There's also some surrounding circumstantial videos where Billy originally claims to change an arcade machine circuit board to a different game board in a very theatrical video, but then is called out for merely putting the same board back in (one can verify by looking at the circuit boards and cross-referencing with verified images of each alleged board), casting doubts into his motivations and general credibility. He made claims that said video was adulterated after the fact without his knowledge, but hasn't provided any evidence for that claim (nor is it particularly believable that anyone would go through the trouble to do so). Some of the things that seem particularly problematic for Billy's case are the conflict of interest in the fact that moderators were able to post records, the shady record trail for the DK run (only "seen" by one said moderator, who later was found to cheat, and the proof tape subsequently "disappearing"), and a claim that a run was done in real hardware despite video proof showing glitches that only happen in MAME (an emulator). If you've ever played games and have seen Billy Mitchell play, he's I know I can set a record and that MAME didn't exist in his golden age, 'he said with joy.I've seen videos about this case on and off. Walter Day, the founder of the record site Twin Galaxies, also said, 'I'm delighted to see the record come back. Mitchell's play video and trying to imitate it myself, I realized that it was a proper play, 'When playing in this style, use MAME or use the' save anywhere 'function. Robbie Lakeman, who has a high score of 1,267,70 points at Donkey Kong, also participated in the Guinness resurvey. In these cases, the records management team overturned the disqualification decision because it would follow the original judgment, similar to the criminal trial 'in dubio pro reo', and Mitchell's 'Donkey Kong' and 'Pac-Man'. I heard that I couldn't find enough evidence. It was discovered that a gamer who had set world records for Pac-Man and Donkey Kong was using an emulator, and it was deleted from the Guinness World Records-GIGAZINE.Īccording to a statement released on the official YouTube channel of Guinness World Records, Mitchell's objection was re-examined based on new evidence and experts, resulting in disqualification. Along with this, Pac-Man's record, which had achieved perfection, was also disqualified. In 2018, the suspicion that 'the record was using an emulator' was raised and verified, and it was concluded that 'the record was using an emulator', so the high score recording site Donkey Kong Forum, And were removed from Twin Galaxies, and were disqualified and deleted from the Guinness World Records, which had Twin Galaxies as their official source. The record of the problem was set by Billy Mitchell, who is known to have achieved over 1 million points for 'Donkey Kong'. Guinness World Records Reinstates Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong High Scores Guinness reinstates Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong, Pac-Man records | Ars Technica As a result, sufficient evidence was not found to disqualify the record, and the erased world record was revived.Ī statement from Guinness World Records: Billy Mitchell -YouTube 12:00:00 Donkey Kong's high-score world record, erased from the Guinness World Records, is backĪ re-investigation was conducted on the fact that the world record of the arcade game 'Donkey Kong' was deleted from the recording site because it was created by fraudulent means, and it was also deleted from the Guinness World Records that was the source of the site.
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