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Mitchell was born on July 16, 1965, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. [12]In grade school, Mitchell became an avid pinball player. [5] He was initially uninterested in video games, but as they became more popular, according to Mitchell, "[e]veryone was standing around the Donkey Kong machine and I wanted that attention". [2]
American gamer Billy Mitchell was accused by Jobst of cheating to obtain his records in the arcade games Donkey Kong and Pac-Man, allegations that had already been made for years. [ 10 ] [ 16 ] Mitchell sued Jobst for defamation, seeking damages of $450,000, having also sued YouTuber Benjamin Smith, known as Apollo Legend, and speedrunning site ...
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film about competitive arcade gaming directed by Seth Gordon.It follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the high score record for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong from Billy Mitchell.
The character was partially inspired by Billy Mitchell, [4] a real-world arcade champion who became well known in the 1980s and 1990s for setting scoring records in Pac-Man and Donkey Kong and was later accused of cheating. [5] Andrew Bambridge as the young Eddie.
In September 2022, Tanner Fokkens published a report comparing Billy Mitchell's recorded video to the game emulator MAME and the original video game. He found the video matches the emulator. [19] In February 2023, photos were published of Billy Mitchell next to a Donkey Kong machine with a modified joystick.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a feature documentary about retro arcade gamers, and the competition between Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe, in which Walter Day and Twin Galaxies feature prominently, was released in theaters on August 24, 2007. The documentary was critical of Twin Galaxies' handling of challenges to long-established ...
A giant mound of bananas threatens to crush a gorilla in Banana Kong, FDG Entertainment's enjoyable iPhone and iPad game. Although it features simple touch controls, this challenging endless ...
Hank Chien at the Kong Off 3 tournament in Denver, Colorado, in November 2013. The 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters portrays Steve Wiebe's attempts to break the Donkey Kong world record, then considered to have been held by Billy Mitchell. [14]