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.  

This is a where were you when type of moment, sort of like when the Challenger Blew Up or JFK was shot

The game was actually Donkey Kong Jr., not Donkey Kong.    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!  

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?

This book at Amazon has them all

Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball

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

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).

The game was actually Donkey Kong Jr., not Donkey Kong.    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..

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.