European Pac-Man champion crowned
by Jennie Lees 
{ Nov 24th 2005 at 1:00PM }
Celebrating the popularity of retro games on mobile phones, Namco have been running a Pac-Man championship in Europe
for the last three months, in which gamers across the continent battled it out to get the highest score in their
country.
The five fastest fingers—and attached gamers—then competed on real Pac-Man arcade machines to win the coveted prize
of… a Pac-Man arcade machine. Plus a t-shirt, by the looks of it. Not exactly in the same league as
FPS pro gaming, but a nice reward nonetheless.
In case you're sitting in suspense, wondering which country has the most mercurial muncher—the promptest pill-popper—we'll tell you: the Netherlands. The crazy cruncher, Fazli Kandemir, is pictured right.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Michael @ Dec 18th 2005 9:38PM
Pac-man is very addictive. its the only reason i still have a gameboy.
XD @ Dec 18th 2005 9:38PM
I like Ms. Pac-Man better, but even after all this time, this game remains a timeless classic that can still eat away at your free time!
Mark @ Dec 18th 2005 9:38PM
Score of 160,730 !! I'd pay to see someone get that on Pacman, for me it get's too mad around 30,000. Someone please provide a link to a video of this if possible.
ZildjianKX @ Dec 18th 2005 9:38PM
Mark,
The top score possible in Pacman is 3,333,360, which was achieved 5 years ago.
http://www.geek.com/techupdate/jul99/pacman.htm
Just amazing, getting all the ghosts each time and all the fruit on every level without dying for 256 levels.