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Donkey Kong Arcade World Record Broken

Posted by simoniker on from the monkey-called-kong-delighted dept.

Thanks to EvilAvatar for pointing to a TwinGalaxies report revealing the world record on the classic Donkey Kong has been smashed, with a score of 947,200 by Washington gamer Steve Wiebe. According to the post, "Steve's achievement took nearly 2 hours of game play, and although he had lost his third life relatively early in the game, he kept things going for a remarkable period of time, reminding gamers everywhere: 'Never give up, never say die', classic advice from another Donkey Kong master, legendary gamer Bill Mitchell." Detailed stats reveal there are 116 playable screens that you can complete before reaching the impossible-to-complete 'kill screen' on this classic title, and it appears the magical million mark may theoretically be attainable.

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  1. Re:Million points? by Daetrin · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article said that he skipped several opportunities for points in the mid-game because he lost two lives so early. I don't know how many points exactly, but he seems to think he can hit a million if he does a little better.

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  2. Re:Couple of MAME questions by Jethro73 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The ROMs for Mame are exact ROM dumps, so sure, it should certainly be present. The famous Galaga bug is present in the Galaga ROM (link here), so I wouldn't see why the kill screen wouldn't be present.

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  3. Re:Couple of MAME questions by AndyBusch · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm not up on MAME cheating, so I can't verify, but it seems that MAME could handle the kill screen. After reading the run-down, it seems that all it is is a level where the timer ticks too fast to make it to the top. If you want a simulation, run around a level until the timer runs out (an elevator stage would be best, as you could just stand there). It's not like the Pac-Man bug where half the screen garbles at the last level.

  4. Re:DK Haiku by hprotagonist0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sorry, that's not a haiku. "Is to be enlightened" = 6 syllables. How about

    Playing Donkey Kong
    Forsaking railgun giblets
    Is Enlightenment

    ?

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  5. Re:Donkey Kong? by emiddlec · · Score: 3, Informative

    In the name "Donkey Kong", the "Donkey" was added to mean "Stubborn." I think the name was coined in Japan (?), where the game was originally designed.. See "The Ultimate History of Video Games" for a thorough retelling of the relevant details..