The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters Page #6

There is a Donkey Kong kill screen

likely coming up

If anybody wants to see it.

Hey, Todd, if you are interested...

There might be a Donkey Kong

kill screen...

In a couple of minutes.

I think the energy kind of hit me up,

I was feeling kind of like a zombie.

In the middle of the game.

But towards the end, I got...

A little bit of a natural rush

going from the crowd.

And the excitement.

So that kind of boosted me

And put me over the top,

to complete the game.

The kill screen kicked in.

This is the highest

Donkey Kong score done in public.

Um, Walter Day stated that this

was the highest score ever done

and this is the first kill screen achieved

On Funspot's machine.

Steve Wiebe has become

the third person

to reach a Donkey Kong's kill screen.

This is completely hard verification.

You know what I mean?

There is nothing stronger

than having it be done

in front of a crowd.

The process, it stands for itself.

He did in front of all of us,

and this solves any kind of

doubt that could ever been.

Now you will get all the acknowledge

you deserve

and that's just the way it is.

And I guess there was kinda

like an impromptu

press conference

After the score happened.

There were cameras on the game.

There were cameras on Steve Wiebe.

There were cameras on the crowd

looking at Steve Wiebe.

I didn't get an exact count of the people...

There were a lot of other witnesses

in the crowd.

And people watching it, so...

We have a verified score

on a legitimate Donkey Kong machine.

for Steve Wiebe now.

We just got off the Internet

Where a log on the front page

of the Twin Galaxies website

The news story that Steve Wiebe

just scored 985600 points...

Which essentially is

officially recognized

first place score on the website.

So he's been announced as a world champion.

We'll see what happens now with Steve

putting the pressure back on Billy Mitchell.

Thank you.

I think it hit him pretty hard.

Thank you for volunteering your phone

this was an important call...

Oh, no, no. I understand that.

Yeah, I can imagine.

He probably wasn't real thrilled.

Yes, he said now his playing on the tape

he submitted is more important than ever

- I guess don't share that with everybody.

- No, well.

We got everybody on the invitation only list.

And, um, you know what? Walter is here.

We are just kinda telling jokes

and having fun.

Eh, who is there? Like Todd and Duane?

Yes.

What I mean it's probably

a good idea

if I say hi to Todd.

Actually would you believe he's in a middle

of a Lady Bug game.

I do not think we wanna interrupt.

We have a Lady Bug cabaret in the cabin.

And Todd's got a score going.

Well, okay, can I get Walter on the phone.

Eh, a couple of hours ago

we were all at the Funspot

And, um, Brian Kuh said...

that Billy had a delivery

for us here at the cabin.

Oh!

Brian Kuh, he is kinda like

a really good friend with Billy.

He talks to him all the time.

Eh, he said everybody is gonna

want to see what's on the tape.

Brian Kuh is there?

He knows everything to do with the tape.

He knows to guard the

tape with his life.

I explained to him

he could lose his life,

but don't lose the tape.

Who wants to hear the announcement?

So even in Florida the long

arm of Billy Mitchell.

Has reached in here to Funspot seven...

To cause more interesting developments.

Now we're gonna start on this TV screen,

the video tape.

And essentially,

if Steve Wiebe or Brian Kuh...

Or anybody else

can also beat the score on that tape

by about four o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

He'll give them 10000 dollars, okay?

We know that Billy Mitchell

can pay these promises too, okay?

So he has it,

while I'm trying to get a million live

He has it set out so that people

at Funspot

Can gather around. And look at his tape..

Well, here we are.

We got cameras on the screen...

Cameras on the crowd.

No one is gonna miss this moment.

Here we go.

We have every eye in the crowd focused

right on your screen.

Everybody's looking, every camera's on here.

We are not gonna miss this for anything.

I don't think there is any distractions.

That can pull everyone away right now.

Oh, look at that.

With the bonus, we have the

first million point game of Donkey Kong

And the score reaches zero.

Six zeros all the way across.

Not even Helena of Troy

had that much attention.

Billy kinda steal the show

and he's not even there.

It's kinda the way they, you know...

Were kinda diffusing what I was going for

And hyping up Billy's videotape

It's the highest score any have ever seen.

I do not know. I suppose Walter's

gotta get to that office...

To that computer, now, does he?

Okay, go ahead and hand Walter

the phone real quick.

Hello, Billy.

Pretty good, it's all been wonderful.

Billy is probably the closest person

to being a Jedi than any of the players.

And he refers to it, with humor

as Obi-Wan Konobian people

Steve Wiebe

Not having the opportunity...

to view everything that Bill Mitchell does

I mean Bill Mitchell

plays at a great advantage.

When Billy Mitchell is watching

Steve's world record winning tapes

He is in a position

to study Steve's technique.

When the man said:

"I wanna see your papers"

And Obi-Wan Kenobi goes

"You don't need to see our papers"

And, suddenly, the guy says: "You can go"

"I do not need to see your papers. "

You saw the tape,

which is no doubt a copy.

Because I am sure

he didn't send the master.

He is going to send a copy

or the master to Rob Murczak

Who is the chief referee of Twin Galaxies.

I try to promote Twin Galaxies

as:
"integrity above all. "

Eh, I will do that with my dying breath.

And if a gamer knowingly cheats or tries to

pull anything past us

We will make sure

that the score is not recognized.

Did the gamer pause at any time?

Illegal glitches or glitch abuse

Did they cheat?

Did they paused the game after load-up

For the purpose of using a flying erase head

And then reload the game

with different settings?

I got to look at things like that.

This tape might be done in a week,

a week and a half,

to answer your question.

Walter is entering us into the Internet

as we speak.

Well, Billy Mitchell is being upgraded

we are officially submitting his score.

Eh, 1047000 and, how much Billy?

Right on the barrels, yeah.

It is kinda ironic that he went...

He was a guy that pushed for

live scores all the time.

And now here I am at Funspot, busting my ass

To get a live score...

And he just submits tape scores now.

And then beats the record.

World Record headquarters,

can I help you?

If this score, this Donkey Kong

defines Billy Mitchell,

Then why could he not find his time

to go to Funspot?

Steve did. Steve has a job.

Steve has a family. Steve has kids.

He went. Why can't Billy?

I think he feels that pressure, to...

Meet people's expectations of him...

And he puts a lot of pressure on himself

And if he doesn't succeed

I think he feels like he's failed them.

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