New record for Asteroids was just set minutes ago. All 60 hours of the tape needs to be verified and John McAllister needs to receive a drug test – but another of the elite classic arcade records has been surpassed. This particular record was 28 years old, 41,336,440 – formerly held by Scott Safran. John passed this score by only a few thousand.

He tried to his best to choke it away. With 300,000 left to go, he took a bathroom break. When he came back, he was out of rhythm, resulting in his lives dwindling down to just two. He found a last minute groove, and got the reserve back up to 10. The last 100,000 points was a fun ceremonial walk.

Congrats John! Nice to see these classics get tested.