The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters Page #7

And he feels that deeply, I think.

If I were to break a million

he wanted to maybe show that...

you know, I have already done it.

Because nobody knows that

I've done it too.

I haven't really thought

too much about, eh...

You know, the controversy.

I kinda let it go since I went

to Funspot.

Did my best, got my score up.

I have been killing myself at school,

like, 12 or 14 hours...

Prepping three classes

And grading..

every day

after school.

I'm there until eight.

A lot of my songs are like big rock songs

with lots of guitars and

lots of layers of vocals.

Here is one called "Three lies",

I'm gonna sing this to you guys

In the midst of this cold summer day.

This is who I really am.

I'm some guy who's supposed to be

an artist

who is up there just being wild and crazy.

Because I am -

I am being Mr. Scorekeeper...

I've been doing it for 25 years so...

there is always automaton

that gets turned on.

"Well, yes. and the reason for this

is that"

"and the reason for that is this," you know?

Now I am ready to...

I am ready to let it go.

No matter how many people

get involved in this

It's still my child,

because it came right out of my psyche,

you know.

But still, the others are more

attached to it.

And they believe they need it more.

Part of the reason I'm still here doing it

is for them, to help them have

the benefit of this,

or the happiness of this...

So that they could go on and continue

to benefit people.

Because it's in such a place

that I dont have to do Twin Galaxies

But I really would like to see it

have closure that's positive.

Boy, I got cold fingers. It's cold.

I often have people asking me what

my handle is. What my three initials are.

I mean, come on.

I tell people:
"Look at me. "

What do you think my three initials were?

If you do not know, you are not

looking hard enough.

T.I.E.?

No.

Which one was I wearing yesterday?

- The flag -

- U.S.A.

U.S.A. So I had Latin friends,

and I had Canadian friends

And I always had to keep

the Americans on top.

Hello. This is a message for Walter.

I am Craig Glenday

calling from Guinness World Records.

Guinness from England called, they want me

to call them back immediately.

Hello. Craig speaking.

Craig, this is Walter Day from

Twin Galaxies, how are you?

They are announcing to the world that they

trust everything we do.

And that they rely on everything we do

as being true and honest,

and so that's why they are going with us

as the official scorekeepers

and providers of electronic gaming content

for their upcoming books.

It has become very complicated.

So to have someone

like Walter and his team...

They just know everything

there is to know...

about computer games,

Eh, it was for us a godsend.

Since older people also read your book

a certain number of people would care

what the world record is on

Donkey Kong.

We look forward to being a part of Guinness.

Yes, yes. It's a reward to be here.

You know, working with Twin Galaxies.

You just recorded a big piece of

Twin Galaxies history, you know.

You saw what I said,

There are announcing to the world

that we are the official scorekeepers

And people

have to be verified by us.

Wait till you see the poster upstairs

I just did

To turn the process of submitting to

Guinness

Into a contest.

When you want to put a score up.

And you wanna have the title of

world champion.

You're competing against

everybody in the world.

You want a title

for your own living room?

Man, I'll send you that title.

You're own arcade

Man, I'll sign it and

make up a paper

and I'll send you a plack.

You want your name in

Guinness Book of world records...

And the Twin Galaxies international

scoreboard?

You have to earn it.

I have to earn it.

There is a lot of scores I gotten.

When the time comes

And the pressure is that hard...

I will have to do it in the public for them.

As I always have.

Is that truthful?

Is that true? Then I better get practicing.

The only thing to do...

is to go somewhere and break

That would be the only way to do it

for sure, you know?

There would be no getting screwed over.

I got kicked around like the dog for so long

I don't trust referees.

This is the contest that gets them into the

Guinness Book of World Records.

So they will have that inspiration.

As far as my skills...

Yeah, I'm feeling like I'm

at the top of my game.

I would love to see Bill

defend his title...

against Steve Wiebe head-to-head.

That'd be great.

It's all about head-to-head competition.

It's kinda one of my tougher students,

he goes:

"Yeah. When are you gonna go kick

that guy's ass?"

And I go:
"Watch your language".

I go:
"I'm gonna do it here soon".

If someone is going to break

a classic arcade game record.

They gonna have to come prepared.

Maybe that's what I need.

So I could be at my best, have him there.

I was hoping Billy would be there

so we can compete head-to-head.

He's been always an applicant

of live scores.

But now he is all of a sudden

Mr. Videotape.

I mean, to win is like so important.

But to blatantly do things

that are against the rules...

And know in your heart that

you didn't do it correctly...

And get credit for it...

What kind of?...

Is there any satisfaction in that?

I do not see any.

I just need one favor from you.

I know that it's, after all

you done for me...

...give me a shoot at it without you...

kind of being my backbone.

I need to, kind of,

attack by myself.

It says:
"Good luck,

Steve, in Donkey Kong. "

- Well.

- Knock'em dead.

- I will.

"Work is for people who

can't play video games. "

- "Billy Mitchell. "

- That's right.

Out of the entire

global classic gaming hobby.

There is one significant rivalry...

That's equivalent to the big

rivalries in history...

Yankees - Red Socks, Maris - Mantle,

Heckle and Jeckle.

All the big rivalries

of history.

This is up there on that level.

So, Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe...

are going for the top spot

in the forthcoming book of world records

on Donkey Kong.

Hello, Billy. This is Steve Wiebe.

I really think

We need to settle this thing.

May the best man win.

We'll be seeing you next week.

He knows I'm going to be there.

It's just a skip away.

Hop, skip and a jump from his house...

So there is really no excuse

for him not to be there.

Never leave home without it:

How to win at "Donkey Kong. "

Yeah, so...

The Guinness... A lot of people are...

Yes, a lot of people read that book.

This is actually technically

a weight lifting glove...

Because I discovered in the eighties...

That you could buy...

a weight lifting glove which was fingerless

and I used it to play

Marble Madness.

Do you see the double padding?

Occasionally I use this to avoid calluses...

from certain joystick games.

You can do

Marble Madness track all day long.

Excuse me guys.

I got a celebrity in the car here.

- Can I cut in front of you?

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