Lakeman surpassed a December mark of 1,230,100 by scoring 1,247,700 points.īilly Mitchell has been a polarizing figure in the tight-knit world of classic video game high scores since well before he appeared as Steve Wiebe's antagonist in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. While this statistical evidence is still a bit circumstantial, it certainly takes on added weight when combined with the evidence of MAME play presented below.Īmid all this unfolding drama, Robbie Lakeman managed to beat his own Donkey Kong world record in a livestreamed performance on Friday. Billy replayed the boards over and over until he got the right smash RNG to lock in his pace." Copeland adds that it's "extremely unlikely" such a performance could happen due to pure chance in a single run. Since the points derived from those enemy smashes are assigned semi-randomly ( as detailed here), Copeland says such a statistically divergent performance "is evidence of splicing. Drawing data from the KongTrackr analysis app, Copeland says Mitchell's run derives a significantly higher-than-average ratio of points from smashing enemies with the hammer. 4, 2018): Former Donkey Kong world record holder Wes Copeland has presented new statistical evidence that he says suggests Mitchell's 1.05 million point game was patched together from multiple emulated plays. Billy Mitchell takes his Donkey Kong high-score cheating case to court.Guinness reinstates Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong, Pac-Man records.Twin Galaxies says Billy Mitchell “flirts with perjury” in high-score case.
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