Highest group marathon score on Star Wars (1983 arcade game)

Highest group marathon score on Star Wars (1983 arcade game)
Who
Dave Roberts, Flavio Roberts, Mike Ohren
What
1,000,000,012 point(s)
Where
United Kingdom (Leeds)
When
20 June 1985

The highest score ever set on Atari's 1983 arcade classic Star Wars is 1,000,000,012 points. It was achieved by a team of three students – Flavio Tozzi, Dave Roberts and Mike Ohren (all UK) – playing in shifts at Leeds University in West Yorkshire, UK, in June 1985. Their marathon game began at 12 pm on Saturday 15 June and continued until 2:46 pm the following Thursday (20 June). Their marathon raised £50 (about £136 [or $200] in 2015 money) for charity.

The original Star Wars arcade machine was rather more forgiving than most coin-op games. Soon after the game's release it became apparent that even a moderately skilled player could keep playing more or less indefinitely using the generous supply of extra lives and shields. As a result, setting a high score was a test of endurance as much as skill.

For the 1987 Twin Galaxies arcade tournament Atari made a special version that was much more difficult.