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King Of Kong - A Fistful Of Quarters - £3.99 delivered @ Play.com


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A middle-school science teacher and a hot sauce mogul vie for the Guinness World Record on the arcade classic, Donkey Kong in The King Of Kong.

In 1982, Life Magazine assembled the worlds greatest gamers for a photo shoot that would become the center spread of their 1982 Year-In-Photos edition. Billy Mitchell, who would later be named the Gamer of the Century, was one of the invitees.

Mitchell, the World Record holder on Centipede, had been tracking the score on Donkey Kong, and knew he could take that title as well. In front of the 20 best gamers in the world, Billy scored 874,300 points, a record many thought would never be broken.

In 2003, 35 year old family man Steve Wiebe, after losing his job at Boeing, found solace in Donkey Kong. Steve stumbled upon Billy Mitchells record online, and set out to break it. He began perfecting his game every night after his wife and kids went to bed, and not only surpassed Billys record, but ended up with a thought-to-be-impossible 1,000,000 points.

A tidal wave of media coverage followed, and Steve Wiebe quickly became a celebrity in his hometown of Seattle, WA. He also rediscovered his love for teaching, and regained the respect of all who once doubted him. Meanwhile, back in Hollywood, FL, Billy Mitchell hatched a plan to reclaim his fallen Donkey Kong record...

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Weird film this, paints a very bad picture of Billy Mitchell but is entertaining to watch. The scene with Wiebe's just-pooped kid screaming "WIPE MY BUTT" as he is on a DK marathon is hilarious.
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Great film if you are interested in video games. Worth the £4.
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Comes across very Spinal Tap despite been an authentic documentary, well worth a watch even for non gamers.
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I enjoyed this film alot, I think Billy beat Steve's score again after this.
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If you like this, you should also watch Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479879/

Not sure if it has had a DVD release (was shown on TV in the States), but is available from all normal 'alternative' sources
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I enjoyed this film alot, I think Billy beat Steve's score again after this.
But that score was posted by video, there was no date on it, there were no witnesses and no one checked the machine for ghost boards like they did with Steve.
Everyone should buy this film, just to see what a douche billy is, you think you hate americans now...oh boy!
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This documentary is way more entertaining than it has any right to be considering the subject. Well worth £4 of anyone's money.
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I'm not a massive Doco's fan but this was really compelling. Just watched the Bill Maher one 'Religulous' and that was good too. Not forgetting Anvil: The Story of Anvil.

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Definitely worth a watch, really enjoyed it, good price too.
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But that score was posted by video, there was no date on it, there were no witnesses and no one checked the machine for ghost boards like they did with Steve.
That is completely and utterly wrong. The world record held by Billy Mitchell was done at a conference in America where he had a large audience watching him do the score live. The boardset was authenticated by Nintendo beforehand, the machine sealed, and then re-authenticated afterwards. Whatsmore, the kill screen wasnt reached, Billy killed off his lives once he had beaten the Steve Wiebe's score....presumably that was some kind of taunt to do that.
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If you like this, you should also watch Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479879/

Not sure if it has had a DVD release (was shown on TV in the States), but is available from all normal 'alternative' sources
rep added i was hoping there was something similar to this i could watch

btw as for the king of kong its a fantastic movie, one of my favourites
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This is one of my favorites. I would recommend this film to anybody - you don't need to have a specific interest in Donkey Kong, or arcade games at all even, to find this enjoyable. If you like the kind of subjects that Louis Theroux covered in his Weird Weekends series, then you'll like this.
I agree with the other comment that "Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade" is a great follow-up if you like this one. Personally, I'd recommend watching KoK _first_ though.
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That is completely and utterly wrong. The world record held by Billy Mitchell was done at a conference in America where he had a large audience watching him do the score live. The boardset was authenticated by Nintendo beforehand, the machine sealed, and then re-authenticated afterwards. Whatsmore, the kill screen wasnt reached, Billy killed off his lives once he had beaten the Steve Wiebe's score....presumably that was some kind of taunt to do that.
You're a Billy Mitchell fan? *looks at avatar*
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