Award September 1, 1982
Apple II "Borg" high-score record, 18,960 (1982–83)
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Video-game record: as a teenager in Lincoln, Nebraska, holds the top score on the Apple II game "Borg" (Sirius Software, 1981) — 18,960 points. Softline magazine prints "Matt Sesow, Lincoln, NE" in its reader high-score tables from September 1982 through July/August 1983 ("maniac Matt Sesow (Lincoln, NE), with Borg"), and Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games (Spring 1983) lists it too. Twin Galaxies, the official video-game record keeper, still ranks him No. 1 on Borg (Apple II), "Undisputed"; Guinness World Records printed the record in its 2009 Gamer's Edition
In their words
maniac Matt Sesow (Lincoln, NE), with Borg
Saved web pages and links
- Softline (Softalk Publishing) — Softline magazine high-score tables (Borg, Apple II) — 'Matt Sesow, Lincoln, NE' · Online copy
- Softline, September 1982 — high-score table (Internet Archive) · Online copy
- Softline, November 1982 (Internet Archive) · Online copy
- Softline, January 1983 (Internet Archive) · Online copy
- Softline, March 1983 — "maniac Matt Sesow (Lincoln, NE), with Borg" (Internet Archive) · Online copy
- Twin Galaxies — Borg (Apple II) leaderboard: No. 1, Matt Sesow, 18,960 · Official record keeper
Where this record comes from
- Twin Galaxies leaderboard, Borg (Apple II): https://www.twingalaxies.com/games/leaderboard-details/borg/apple-ii (captured 2026-10-20)
- Matt Sesow, 2026-10-20: the Borg score is his (CONFIRMED)
- Twin Galaxies (official video game record keeper), score dated Sep 29, 1983 (accessed 2026-10-20), "Twin Galaxies official leaderboard: Borg (Apple II), #1 Matt Sesow, 18,960 points" (found by Grok Bot via Twin Galaxies website (Chrome); private archive copy S044)
- Softline (Softalk Publishing), Sep 1982 – Jul/Aug 1983 (Vol 2 Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 6), p. scan n61; scan n36; scan n32; scan n58; scan n60; scan n13, "Softline magazine high-score tables (Borg, Apple II) — 'Matt Sesow, Lincoln, NE'" (found by Grok Bot via Internet Archive full-text (djvu text + search-inside); private archive copy S042)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Apple II "Borg" high-score record, 18,960 (1982–83).” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 1982. history.sesow.com/e/1982-borg-apple-ii-high-score-softline.html. Accessed [date].
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