Video Paradise was greatly involved in supporting Walter Day in the early days of the Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard. The images below are the official rules governing video game play for the 1984 Video Games Masters Tournament.

There were 60 games in 1984. The high scores were submitted to the 1985 Guiness Book of World Records.

These rules were in effect for the 1984 Video Game Masters Tournament. At the time I made "notations" based on discussions with Walter. Some were to correct errors, some to modify information given to me by Walter after the printing of this document.

Note that the comment about a photo being required for Pole Position I was to prevent someone from submitting a bogus score. Apparently we did not follow that rule ourselves (in hindsight, I wish we had). I think that I probably suggested this rule to Walter and he agreed. It was expected that no one besides Mike Klug or Les Lagier could get the highest score (and 30+ years has proved that was right on).

Remember, this is HISTORICAL, it is not today's rules which are more involved and somewhat different.

(added May, 2023) As an official referee for TG at the time I was not required to follow the reporting procedures as outlined. They were for all the other locations to guarantee the rules (and accuracy of the scores) were followed. All local scores were submitted by me to Walter by phone. No scores or any documents were "mailed" to Walter. This is why I still have a copy of the rules today and able to post them here. I was present during all the hours of the tournament.

To read about Video Paradise, an arcade operating from 1982-1983 and other video game history, click HERE.