First videogame world champion

According to Official Guinness Records,

Ben Gold (USA) became history’s first video-game world champion when he won the North American Video Game Olympics at the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA on 8-9 January 1983. The event was broadcast on America's ABC’s That’s Incredible television show on 21 February 1983. Co-sponsored by Twin Galaxies and That's Incredible (USA, ABC), the event featured nineteen of North America's top players competing on five current titles: Frogger, Millipede, Joust, Super Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong, Jr. This contest continued onward as Twin Galaxies' 'Coronation Day Tournament.'

For a complete list of 1983 records, please visit 1983 Guinness Records in United States.

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