Donkey Kong Arcade World Record Broken 49
Thanks to EvilAvatar for pointing to a TwinGalaxies report revealing the world record on the classic Donkey Kong has been smashed, with a score of 947,200 by Washington gamer Steve Wiebe. According to the post, "Steve's achievement took nearly 2 hours of game play, and although he had lost his third life relatively early in the game, he kept things going for a remarkable period of time, reminding gamers everywhere: 'Never give up, never say die', classic advice from another Donkey Kong master, legendary gamer Bill Mitchell." Detailed stats reveal there are 116 playable screens that you can complete before reaching the impossible-to-complete 'kill screen' on this classic title, and it appears the magical million mark may theoretically be attainable.
Wow... (Score:4, Funny)
Million points? (Score:5, Insightful)
Which is worse? That he plays Donkey Kong obsessively to the point of making it onto the front page of Slashdot or that I spent the time estimating the time it would take for him to break a million points the next time he shoots for the record? Maybe I should do a risk-analysis while I'm pissing away time...
Re:Million points? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Million points? (Score:2)
I don't have the attention span (Score:4, Funny)
hours. Now, give donkey kong a railgun or put him
in a racecar and let me play against some human
victims and I could play for 36 straight hours.
DK Haiku (Score:4, Funny)
and forsake rail gun giblets
is to be enlightened
Re:DK Haiku (Score:1, Offtopic)
I do play games other than shmups and racing games.
I like to play oldschool battlechess again and again
and again until the computer wins. I love those
pixilated THO's* the queen gets when she's about
to take something.
* - Titty Hard On
Re:DK Haiku (Score:4, Informative)
Playing Donkey Kong
Forsaking railgun giblets
Is Enlightenment
?
Re:DK Haiku (Score:2)
Playing Donkey Kong 8
Forsaking railgun giblets 13
Is Enlightenment 10
Re:DK Haiku (Score:2)
So, if you're willing to call anythin
Re:DK Haiku (Score:4, Funny)
Fo-Ru-Se-I-Ki-N-Gu Re-I-Ru-Ga-N Gi-bu-re-tsu
Oops, 16 even. >:)
Re:I don't have the attention span (Score:5, Insightful)
It's nice to be able to load up something like Donkey Kong or Dig Dug and play for 15 minutes as a diversion. On the other hand, to pull up any of the newer MMORPGs or FPS games and you'd better have a couple hours to spare.
Depends (Score:2)
much is because there isn't a large time commitment.
It comes in blocks of manageable time. I can race
for 6 minutes, then walk away or race some more.
Same mentality with FPS games.
And in related news... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And in related news... (Score:2)
Re:And in related news... (Score:2)
Couple of MAME questions (Score:2)
One, is the MAME version accurate enough to have this "kill-screen"?
Two, does anyone know of a cheat to get to this "kill-screen"? After all, I doubt I'd ever play for 2 hours just to get there, but I would be interested in seeing what lies ahead for the poor guy.
Re:Couple of MAME questions (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Couple of MAME questions (Score:2)
I assume we're talking about the "don't shoot certain character until he makes two passes without firing on second board that leaves the rest of the game not shooting" bug?
Re:Couple of MAME questions (Score:1)
It isn't a console game, but rather an ARCADE game.
I assume we're talking about the "don't shoot certain character until he makes two passes without firing on second board that leaves the rest of the game not shooting" bug?
More or less, though your specifics are off. Please see the link that I posted in the original...
(Moderators: I am removing my +1 LOOK AT ME modifier since we see
Re:Couple of MAME questions (Score:2)
o I do it on the second board (never realized you could do it on the first).
o There is no need to wait for five passes. Often a pass will go by without firing any shots ONCE. If a second time occurs then it is safe to shoot the last bug.
o There is no need to keep both bugs alive, it is only necessary that the bug you leave alive is one of the two mentioned. It's much easier to dodge one firing than two, mostly becau
Re:Couple of MAME questions (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Couple of MAME questions (Score:1)
This is interesting though, I should do some research.
Probably not though playing as I can not even get past level 3(or was that 2?).
So, the strategy seems to be... (Score:2)
Re:It'd be almost trivial to find out (Score:1)
Video game memories (Score:5, Interesting)
The guy racked up hundreds of extra lives. Eventually, he got tired of it and walked away (leaving kids to scramble to take over his game).
This video game whiz, obviously not a jack of all trades, walked to the nearby Donkey Kong console. He put in a quarter. Within seconds, Mario was crunched by a barrel. In anger, he hauled back and swatted the control knob, knocking it flying (joystick attached) across the room. He then left the arcade.
Defender (Score:2)
Re:Defender (Score:2)
I'd play inside a convenience store and often just walk away from the cabinet, go buy a coke, go back, and start playing again. During my time away I'd lose a few dozen lives. No big deal! :)
Re:Video game memories (Score:1)
I got 7600 (Score:4, Funny)
This was one of the first video games I ever played. Played it on a BBC micro if I remember right. Very cool back then.
Anyway. I managed 7600 points, first go on the Java emulator. Surely a million isn't that hard :p
http://web.utanet.at/nkehrer/JDKong.html [utanet.at]
Donkey Kong? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Donkey Kong? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Donkey Kong? (Score:1)
KLOV [klov.com] has more details, as well as a slightly sketchier rumour that the original title was intended to be "Monkey Kong", but a blurry fax caused the finished cabinet art to be titled "Donkey Kong".
Bot? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Bot? (Score:2)
The Diablo bot is a very discrete situation - a loop to walk to one close-by boss and shoot a couple fireballs, pick up the loot then start again.
Interesting read... (Score:2)
WOW!! (Score:1)