But, as luck would have it, another video game event was happening just down the street in Santa Monica, where would-be King of Kong Steve Wiebe was attempting to reclaim the high-scoring King Kong title. Mahalo Daily checked in on favorite arcade games at both events; keep your eyes peeled for totally super celebrity guest sightings like Wiebe, Walter Day, and Rosco "Totally Joking About Q*Bert" Miller.
Mahalo Daily talks arcade games with Wiebe, Walter Day, Joystiq
But, as luck would have it, another video game event was happening just down the street in Santa Monica, where would-be King of Kong Steve Wiebe was attempting to reclaim the high-scoring King Kong title. Mahalo Daily checked in on favorite arcade games at both events; keep your eyes peeled for totally super celebrity guest sightings like Wiebe, Walter Day, and Rosco "Totally Joking About Q*Bert" Miller.




















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He definitely comes off as a douche, but more important than that, he comes off as a major cheater. The movie doesn't even have one second of Billy actually playing any arcade games. All of his records are recorded on tape (suspicious, video error tape) and he refuses to play any games live and in person (correct me if he has since done it). I think most people at this point consider Steve Wiebe to be the record holder, though I'm one of the people that thinks the idea of a record that takes a cross-country trip to achieve is ludicrous.
I'm kinda sad to hear that Wiebe hasn't just moved on with his life already. As seen in the movie, nothing good comes of being in the same room as Billy. We get it Steve Wiebe, you are the master of the Kong, please stop getting B.M free publicity.
Also because of the movie they changed how they accept scores, no video tapes anymore, you have to have one of those twin galaxies refs there to inspect the machine and watch your entire game for it to count.
And one last thing, the current Donkey Kong Record holder is Billy Mitchell again, he set it live at some event. So he did play in public, but still I hope that Steve Wiebe kicks his ass:)
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The cost of one Donkey Kong Kong arcade cabinet : $750
The "why am I with this douchebag" look on your girlfriend's face as you rave about how great Berzerk on the Atari 2600 was : Priceless
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... i want to play tetris now. 'cuse me.
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"Wasn't there one called Zaxxon?" If you don't know, then you don't deserve to be a child of the 80's.
Walter Day kiss my ass! Games nowadays are deeper than ever. Also not every game being released today is in modern 3D graphics.
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