For anyone who has seen the "documentary" King of Kong, I've stumbled upon a very interesting rebuttal of sorts to it on YouTube. I'm not connected with it in any way personally, nor have I even gotten into arcade games the way these guys have, but I do find this all very fascinating. It certainly reinforces my cynical views of television and how history gets spun into existence by certain people, and then propagated and repeated until it becomes truth, in general. If you haven't seen King of Kong yet, I highly recommend seeing that first, and then watching this multi-part YouTube video, which is essentially a real documentary about some of the people and events featured and all too fictitiously portrayed in that faux documentary. I hate dishonesty, and I don't like people who lie to promote themselves (or anyone else, for that matter) in some fashion. It seems the makers of this video think the same way. I am also posting a short video (the first of the two I'm linking) that describes things succinctly and can serve as a nice introduction to the longer King of Con! multi-part documentary (part 1 of which being the second video I'm linking here). And so, without further ado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JJ81hyqeVk ^ Short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBItUZyKHSU ^ King of Con! part 1
Here's another interesting little video about it, specifically about Donkey Kong and the "real" king of Kong vs Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell. Kind of interesting what he says about the game mechanics. [video=youtube;cGQaPDz2xGw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGQaPDz2xGw[/video]
One more: There is a better edited documentary about all of this on YouTube as well, also a multi-parter. It starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tORYbJBOhCk In fact, you could skip the first one I linked and just watch this one, and you'd learn at least as much if not more, and in a more enjoyable format. But again, best to watch the King of Kong faux documentary first, or else you'll likely be missing out on a lot, including a significant part of why these other documentaries were made to begin with. Fascinating stuff! At least to me Not sure why, though.
So, Dwayne had taken these down but now has them back up: And today we have news! ‘Video game player of the century’ stripped of records after Donkey Kong scandal by Kyle Swenson April 16 at 6:09 AM He was once dubbed the “video game player of the century” and shot to international notoriety after being featured in a cult classic documentary, but Billy Mitchell’s reign in the arcade is now in question. The man who once held world records in classic arcade games such as Donkey Kong and Pac-Man has been stripped of his high scores after a scandal that has upended the world of old-school video gaming. Last week, Twin Galaxies, the organization that referees classic arcade scores, announced it had determined that some of Mitchell’s records were not attained on actual arcade machines but by using the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME), or software which replicates the games — a violation of Twin Galaxies’ rules. “The rules for submitting scores for the original arcade Donkey Kong competitive leader boards requires the use of original arcade hardware only,” the organization said in a statement. “The use of MAME or any other emulation software for submission to these leader boards is strictly forbidden.” Mitchell has promised to prove his scores are valid. But on Friday, Guinness World Records acted in accordance with Twin Galaxies’ ruling by scrubbing Mitchell’s records with the organization, according to the gaming site Kotaku. “The Guinness World Records titles relating to Mr. Mitchell’s highest scores on Donkey Kong have all been disqualified due to Twin Galaxies being our source of verification for these achievements,” a Guinness representative told the website. “We also recognize records for First perfect score on Pac-Man and Highest score on Pac-Man. Twin Galaxies was the original source of verification for these record titles and in line with their decision to remove all of Mr. Mitchell’s records from their system, we have disqualified Mr. Mitchell as the holder of these two records.” In February, Twin Galaxies fielded a complaint by another gamer challenging three of Mitchell’s scores. The gamer questioned whether Mitchell earned the marks on an arcade machine. An investigation was launched into the video footage taken of each of the high-scoring games. “We now believe that they are not from an original unmodified” Donkey Kong machine, Twin Galaxies said in its statement. “Our investigation of the tape content ends with that conclusion and assertion.” ... ctd: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...his-records-removed-after-donkey-kong-scandal I've seen a video analyzing Mitchell's footage and comparing it to real hardware and to MAME. That was some weeks or months back.
