King of Kong

Now that this movie is kind of a hit, I wonder if Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade will finally come out? It seems like it goes over in more detail the history parts from this one - with lots of the same people. I want to see it...

http://chasingghoststhemovie.com/

yah that looks awesome

fuck i really wonder if this is gonna open here

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1317769/7245531/

slox it was at fantasia :(

god, billy mitchell is such a fucking CUNT

I LOVE YOU STEVE WIEBE!!!!

I actually just feel a little sad for billy mitchell tbh

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1565744/20070727/id_0.jhtml

yah im sure billy mitchell has some long nites. you dont get to be a psycho narcissist like that w/o harboring some bleak darkness.

blasting his face with freon

http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=3852&vi=22

BILLY MITCHELL RECLAIMED THE WORLD RECORD!
SORRY ABOUT THE ALL CAPS BUT IT'S THAT KIND OF MOMENT.
IF YOU GO TO THE ABOVE LINK, IT SHOWS BILLY MITCHELL AS THE NEW TOP SCORE RECORD HOLDER AT 1,050,200 POINTS, VERIFIED BY REFEREE ON 6/26/2007, THREE MONTHS AFTER THE HIGH SCORE BY STEVE WIEBE THAT WAS REFERENCED AT THE END OF THE MOVIE!

phew.

WHAT AN ASSHOLEEEEEEEEE!

Does the 100% mean the record is unbeatable?

Billy really needs to work on his Zaxxon score now:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=28206

I think 100% just means he completed the game - getting to the dead screen (or whatever it is called)...

Yeah, but like a perfect game of Pac-Man is 3,333,360. He was the first to do that, and you can't beat that score, so now it's "fastest perfect game," which it looks like he's ranked 5th in. I'm wondering if 1,050,200 is as high as you can go, or if there even is such a thing as a perfect game of Donkey Kong.

Pretty sure he ended his game after beating Wiebe and could've continued if he wanted to set the score even higher.

see brian kuh is still only 6th in the world. what a loser.

Maybe on the DVD they could include one of the high score gettin' game play videos - because just from watching the doc, I don't really understand what/how the high scores are accomplished - i mean, is there just tons of hiding in a corner and jumping over barrels? Is there a time limit of how long the game lets you hang out on each screen?

This movie was unbelievably good.
I really didn't want to know that Mitchell regained the lead.

Maybe on the DVD they could include one of the high score gettin' game play videos

The video of Billy Mitchell's new record score (apologies if this doesn't work; I am at work and so can't try it)

didn't work :(

it "worked" but that didn't seem to have jack shit to do with a high score, I mean that game was about 1/25th of the way to the high score when the vidoe ended - is that The Advantage playing, though?

So they're (New Line) are remaking this as a feature film

I'm not sure it needs to be, it's already utterly theatrical as it stands. Great though, and I'm hardly surprised Mitchell has come back since to regain the crown. It's his way.

Maybe they should make a sequel?

This actually reminds me of my youth when I was king of 'Outzone' at our local rec arcade centre. And then some kid called 'Adi' arrived and started becoming my nemesis by topping my scores. Whenever either of us stepped up there'd be a fair crowd gathering.

I set the records, Adi beat them, I'd set a new one, and so it went on.

I think I managed to stay the champ before the game was removed, with a glorious 400% clocking of the game (and some very very sweaty hands)

And now I play the flippin thing on Mame I can't even get 100%!!

I'd like to see Billy Mitchell play Pac-Man C.E. because that game is so good.

I think I will go see this this weekend.

"gnarly poontang"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3gW_91bjkg

This was just so good i may have to watch it again tonight.

LOL at the moment where Billys's colleague (the one he confronted about the fake hiscore) is talking to the camera about what a great guy Steve Wiebe is, and Billy's reaction is priceless.

Just watched this last night, and it's so good. Mitchell is such a cock! I'm sure they've done the film in a way to deliberately make Wiebe look like a great guy, which I'm sure he is but he's obviously every bit as competetive as Mitchell, just not as much of a bell end.

BTW, I checked Twin Galaxies and I actually have a pretty competetive high score on the Gameboy Tetris. Is it lame to be tempted to submit something? :(

Do it!

Totally not lame, i'm tempted to get my Outzone up there, because the current champ is nowhere near my best!

I've beaten the NES Marble Madness Top Score a few different times. I suppose I should tape it. But, there's not much competition for that score. I haven't scored below 100,000 points in a game of Marble Madness since the 1990s, which would automatically put me up on the list.

OH MY GOD

this has nothing to do with the film but this was shown at before the movie at the theater i was at. AWESOME:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YnpofBtijF8&mode=related&search=

G: When you broke the Donkey Kong world record and your score was verified, how did Twin Galaxies and Billy Mitchell respond?

TS: Shortly after my record WAS VERIFIED, Walter Day, and Billy Mitchell himself, called to congratulate me. I find this to be in stark contrast as how I've heard Billy is portrayed in the movie The King of Kong.

Variation: Fastest Completion
Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
Rules: TGTS Settings [3 Lives to Start, 5 Lives Maximum], Normal Difficulty
Special Rules: Use of the pause button is strictly prohibited! Using the select button to rapidly enter and exit the sub menu, as your weapon hits the enemy, to register more then one hit is BANNED! Rapid Use of the sub menu to pass through the walls on any stage is also banned. Passwords are NOT allowed! Timer starts when you hit the start button and ends when you defeat Dr. Wily for the final time. You must complete the game or your record/attempt will be disqualified!

Rank % Score Fastest Time Player DateVerified ScoringMethod RankingMethod PointsInt PointsFloat Levels ElapsedTime CompletedPercentage Ranking DisplayMaskPointsInt DisplayMaskPointsFloat DisplayMaskLevels DisplayMaskTime DisplayMaskCompleted DisplayMaskRanking ScoreCatPointsIntID ScoreCatPointsInt ScoreCatPointsFloatID ScoreCatPointsFloat ScoreCatLevelsID ScoreCatLevels ScoreCatTimeID ScoreCatTime ScoreCatCompletedID ScoreCatCompleted ScoreCatRankingID ScoreCatRanking ScoreRank Verification Method
1 100.00 % 30:42.000 Richard Ureta 08/24/2004 8 2 1842000 0 0 0 0 0 3 Fastest Time 0 0 Video 40941 35669

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Holy shit, there's a MAPPY champion in this movie! That's like being Official President of the Family Circus Fan Club.

Hahaha I totally forgot that I have Mappy on a Namco comp. I think I've played it on there exactly once.

mappy champ is a bro

I missed the boat on this, it is no longer in the theater here :(

Yeah, I'll have to wait for the DVD too.

So the new episode of South Park is clearly meant to be a sort of homage to this film, but instead comes off as a sort of half-hearted poop-is-funny rip-off.
Discus.

Results 1 - 10 of about 10,700 for billy mitchell asshole. (0.21 seconds)

at least 8,500 of those are me, though

Some new perspectives:
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000574.html
http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=86
http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/01/29/billy-mitchell-the-man-behind-the-mullet/

and this: http://spyhunter007.com/steve_wiebe_donkey_kong_timeline.htm
in some ways, the fact that this has created a tempest in a teapot sort of underscores the obsessive geek nature of everyone involved, no matter how peripherally.

Dude in the first link just sounds way jealous.

Watched this last night. It was pretty good, but I guess I was mildly disappointed. How many times did they play "You're The Best"? Like twelve? Also, enough with the line graph animation. They used it like a million billion times.

this movie ruled

Oh yeh, and thanks to this thread for introducing em to the Regular Show, that thing's awesome. 'Ello Gov'nor!

yah ade, you will love k of k

good luck with the civ 2 run. sounds dangerous

If you all lived here I would take you to Funspot. It's, well, really fun. Also = amazing people watching possibilities.

All the champions have their pictures on the wall like a hall of fame type thing and they have the oldest arcade game ever there.

you live near Funspot??!? so jealous

It's about a two hour drive but doable for a day excursion. One of my friends does a big trip every year for his birthday.

AND there's a place down the road from it that has an all you can eat ice cream sundae bar! :-O

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Funspotsign.JPG/450px-Funspotsign.JPG

!!!

Civ 2 run shouldn't be too hard. I'm sure I can bomb through a playthrough in around 12 hours, and you're allowed 15 minutes break every 3 hours, none of this freon-spraying nonsense.

... not sure if i should google 'freon-spraying' ...

the freon spraying thing was a myth; I had to research it for work a couple of months ago and someone tracked down Vollandt and asked him and he said no (and the baby looked at me). I still choose to believe it's true and he's just trying to cover up his shameful nerdy past.

Just founf the Billy Mitchell fan club on facebook, it has six members and Steve Sanders does the admin! Major Lols.

founf = found

soon it will have 7 members.

nah i can't find it so i just joined one with a few thousand members. lots of milquetoast losers praising Weeb.

I joined! Just type in the Billy Mitchell fan club in search and it should send you to the right page.

Billy Mitchell fan club on facebook is up to 7 members now. Is there anyone else I wonder in the public eye who is disliked so much that they don't attract attention. Perhaps this is a question for a new thread hmmmm?

Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong video footage turned out to have been played on MAME with several splices.

http://donkeykongforum.com/index.php?topic=2055.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=234Y76_3YPE

As DKF's (currently) sole high score moderator, I've taken my responsibilities very seriously.

I love his Walker Texas Ranger as Jedi Master sartorial vibe

o shit!

fuck billy mitchell!

Yes following this has been gratifying

lol, that son of a bitch

holy shitballs

After over 35 years of competitive gaming fame, Billy Mitchell has been banned from Twin Galaxies and had his scores struck from the record books, as two 2010 Donkey Kong scores were ruled not to have come from real arcade hardware: https://t.co/hpLPpbuYoT

— Retro Gamer (@RetroGamer_Mag) April 12, 2018

Pretty messed up. I've met Mitchell a couple times at retro gaming conventions, seemed nice and happy to be there and meet people. More than anything, I admired him for his wing business and sartorial eccentricities. It's sad that it was all built on lies.

so why didn't he just submit these as emulated ?

Well there’s chances of save states and game hacks that subtley produce more favorable results when using an emulator.

That is to say people trust original hardware submissions more. Emulator submissions will always be looked down upon as not being equivalent to the real thing so most people just avoid them.

plus I thought the tape was suspected of being spliced together from (presumably) dozens of runs. idk if they've proved it yet though

of course, that's not really the way life works in general

his gameplay footage gets way too "lucky". when there are random points awarded, he never gets the lowest ones. (the stuff about audio breaks is not true -- savestates make splices invisible.)

Omnigamer's Power Point Slides

The luck slide #14 is interesting but I don't suspect his scores were really that far off from normal. Omnigamer also didn't call it a smoking gun or anything in the presentaion video.

Also in slide #22 he states Myths going around. The idea that video splicing occurred is one of them since no credible evidence has ever been found.

but yeah.. save state splicing can be a thing etc...