Donkey Kong legend, Billy Mitchell, wiped from record books

[krupa]

While I really enjoyed watching King of Kong, I didn't realize Twin Galaxies and all the competition was still around. 

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/billy-mitchell-all-records-removed-twin-galaxies/

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Twin Galaxies, a retro-gaming record organization that tracks scores in many classic arcade games, announced on April 12 that it was removing Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong scores from its leaderboards, as well as all scores he had achieved in other games.

 

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The decision comes after the validity of several of his Donkey Kong scores were called into question, with skeptics asserting the footage captured for the records was impossible without the use of the software emulation program MAME. This is due to the way the software produces board transitions compared to the original hardware, and Twin Galaxies asserts the tape Mitchell used for the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters was not recorded with original arcade hardware. 

I don't know if "modifications" include repairs.  If not, there can't be much more time before the original boards just die out. 

[iacas]

They take that stuff seriously.

[David in FL]

Suddenly it's as if my life has no meaning!