High Score

“Nobody ever made history by being a big puss” Welcome to the netherworld of vintage arcade gaming, where Bill Carlton is a demigod of sorts. After his legendary attempt on the Asteroids world record, he now has his sights set on the Atari game Missile Command, whose seemingly impossible high score of 80 million points was set by Victor Ali in 1982. A record-breaking score can only be achieved stood at an original machine, from over two days of continuous play. Jeremy Mack’s film is no freakshow, but a gentle, engaging portrait of obsession which picked up the audience award at SXSW Festival last year. will be preceded by a selection of retro gaming shorts and suitably bleepy noises from guest DJs ZX Spectrum Orchestra.

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