Totally not lame, i'm tempted to get my Outzone up there, because the current champ is nowhere near my best!
― Ste, Friday, 28 September 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Z S, Friday, 28 September 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
OH MY GOD
― Abbott, Friday, 28 September 2007 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
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=
― chaki, Friday, 28 September 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 28 September 2007 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
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 1
― Jordan, Friday, 28 September 2007 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Holy shit, there's a MAPPY champion in this movie! That's like being Official President of the Family Circus Fan Club.
― Abbott, Monday, 8 October 2007 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Hahaha I totally forgot that I have Mappy on a Namco comp. I think I've played it on there exactly once.
― marmotwolof, Monday, 8 October 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
mappy champ is a bro
― chaki, Monday, 8 October 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I missed the boat on this, it is no longer in the theater here :(
― Jordan, Monday, 8 October 2007 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'll have to wait for the DVD too.
― marmotwolof, Monday, 8 October 2007 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 12 October 2007 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Results 1 - 10 of about 10,700 for billy mitchell asshole. (0.21 seconds)
― Eric H., Thursday, 10 January 2008 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
at least 8,500 of those are me, though
― Will M., Thursday, 10 January 2008 15:10 (sixteen years ago) link
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/
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Dude in the first link just sounds way jealous.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
this movie ruled
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 05:45 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 05:46 (sixteen years ago) link
this was on my top ten of the year
― remy bean, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 05:48 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_king_of_kong_continued
― Jordan, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
MR. AWESOME
― Abbott, Friday, 8 February 2008 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
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 thingsā¦
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.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 8 February 2008 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Good lord, this guy is really a bulldog: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000580.html
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link
jesus, did you read that whole thing? what a blowhard.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 14 February 2008 02:09 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 14 February 2008 02:46 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― Z S, Thursday, 14 February 2008 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 February 2008 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Is Billy wearing eyeliner? Is he wearing teethliner??
― JimD, Friday, 15 February 2008 01:30 (sixteen years ago) link
If he never washed, and he shaved, he would look like Nick Cave (but with patriotic ties).
― Abbott, Friday, 15 February 2008 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
some of wiebe's meathead friends in WA were awesome. "i told him not to get chumpitized and to go out east"
― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 February 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Z S, Friday, 15 February 2008 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Billy's passion for hot sauce is actually his most endearing characteristic, to me.
― Jordan, Friday, 15 February 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Billy should play the bad guy in the new Tron film, just to stir shit up.
― Ste, Saturday, 16 February 2008 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
it would be awesome if he took little sips of hot sauce in between sentences
this movie was so good
― n/a, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.thebbps.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/8bit/Iam8bit-08-10.jpg
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/Juror8/Iam8bit-08-10.jpg
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
i prefer the 80's version of Mitchell
― Ste, Thursday, 21 August 2008 09:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Did anyone see the South Park about whether Bono or Stan's dad had taken the biggest crap? Was this supposed to be a play on King of Kong?
― Abbott, Thursday, 21 August 2008 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought it was just a big piss take of Bono
― Ste, Friday, 22 August 2008 09:11 (fifteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Crap
well i'll be damned
― Ste, Friday, 22 August 2008 12:36 (fifteen years ago) link
-- forksclovetofu, Friday, October 12, 2007 7:53 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 22 August 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
ah sorry, you should have been more descriptive with the episode - but I kinda agree with you if that helps.
― Ste, Friday, 22 August 2008 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
That was the last episode of South Park I watched; quality seems to have finally fallen off.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 22 August 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://laweekly.blogs.com/joshuah_bearman/files/harpers_billy_mitchell.pdf
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
just watched this for the first time tonight, and i loved loved loved it. just read upthread that billy re-broke the record? fuck that.
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 November 2008 07:33 (fifteen years ago) link
It is a great and entertaining movie, but there do seem to be a lot of falsehoods in it in order to make the plot more cinematic, by many accounts.
― Nhex, Monday, 24 November 2008 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, and unfortunately ever since i found that out it's sorta ruined it for me.
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 24 November 2008 10:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Me too.
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 November 2008 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
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.)
― adam the (abanana), Friday, 13 April 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
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.
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 13 April 2018 13:14 (six years ago) link
but yeah.. save state splicing can be a thing etc...
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 13 April 2018 13:19 (six years ago) link