![]() Unbeknownst to Wiebe, Shildt and Mitchell have been at odds for years after Mitchell questioned Shildt's high score, causing Twin Galaxies to disqualify it. They learn that the machine's circuit board was provided by Roy Shildt, a self-proclaimed fitness guru and pickup artist who claims the high score for Missile Command. ![]() Mitchell and Twin Galaxies send two referees to investigate Wiebe's machine. Wiebe sets a new record with a score of 1,006,600 – the first-ever score over a million. He sends the tape to Twin Galaxies as evidence and becomes a Seattle celebrity. Using his mathematical knowledge to identify exploitable patterns in the game, Wiebe sets a new record of 947,200 points in 2003. ![]() In Redmond, Washington, out-of-work engineer Steve Wiebe has purchased a Donkey Kong cabinet in hopes of achieving the world record. Restaurateur Billy Mitchell holds the high score for several arcade games, including the original 1981 release of Donkey Kong. Walter Day is the founder of Twin Galaxies, an organization dedicated to tracking high scores in arcade games, especially those from the golden age of arcade games of the early 1980s.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |