Last Week in Review: June 26th to July 2nd

Monday, June 26th:

• Espgaluda and Death Smiles added to the arcade floor
  

  

  

  
  

Tuesday, June 27th:

• We completed the new Shao Kahn statue and presented it to Brian Glynn, who played Shao Kahn himself in Mortal Kombat! The statue was sculpted by the incredibly talented Chris Elizardo and cast by Kenn Kooi and painted by Denise Petersen! There will be very limited quantities available! Contact us privately for more info.
  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  
  

Wednesday, June 28th:

• Chris Broderick set the Aurcade World Record in Cruis’n USA (Chicago Track): 1:39:74

Thursday, June 29th:

• Question 1: Name 5 games that have been given cabinet upgrades. (A cabinet upgrade is defined, for this question, as either taking a game out of a conversion and being put back in a dedicated cabinet or and existing cabinet getting a “make-over”, i.e. an original marquee replacing a non-original one, a new bezel or control panel overlay, ect)?
  • Congrats to Mike Waters for his correct answers of: Nemesis, Crime Fighters, Missile Command, Ghouls ‘N Ghosts, and Super Zaxxon.
• Question 2: Which player placed highest overall from Team GGA during the last Battle of the Arcades (BoTA 2017)?
  • -Congrats to Mark Schult for his answers of Jamie Tibbetts!

• Doc Mack did an interview for WGN Radio.

Saturday, July 1st:

• Justin Kvithyll set the Aurcade High Score in Death Smiles: 111,347,652
• Justin Kvithyll set the Aurcade High Score in Espgaluda: 26,082,390
• Justin Kvithyll set the Aurcade High Score in Hellfire: 477,400
• Brad Williams set the Aurcade High Score in Warlords: 209,375
• James White set the Aurcade High Score in Space Invaders Part II: 8,010
• Justin Kvithyll set the Aurcade High Score in Xexex: 903,500
• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Night Slashers: 920,100

Sunday, July 2nd:

• Isaac Schennum set the Aurcade World Record in Monkey Ball: 765,012