Scott Safran
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Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| Scott Safran | |
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 Scott Safran about to beat the Asteroids world record | |
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| Born | August 19, 1967 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | March 27, 1989 (aged 21) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Games | Asteroids |
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Scott Safran (August 19, 1967 – March 27, 1989) was an American video gamer noted for setting the world-record score, which stood for 27 years, on the arcade game Asteroids.
Safran was born on August 19, 1967, to Mitch and Frann Safran in Trenton, New Jersey.[1] As a teenager, he became interested in baseball, guitars, the Grateful Dead, and eventually arcade games. He was determined to break a world record on an arcade game, finally settling on Asteroids. He practiced throughout 1981 and for much of 1982, and was eventually able to carry a single game for nearly 20 hours at his local 7-Eleven convenience store, his first attempt to beat the existing world record. On November 13, 1982, at All-American Billiard Co. in Newtown, Pennsylvania, he again attempted to set a new world record for a single game of Asteroids and he succeeded. The game lasted approximately 60 hours. His final score was 41,336,440.[2]
