Donkey Kong has long since been a popular game for aspiring world record holders to challenge in hopes of being the "King of Kong". Mario and Donkey Kong's inaugural debut may seem to be a simple enough game, but competitors have been battling for years over the crown, continuously pushing the limits of what was thought to be the highest score possible. Amazingly enough, the score ceiling continues to climb, as a new competitor has just broken the previous world record.
On 5th May, Wes Copeland – who held a previous world record for the game – set the highest score recorded on Donkey Kong at a cool 1,218,000 points. As if that alone wasn't impressive enough, he did the entire thing on one life. Amazing. Copeland had previously set his goal at 1.2 million, and believes that he will never best this score. As a result, he's retiring form the competitive Donkey Kong scene. For those of you that are curious, here's a video of the run, which lasted just over three hours:
What do you think? What's your highest score on Donkey Kong? Do you think you can beat this? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source polygon.com]
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Why do people compete in something as boring as this
@Vallu Donkey Kong is a great game, I come back to it every now and then and it never gets old to me.
@TheRedCap30 would you like a cough drop? Besides i rather them add mario party 2-7 on wii u eshop in na first.
I wonder how fast till some1 beats this score.
I don't even know what killed him. Is there a timer?
Impressive dedication.
@LinkSword There is a timer. When bonus reaches 0 death happens. That particular one is the kill screen because of programming issues which make the timer very small (the bonus gets so high it loops back to almost 0).
Level 256 in Pac-Man is another famous example of a kill screen.
At the end of the day these games were not meant to be played for hours and the kill screen is somewhat a relief as it sets an end. There are some arcade games where there is no kill screen or ending and human endurance is effectively the high score limit at high skill levels.
My highest score was for the version in Donkey Kong 64: 467,100 points (it was achieved on my highest level for that version: Level 13-3).
The scene has come a LONG way since "The King of Kong".
I hope that in year 2036 people are competing in retro classics such as Mario Kart 8 and Star Fox Zero.
Gaming will change in the future, but I hope gamers will always be able to play games like these.
Damn, they need to start making new DK documents, the record has been broken so many times since that.
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