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11.14.2006 10:32 PM |
DORIS SELF R.I.P. master gamer
R.I.P. Doris Self, the world's oldest video game competitor. In 1983, she achieved a world record score of 1,112,300 points on the arcade game Q*Bert. Two years later, her record fell, but she was encouraged to continue playing by Pac-Man record holder Billy Mitchell, who delivered a Q*Bert arcade machine to her door. Doris would play Q*Bert five nights per week from 1-3:00 AM in the morning as an alternative to taking pills for sleeping. She continued playing Q*Bert competitively well into 2006.
 Doris Self of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., shows her mastery of Q*bert. (Globe Photo / Robert Spencer)
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