Bill Bastable interview 2023
I'm excited and honored to share this new interview I recently did with the original Pac-Man master, Bill Bastable. For over two hours, we talked about early Pac-Man masters, perfect scores in the '80s, Super Pac-Man, Mr. Do's Castle, Bill's run-ins with Chris Ayra and Billy Mitchell, and being a gamer over 60.
See also Bastable's "Super 44" Super Pac-Man patterns: • Bill Bastable - Super ...
And his 3,256,660 score on Mr. Do's Castle, factory settings: • Bill Bastable - Mr. Do...
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An absolute legend.
@toph_pbj
5 ай бұрын
yeah fr fr
Bill's recall of dates and numbers is pretty amazing.
@ersatz_cats
Жыл бұрын
It really is!
Bill Bastable? He's perfect, haven't you heard? Video game player of the century
I played against Bastable's perfect game of PacMan in 1983 at an arcade in NYC (3,332,850). I know he did it because I was there. I'd been trying to get in touch with him to no avail but it's good to see he's still gaming. Chess is being solved now with many similar techniques to pacman (Pattern recognition). He might want to look into it.
@Justinicus24
4 ай бұрын
I have fond memories of gaming with Bill as well. There was also one night we double teamed a very attractive young woman, lol! Great times
Fantastic interview. Thanks for posting it!!!
Thanks for posting this. It's great to finally hear about his experiences as being the first person to perfect Pac-Man.
@J0SHUAKANE
Жыл бұрын
He wasn't tho. He admitted to pausing the machine to take breaks.
@ScottithGames
Жыл бұрын
@@J0SHUAKANE What difference does that make? He was the first and deserves the credit.
@raygordonteacheschess5501
11 ай бұрын
@@J0SHUAKANE he didn't ;pause the machine in 1983 when he got a perfect game against me.
Great interview! Thank you so much for conducting this interview with a true legend. Also, I need one of those shirts he mentioned!
@ersatz_cats
Жыл бұрын
You do indeed! I'll make sure you get the details.
Bill Bastable vs Billy the Bastard how fitting. His evil twin brother!
is there a way to contact bill ?
@ersatz_cats
3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, no. He has no online presence at all - no email, no Internet in his home, nothing.
@francescocerchia6559
3 ай бұрын
@@ersatz_cats too bad thanks anyway. If i come to the US where i can find him??
Is his health ok? He looks sick.
@ersatz_cats
Жыл бұрын
That might just be my lack of professional lighting. Bill smokes like a pack of cigarettes a day, but otherwise, he was pretty active and seemed healthy. I was there for about a week, and I got no indication anything was wrong.
@raygordonteacheschess5501
11 ай бұрын
He looks like I expected for what that's worth. I knew him back in the 1980s through a mutual friend. He was always a bit thin.
can't hear him even with sound at 100 and headphones on.
How sad to spoil an interview with the host who keeps saying yes, hmm-mmm, ok, yeah, alright every couple seconds. In the future just keep quiet until they are finished talking, or if they are rambling on, then try to steer them into the right direction. This is the problem with youtubers who try to become journalists. Dont even know the fundamentals