Last Week in Review: January 23rd to January 29th
Monday, January 23rd:
- Galloping Ghost Arcade presents the new championship belt title! THE HARCORE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. Seen below with it’s first holder, GGA Jeremiah. Check the link for rules and details. This is a belt that anyone can win and anyone can lose at any time! Only the most hardcore arcade gamer will hold onto it for long! We will be tracking the Saga of the Hardcore Belt every week.
- Invasion: The Abductors added to the arcade floor. Thanks to William Carlin for donating it! For the unveiling, were joined by the game’s designer and legendary game creator George Pietro!
- Upgraded the Arabian Fight marquee to an original.
- Upgraded Missile Command cabinet to a full Sega Missile Command
- Jamie Tibbets set the Aurcade High Score in Solar Warrior: 314,000
- Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Mortal Kombat 4: 8:32.52
SAGA OF THE HARDCORE BELT
- Jeremiah Smith DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Jamie Tibbets in Bubble Bobble
- Jeremiah Smith LOST THE HARDCORE BELT to Mases Hagopian in The End
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARCORE BELT from Mike McCarthy in Track & Field
- Mases Hagopian LOST THE HARDCORE BELT to Tom Neiter in King of Fighters Neo Wave
- Tom Neiter LOST THE HARDCORE BELT to Jamie Tibbets in Championship Sprint
- Jamie Tibbets DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Mike McCarthy in Primal Rage
- Jamie Tibbets LOST THE HARDCORE BELT to Mases Hagopian in Total Carnage
Tuesday, January 24th:
- Scott Lambert of Underground Retrocade stopped by to check out the newly released The Abductors and Missile Command.
- Galloping Ghost Arcade announces it’s aquisition of arcade score keeping site Aurcade. Details at the link.
- Added Virtua Fighter 2 to the arcade floor.
- Mases Hagopian set the Aurcade High Score in Invasion: The Abductors: 68,646
Thursday, January 26th:
- A new episode of the Galloping Ghost Arcade Podcast
Friday, January 27th:
- Jason Spiewak set the Aurcade World Record in NHL Open Ice: 15
- Chris Broderick set the Aurcade High Score in Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand: 7:16:43
SAGA OF THE HARDCORE BELT
- Mases Hagopian LOST THE HARDCORE BELT to Tim Broderick in Windjammers
- Tim Broderick LOST THE HARDCORE BELT to Bryan Schillo in Galaga88
- Bryan Schillo DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Chris Broderick in Guwange
- Bryan Schillo DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Tom Neiter in Assault
- Bryan Schillo DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Chris Plachy in Frenzy
- Bryan Schillo DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Jeremiah Smith in Black Tiger
- Bryan Schillo DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Mike McCarthy in Twin Eagle II
- Bryan Schillo LOST THE HARDCORE BELT to Mases Hagopian in Tech Romancer
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Jeremiah Smith in Gyruss
Saturday, January 28th:
- Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Super Muscle Bomber: 12,834,500
SAGA OF THE HARDCORE BELT
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Sean Quigley in Rolling Thunder 2
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Marco Gorajski in Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Eddie Perez in In the Hunt
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Catherine Bozzi in Virtua Fighter
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Duc Dang in Interstellar
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Emmanuel Perez in Escape from the Planet Robots
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Adam Walker in Future Spy
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from Kevin McCordy in King of Fighters ’96
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from James Novak in Mace: The Dark Age
- Mases Hagopian DEFENDED THE HARDCORE BELT from James Novak Sr in Fighters History Dynamite