Local History: Local arcade heroes pursue world record in Asteroids - Scranton Times-Tribune

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFApmomN6kOJ1G9om01MsPiI1fSdA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=NyUaVtjBJsmj1gat04vQAg&url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/local-history-local-arcade-heroes-pursue-world-record-in-asteroids-1.1955969"><img src="//t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSeiLdRzzNq2yoszj8NuS3vRpfSutuRH TfrpT9XbeQM9SR12QvnMCkQm1vzz9UTuEozM_kBlZyv" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">Scranton Times-Tribune</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFApmomN6kOJ1G9om01MsPiI1fSdA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=NyUaVtjBJsmj1gat04vQAg&url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/local-history-local-arcade-heroes-pursue-world-record-in-asteroids-1.1955969"><b>Local History: Local <b>arcade</b> heroes pursue world record in Asteroids</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Scranton Times-Tribune</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">As municipalities across the region raced to cash in on the video <b>arcade</b> craze in the early 1980s, a few locals were emptying their pockets in a quest for a world record for a popular <b>game</b>. Atari released Asteroids in 1979. Players had to protect their&nbsp;...</font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dCPNbyjoz9kufwM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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