Boss fight between Donkey Kong champ and leaderboard org ends with settlement

The world-beating video game scores of self-styled arcade legend Billy Mitchell have been reinstated following a settlement with record-keeping org Twin Galaxies, which had wiped his achievements in 2018 following allegations of cheating. Terms of the settlement [PDF], reached last week, were undisclosed. In a statement on …

[Sceptic Tank]

There needs to be an award just for being able to figure out what some of these article headlines mean.

[Anonymous Coward]

How can you not be aware of Milly Bitchell?

[blackcat]

Garrett Bobby Ferguson

I'll see myself out.

[Anonymous Coward]

You know who else gets that reference?

[blackcat]

MY MOM!!!! WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Neil Barnes]

thereby increase the value of the company

What sort of an insane world do I live in, where a list of high scores has 'value'?

[Kevin Johnston]

Re: thereby increase the value of the company

A high score on a computer game from several decades ago is about as meaningful as holding the school record for the egg and spoon race when the school closed the year after you left.

[Tubz]

Re: thereby increase the value of the company

I held our schools 8 year olds egg and spoon race 100m record time until it was found I used clear tape to hold it to the spoon. Oh those innocent school years.

[heyrick]

Re: thereby increase the value of the company

I'm dyspraxic. They gave me a little award for managing to drop my egg before the race had even started.

Well, it's recognition, I guess...

[Geoff Campbell]

Re: Historical high scores

Especially for Pacman, which as I understand it has an upper limit on the score achievable due to a bug in the software. Which isn't to say that playing a "perfect" game is easy, doubly so as the final playable screen is corrupted to you are playing blind.

GJC

[teebie]

Re: thereby increase the value of the company

The world record for the egg and spoon race for the year before they removed the egg and spoon race from the world championships, surely.

[Dan 55]

Re: thereby increase the value of the company

What sort of an insane world do I live in, where a list of high scores has 'value'?

The same one that has football leagues.

[Michael Wojcik]

Re: thereby increase the value of the company

Ooh, the sportsball fans are triggered.

IRL, I wouldn't mock anyone for either enthusiasm. But I don't feel any urge to participate, either. I mean, I occasionally play video games, and I've occasionally played sports, and even watched the latter in a social situation; but I don't actually care about them at all. I'm sure my hobbies would seem equally dreary to many others. So it goes.

[Jellied Eel]

Re: thereby increase the value of the company

What sort of an insane world do I live in, where a list of high scores has 'value'?

Apparently he made money doing arcade tours, press etc. I know this because I watched the documentary because I was that bored one day.

[Alan Bourke]

Re: thereby increase the value of the company

I dunno, the one with competitive sports of any kind?

[Zolko]

record

Haha, I was the local record holder on our Donkey Kong Jr. video arcade game in our town ! Good memories. Don't remember the score though

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: record

I the US being the best in your village makes you World Champion.

[Michael Wojcik]

Re: record

Ha! Clearly false.

There are no villages in the US. One house standing alone is a courageous lone wolf; two houses makes a teeming metropolis.

[MJI]

Just read this while

My wife is watching Eastenders

[RockBurner]

Re: Just read this while

I think that qualifies as a no-score draw.

[Howard Sway]

What we really want to know is

what rude name did he put in to the high score table