“King of Kong” settles with famous high-score website.
If you love classic gaming, you’ll know who Billy Mitchell is. A poster child for high-score chasers in the ’80s, Mitchell is famous not only for his feats on games like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man, but for his villain-like turn in the 2007 documentary film The King of Kong.
More recently, Mitchell’s fame is derived from the legal tussle he started with the high-score website Twin Galaxies, which stripped him of his scores in 2018 and barred him from ever submitting others following accusations that he achieved some of them on modified arcade hardware.
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“King of Kong” settles with famous high-score website.
If you love classic gaming, you’ll know who Billy Mitchell is. A poster child for high-score chasers in the ’80s, Mitchell is famous not only for his feats on games like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man, but for his villain-like turn in the 2007 documentary film The King of Kong.
More recently, Mitchell’s fame is derived from the legal tussle he started with the high-score website Twin Galaxies, which stripped him of his scores in 2018 and barred him from ever submitting others following accusations that he achieved some of them on modified arcade hardware.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
