In mid-1982, it was determined that Joel West, a savant-like master of the shooting games “Berzerk” and “Frenzy” and the racing games “Rally X” and “Pole Position,” had become the first person to hold two national records on video games at the same time. (Dave Danzara)
LINCOLNTON, N.C.: When Joel West died quietly in his Lincolnton home in November, there were no breaking-news alerts.
In the week that followed, there was no obituary in the Lincoln Times-News. No funeral. No memorial. No wake, viewing or visitation.
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