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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, April 29, 2010
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC VIDEO GAME
TOURNAMENT SET TO GO AT FUNSPOT
WEIRS BEACH -The 12th Annual International Classic Video Game Tournament is back at the Ameri- can Classic Arcade Museum at Funspot, Thursday through Sun- day, June 3rd-6th. Each year, championship-caliber
players from across the United States and around the world gath- er for four days of classic game competition, and the fun of play- ing their favorites in the world’s largest collection of classic arcade games still operating in an arcade setting. Players have come from as far away as Australia, Canada, England, Israel, Holland, Ireland and Finland to attend this event The 2009 tournament saw 160
entrants from 26 different states and 3 foreign countries. The goal for 2010 is to have at least one at- tendee from every state. Through- out the history of the tournament, there have been attendees from almost every state but not at the same time. Funspot, the largest arcade in
the word, has a long history of hosting competitive events dat- ing back to the early 1970’s when they hosted slot car races on their
Aart van Vliet from Holland makes the journey every year to participate in the International Classic Video Game Tournament at Funspot. This year’s tournament will take place Thursday through Sunday, June 3rd-6th.
huge indoor track. In 1978, Fun- spot founder Bob Lawton started the Friday Night Pinball Tourna- ments which attracted players from across New Hampshire. In 1980 pinball leagues were added
to the roster of competitions. These events proved so popular that the weekly results were posted in lo- cal newspapers and attracted the attention of coin-op industry pub- lications RePlay and PlayMeter.
Frequent competitive video game tournaments started in 1979 with the state-wide Space Invaders tournament and continued on with “Video Game of the Week” contests where players would earn a roll of tokens for having the highest score at the end of the week. These con- tests were held at all the Funspot locations during the arcade boom years starting in 1980. In 1999, the first International Classic Game Tournament was held at Funspot and the tradition of this event con- tinues today. In 2009, Funspot commemorated 30 years of com- petitive video game events at the facility by holding another Space Invaders competition during the 11th Annual International Classic Videogame Tournament. For the 2010 tournament, there
will be a 15 game video game con- test and the Manufacturer’s Chal- lenge featuring 6 classic games from a single manufacturer. Last year, Stern was the manufacturer of choice. To keep the competition playing field as even as possible, the game selections will not be announced until Thursday, June 3rd,
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