Last night I finally got a chance to view the 2007 documentary "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" and I highly recommend the strangely compelling look at competitive realm of arcade gaming.The film focuses on newcomer Steve Weibe and his attempt to break a world record in the arcade classic Donkey Kong set by the crafty arcade gaming expert Billy Mitchell, whom is portrayed as a bit of a villain in the film, in 1982.
Nevertheless, the film is fantastic and well-crafted.
However, earlier this year, Mitchell's 1,050,200-point world record was broken by New York resident and 35 year old Hank Chein.
Since most of the film surrounds the official ranking on gaming scorekeeper Twin Galaxies, I decided to check it out and I found that a new world champion was very recently crowned. Billy Mitchell again reclaimed the thrown as the world record holder for Donkey Kong with 1,062,800 points breaking Chein's record by a mere 1,100 points.
The record was set a matter of weeks ago on July 31.
It seems as though Billy Mitchell refuses to let his Kong crown go.
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