King of Kong

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

the crazy thing about billy mitchell is he's like the only alpha male in the entire retrogaming subculture so he can just completely dominate and cow everyone else involved.

this was on my top ten of the year

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_king_of_kong_continued

MR. AWESOME

AVC: What if I sent you a copy of the movie, and you watched it and then we could chat after that? And you could directly address some things…

BM: You can't send me a copy of the movie. Number one, it's not out on DVD [Editor's note: This interview was conducted before the film's recent DVD release.], so what you got, you can't send to me. I could have gotten it a long time ago illegally. And I'm not gonna do that. But I think you're gonna have a hard time believing the fact that I kinda know everything about the movie, since every day I open my computer and reviews are forwarded to me, including video clips and all that. Plus, I got a good memory.

Good lord, this guy is really a bulldog:
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000580.html

jesus, did you read that whole thing? what a blowhard.

I guess he did the BBS documentary. Huh. I think I exchanged a few emails with him many years ago when he was putting that thing together.

http://www.digitpress.com/images/cge2k4/alumni/don_img_0621.jpg
Billy and Steve - together!

debunkness: http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=86

multiple xposts but i think i used to have a damned good score relative to the twin galaxies range @ gameboy tetris too!

anyway mostly this makes me want to somehow be recognized for how hard i would wreck anyone at nhl '94 for sega. we used to play it as a drinking game in lol college

Is Billy wearing eyeliner? Is he wearing teethliner??

If he never washed, and he shaved, he would look like Nick Cave (but with patriotic ties).

some of wiebe's meathead friends in WA were awesome. "i told him not to get chumpitized and to go out east"

Wow, I just realize Billy Mitchell has a bottle of his own hot sauce on the podium. I understand the urge to show everyone your hot sauce, but c'mon - leave it in the cabinet.

Billy's passion for hot sauce is actually his most endearing characteristic, to me.

Billy should play the bad guy in the new Tron film, just to stir shit up.

it would be awesome if he took little sips of hot sauce in between sentences

this movie was so good

http://www.thebbps.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/8bit/Iam8bit-08-10.jpg

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...