Na dertig jaar is het record dat Ed Heemsker in 1982 maakt met Q-Bert (die vorig jaar weer beroemd werd door de Disney film Wreckt-it Ralph) eindelijk gevallen. Maar daar ging wel een non stop game sessie van 84 uur en 48 minuten aan vooraf, en dat is zonder plas pauze. Respect voor George Leutz die nu de nieuwe Q-Bert koning is.

Two men entered into battle with the classic arcade title Q*bert this weekend. One of them, classic arcade champ George Leutz, walked away with a new world record score of 37,163,080 after 84 hours, 48 minutes of play, losing his last life at 12:38 a.m. Leutz began his game at a New Jersey arcade location just before noon Eastern time on Valentine's Day.

Leutz's score tops the 33,273,520 point world record set in November 1983, and also breaks the all-time verified arcade longevity record of 68.5 hours set by Florida's Ed Heemskerk last year. This accomplishment also ends a long battle by Leutz to top the decades-old world record score, with previous attempts ending due to fatigue and once due to having his power cord pulled mid-game.