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David Nelson, born in New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

, January 18, 1974, is an American electronic sports player who holds world record high scores listed in the 2008 Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...

-Gamer's Edition.

David Nelson has broken many world records while competing in classic arcade championships at the famous Funspot Family Fun Center

Funspot Family Fun Center

Funspot Family Fun Center is a video arcade and self-declared "classic gaming museum" founded in 1952 by Bob Lawton, and located in the village of Weirs Beach in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA. It includes over 500 games, an indoor golf center, a 20-lane ten-pin and candlepin bowling center, cash...

 in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire

Weirs Beach, New Hampshire

Weirs Beach is a village within the city of Laconia in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located on the southern shore of Lake Winnipesaukee. The cruise ship Mount Washington terminates there...

. As of 2008, David Nelson held more than 20 world records on arcade and console game titles.

In competitive play, Nelson took third place in the 2001 Classic Video Game World Championship.
In 2006, David Nelson won two major divisional championships at the 2006 Funspot Classic Arcade Tournament, June 1–4, 2006. He won the "Color" competition, which featured a high-score contest on 10 different titles from the 1980-1985 era and he won the "Monochrome" Division, which featured titles from the 1970s. The year before, in 2005, at Funspot, he was co-crowned the 2005 "Player of the Year", sharing the title with Michael Sao Pedro of Massachusetts.

On November 11, 2005, David Nelson was designated Team Captain of the New England Chapter of the U.S. National Video Game Team

U.S. National Video Game Team

The U.S. National Video Game Team was founded on July 25, 1983 in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA by Walter Day and the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard.-Members:Walter Day was the Team Captain and the first five members chosen by Twin Galaxies for the team were:...

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After years as a volunteer referee with Twin Galaxies

Twin Galaxies

Twin Galaxies is an American organization that tracks video game world records and conducts a program of electronic-gaming promotions. It operates the Twin Galaxies website and publishes the Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records, with the Arcade Volume released on June...

, David Nelson was elevated to the position of Senior Referee and then, in 2008, assigned to the post of Chief Referee. Nelson was the presiding referee at the World Record Weekend competition held at the Challenge Arcade in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

Wyomissing is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, established on July 2, 1906. The population was 8,587 at the 2000 census, but after the January, 2002 merger with neighboring Wyomissing Hills, the combined 2000 Census estimate was 11,155 making it the most populous borough in...

, September 18–21, 2008—an official event to qualify for inclusion in the Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...

- Gamer's Edition.

Chronology of significant world records

Gaming achievements that hold 1st Place in the World

Date	Game	Score	Site	Platform
3/1/2000	X Games Pro Boarder	3,982	Home Submission	PlayStation
3/21/04	Avalanche	2,453	PhillyClassic 2004	Arcade
2/8/05	Warlords	96,125	Home Submission	MAME - INP
6/4/06	Super Princess Peach-Fastest	23.470	Funspot	Nintendo DS
4/14/07	APB	86,294	Funspot	Arcade
5/31/08	Astro Fighter	37,130	Funspot	Arcade

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