John McAllister just scored 41,838,740 points, beating Scott Safran’s 1982 high score of 41,336,440.  This had been the longest-standing record in arcade history.

Full Wired article here — http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/04/asteroids-record

Twin Galaxies official scoreboard here — http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=4017&vi=643

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