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Billy Mitchell's lawsuit against Twin Galaxies for removing his Donkey Kong scores has been settled out of court, and Twin Galaxies has put Mitchell's scores back in the books... sort of. In a statement, Twin Galaxies acknowledged the explanation given by Mitchell's expert witness, Dr. Michael Zyda, and said that it...
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It's been a little over five months since we first got a look at the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie and about six years since work on the title began. The collaboration between Nintendo and Illumination has looked very impressive so far, and we're finally on the cusp of the April release date. As of this writing, it...
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Nintendo used its Nintendo Direct presentation to announce a new Super Mario Bros. Movie in September of 2021. With a star-studded cast, the first trailer dropped in October of 2022, and upon hearing Chris Pratt's voice for Mario, fans were not particularly happy. While Pratt's Mario voice has drawn ire, the majority...
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The best recipes combine different ingredients that may or may not seem like they go together, and then out comes something wonderful. This does not apply to just food, either. Case in point, a modder/maker found a delightful way to combine retro gaming (awesome), Spotify (also awesome), and alcohol (mmm, booze!) into...
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Billy Mitchell is perhaps the most polarizing figure in the history of arcade gaming, particularly as a sport where legitimately obtained high scores on original cabinet hardware carries with it a bit of fame and recognition. And in some cases, a bit of controversy as well. Adding to it, Guinness World Records has...
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If Netflix can make a documentary about the Tiger King, then surely it can do an updated one on Billy Mitchell, the 54-year-old former record holder of several classic arcade cabinet scores. Until then, we have The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters to tide us over. Oh, and his ongoing legal dispute, in which...
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When it comes to Donkey Kong, most of the news surrounding the game in recent months have been the negative aura surrounding "King of Kong" Billy Mitchell. However, Nintendo has some positive and exciting news surrounding the original arcade version of the game: it is now available on the Switch console.
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Twin Galaxies, the organization that tracks video game world records and is very much involved in the retro gaming scene, has come down hard on former record holder Billy Mitchell. We say "former" because the organization has officially stripped the King of Kong star of all his high scores in its database, including a...
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More drama is unfolding in the ultra-competitive retro arcade gaming scene, and yes, that is a thing. Billy Mitchell, the arcade legend who appeared as a central character opposite Steve Wiebe in the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, has been accused of cheating his way into the record books for...
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It's often said that records are meant to be broken, and that's certainly been true of the high scores in Donkey Kong, one of several classic arcade games in which players are still actively trying to set high marks in. But the record Wes Copeland set in Donkey Kong on May 5, 2016, might never be topped, not without a...
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File this one under "Oh yes they did!," because Nintendo has gone and tried to trademark the popular phrase "It's on like Donkey Kong." The request was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office recently, and who knows if it will be granted or not. However, this isn't the first time Nintendo has tried to...
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