Check out this trailer for the recently Kickstarter funded retro gaming documentary Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler. This wonderfully self-aware story of the a record setting score and the fight to defend it is set for release in December of 2013.
The trailer tells the story of Tim McVey, the first person to reach a billion points on the arcade game Nibbler after playing over 40 hours straight. The Kickstarter page sums it up:
"In 1984, 16 year-old Timothy McVey (not to be confused with Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City Bomber) walked into the legendary Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa Iowa; 44 ½ hours later he had recorded the highest score in video game history – on a single quarter. For 25 years, Tim's record stood as the highest verified video game score of the "Golden Age" of video games, or so he thought...."
Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler is set for release in December 2013. For more information check out Man vs Snake'sKickstarter page.
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[Via Kickstarter]