Thor Bjorn Thorlei Aackerlund (born January 4, 1977) was one of the winners from the 1990 NWC (Nintendo World Championships). He holds a Mario trophy from the competition.

1990 NWC (Nintendo World Championships)

For the main article, see Nintendo World Championships.

The competition included the most popular games of the time, which were Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

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, Rad Racer

Rad Racer

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, and Tetris

Tetris

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. The best players from around the United States

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 were selected to play in the competition. One of the items the winners obtained was a gray cartridge from the specially-made NWC game cartridges. 116 special carts were made, 90 of them were gray cartridges.

Guidelines to Win

1. Collect 50 coins in Super Mario Bros. (Once finished, x1 to scored points in objective)
2. Finish level 1 of Rad Racer (Once finished, x10 to scored points in objective)
3. Play Tetris for the remainder of the time (Once finished, x25 to scored points in objective)

Top-Scorer Scores

1. Thor Aackerlund -- 2,800,000 points
2. Rich Ambler -- 2,700,000 points
3. Robin Mihara -- 2,500,000 points
4. Jeff Falco -- 2,300,000 points
   • Scores approximate

Camerica

For the main article, see Camerica

Camerica

Camerica was a company owned and operated by David J. Harding. It was a video game company that was notable for producing unlicensed Nintendo Entertainment System games and hardware. It was founded in 1988 and published games through 1992. It created a number of peripherals for the NES, including...

.

After the competition, Camerica

Camerica

Camerica was a company owned and operated by David J. Harding. It was a video game company that was notable for producing unlicensed Nintendo Entertainment System games and hardware. It was founded in 1988 and published games through 1992. It created a number of peripherals for the NES, including...

, a producer of unlicensed Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System

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/NES

Nes

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games, quickly obtained Aackerlund and made him the official spokesman for their games.