Editing Missile Command (section)

===Tournament settings===
On July 3, 1985, Roy Shildt of [[Los Angeles]] set a [[world record]] in tournament-set Missile Command, with a score of 1,695,265, as verified by [[Twin Galaxies]]. This score, as well it earning his induction into the Video Game Hall of Fame, were published in the 1986 [[Guinness Book of World Records]].<ref>{{cite book|title=1986 Guinness Book of World Records|date=1986|publisher=Bantam Books|page=559}}</ref>

After more than 20 years, on March 9, 2006, [[United Kingdom|UK]]-based gamer Tony Temple set a new world record of 1,967,830 points, also with Tournament settings as confirmed by Twin Galaxies. Temple's score was published in the 2008 [[Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition|Guinness Book of World Records Gamer's Edition]], although Guinness noted that the score was controversial due to Temple playing on game settings that increased cursor speed and was therefore easier than those of Roy Shildt, the previous record holder.<ref>{{cite book|title=2008 Guinness Book of World Records|date=2008|publisher=Little Brown Books|page=234|quote="On March 9, 2006, Tony Temple (UK) scores 1,967,830 on Missile Command under Twin Galaxies tournament settings. This has caused much controversy; previous record holder Roy Shildt (USA) scores 1,695,265 in 1985 using a harder setting that decreases cursor speed"}}</ref> Tony Temple increased his world record on two occasions, culminating in a score of 4,472,570{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} in 2 hours and 57 minutes–verified on September 9, 2010. This is the first verified time that a player passed wave 256 under tournament settings; the game difficulty starts over at wave 1 again.
In 1981 Steve Rakes played a 6.5 hour game without losing a single city, and at which time the machine malfunctioned expelling a small puff of smoke.  Rakes is said to have only played Missile Command 15 times previously with the 6.5 hour game being his sixteenth.