The issue at hand was whether Mitchell used an unaltered Donkey Kong motherboard or a MAME emulator for his high scores. Twin Galaxies only accepts scores from the original games, and the tape was challenged by Jeremy Young of Donkey Kong Forum. Young and others provided evidence that Mitchell’s run came from an emulator by breaking down the way the graphics appeared on screen.
Man undrade ju lite hur pass vinklad King of Kong var medan man såg den, när Billy Mitchell verkade ta till vilka metoder som helst för att behålla sitt världsrekord.
Nu verkar det som om vinkeln kanske inte var helt ogrundad. Man kan också begrunda observationen geek.com gjorde om saken:
»It’s a wild, if sad, end to a ridiculous saga. But this also makes us consider the future of arcade high-score record keeping. Original arcade boards are tough to find and maintain. But emulation makes it much easier for tons of new people to discover, play, and master classic games. Obviously standards are required to prevent cheating, but if people have to play on original hardware to be champions, we might just run out of new champions.« ― [Källa]
Det är få dokumentärer ma säger det om: men King of Kong behöver en uppföljare!
