first played the game at the age of seven and has been a keen enthusiast all along.  Growing up in Goulburn, the local arcade was the first haunt and Phil found he could continue playing when he began attending university and Galaga was still in play in various venues including Heaven nightclub in Canberra.  At 20 cents per game, there’s no denying it was cheap entertainment that could last hours. And so, it now remains up to the world to conquer Australian Phil Day’s awesome Galaga record.  A score of 3.44 million may just take more than twenty years practice so best start now!