April2018

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  74

  News Billy Mitchell Breaks His Silence To Address Accusations Of Cheating

  "Everything was done professionally, according to the rules"

  It's fair to say that it's not been a great year for Billy Mitchell, the former "King of Kong". Earlier this year he was accused of cheating in order to claim his famous Donkey Kong high score, and last week Twin Galaxies responded and 

  • 5 days ago
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Donkey Kong
  • Drama
  • High Scores
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  59

  News Steve Wiebe Recognised As First Million Point Donkey Kong Record Holder As Billy Mitchell's Scores Are Nuked

  "We must repeat, the truth is the priority"

  High score record-keeping site Twin Galaxies has removed all of Billy Mitchell's rankings from its database and banned him from competition following accusations of wrong-doing relating to the classic Nintendo title Donkey Kong. Earlier this year, Mitchell's scores were called into doubt by Donkey...

  • Thu 12th Apr 2018
  • Donkey Kong
  • Drama
  • Steve Wiebe
  • Billy Mitchell

February2018

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  55

  News Donkey Kong Scorekeeper Rubbishes Billy Mitchell's Claims Of Fabricated Footage

  Mitchell's defence "does not make sense"

  The saga of Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong high score continues to rumble along following accusations from score-verifier Jeremy Young that Mitchell - who was a key figure in the cult movie King of Kong - used MAME to record his record-breaking runs on the game, as opposed to original hardware, as...

  • Fri 9th Feb 2018
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Retro
  • High Scores
  • Donkey Kong
  • Drama
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  59

  News Billy Mitchell Reacts to Accusations of Fake Donkey Kong High Score

  "I’ve never even played MAME"

  Billy Mitchell is a famed name in the competitive gaming scene, both for the records that he set on arcade games and for the role that he played in the story behind The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Recently, Mitchell’s achievement with setting the Donkey Kong high score has been called into question, with...

  • Thu 8th Feb 2018
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Donkey Kong
  • Retro
  • High Scores
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  44

  News Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong High Scores Come Under Doubt Amid Accusations Of Monkey Business

  Meanwhile, Robbie Lakeman extends his world record score

  Billy Mitchell is a video game icon who needs little introduction; he was one of the first players to gain mainstream recognition for his skill at arcade games, and more recently found fame in the documentary King of Kong, where he was positioned as the antagonist to Steve Wiebe's heroic...

  • Mon 5th Feb 2018
  • Donkey Kong
  • Billy Mitchell
  • High Scores
  • Retro
  • Drama

June2017

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  52

  News Even After 10 Years, Billy Mitchell Still Hasn't Seen King Of Kong

  "On the souls of my children, I haven’t watched it"

  It's hard to believe that The King of Kong is a decade old now. A seminal work in the history of video game movies, it presented a thrilling David and Goliath tale which focused on humble schoolteacher Steve Wiebe's dream of being the world high score holder for Nintendo's arcade smash Donkey...

  • Tue 20th Jun 2017
  • Retro
  • Steve Wiebe
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Donkey Kong
  • Movies

January2016

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  9

  News Wes Copeland Takes Donkey Kong World Record From Robbie Lakeman For The Second Time In A Year

  "I just hope Robbie at least lets me sleep on it"

  Long-time followers of Nintendo Life will know that we've tried to keep abreast of the battle for the Donkey Kong high score record for many years now. The obsession began with the excellent movie King of Kong, which focused on the efforts of underdog Steve Wiebe to topple the then-champ Billy...

  • Tue 5th Jan 2016
  • Donkey Kong
  • High Score
  • Wes Copeland
  • Robbie Lakeman
  • Billy Mitchell

November2015

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  71

  News Donkey Kong Champ Billy Mitchell Loses Legal Battle Against Regular Show Parody

  "GBF appears as a non-human creature, a giant floating head with no body"

  Famed games player Billy Mitchell has lost his legal battle against his depiction in the Cartoon Network's The Regular Show. The character - known as GBF (Garrett Bobby Ferguson or Giant Bearded Face) - is a floating head with arms who is revealed to be an alien who cheats...

  • Tue 24th Nov 2015
  • Legal
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Donkey Kong
  • Regular Show

March2011

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  12

  Interviews Richie Knucklez - The Kong Off

  "the most important person in video gaming right now"

  In the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Steve Wiebe travels to FunSpot Arcade to put a stop to all the naysayers disputing his record-setting Donkey Kong skills. To the amazement of everyone watching, he achieves the first ever kill screen on the Funspot Donkey Kong machine...

  • Fri 25th Mar 2011
  • Retro
  • Donkey Kong
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Hank Chien
  • Steve Wiebe
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  11

  News World's Finest to Compete This Weekend at the Kong Off

  Join us for live coverage

  You've seen the movies. You've read the interviews. You've designed the shirts. You've cheered for the former champion. And to top it off, the bar just got raised by 20,000 points. This weekend is what it's all been building up to: The Kong Off.

  • Fri 18th Mar 2011
  • Retro
  • Donkey Kong
  • Hank Chien
  • Steve Wiebe
  • Billy Mitchell