Following up on this earlier post, BoingBoing reader Richard says,
"Please, the focus of your post on 80's era video game heroes should have been Billy Mitchell. In addition to being the goofiest of all the LIFE magazine participants, Billy still organizes video game contests, runs the primary video game record site and is apparently in a heated (and ongoing) fued about who holds the all-time record on Missile Command.The man who claims to hold the record? Roy Shildt — aka, "Mr. Awesome." This website is all about the dispute. Check out the circa-80's picture of Steven Spielberg kicking it in front of a Missile Command machine about 1/3 of the way down as well as the pics of Billy getting some video game award from a group of fawning Japanese people. If you want more on Mr. Awesome, here's the webpage where he sells his book on how to meet ladies. I only WISH I were kidding.
Link to previous BoingBoing post on leet arcade gamers from the '80s.
