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Title: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Scott on July 17, 2003, 11:04 AM
(http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/TECH/fun.games/07/17/donkey.kong.record.ap/story.kong1.ap.jpg)

Man Beats Donkey Kong Jr. Record (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/07/17/donkey.kong.record.ap/index.html)

This record had stood for over 20 years!  

Great work dude...

Which reminds me anyone think George would have eventually gotten the Frogger world record?
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Jim on July 17, 2003, 11:19 AM
I still find it amazing that this record lasted this long.  DK is my all time favorite arcade game that does not get much credit nowadays.  This is one game that needs to be re-released on a current gaming system.  No updates (DK Country).  Just good ole DK. And no the E-Reader for Gameboy does not count. How about a DK greatest hits package?  DK, DK jr. and DK3.  Boy those would bring back memories.  
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Mikey D on July 17, 2003, 11:43 AM
Great news.  With all the bad news in the world, this and Britney finally admitting she's not a virgin, has certainly picked me up  ;)
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Scott on July 17, 2003, 11:53 AM
This is a where were you when type of moment, sort of like when the Challenger Blew Up or JFK was shot
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Lemon-Viper on July 17, 2003, 12:53 PM
That guy is from my town!  I shall search him out and destroy him.  The game will be mine...Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Jr. Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: JediMAC on July 17, 2003, 01:24 PM
The game was actually Donkey Kong Jr., not Donkey Kong.   :P  That CNN article actually mixes up the two several times as well...

Those were probably my two all time most favorite arcade games as a kid.  I'd play 'em for hours!  I still play them both whenever I come across them, and can still get up close to 100,000 on them.  What can I say, the old man's still got it!   8)

I've been waiting for years for Nintendo (or anyone) to put these two all-time classics out for PC.  I'm always on the lookout for any new games with any old arcade classics that I grew up on, but these two are definitely at the top of my list.  No idea what the hold up is, considering what a generally hot commodity the Mario/Donkey Kong property is...   :-\

So that article never mentioned the number of players that the guy started with.  I'd assume it'd have to be the standard 3 only, otherwise it's not really legit.  Pretty surprising that something like this actually made the news.  I had NO idea people actually kept track of world record video game scores like this.  I'd love to see a list of the records for a lot of the other older games!  Anyone know where I can find one?
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: dustrho on July 17, 2003, 01:52 PM
Matt, the guy played on an arcade machine, and you don't have control as to how many lives you can have when you start the game.  However he did it, he beat the record.  I can't believe the record stood for 20 years.  That's amazing!
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Scott on July 17, 2003, 01:58 PM
This book at Amazon has them all

Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887472258/ref%3Dsim%5Fbooks/102-6867481-3126500)

Their website is down probably because everyone is going there from the CNN article
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: JediMAC on July 17, 2003, 02:06 PM
Matt, the guy played on an arcade machine, and you don't have control as to how many lives you can have when you start the game.

Actually, you (the owner, not the player) can definitely control how many lives you have to play with.  I see it all the time on some of the older 80's video games.  When we were kids, almost everything started with just 3 lives, but in the past 10-15 years, whenever I see these classic arcade games, including DK and DK Jr., they can often have 4, 5, 6, or more lives racked up and ready to go at the start of each game.  So there's definitely a way for the game owner to adjust that option...   :-*
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Jr. Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Virex on July 17, 2003, 02:20 PM
I've been waiting for years for Nintendo (or anyone) to put these two all-time classics out for PC.  I'm always on the lookout for any new games with any old arcade classics that I grew up on, but these two are definitely at the top of my list.  No idea what the hold up is, considering what a generally hot commodity the Mario/Donkey Kong property is...   :-\

Matt, you can download a popular arcade emulator for your PC called Mame here:

www.mame.net

Once you download it (and the actual game roms themselves), you can play virtually any classic arcade game you can think of on your PC, with the caveat that you own the games you're downloading the roms for (wink wink, nudge nudge).  Of course, this includes the Donkey Kong games as well as the Star Wars games, provided you find the roms yourself (I don't believe the MAME site hosts any of the roms itself).
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Scott on July 17, 2003, 02:28 PM
Turns out the guy who's record he broke was the guy who set the Pac-Man perfect game record (all possible points with no lies lost, all 256 levels) a few years back.  I remember reading that article as well...

Billy Mitchell holds these records:

Centipede
Pac-Man
Ms. Pac Man
Donkey Kong
Burger Time

People really need to read this interview of the man, the myth, the legend

Billy Mitchell (http://hub.ngenres.com/pacman_interview.html)

This guy is almost as good as MICHAEL FRIGHT
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Jr. Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Virex on July 17, 2003, 02:31 PM
The game was actually Donkey Kong Jr., not Donkey Kong.   :P  That CNN article actually mixes up the two several times as well...

After going back and reading the article, it seems that the photo is a little misleading.  

The report itself is about the first Donkey Kong game, but the picture (and the text under the picture) has to do with Donkey Kong, Jr..  

Seems to me that this guy now is the record-holder for both DK and DK, Jr..
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: DSJ™ on July 17, 2003, 02:33 PM
I go to this site to play Classic Arcade Games.

Classic 80's Arcade Games (http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/80s_games/arcade.htm)

Video Game Emulators & Games for Windows (http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/80s_games/emulator.htm)

A Blast from the past!  ;D
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Angry Ewok on July 17, 2003, 02:44 PM
The Pac-Man king was supposedly planning a big stunt to do to shock the world into respecting what he does in his free time... Guess he'll have to put those plans on the back-burner and win that highest score title again.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Jr. Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: JediMAC on July 17, 2003, 02:50 PM
After going back and reading the article, it seems that the photo is a little misleading.  

The report itself is about the first Donkey Kong game, but the picture (and the text under the picture) has to do with Donkey Kong, Jr..  

Seems to me that this guy now is the record-holder for both DK and DK, Jr..

You might be right Virex.  That would explain the odd discrepancy between ...after setting a new world record with more than 900,000 points and the text under the picture stating ...became the first player to get a million points.  Interestingly enough, it looks like this guy beat that same Billy Mitchell's record for DK Jr. as well.  Popular fella this Billy is...

But I'd kick his butt if he ever stepped foot into my local arcade!   :D

I'll have to check out those couple 80's gaming sites you guys just mentioned...

Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887472258/ref%3Dsim%5Fbooks/102-6867481-3126500)

Their website is down probably because everyone is going there from the CNN article

Yep, it's down.  But here's the link if you want to check back in on them later on:  Twin Galaxies video games high scores (http://www.twingalaxies.com/)
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Scott on July 17, 2003, 02:51 PM
I'd like to see him build a 1:1 scale model Pac-Man maze
(http://www.uni-passau.de/icons/pacman.gif)
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: dustrho on July 17, 2003, 02:54 PM
Actually, you (the owner, not the player) can definitely control how many lives you have to play with.  I see it all the time on some of the older 80's video games.  When we were kids, almost everything started with just 3 lives, but in the past 10-15 years, whenever I see these classic arcade games, including DK and DK Jr., they can often have 4, 5, 6, or more lives racked up and ready to go at the start of each game.  So there's definitely a way for the game owner to adjust that option...   :-*

I guess I was wrong.   :-X
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: DSJ™ on July 17, 2003, 02:58 PM
Still my favorite game.  Battle Zone

(http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/j_battlezone.gif)

(http://www.retrogoodness.com/coinops/graphics/battlezone.jpg)
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: dustrho on July 17, 2003, 03:09 PM
Two of my favorite arcade games were the original Star Wars and Star Trek games.Now those were awesome games!
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Scott on July 17, 2003, 03:29 PM
Snipped from the interview...dude loves you Canuckians :-*

NG: How many times did it take?
BM: What happened was I was first there in May, not having played in thirteen years. I almost did it, I got about halfway and then I messed up. I decided in my mind that I would go back July 1st and July 4th. That's Canadian Day and US Independence Day. I wanted to slap the Canadians in the face. I was there the first day, and I had a game going, and an innocent event happened. A little kid hit a plug on a whole row of games. And he knocked it out, and I threw a fit. It was an innocent thing and I kept saying the kid was Canadian. The very next morning I went back and the first quarter I did it.


Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Scott on July 17, 2003, 03:42 PM
Mr. Pac Man

(http://www.arcaderestoration.com/graphics/cge2000/billybig.jpg)

Mr. FRIGHT

(http://www.pegwarmer.com/customs/MFWalker11.jpg)
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: JediMAC on July 17, 2003, 03:50 PM
OMG, that's too FUNNY Scott!!!   ;D
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Darth Broem on July 23, 2003, 02:34 PM
 I did not know they actually had kept records of such feats.  
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: FX-7 on July 29, 2003, 03:30 PM
LOL, my store has a Centipede machine back by the bathroom, let's just say I have all 10 high scores on there
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Matt on August 27, 2007, 01:03 PM
Mr. Pac Man

(http://www.arcaderestoration.com/graphics/cge2000/billybig.jpg)

Four years later, and this dude's co-starring in a movie about Donkey Kong:

(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2352/kingofkongxs2.jpg)

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Kong:_A_Fistful_of_Quarters)

Anyone see it yet?
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: ruiner on August 27, 2007, 01:59 PM
That guy rocks.   I remember seeing him on some MTV special highlighting his mastering of Pac-Man.  He sells BBQ sauce* on the side.




*Or some other condiment.

Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: ruiner on January 30, 2008, 04:02 PM

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Kong:_A_Fistful_of_Quarters)

Anyone see it yet?

Saw it last night - great flick and highly recommended.  After the credits (don't cheat), make sure to do some googling to see what has happened since the movie....
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Carpeteria3000 on January 31, 2008, 02:43 PM
where did you see it? i've been dying to catch this thing...
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: ruiner on February 1, 2008, 09:24 AM
Netflix


Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Carpeteria3000 on February 4, 2008, 10:12 AM
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. one of those deals. sure.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Smartypants1635 on February 4, 2008, 10:48 PM
try Veoh, or movies.nabolister.com :P
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Scott on February 4, 2008, 11:39 PM
My online rental place of choice is sending me this flick this week...can't wait to see it, actually :)
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Scott on February 8, 2008, 01:41 PM
Wow.  Billy Mitchell is my new hero...I just watched the movie and it is phenomenal look at the competitive gaming world. 

Seriously...

(http://spyhunter007.com/Images/billy_mitchell_player_of_century.jpg)
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Matt on August 9, 2010, 12:53 PM
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9303/billymitchelltie.jpg)

Billy Mitchell Reclaims Donkey Kong Crown (http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/08/08/billy-mitchell-reclaims-donkey-kong-crown.aspx)

Quote
by Dan Ryckert on August 08, 2010 at 10:30 AM

After a back-and-forth with his King of Kong rival Steve Wiebe and newcomer Hank Chien, everyone's favorite hot sauce-shilling, USA tie-wearing, world class a-hole  arcade champion is back on top of the Donkey Kong leaderboards. At Boomers-Grand Prix Arcade in Florida, he surpassed Chien's 1,061,700 score to set the new mark at 1,062,800.

In typically ****ish confident fashion, Mitchell quit the game immediately after passing Chien's score. When asked about it, he responded "Some say I'm being cocky. Some say I'm being lazy. I say I'm being Billy Mitchell."

During the same event, Mitchell also set a new Donkey Kong, Jr. world record with his score of 1,270,900.

This guy is such a ****sucker.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: ruiner on August 9, 2010, 02:59 PM
Yeah, but I like how he rolls. 

He beats the score and then just stops. 

Classic Billy.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Carpeteria3000 on August 18, 2010, 04:28 PM
What a dick. I hope that guy is killed by a huge rolling barrel, a sentient fireball, or an enormous mallet coming down on his head. Being mauled by a giant ape would be acceptable as well.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Matt_Fury on August 18, 2010, 09:25 PM
What a dick. I hope that guy is killed by a huge rolling barrel, a sentient fireball, or an enormous mallet coming down on his head. Being mauled by a giant ape would be acceptable as well.

I'd like to nominate this as the best post in JD history.

i laughed for about 5 minutes straight!   :D
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: John C on August 20, 2010, 11:04 AM
What a dick. I hope that guy is killed by a huge rolling barrel, a sentient fireball, or an enormous mallet coming down on his head. Being mauled by a giant ape would be acceptable as well.

 ;D
I don't care who you are, that's funny right there.  Unless you know someone who was killed in one of those ways probably.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Phrubruh on August 20, 2010, 05:52 PM
What a dick. I hope that guy is killed by a huge rolling barrel, a sentient fireball, or an enormous mallet coming down on his head. Being mauled by a giant ape would be acceptable as well.

 ;D
I don't care who you are, that's funny right there.  Unless you know someone who was killed in one of those ways probably.

That's what happen to my uncle.  :'(
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: BrentS on September 21, 2010, 06:51 PM
Well that didn't take long...
Donkey Kong High-Score Record Reclaimed (http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/42999/)
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Matt on April 17, 2018, 02:19 PM
You know, gang, the news about Billy Mitchell having all of his high scores stripped from the record books because he cheated isn't gonna post itself

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/16/video-game-player-of-the-century-has-his-records-removed-after-donkey-kong-scandal/
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: McMetal on April 17, 2018, 04:37 PM
You know, gang, the news about Billy Mitchell having all of his high scores stripped from the record books because he cheated isn't gonna post itself

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/16/video-game-player-of-the-century-has-his-records-removed-after-donkey-kong-scandal/

I read all about this last week but didn't realize there was a thread here. Banned for life no less! I doubt anyone is shedding any tears for this guy though.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: P-Siddy on April 17, 2018, 04:45 PM
This is like Pixels.  Life imitating art?  Or ripped from the headlines!
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: CorranHorn on April 17, 2018, 10:14 PM
Didn't he set the records for Pac-Man and Donkey Kong back in the 80s? If so, he couldn't have used MAME to set those scores, its first release was in 97
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Muftak on April 17, 2018, 10:35 PM
If I remember the movie correctly, every time someone challenged/beat his scores he would then get an even higher score and regain or retain his spot at number one.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Qui-Gon Jim on April 18, 2018, 08:09 AM
Didn't he set the records for Pac-Man and Donkey Kong back in the 80s? If so, he couldn't have used MAME to set those scores, its first release was in 97
He set the Pac-Man score live at Fun Spot in NH.  With Pac-Man, there is a defined perfect game.  With DK, the game only ends when the memory crashes and guys have been coaxing more and more points out of the game for years.

In the (excellent)film The King of Kong, Mitchell is shown offering a score that was sent in on a tape and the documentary questions the authenticity of this score.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Phrubruh on April 18, 2018, 11:13 AM
I've met Mitchell a few time at Arcade Expo. He's a self absorbed jerk. He likes the fame of kids pointing out that he has the world record  in DK. He always dresses the same in those meet and greets and his autograph price is far too high. I still don't think his hair is real.
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Jeff on April 18, 2018, 11:24 AM
This is like Pixels.  Life imitating art?  Or ripped from the headlines!

Having suffered through the movie Pixels, I have to say that Peter Dinklage's parody of Mitchell is the best part of that whole movie.

(http://i.imgur.com/l5NG04h.png)
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Matt_Fury on April 18, 2018, 11:40 AM
IIRC, Dinklage's character was a huge cheater too!
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: CorranHorn on April 18, 2018, 01:27 PM
If I remember the movie correctly, every time someone challenged/beat his scores he would then get an even higher score and regain or retain his spot at number one.

Ahh ok that makes sense now. I remember seeing the movie but don't remember much about it
Title: Re: The Donkey Kong Points Record has been broken...Finally
Post by: Phrubruh on April 18, 2018, 08:23 PM
I'm surprised Walter Day doesn't come out to defend him. They are on the video game circuit together. Walter Day use to own Twin Galaxy's arcade. He is the guy in the referee **** in Wreck it Ralph.