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The King of Kong (2008) is an engaging documentary that follows two competitive gamers as they strive to achieve the highest score in a classic arcade game. The film explores their dedication, strategies, and passion for gaming, while highlighting the community and culture surrounding arcade competitions. With inspiring stories, entertaining moments, and an inside look at competitive gaming, this documentary offers an enjoyable and motivating experience for fans of video games and human achievement.  The King of Kong 2008, The King of Kong movie, The King of Kong full movie, documentary film, gaming documentary, competitive gaming film, arcade gaming story, video game culture documentary, player journey film, classic arcade movie, inspiring documentary film, character driven documentary, English documentary movie, documentary full length, documentary online, documentary free, retro gaming film, nostalgic arcade movie, entertainment documentary, human achievement story, engaging gaming experience, competitive arcade film, thoughtful documentary movie, gaming lifestyle documentary, historical gaming film, inspirational documentary movie

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00:00:30Video games are meant to be played at home, relaxing, on a couch, amongst friends, and they are, and that's fun.

00:00:39But competitive gaming, when you want to attach your name to a world record, when you want your name written into history, you have to pay the price.

00:00:48With this, it's just like me and the machine, it doesn't matter if you let me down or someone else doesn't come through.

00:00:58I can always go out there. I'm in control.

00:01:01I'm glad you touched on this. We have an uptake. This is important.

00:01:19Everybody, even grandma, games, meaning checkers, cards, if not now, in the past, show me even a frickin' nun or a hermit who hasn't done cards, checkers.

00:01:30I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs.

00:01:39I play video games, which I think is far superior in addiction than any of those other ones.

00:01:50I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to be the center of attention.

00:01:54I wanted the glory. I wanted the fame. I wanted the pretty girls come at me and say,

00:01:58hi, I see that you're good at Centipede.

00:02:02I had somebody draw an analogy for me once that I always remembered.

00:02:06The top French pilot in World War I shot down 24 enemy planes.

00:02:12The top American pilot, you don't know his name, do you? Nobody does.

00:02:16But it's Eddie Rickenbacker.

00:02:18Shot down 26 enemy planes.

00:02:20The German ace, the Red Baron, everyone knows who the Red Baron is.

00:02:25That's because he shot down 87 enemy planes.

00:02:29I mean, he was the best.

00:02:32There's just, there's a level of difference between people.

00:02:36And it translates into some games.

00:02:38Donkey Kong and Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga and Defender,

00:02:53these are the games that caught the public eye.

00:02:56These are the games people cared about.

00:02:58And so, if you want to be known as being world class, you've got to master one of those games.

00:03:04I like the simplicity of it.

00:03:06And that's what you'll probably hear from a lot of people that like retro games,

00:03:09is that it's the simplicity.

00:03:11Those games challenge eye-hand coordination, mind-body coordination,

00:03:16fast reaction time, and comprehensive thinking on a level that modern games don't.

00:03:22Memorization and pattern recognition is key.

00:03:25Because for you to get a single point further in an old game from the early 80s

00:03:28meant a tremendous increase of skill.

00:03:30If you do not know the next pattern coming up in a Tron Life Cycle event,

00:03:35you will lose your life.

00:03:36Only the diehards, who for some reason really love those games,

00:03:41continue to stick with them.

00:03:48But what we've done is had the mayor tie off the entire street

00:03:51so the Life magazine can come to town and photograph the world's greatest video game players

00:03:55who've been flown in especially for this Life photographic session.

00:03:59All these great superstars are coming from North Carolina, California, Canada,

00:04:03and many other places to be photographed as the official world champions on many different games.

00:04:10That was the first time two world-class players went head-to-head for a competition was Life magazine.

00:04:18Without a doubt, I met players that were amongst the best in the world

00:04:21and maybe even would say or do whatever they could

00:04:24to make people believe they were the best in the world.

00:04:27Well, at that time, he was the world record holder on Centipede.

00:04:31But also at that time, he was the world record holder on Donkey Kong.

00:04:34But we didn't know that because someone else was invited there from Kansas City

00:04:38who, because of a claim they had made,

00:04:41it was presumed that they were the Donkey Kong champion.

00:04:45Donkey Kong was the one that I first lied about.

00:04:48He had submitted a bogus score.

00:04:50And I finally met him there at Life magazine.

00:04:52And I finally sat down to play him.

00:04:54We had not been there long.

00:04:56And Bill said, come on, let's play.

00:04:59I went in the arcade and sat down with Donkey Kong and I beat him to a pulp.

00:05:05Well, I was better than the best.

00:05:07And I got 200,000 against Bill.

00:05:09Bill got 800,000 on his first man in that game.

00:05:13He shellacked me.

00:05:15He shellacked me.

00:05:16Basically, he walked away with his head down and humbled.

00:05:19And that brought him to the truth.

00:05:20And from there, we worked together.

00:05:24Well, the Bible Proverbs says,

00:05:27as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

00:05:30Bill made me a better person and did so by basically making me confess.

00:05:37I've pointed out to Steve that he's the person he is today

00:05:40because he came under the wrath of Bill Mitchell.

00:05:44In front of the 19 top players in the nation, actually North America,

00:05:48he did the highest Donkey Kong score possible

00:05:51and also found out that the game ends on the 22nd board.

00:05:55Since ISOCAL debuted,

00:06:25on the scene at Life Magazine in 1982,

00:06:28there hasn't been anybody who's played even close.

00:06:32When Billy Mitchell walks into an arcade,

00:06:35you know, everything stops.

00:06:37There's electricity around Billy Mitchell.

00:06:38Everybody wants to crowd around him.

00:06:40Everybody wants to see him.

00:06:41You know, everything about him is perfect.

00:06:43You know, Billy is just that person, you know,

00:06:45he wants to represent.

00:06:46If you could hack into the machine and program it to play itself,

00:06:49you couldn't even program it that well.

00:06:51There's a glamour to Billy.

00:06:53There's a specialness to Billy.

00:06:54He was the first.

00:06:55He was the first great, great player.

00:06:57The fact of the matter is,

00:06:58Bill is the best classic arcade gamer of our era.

00:07:03It's actually carved a part of my personality

00:07:05that benefits me every day.

00:07:08I mean, a burning passion never to settle for what I have

00:07:11in my business, in my family.

00:07:14That's what competitive gaming has done for me.

00:07:16He's a winner.

00:07:18Billy Mitchell is absolutely a winner.

00:07:20It's sort of like being in a maze.

00:07:22But everything you see is actually sauce.

00:07:26The all-around most seasoned person

00:07:27in the hot sauce chicken wing industry,

00:07:30yeah, for sure, me.

00:07:31There's the production end of it.

00:07:33There's the preparation.

00:07:35When there's the sales end of it,

00:07:37there's not somebody who encompasses

00:07:39all of those areas like me that I've ever met.

00:07:41He sells his hot sauce.

00:07:42He sells himself.

00:07:43Because he's so charming

00:07:44and such a good ambassador for all gaming

00:07:48because he's positive.

00:07:49There's no reason, in my opinion,

00:07:51why Billy Mitchell couldn't end up

00:07:52on a Wheaties box someday.

00:08:01The video arcade classic has finally been conquered.

00:08:05On July 4th, at a New Hampshire arcade,

00:08:0734-year-old Billy Mitchell became the first person

00:08:10to master Pac-Man by recording the first-ever perfect game.

00:08:15Billy Mitchell, primo joystick dude,

00:08:18amazing in the maze, he ain't gonna lose.

00:08:21To get through every board, getting every dot,

00:08:24every energizer, every ghost that's applicable

00:08:26to reach to the final 256 screen without dying,

00:08:30that's impressive in its own right.

00:08:31The success of this was not just because

00:08:33someone got a perfect Pac-Man score,

00:08:35but because Billy Mitchell got a perfect Pac-Man score.

00:08:38Blue men in the corridors singing the blues.

00:08:41A perfect game goes down.

00:08:46Billy's on the move.

00:08:48If I have all this good fortune,

00:08:55if everything's rolling my way,

00:08:57if all these balls have bounced in my favor,

00:09:00there's some poor bastard out there

00:09:02who's getting the screws put to him.

00:09:03When I got laid off and I had time on my hands,

00:09:19I was thinking, well, what can I do

00:09:21to kind of feel like I have control of something?

00:09:25So I looked at Twin Galaxies.

00:09:29I just, well, I typed in Donkey Kong World Record

00:09:31and some spreadsheet came up

00:09:33and I saw what the score was.

00:09:36It was held by Billy Mitchell

00:09:38and it was like 874,000.

00:09:43I go, hey, I can beat that.

00:09:49Almost there.

00:09:50I mean, I'm not the kind of wife that's needy

00:09:52that I need him sitting on the couch with me every night.

00:09:54I don't need that.

00:09:55What I need is him in the house helping me with the kids

00:09:57or I need him being with the kids.

00:09:58So he would want to come out here and play

00:10:00and that would drive me crazy

00:10:01because he is definitely OCD.

00:10:04When he is obsessed on something,

00:10:05he is so focused and I have to be like, hello.

00:10:09So then I just said, you have to do it at night.

00:10:15When's what we choose, Edie?

00:10:20Yeah, it's pretty easy.

00:10:23I dreamed of, you know, being a musician for a living.

00:10:28That's what my dream was.

00:10:29He was brought up to be that he was smart,

00:10:32he was an athlete, he was talented

00:10:34and for whatever reason,

00:10:35he could never get those to fit.

00:10:44Steve was one of the original starving grunge bands

00:10:48here in Seattle, just starving.

00:10:50The only people who came to see him was us.

00:10:53With his music, it's almost like he didn't want people

00:10:56to know he was doing it.

00:10:57He's a total paradox that way.

00:10:59I've been looking so long

00:11:01He has maybe a little social hang-ups here and there

00:11:07that haven't allowed him to be as successful

00:11:11on one end as in other ends.

00:11:13I got to the state finals

00:11:15and Steve couldn't pitch.

00:11:18I've probably seen Steve with tears in his eyes

00:11:20more than any other guy I know

00:11:22because of the frustration that would build him

00:11:24and half the time it was on the pitcher's mound.

00:11:26He had hurt his arm.

00:11:28I had pitched him too much.

00:11:30I was the manager of the team.

00:11:33It was a chance for him to shine

00:11:35in front of thousands of people.

00:11:37That killed him, that he couldn't pitch

00:11:40because it's that competitiveness in him.

00:11:42I envisioned him as an engineer at Boeing.

00:11:58My dad worked at Boeing for 30-some years

00:12:01and the plan was to go to Boeing and be a lifer,

00:12:05as they call him.

00:12:07But things didn't work out.

00:12:09I don't know if he told you he was laid off the day

00:12:10or he slung papers on our house.

00:12:12Yeah.

00:12:23He never has quite reached that pinnacle.

00:12:26He never quite in any of his endeavors

00:12:29was regaled as the number one guy,

00:12:32the guy that was better than the rest

00:12:33and was on top of the mountain.

00:12:36Oh, he's just come up short

00:12:37in a lot of things in his life

00:12:38and I just think, you know,

00:12:41nobody wants to do that all the time.

00:12:53It has my high score saved on there from last.

00:12:56What plunged me into competitive gaming

00:13:10never to come out was Donkey Kong.

00:13:14Donkey Kong, well, that was the first ever Mario game.

00:13:17The whole thing is a construction site.

00:13:19It's all these girders and elevators

00:13:21with ladders going from one girder to the next.

00:13:23The whole goal the whole time

00:13:24is to get past the obstacles

00:13:26that Kong is throwing at you

00:13:28and get the girl.

00:13:31Well, Donkey Kong, without question,

00:13:32is the hardest game.

00:13:33It's ridiculously difficult on the first screen.

00:13:37The King Kong figure, Donkey Kong,

00:13:39is releasing these barrels.

00:13:41You've got to jump over the barrels.

00:13:43You've got to duck the barrels.

00:13:45You can grab a hammer and hammer the barrels.

00:13:47Okay, the secret about the barrel board

00:13:49is you can actually control the barrels.

00:13:52It's right above this ladder.

00:13:53You'll do a quick left

00:13:54and then a hard right turn.

00:13:56See how it went down?

00:13:57It went down again.

00:13:58You've got to get past all the barrels,

00:14:00the fireballs, get up the ladders

00:14:02and get up to Fay Wray.

00:14:03And as soon as you get to her,

00:14:05Donkey Kong takes her away to the next level.

00:14:09The average Donkey Kong game

00:14:11doesn't last a minute.

00:14:12It's absolute brutality.

00:14:13Each of the 18 elevator boards

00:14:16represents the greatest challenge

00:14:17in video game playing.

00:14:19The average gamer on Donkey Kong

00:14:20will never get past

00:14:22the third elevator stage.

00:14:24Just the slightest touch

00:14:26from one of these springs kills you.

00:14:27There's no hammer for them.

00:14:28There's no way to defeat them.

00:14:30All you can do is avoid them.

00:14:31That's it.

00:14:32The secret to the third elevators

00:14:34is knowing which spring to go on

00:14:36and then knowing which spring

00:14:39to move up the ladder on

00:14:40and recognizing when you must retreat.

00:14:43If you don't time it just exactly right,

00:14:46you will die.

00:14:46It boils down to hardcore skill.

00:14:50So I go on that one

00:14:51because it lined up with the dash line.

00:14:53Now I'm waiting for one

00:14:54to line up with the solid line there.

00:14:58I have said from the day I met Steve

00:15:00that his talent is in his hands.

00:15:03He pitched.

00:15:05He was a basketball.

00:15:06He's a phenomenal drawer.

00:15:07I don't know if you've ever seen pictures

00:15:08that he's drawn,

00:15:09but he's very artistic.

00:15:11It's operating on some subconscious level

00:15:13with him, I think.

00:15:15When we were driving to Kansas

00:15:17or whatever family trips,

00:15:19he'd sit there and for 100 miles

00:15:21would bang his head, you know,

00:15:23four-four time against the back of the seat.

00:15:26Five, six, seven, eight, nine...

00:15:29Well, I've often thought

00:15:30that he maybe was a little autistic,

00:15:31that he's just that obsessive compulsive

00:15:33because he would get something in his mind.

00:15:36He wanted to play drums

00:15:37and I don't even know where he got that idea.

00:15:40This is Derek's drum set

00:15:41and it's not too bad.

00:15:45It does the trick.

00:16:07The actual gameplay involves so much eye-hand coordination,

00:16:31mind-body coordination,

00:16:32fast reaction time,

00:16:34and comprehensive thinking.

00:16:35It's such a high level of precise execution.

00:16:38So much skill.

00:16:40Involves so much learning.

00:16:44You have to have deep, comprehensive intelligence.

00:16:53For years and years it was believed

00:16:58that the Billy's record of 874,000 in 1982

00:17:02was really the highest score anyone would ever get.

00:17:05And in fact, some of us have played this game

00:17:07every day or every week or every month since then

00:17:09and no one's gotten close to that.

00:17:11No one across that big length of time

00:17:14will ever be able to beat his world record.

00:17:18I was having a game of my life.

00:17:41I think I got 600,000 and I hadn't died yet.

00:17:47And I start hearing some noises coming down the stairs,

00:17:51screaming.

00:17:52I don't believe this is happening, guys.

00:17:57Wipe your bottom?

00:18:01Yeah.

00:18:02I will in a second, bud.

00:18:04What?

00:18:05Okay, bring me some toilet paper, buddy.

00:18:08Derek, I'm going to get the world record, Derek.

00:18:11Derek, I'm going to get the world record.

00:18:13Don't play.

00:18:15Derek.

00:18:15No.

00:18:16No.

00:18:18Derek.

00:18:19Derek, you stop it.

00:18:27It's all on tape.

00:18:28And that's the tape I had to send into the Twin Galaxies.

00:18:33Everything I'm all about by practicing

00:18:36Transcendental Meditation,

00:18:38I like to see that mirrored

00:18:39in the way I apply myself to the video game world

00:18:42and that I seek to find champions

00:18:44and watch them grow and become even greater

00:18:46as they begin to unfold more and more of their full potential,

00:18:50which is what we do when we do TM.

00:18:52If Walter, through all these years,

00:18:54all the way since 1982,

00:18:57hadn't continued as a labor of love,

00:19:00then there would be no central organization

00:19:02for competitive video game playing.

00:19:04Why do we do it?

00:19:06Because we actually love this,

00:19:08because we enjoy this.

00:19:09We're fascinated by this.

00:19:10It's just something in our genes

00:19:11that my group, Twin Galaxies,

00:19:14raised the banner high to do this

00:19:15and move organized video game playing into the future.

00:19:19Walter opened the door to truly,

00:19:22I was going to say international,

00:19:23but at the very least,

00:19:24national competitive gaming.

00:19:27We just happened to call it Twin Galaxies.

00:19:28The name burst into my brain.

00:19:31Walter Day didn't do that by accident,

00:19:33didn't get lucky.

00:19:33He created his own empire.

00:19:36Join us again for video game news update.

00:19:39I'm Walter Day at the Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard.

00:19:42It's been a wearying thing being the scorekeeper,

00:19:43because everybody picks on me, you know,

00:19:45because I'm the man, you know.

00:19:47I'm a police officer.

00:19:48Video games need a guy like Bush who will say,

00:19:51look, this is the way we're going to do it.

00:19:53This is the rule.

00:19:54And if you don't like it, tough.

00:19:56You've got to have that.

00:19:58If you didn't have that in the NFL, who'd win?

00:20:00How do you declare a champion unless there are rules,

00:20:03and if you break them, you lose?

00:20:06The best features about him are also his biggest downfall.

00:20:22People could just run over him because he's so nice.

00:20:24Twin Galaxies survives because people like Walter,

00:20:29people like Robert Mirzak,

00:20:30people like me who participate all for a passion of competitive gaming.

00:20:37Nobody draws a paycheck.

00:20:39I don't see details in him.

00:20:40I see big pictures, you know.

00:20:42I see the big concept that lies behind the whole issue,

00:20:45and then I tweak that.

00:20:46I can't do details and details.

00:20:48Twin Galaxies needs a staff of detail-oriented people like Robert Mirzak.

00:20:52Anything that's unexplainable, out of the ordinary,

00:20:57we have to keep our eyes out for it.

00:20:59That's not to say we're infallible.

00:21:01When I have to watch that pile of eight tapes over there

00:21:04for Dwayne Richards' two-day Nibbler performance,

00:21:07that's 48 straight hours of paying attention

00:21:09to make sure that he's doing everything correctly.

00:21:12Package from the Metroid team in Brazil,

00:21:14some Atari 2600 records, got to watch that.

00:21:17These things take time to verify,

00:21:19and I have to look at every single one of these.

00:21:21Like I showed you over here,

00:21:23this is just 200 videotapes.

00:21:25That's nothing.

00:21:26This is the real stuff that I have to do.

00:21:29I see world records in my room,

00:21:30set just about every single day.

00:21:33Some people think a world record is what's set at the Olympics

00:21:35or at the end of a baseball season.

00:21:37I see this every single day,

00:21:39and not just sometimes once.

00:21:41It's exciting.

00:21:42Derek!

00:21:43You stop it!

00:21:46You stop it!

00:21:58Stop it!

00:22:00Derek, stop it!

00:22:01No!

00:22:05Derek!

00:22:07Derek, I'm going to throw away your rush

00:22:09if you don't stop it.

00:22:10Derek!

00:22:10Somebody has accomplished something

00:22:12that not only I can't do,

00:22:13that nobody else has ever done before.

00:22:14And it's exciting to see that firsthand.

00:22:17That's how you play Donkey Kong.

00:22:19New world record.

00:22:24Welcome back.

00:22:25Bill Gates isn't necessarily

00:22:26the most famous name in Redmond tonight.

00:22:29Coming up, meet the man

00:22:30who's at the top of his game.

00:22:32A Donkey Kong world record.

00:22:33He was a big celebrity there

00:22:36for a bit in Seattle.

00:22:37I was just doing it

00:22:39because that would be

00:22:40a neat achievement.

00:22:41I didn't think it would ever

00:22:41blow up to be a big story.

00:22:45He goes,

00:22:45you're the first lady of Donkey Kong.

00:22:47I'm like, oh my God.

00:22:49Even though it was this

00:22:50silly video game thing,

00:22:53it's not many of us

00:22:54that have a buddy

00:22:54who's the best

00:22:57in the world

00:22:58at something.

00:22:59That was a godsend to him

00:23:00in the last couple years

00:23:01to get him through.

00:23:02Like it might be

00:23:04was like a safe haven for him.

00:23:05Yeah.

00:23:20We're at Kamiakin Junior High

00:23:21and we're in my seventh

00:23:23and eighth grade

00:23:24science classroom.

00:23:25My first year of teaching,

00:23:26so it's been a challenge,

00:23:28but very enjoyable so far.

00:23:30Sand, the soil,

00:23:33and the cornstarch.

00:23:36I went to the city university

00:23:38which had a program

00:23:40and one year,

00:23:41you get a master's degree.

00:23:43So we roughed it out

00:23:44for a year

00:23:45and here I am today.

00:23:47So it finally worked out.

00:23:50It's fun

00:23:50and he's not making it

00:23:52so it's like,

00:23:53this is science.

00:23:54This is boring.

00:23:56He talks to us

00:23:56about stuff that's not just

00:23:58like homework

00:23:59and schoolwork

00:24:00and school and stuff.

00:24:00Okay, here's

00:24:01my history with Donkey Kong

00:24:04is I have the world record.

00:24:07Okay, I didn't know

00:24:08it was a world record.

00:24:10It's for Donkey Kong,

00:24:11is it?

00:24:12Oh my God.

00:24:14There is like,

00:24:15it's all the science

00:24:16teachers here are weird.

00:24:18Steve deserves a lot

00:24:19of credit for that

00:24:20because he also,

00:24:20he also broke the record

00:24:22on Donkey Kong Jr.

00:24:23So he,

00:24:24he took two,

00:24:26he took two of Billy's titles

00:24:27like right away from him.

00:24:28and I don't mean to sound,

00:24:30you know,

00:24:30crude or anything

00:24:31but he did,

00:24:32he did,

00:24:32officially he did.

00:24:33That was the last

00:24:34world record that Bill

00:24:36ever had.

00:24:37That was the last one to go.

00:24:38He had five world records

00:24:39in 1985

00:24:39and he had the Donkey Kong

00:24:41and then Steve Weeby

00:24:43took it away.

00:24:45It's far more difficult

00:24:46when you're on top,

00:24:48anybody who's on top

00:24:49to stay on top.

00:24:50Billy's got a lot of things

00:24:51up his sleeve.

00:24:53He likes to keep quiet

00:24:54in situations like that.

00:24:56So, you know,

00:24:57somebody may have

00:24:58taken him down now

00:24:59but behind closed doors,

00:25:00Billy's got something planned.

00:25:02That's Billy Mitchell.

00:25:03On my phone,

00:25:03it says never surrender.

00:25:04If somebody beat his record,

00:25:07he'd have a plan

00:25:08to beat it back.

00:25:09I'm sure.

00:25:10The worst thing

00:25:11that could happen

00:25:12would be

00:25:13to give somebody

00:25:14the credibility

00:25:15of a score

00:25:16that doesn't deserve it.

00:25:19But even far worse

00:25:21than that

00:25:21would be

00:25:22to deny somebody

00:25:23the credibility

00:25:24when they deserved it.

00:25:25If I'm not there,

00:25:28I don't know.

00:25:29Get this.

00:25:30I came home one day

00:25:31and there was two people

00:25:33in my garage

00:25:34looking at my machine.

00:25:36They wanted to...

00:25:37They're spies.

00:25:39It was a Saturday.

00:25:40It was in...

00:25:41July or August.

00:25:44And my mom was here

00:25:45because I was getting

00:25:45ready to go to work.

00:25:46And these guys

00:25:47knocked on the door

00:25:48and I don't think

00:25:48I knew they were going

00:25:49to be here at all.

00:25:51And they said

00:25:52who they were

00:25:53and they wanted to come in

00:25:54and look at the machine.

00:25:54And I knew I had to leave

00:25:56and I said

00:25:56I'm not comfortable

00:25:57in letting you do that.

00:25:59I have to go to work.

00:26:00My mom is here.

00:26:03Steve's going to be home shortly.

00:26:04You just need to wait.

00:26:06You just need to wait.

00:26:07To find out

00:26:07at an ultra elite level

00:26:09whether or not

00:26:10a score is good,

00:26:11sometimes we have no choice

00:26:12but to call in the pros.

00:26:14Brian Koo,

00:26:15the Donkey Kong player,

00:26:16went to Steve's place.

00:26:17Bill asked me to do it

00:26:18but I didn't have time

00:26:19to go do it

00:26:19so Brian did it.

00:26:20Went there with

00:26:21one of the most

00:26:22respective gamers

00:26:22of all time,

00:26:23Perry Rogers,

00:26:24to back him up.

00:26:25Billy Mitchell

00:26:25and Twin Galaxies

00:26:26asked me to,

00:26:28because I live in an area

00:26:29near him,

00:26:30to go investigate him

00:26:31so we went out to his house.

00:26:33I mean,

00:26:33I'm the homeowner,

00:26:34it's my house,

00:26:35I'm the wife

00:26:35of the Donkey Kong guy.

00:26:37They should have respected

00:26:37my wishes

00:26:38and left my mom alone

00:26:39and not come in

00:26:40but they didn't.

00:26:41They took apart

00:26:42his Donkey Kong machine

00:26:44and started taking

00:26:45pictures of everything,

00:26:46you know,

00:26:46trying to look for an excuse

00:26:47to try to invalidate a score.

00:26:48They saw this box

00:26:50that has Roy Schilt's

00:26:53return address on it

00:26:55so they looked over

00:26:57and they said,

00:26:57Roy Schilt,

00:26:58why is Roy Schilt's name

00:26:59on there?

00:27:00Roy Schilt is the type

00:27:01of gamer that would like

00:27:02nothing more than

00:27:03to see Twin Galaxies

00:27:05get an egg on its face.

00:27:06I want you to remember

00:27:12that no punk bastard

00:27:15ever got a gnarly piece

00:27:17of poong tang

00:27:18by being sensitive

00:27:20and considerate.

00:27:21He calls himself

00:27:22Mr. Awesome.

00:27:24He drives the awesome-mobile

00:27:25to fame and fortune,

00:27:27as he says on his website.

00:27:28He's jealous of Billy

00:27:29because Billy gets attention

00:27:31from beautiful women

00:27:32wherever he goes

00:27:33and essentially

00:27:34he wants to be like Billy.

00:27:35I mean,

00:27:36I've seen

00:27:36the world champion

00:27:38cherry pit spitter

00:27:39on The Tonight Show

00:27:40with Jay Leno.

00:27:41If that guy should be

00:27:42on The Tonight Show,

00:27:42at least I can just

00:27:44be a celebrity for a day.

00:27:46I didn't even get that.

00:27:47I got no recognition at all.

00:27:48I didn't get to be

00:27:49on any television shows.

00:27:51It's like I was a ghost

00:27:52and I just don't feel

00:27:53it's right.

00:27:54I just want a little recognition.

00:27:56Not necessarily

00:27:56to become a celebrity.

00:27:58Hey, Billy.

00:27:58How you doing, man?

00:27:59How you doing?

00:28:00Billy, how are you?

00:28:01I'm perfect.

00:28:02Haven't you read?

00:28:03Twin Galaxies does a lot

00:28:04to promote,

00:28:05Billy

00:28:05because it's very much

00:28:07to Twin Galaxies' advantage

00:28:08and very much

00:28:09to the whole gaming hobby's advantage

00:28:11for Billy to become a star.

00:28:12When Walter Day published

00:28:14that book in 1997

00:28:15with all those egregious errors

00:28:17in there,

00:28:18Bill Mitchell saw it

00:28:19and he knew they were wrong.

00:28:20He knew they were mistakes

00:28:21but he tried to pretend

00:28:22like they were real

00:28:23to try to take

00:28:24my Missile Command score down.

00:28:26Roy and I met

00:28:26at California Extreme

00:28:28and he knew that I had the capability

00:28:31of beating Billy on Donkey Kong.

00:28:33Steve Weavey is the one

00:28:34who had unlocked the secrets

00:28:35to Donkey Kong

00:28:36to figure out

00:28:36how to get a million points.

00:28:38He offered to buy me a board,

00:28:40a Donkey Kong board

00:28:40because mine had broken

00:28:42and I didn't have the money.

00:28:43So, you know,

00:28:45it was a mutual beneficial relationship.

00:28:48He would buy me a board,

00:28:49I would have the opportunity

00:28:50to beat Billy's record

00:28:51and at the same time

00:28:52I would take Billy down

00:28:54and seek Roy's revenge on Billy.

00:28:56And it seemed good at the time,

00:28:59you know,

00:29:00and unknowing to me,

00:29:02I didn't know the history

00:29:02between the bad blood

00:29:04with Roy and Billy.

00:29:06To attempt something like this

00:29:08for the sole purpose

00:29:09of taking down

00:29:11one of Bill's scores,

00:29:13it's like a slap in the face.

00:29:15They would say

00:29:16that I somehow monkeyed

00:29:17with the board or something,

00:29:18but they wouldn't have any evidence.

00:29:20They looked at the board,

00:29:21they took the pictures of the board

00:29:22and they couldn't find

00:29:23anything wrong with it.

00:29:24The fact that

00:29:25the right gummy substance

00:29:27on the right ship

00:29:28out of all of these chips

00:29:29in the right spot

00:29:31on the right board,

00:29:34I mean,

00:29:35I have to say

00:29:37there's a conspiracy here.

00:29:38Any board that's worked on

00:29:40could have a problem.

00:29:42To find out that

00:29:43this gamer potentially

00:29:45has a fraudulent score

00:29:47has upset Billy's master plan

00:29:49for what he wanted to do.

00:29:50I mean, when you come home

00:29:51and see two guys in your garage

00:29:52and you know why

00:29:53and you've learned why they're there

00:29:54and you've got to start

00:29:55from a guy like Bill Mitchell,

00:29:56I mean, you know,

00:29:58who's done crazy thing

00:29:59after crazy thing

00:30:00after what's the next crazy thing,

00:30:02you know?

00:30:02Billy Mitchell

00:30:03was one of the evaluators,

00:30:05which seemed a little strange

00:30:06that the guy

00:30:07whose records

00:30:08Steve is competing against

00:30:10is deciding

00:30:11whether or not

00:30:12Steve's records

00:30:12are valid.

00:30:14Even if

00:30:14that board

00:30:16is a completely

00:30:16legitimate board,

00:30:17Roy's taint on it

00:30:19is too strong.

00:30:20Roy Schultz's a liar,

00:30:21Roy Schultz's a cheater,

00:30:22Roy Schultz's full of crap,

00:30:23Roy Schultz's out to get me

00:30:25and he's crazy,

00:30:26blah, blah, blah, blah.

00:30:28Well, he's threatened

00:30:29Bill Mitchell physically.

00:30:31In fact,

00:30:32he has threatened

00:30:34Bill Mitchell's life.

00:30:35No, I did not.

00:30:36I did not.

00:30:37I did not.

00:30:38He threatened his own life

00:30:39to make it look like me

00:30:42because for whatever,

00:30:44to gain leverage

00:30:45with other people,

00:30:46I don't know.

00:30:47He figured

00:30:47what he knows

00:30:49is that my Missile Command

00:30:50score is genuine.

00:30:51No matter what I say,

00:30:53it draws controversy.

00:30:54It's sort of like

00:30:55the abortion issue.

00:30:56If you're for it,

00:30:58you're a son of a gun.

00:30:59If you're against it,

00:30:59you're a son of a gun.

00:31:01I'm not God.

00:31:02I don't have all the answers.

00:31:04So I have to be careful

00:31:05how I share my opinions.

00:31:07So Roy just was trying

00:31:08to help me out

00:31:09and I accepted his offer.

00:31:13I just, you know,

00:31:14it's just too bad

00:31:15that association with him,

00:31:17I never thought

00:31:17that would hurt me.

00:31:19We couldn't accept

00:31:20a pretender board set,

00:31:22so to speak.

00:31:23So we couldn't accept

00:31:24the score.

00:31:30I would encourage Steve

00:31:31just to leave that board

00:31:32behind, leave Roy behind,

00:31:35and only play

00:31:36on other Donkey Kong machines

00:31:38like the one at Funspot,

00:31:39for example.

00:31:40To me, most importantly,

00:31:41is you travel to a sanctioned location

00:31:43like Funspot.

00:31:44That makes it official.

00:31:46If tomorrow Tiger Woods goes

00:31:48and he golfs at 59,

00:31:49big deal.

00:31:51If he does that at Augusta,

00:31:52that's where it counts.

00:31:54He's never really

00:31:55asserted himself

00:31:57in a way that

00:31:59I think he should.

00:32:00It's been

00:32:01disappointed so many times

00:32:04where you just kind of like

00:32:05throw your hands up and go,

00:32:06well, let's move on

00:32:07to the next thing.

00:32:08Everything would have

00:32:09fell right into place,

00:32:11but he forgot about

00:32:11one thing.

00:32:14About me convincing

00:32:17Steve Wiebe not to be a chump,

00:32:18talking him out of

00:32:19being out of

00:32:20chumpatizing himself.

00:32:21I didn't think twice

00:32:22about sending him

00:32:23to back east.

00:32:25It was like,

00:32:26absolutely.

00:32:27Go kick some ass.

00:32:28Hi, my name's Justine Barker

00:32:35and I am Miss Winnebosaki.

00:32:37I would like to welcome you

00:32:38to the 7th annual

00:32:39American Classic Arcade Museum

00:32:40Tournament at Funspot.

00:32:42Funspot has become

00:32:43the best recognized place

00:32:46worldwide

00:32:47for those who want to set

00:32:49a world record

00:32:50on a classic game.

00:32:51funspot is the mecca

00:33:00of classic arcade games

00:33:02and that place

00:33:03is awesome.

00:33:06Funspot's the premier place

00:33:07where the media

00:33:08comes and meets

00:33:09with the superstars.

00:33:10That's where we don't see

00:33:11maybe a lot of

00:33:12DDG,

00:33:14which is gorgeous

00:33:15if you don't know,

00:33:16girls

00:33:16who are playing the games.

00:33:18The world's best players

00:33:20of classic games

00:33:21are coming here

00:33:22to do what they do best,

00:33:23play well.

00:33:38Very recently,

00:33:39just a few months back,

00:33:40I turned 30

00:33:41and I retired

00:33:42and I moved here

00:33:44to New Hampshire

00:33:44and I live right close

00:33:46to Funspot.

00:33:46I play games

00:33:47at Funspot

00:33:48every day now.

00:33:48I'm going to have

00:33:4910 pieces of well-done bacon,

00:33:50I'm going to have

00:33:51four hard-boiled eggs,

00:33:52I'm going to have

00:33:52three pancakes

00:33:53and hopefully

00:33:54play some great games.

00:33:55Hear him in my garage,

00:33:57we're going to give

00:33:57Billy Mitchell a call

00:33:58to see if he's up

00:34:00to a challenge

00:34:00at Funspot.

00:34:02Let's go ahead

00:34:03and dial him up.

00:34:04Hi, you reach

00:34:05Bill Mitchell.

00:34:05I'm sorry,

00:34:06I'm unavailable

00:34:06to take your call.

00:34:07Please leave your name

00:34:08and phone number.

00:34:08I'll call you back

00:34:09as soon as possible.

00:34:10Thank you.

00:34:11At the tone,

00:34:12please record your message.

00:34:13When you finish recording

00:34:14your hangout

00:34:15or press one

00:34:16for more options.

00:34:17Hey Billy,

00:34:18this is Steve Lebe.

00:34:20Just calling

00:34:20to see how you're doing.

00:34:21Hope everything's

00:34:22okay with you.

00:34:23Just seeing what

00:34:24your plans are

00:34:25for Funspot.

00:34:27I was,

00:34:27Walter Day

00:34:28invited me out there

00:34:29and I was just

00:34:30wondering if it'd be

00:34:31cool if we could

00:34:32maybe just have

00:34:33a kind of

00:34:33friendly competition thing.

00:34:35I help a lot of people

00:34:39who want to go

00:34:40to contests.

00:34:40When I look at

00:34:41different people

00:34:42who are my favorites

00:34:43who I'd want to help,

00:34:45she's at the top

00:34:46of the list.

00:34:49Surprise!

00:34:50And at the ripe age

00:34:51of 80,

00:34:53she's going to go

00:34:53to Funspot

00:34:54and she's going to

00:34:55set a world record

00:34:56on Q-Bert.

00:34:57Okay.

00:34:58That's the challenge.

00:34:59All right.

00:34:59Is it agreed?

00:35:00Yeah.

00:35:01Nothing's gonna ever

00:35:02keep you down

00:35:03on the best

00:35:04of the world.

00:35:06Nothing's gonna ever

00:35:07keep you down.

00:35:13You know,

00:35:13we have a

00:35:14Donkey Kong machine here

00:35:15that Funspot

00:35:15purchased in

00:35:16It's a year of issue

00:35:17and it might even be

00:35:18a little bit tougher

00:35:19to play here.

00:35:19People complain

00:35:20about getting

00:35:20too many wild barrels

00:35:22and although it's

00:35:22totally a random element,

00:35:23if you're going to

00:35:24set a score,

00:35:25you come to Funspot,

00:35:26set it on their

00:35:27Donkey Kong

00:35:27that everybody knows about.

00:35:29They won't give me

00:35:30my record

00:35:30so they've urged me

00:35:33to come out

00:35:33and do it live

00:35:34and I think it's

00:35:35cooler to do it live too.

00:35:37I'm pretty amped up

00:35:38about Donkey Kong

00:35:39because I am

00:35:40a serious contender

00:35:42on Donkey Kong.

00:35:43I've been trying

00:35:43to actually beat

00:35:44the score

00:35:44that Billy Mitchell

00:35:45got back in 1982.

00:35:47Nicole,

00:35:48she was stressing

00:35:50about being home

00:35:51this weekend

00:35:52with the kids

00:35:53without me.

00:35:54She's probably

00:35:55getting sick

00:35:55of the Donkey Kong

00:35:56thing.

00:35:56It doesn't seem

00:35:57to die.

00:35:58This is a big weekend

00:35:59and I'm really hoping

00:35:59that this fellow

00:36:00shows up

00:36:00because he'd like

00:36:02to tell you

00:36:02that he's the

00:36:04Donkey Kong champion

00:36:04and the fact

00:36:06of the matter

00:36:06is all of us

00:36:08have not seen

00:36:09him play Donkey Kong.

00:36:10No one really

00:36:11noticed me at first.

00:36:12I was kind of

00:36:13looking to see

00:36:14who I'd pay

00:36:15the money to

00:36:16to get in the tournament.

00:36:17Signed in.

00:36:19I recognized

00:36:19Robert Mirzak.

00:36:21He's about 30

00:36:21seconds away.

00:36:22Dying.

00:36:24So I just

00:36:24pretty much

00:36:25walked over

00:36:26to the Donkey Kong

00:36:26machine.

00:36:27Okay.

00:36:28We might have

00:36:29a good story.

00:36:29It looks like

00:36:30the mysterious

00:36:31player from

00:36:31the West Coast,

00:36:32Steve Weeb,

00:36:32is here.

00:36:33I'm playing

00:36:33Donkey Kong.

00:36:34So maybe

00:36:34I'm going to

00:36:35stop watching

00:36:36the tournament

00:36:36and we'll

00:36:37go oversee him.

00:36:40Hey, Walter.

00:36:41You did it, man.

00:36:42Good to see you.

00:36:43I'm really glad

00:36:44you came.

00:36:44Yeah.

00:36:46It's a long

00:36:47plane ride.

00:36:49I don't want to

00:36:50divide your attention

00:36:51too much.

00:36:51Is Roy coming?

00:36:53No, I don't

00:36:54believe so.

00:36:55He didn't say

00:36:56anything to me.

00:36:57When did you

00:36:57last talk to him?

00:36:58A week,

00:36:59a few days ago.

00:37:00Steve, apparently,

00:37:01as I understand,

00:37:02is here right now

00:37:03to prove to everyone

00:37:04that he's got

00:37:05what it takes.

00:37:05But with Donkey Kong,

00:37:06it's, you know,

00:37:08it's a little random.

00:37:09You could get

00:37:10bad luck with the

00:37:12barrels.

00:37:14You can get bad

00:37:14luck with the

00:37:15fireballs,

00:37:15with conveyor belts,

00:37:16with the elevators,

00:37:17because that's a

00:37:18tough machine.

00:37:19These people think

00:37:20that the machine

00:37:21is possessed,

00:37:22really.

00:37:22Even Bill thinks

00:37:23it's possessed.

00:37:24But if Steve

00:37:25can pull off

00:37:26$850,000

00:37:27higher on the

00:37:28machine,

00:37:29that's a good

00:37:29score.

00:37:35Well, Billy Mitchell

00:37:36is the champion.

00:37:36I guess that makes

00:37:37me the prodigy.

00:37:37So we've got

00:37:38the prodigy

00:37:39against the newcomer.

00:37:40You can really

00:37:41make a comparison

00:37:41between an athletic

00:37:42event and this,

00:37:43because this is,

00:37:44you know,

00:37:44this is four days

00:37:45of, you know,

00:37:46really of alertness

00:37:47and paying attention

00:37:47and, you know,

00:37:49not as hard as

00:37:49doing a decathlon

00:37:50or a triathlon,

00:37:51but still very,

00:37:52very hard.

00:38:03That's a fun spot.

00:38:05Hello.

00:38:07Hey, Brian,

00:38:07how you doing?

00:38:08Steve Woobie walked in,

00:38:09so I've been over

00:38:10at the Donkey Kong

00:38:10the whole time.

00:38:12What do you think?

00:38:13I'm going to be,

00:38:14you know,

00:38:14playing over

00:38:15Steve Woobie's

00:38:16shoulder.

00:38:16All right,

00:38:17I'll talk to you

00:38:18later.

00:38:18Okay.

00:38:19Bye.

00:38:27Brian Koo came over

00:38:29and was one of the

00:38:29guys that came

00:38:30to my house

00:38:32that fateful afternoon

00:38:33to check out

00:38:35my machine.

00:38:36We're about to pass

00:38:37$520,000

00:38:38on one man,

00:38:40so we really

00:38:41have a memorable game

00:38:43here at the fun

00:38:44spot tournament.

00:38:46Maybe I'll skip

00:38:47dinner and squeeze

00:38:48in a game

00:38:48and we'll come back

00:38:49with a score on there.

00:38:51You've been right in,

00:38:52Brian?

00:38:52Yep.

00:39:00That eighth

00:39:01is very,

00:39:01very cunning

00:39:02and he will do

00:39:03what he needs to

00:39:04to stop him.

00:39:04I couldn't get up

00:39:05fast enough

00:39:06and it got me

00:39:07on the left.

00:39:08Yeah.

00:39:13I scored

00:39:13229,000 points.

00:39:15A pretty weak game

00:39:16considering I played

00:39:17a few already.

00:39:18A little bit half

00:39:19than what Steve scored

00:39:20and Steve's up again.

00:39:34All right.

00:39:36I brought you

00:39:36the Q-Bert.

00:39:37You dedicated time to it.

00:39:38You said you'd give up

00:39:39some of your other vices

00:39:40in order to practice.

00:39:42We're not going to lose.

00:39:43We're not going to be

00:39:43disappointed.

00:39:44We're going there to win.

00:39:44But I have one project,

00:39:46one thing far more important.

00:39:48What I need you

00:39:48to deliver

00:39:50is this.

00:39:55This is a score

00:39:56that they've wanted

00:39:56to see for a long time

00:39:57and I've held it

00:39:58for all too long.

00:39:59You give it to Robert

00:40:00or you give it to Walter.

00:40:01You can lose your luggage.

00:40:02Don't lose the tape.

00:40:04I'm doing it

00:40:07just for the fun of it.

00:40:08When I do an actual score,

00:40:09I'll do it in person.

00:40:10He's a very devious person.

00:40:12He works things out

00:40:12to his end very well.

00:40:17We're really seeing

00:40:17a great game here.

00:40:19It almost,

00:40:21Steve almost lost a man

00:40:22right there

00:40:23at the end of that board.

00:40:24He got a lucky break.

00:40:25The randomness went

00:40:26the opposite way

00:40:27that it usually goes

00:40:28and Steve is still going here.

00:40:34Steve Weave is on his second man.

00:41:01He's at $696,000.

00:41:08Who is this?

00:41:09What?

00:41:10This is Steve Weave.

00:41:11I won't bother you anymore.

00:41:12No problem.

00:41:12Yeah, nice to meet you.

00:41:14Yeah, you too.

00:41:16He could beat it

00:41:17if he'd have to have

00:41:21a really good game.

00:41:24I don't think he knows

00:41:25the tricks that Billy knows,

00:41:26but I hear he's very good

00:41:27on the yellow escalator stage.

00:41:32Okay, well right now

00:41:33Steve Weave has 870,000 points

00:41:36on an active game

00:41:37of Donkey Kong.

00:41:38If he clears a few more boards,

00:41:40he's going to have a shot

00:41:41at getting to the kill screen.

00:41:42As far as I know,

00:41:43no one's ever achieved

00:41:44a kill screen

00:41:45on the Donkey Kong

00:41:46machine at Fun Spot.

00:41:48Numerous classic games

00:41:50that all have something in common.

00:41:52They have an end

00:41:53to the gameplay.

00:41:54There's not quite enough memory

00:41:55for the final board.

00:41:57It's called a kill screen

00:41:58because basically

00:41:59there's no way

00:42:00to finish the level.

00:42:01Some sort of random data

00:42:03or code inside the program

00:42:04ends up getting used

00:42:06for what you see

00:42:07on the screen.

00:42:08Donkey Kong is really strange

00:42:10in that it actually

00:42:11lets you play

00:42:12the kill screen level

00:42:14for maybe five seconds

00:42:15or so.

00:42:15Everything looks normal

00:42:16and then suddenly

00:42:17Mario just up

00:42:18and dies on you.

00:42:19The people who could get

00:42:21besides myself

00:42:22that had been seen

00:42:24getting to the end

00:42:25of Donkey Kong.

00:42:30Gee, now that I think about it

00:42:32I don't think anybody has.

00:42:32Anybody wants to see

00:42:58there's a Donkey Kong kill screen

00:42:59coming up?

00:43:00There's a Donkey Kong kill screen

00:43:02coming up

00:43:02if anybody wants to watch.

00:43:04You've got to be able

00:43:05to perform in the show

00:43:06with someone who's a contender

00:43:07staring straight at you

00:43:09staring at the game

00:43:10possibly even playing

00:43:11mind games with you.

00:43:11I mean it's all

00:43:12it's part of being a champion

00:43:13you have to overcome it.

00:43:15There's a potential

00:43:15Donkey Kong kill screen

00:43:16if you want to watch.

00:43:18I can tell he's not

00:43:19he's on my side

00:43:20he's a disciple of Billy.

00:43:24This is you know

00:43:25he's going to have

00:43:26to play it perfectly

00:43:27he's at the hardest part

00:43:28of Donkey Kong

00:43:29and you know

00:43:30it's not going to get

00:43:31any easier

00:43:31so we may have

00:43:33an exciting moment here

00:43:34or you know

00:43:35the pressure may get to him

00:43:36one of those random elements

00:43:38might happen

00:43:38sounds like he just

00:43:40cleared another board

00:43:40but we could have

00:43:41a wild barrel

00:43:42or some aggressive fireballs

00:43:43I thought I was going to be

00:43:44the first fun spot kill screen

00:43:46and then I had

00:43:47I had three fireballs

00:43:48trap me

00:43:48I had the hammer in my hand

00:43:50they still got me

00:43:51so anything can happen

00:43:52in Donkey Kong

00:43:53so for someone else

00:43:54to beat me to the kill screen

00:43:55would be a letdown

00:43:56but let's see what happens

00:43:57maybe he'll

00:43:58maybe he'll crack under

00:43:59the pressure

00:43:59and maybe I'll get my chance

00:44:00to do it first.

00:44:04There's a Donkey Kong kill screen

00:44:06might be coming up

00:44:06if anybody wants to see it.

00:44:08Hey Todd

00:44:08if you're interested

00:44:09there might be a Donkey Kong

00:44:11kill screen in a couple minutes.

00:44:16I think the energy

00:44:19kind of picked me up

00:44:21I was feeling

00:44:21kind of like a zombie

00:44:22in the middle of the game

00:44:24but towards the end

00:44:26I got a little bit

00:44:27of a natural rush

00:44:28going from the crowd

00:44:30and the excitement

00:44:30so that kind of boosted me

00:44:33and put me over the top

00:44:35to complete the game.

00:44:41The kill screen

00:44:42kill screen

00:44:42kick in

00:44:43This is the highest

00:44:48Donkey Kong score

00:44:49done in public.

00:44:51Walter Day stated

00:44:52that this

00:44:53was the highest score

00:44:54ever done

00:44:55and this is the first

00:44:56kill screen achieved

00:44:57on Fun Spots Machine

00:44:58Steve Wiebe

00:45:00has become

00:45:01the third person

00:45:01to reach

00:45:02Donkey Kong's kill screen.

00:45:06This is completely

00:45:08hard verification

00:45:10you know what I mean?

00:45:11There's nothing stronger

00:45:12than having it be done

00:45:13in front of a crowd.

00:45:14The process stands

00:45:16for itself

00:45:16he did it

00:45:17in front of all of us

00:45:18but this solves

00:45:19any kind of doubt

00:45:20that there could have

00:45:20ever been.

00:45:24Now you'll get

00:45:25all the accolades

00:45:25you deserve

00:45:26and that's just

00:45:27the way it is

00:45:27but you know

00:45:28you're showing

00:45:29you redeemed yourself

00:45:30in that way

00:45:30coming out and playing

00:45:31so that's good.

00:45:32And I guess

00:45:33there was kind of

00:45:33like an impromptu

00:45:34press conference

00:45:35after the score

00:45:37happened

00:45:37there were

00:45:38you know

00:45:39there were cameras

00:45:39on the game

00:45:40there were cameras

00:45:41on Steve Wiebe

00:45:41there were cameras

00:45:42on the crowd

00:45:43looking at Steve Wiebe

00:45:44I didn't get

00:45:45an exact count

00:45:46of the people

00:45:46there were a lot

00:45:47of other witnesses

00:45:48in the crowd

00:45:49and people watching it

00:45:50so you know

00:45:51we have a verified

00:45:52score on a legitimate

00:45:53Donkey Kong machine

00:45:54for Steve Wiebe now.

00:45:55We just got off

00:45:59the internet

00:46:00where I logged

00:46:01on the front page

00:46:02of the Twin Galaxies

00:46:02website

00:46:03the news story

00:46:04that Steve Wiebe

00:46:04just scored

00:46:05985,600 points

00:46:08which essentially

00:46:09is the officially

00:46:09recognized

00:46:10first place score

00:46:11on the website

00:46:12so he's been announced

00:46:13as the world champion

00:46:14we'll see what happens

00:46:15now with Steve

00:46:16putting the pressure

00:46:18back on Billy Mitchell

00:46:19Thank you

00:46:22I think it hit him

00:46:24pretty hard

00:46:24Thank you for

00:46:25volunteering your phone

00:46:26this was an important

00:46:27call to make

00:46:28Oh no no

00:46:28I understand that

00:46:30yeah I can imagine

00:46:31he probably wasn't

00:46:32real thrilled

00:46:33Yeah

00:46:34he said now

00:46:34his playing out

00:46:35the tape that he submitted

00:46:36is more important

00:46:37than ever

00:46:39I guess

00:46:39don't share that

00:46:40with anybody

00:46:40Well obviously

00:46:42We've got everybody

00:46:47on the invitation

00:46:47only list

00:46:48and you know

00:46:50Walter's here

00:46:51we're just kind of

00:46:52telling jokes

00:46:53and having fun

00:46:53Who's there

00:46:55like Todd and Dwayne

00:46:56Yeah

00:46:56What I mean

00:46:58is probably a good idea

00:46:59like if I say hi

00:47:00to Todd

00:47:00Actually would you believe

00:47:01he's in the middle

00:47:02of a ladybug game

00:47:03I don't think

00:47:04we'd want to interrupt

00:47:04We have a ladybug

00:47:06cabaret in the cabin

00:47:07and Todd's got

00:47:08a score going

00:47:09Okay we're going

00:47:10to get Walter

00:47:11on the phone

00:47:11A couple hours ago

00:47:14we were all up

00:47:14at Fun Spot

00:47:15and Brian Koo

00:47:16said that Billy

00:47:18had a delivery

00:47:19for us here

00:47:20at the cabin

00:47:20Brian Koo

00:47:24he's kind of like

00:47:25he's kind of like

00:47:26really good friends

00:47:26with Billy

00:47:26he talks to him

00:47:27all the time

00:47:27he said

00:47:29everybody's going

00:47:30to want to see

00:47:30what's on the tape

00:47:31Brian Koo

00:47:34is there

00:47:35he knows everything

00:47:36to do with the tape

00:47:37he knows to guard

00:47:39the tape

00:47:39with his life

00:47:40I explained to him

00:47:42he could lose his life

00:47:43but don't lose

00:47:44the tape

00:47:45who wants to hear

00:47:47the announcement

00:47:48so even in Florida

00:47:51the long arm

00:47:52of Billy Mitchell

00:47:53has reached in here

00:47:54to Fun Spot 7

00:47:55to cause more

00:47:56interesting developments

00:47:58now we're going to

00:47:59start on this TV screen

00:48:00the videotape

00:48:02and essentially

00:48:02if Steve Weave

00:48:04or Brian Koo

00:48:05or anybody else

00:48:06can also beat

00:48:07the score

00:48:07on that tape

00:48:08by about 4 o'clock

00:48:09tomorrow afternoon

00:48:10he'll give them

00:48:12$10,000

00:48:13okay

00:48:13and we know

00:48:14Billy Mitchell

00:48:15can pay these promises

00:48:16too okay

00:48:17so he has it

00:48:18while I'm trying

00:48:19to get a million live

00:48:21he has it set out

00:48:22so people

00:48:24at Fun Spot

00:48:25can gather around

00:48:27and look at his tape

00:48:29okay here we are

00:48:32we got cameras

00:48:32on the screen

00:48:33cameras on the crowd

00:48:34no one's going

00:48:35to miss this moment

00:48:359.98.2

00:48:37here we go

00:48:40we have every eye

00:48:42in the crowd

00:48:43focused right

00:48:43on your screen

00:48:44everybody's looking

00:48:47every camera's on here

00:48:48we're not going

00:48:48to miss this

00:48:49for anything

00:48:49I don't think

00:48:54there's any distraction

00:48:55that can pull

00:48:55everyone away

00:48:56right now

00:48:57oh and look at that

00:49:01and with the bonus

00:49:01we have the first

00:49:02million point game

00:49:03of Donkey Kong

00:49:04and the score

00:49:05and the score

00:49:06reads zero

00:49:07six zeros

00:49:07all the way across

00:49:08not even Helen of Troy

00:49:16had that much

00:49:16attention

00:49:17Billy

00:49:20kind of steal the show

00:49:22when he's not even there

00:49:23it's kind of the way

00:49:24they

00:49:26you know

00:49:27were kind of

00:49:29diffusing

00:49:29what I was going

00:49:30for

00:49:30you know

00:49:31and piping up

00:49:33Billy's

00:49:33you know

00:49:34videotape

00:49:351,047,200 points

00:49:41is the highest

00:49:42score any

00:49:42I've ever seen

00:49:43I don't know

00:49:43I suppose

00:49:44Walter's got to get

00:49:44in that office

00:49:45to that computer

00:49:46now doesn't he

00:49:46okay

00:49:48go ahead

00:49:50and hand

00:49:51Walter the phone

00:49:51real quick

00:49:52hi Billy

00:49:53pretty good

00:49:54it's all been

00:49:55wonderful

00:49:55Billy's probably

00:49:57the closest

00:49:57person to being

00:49:59a Jedi

00:49:59of any of the

00:50:00players

00:50:00and he refers

00:50:01to it

00:50:01with humor

00:50:02as Obi-Wan

00:50:02Kenobi-ing people

00:50:03can I see

00:50:09some of Billy's

00:50:09tape

00:50:10what

00:50:10did Billy

00:50:11mind if I saw

00:50:12no no no

00:50:13I can't show you

00:50:13the tape

00:50:14it was a one

00:50:15playing

00:50:15a one playing

00:50:16Steve Wiebe

00:50:17not having the

00:50:18opportunity to view

00:50:19anything that

00:50:19Bill Mitchell does

00:50:20I mean Bill

00:50:21Mitchell plays

00:50:21at a great

00:50:22advantage

00:50:22when Billy

00:50:23Mitchell is

00:50:24watching Steve's

00:50:25world record

00:50:27winning tapes

00:50:28he's in a position

00:50:29to study Steve's

00:50:30technique

00:50:30when the man

00:50:31says I want

00:50:31to see your

00:50:32papers

00:50:32and Obi-Wan

00:50:33Kenobi goes

00:50:33you don't need

00:50:34to see your

00:50:35papers

00:50:35and suddenly

00:50:36the guy says

00:50:36you can go

00:50:37I don't need

00:50:37to see your

00:50:37papers

00:50:38okay so let

00:50:41me ask you

00:50:42this because

00:50:42I want to make

00:50:44sure that I'm

00:50:44understanding

00:50:44what you're

00:50:45getting at

00:50:45are you

00:50:46are you

00:50:47officially

00:50:47submitting

00:50:48the score

00:50:48you saw

00:50:50the tape

00:50:50which is no

00:50:51doubt a copy

00:50:51because I'm

00:50:52sure he didn't

00:50:52send the master

00:50:53he's going

00:50:54to send

00:50:54a copy

00:50:55or the master

00:50:57to Rob

00:50:58Mercheck

00:50:59who is the

00:50:59chief referee

00:51:00of twin galaxies

00:51:02I try to promote

00:51:03twin galaxies

00:51:04as integrity

00:51:05above all

00:51:06I will do that

00:51:08with my dying

00:51:09breath

00:51:09and if a gamer

00:51:11knowingly cheats

00:51:13or tries to pull

00:51:14one past us

00:51:15we will make sure

00:51:16that the score

00:51:17is not recognized

00:51:18Robert

00:51:19Robert was noting

00:51:22the tape jumped

00:51:24from score

00:51:25to score

00:51:25how did that

00:51:27happen

00:51:27did the game

00:51:30pause at any

00:51:31time

00:51:31illegal glitches

00:51:33or glitch abuse

00:51:34okay so

00:51:35that's a copy

00:51:36obviously

00:51:37that's why

00:51:37it's so kind of

00:51:38blurry sometimes

00:51:39on the left side

00:51:40okay

00:51:41well you kept

00:51:42impressing on us

00:51:43that you weren't

00:51:44submitting it

00:51:44did they cheat

00:51:46did they pause

00:51:46the game

00:51:47after the load up

00:51:48for the purpose

00:51:48of using a flying

00:51:50erase head

00:51:50to then reload

00:51:51the game

00:51:52at different settings

00:51:52I got to look

00:51:53for things like that

00:51:54this tape may be

00:51:55done in a week

00:51:56week and a half

00:51:57to answer your

00:51:58question

00:51:58so I think

00:52:01it's an acceptable

00:52:02score

00:52:03so let me go see

00:52:03if I can put that

00:52:04on the website

00:52:05okay

00:52:06all these wonderful

00:52:07games are fixed

00:52:07in the left

00:52:08um Walter is

00:52:09entering this

00:52:10into the internet

00:52:11as we speak

00:52:11well Billy Mitchell

00:52:12is being upgraded

00:52:13we're officially

00:52:14submitting his score

00:52:15uh 1,047,000

00:52:17and how much

00:52:19Billy

00:52:19was it 200

00:52:20or 300

00:52:20200

00:52:21300

00:52:45Fraction of a second

00:52:46right on the barrels

00:52:47yeah

00:52:48kind of ironic

00:52:49that he went

00:52:50He was a guy that pushed for live scores all the time.

00:52:55And now here I am at Fun Spot, busting my ass, to get a live score.

00:53:00And he just submits tape scores now and then gets the record.

00:53:10World Record Headquarters is going to help you.

00:53:12If this score, this Donkey Kong defines Billy Mitchell,

00:53:16then why could he not find time in his life to go to Fun Spot?

00:53:19Steve did.

00:53:20Steve has a job, Steve has a family, Steve has kids.

00:53:23He went.

00:53:23Why can't Billy?

00:53:24I think he feels that pressure to meet people's expectations of him.

00:53:32And he puts a lot of pressure on himself.

00:53:35And if he doesn't succeed, I think he feels like he's failed them.

00:53:39And he feels that deeply, I think.

00:53:41If I were to break a million, he wanted to maybe show that, you know, I've already done it.

00:53:52Because no one knows that I've done it, too.

00:53:55I haven't really thought too much about, you know, the controversy.

00:54:07I've kind of let it go since I, you know, I went to Fun Spot, did my best, got my score up.

00:54:26I've been killing myself, like, with school, 12 to 14 hours, prepping three classes and grading.

00:54:33Every day after school, I'm just there until eight.

00:54:36A lot of my songs are like big rock songs with lots of guitars in them, lots of layers of vocals.

00:54:47Here's one called Three Lies.

00:54:48I'm going to sing this to you guys in the midst of this cold summer day.

00:54:52This is who I really am.

00:54:55I'm some guy who's supposed to be an artist who's up there just getting wild and crazy.

00:54:59Oh, didn't I tell you, you, you, you, you, never not to lie.

00:55:06Because I'm being, I'm being Mr. Scorekeeper.

00:55:09And I've been doing it for 25 years, so it's, there's all these automaton things that get turned on.

00:55:13Okay, yes, and the reason for this is that, that, the reason for that is this, you know.

00:55:16And I'm doing, I'm ready to, I'm ready to let it go.

00:55:19Three Lies are more than plenty, but three lies I'll probably be saying goodbye, love.

00:55:28No matter how many people get involved in it, it's still my child, because it came right out of my psyche, you know.

00:55:33But still, the others are more attached to it, and they believe they need it more.

00:55:39Part 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,

00:55:47so that it can go on and continue to benefit people.

00:55:50Because it's in such a place that I don't have to do twin galaxies,

00:55:53but I really would like to see it have closure that's positive.

00:55:58Boy, I got cold fingers.

00:56:00It's cold.

00:56:03I often have people ask me what my handle is, what my three initials are.

00:56:08I mean, come on.

00:56:09I tell people, look at me.

00:56:13What do you think my three initials were?

00:56:18If you don't know, you're not looking hard enough.

00:56:22TIE?

00:56:22No.

00:56:25Which one was I wearing yesterday?

00:56:26USA?

00:56:28USA.

00:56:29So I had Latin friends, and I had Canadian friends, and I always had to keep the Americans on top.

00:56:35Hi, this is a message for Walter.

00:56:41This is Craig.

00:56:42They're calling from Guinness World Records.

00:56:44Guinness from England called.

00:56:45They want me to call them back immediately.

00:56:49Hello, Craig speaking.

00:56:51Craig, this is Walter Day with Twin Galaxies.

00:56:53How are you?

00:56:53They're announcing to the world that they trust everything we do,

00:56:56and that they rely on everything we do as being true and honest,

00:57:00and so that's why they're going with us as the official scorekeepers

00:57:03and providers of electronic gaming content for their upcoming books.

00:57:08It's become very complicated.

00:57:09So to have someone like Walter and his team who just know everything there is to know about computer games

00:57:14was for us a godsend.

00:57:17Since older people also read your book,

00:57:19a certain number of people would care what the world record is on Donkey Kong.

00:57:23We look forward to being a part of Guinness.

00:57:26Yeah, yeah.

00:57:27I think we're going to be here working with Twin Galaxies.

00:57:29You just recorded a big piece of Twin Galaxies history, you know.

00:57:33You saw what I said.

00:57:34They're announcing to the world where they're official scorekeepers,

00:57:36and people have to be verified by us.

00:57:39Wait until you see the poster upstairs I just did

00:57:41to turn the process of submitting to Guinness into a contest.

00:57:46When you want to put a score up

00:57:47and you want to have a title of world champion,

00:57:51you're competing against everybody in the world.

00:57:54You want a title for your own living room?

00:57:56Man, I'll send you that title.

00:57:57Your own arcade?

00:57:59Man, I'll sign it and I'll make up a paper and I'll send you a plaque.

00:58:02You want your name in the Guinness Book of World Records

00:58:05and then the Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard?

00:58:07You have to earn it.

00:58:08I have to earn it.

00:58:10There's a lot of scores I've gotten,

00:58:12and when the time comes and the pressure's that hard,

00:58:15I'll have to do it in a public forum, as I always have.

00:58:19What if I told you that the Guinness Book of World Records

00:58:23has asked Twin Galaxies to provide

00:58:25six to ten classic scores for them for the 2007 edition?

00:58:30Is that truthful?

00:58:32The deadline's April 20th.

00:58:35Is that true?

00:58:36The only thing to do is to, yeah, go somewhere and break a million 47 live.

00:58:49That would be the only way to do it, for sure.

00:58:53You know, there would be no getting screwed over.

00:58:57I've been kicked around like the dog for so long.

00:58:59I don't trust referees.

00:59:02This is the contest that gets them into the Guinness Book of World Records.

00:59:06So they would have that inspiration.

00:59:08But as far as my skills, I'm, yeah, I feel like I'm on the top of my game.

00:59:12I'd love to see Bill defend his title against Steve Weave head-to-head.

00:59:16That'd be great.

00:59:17It's all about head-to-head competition.

00:59:19It's kind of one of my tougher students.

00:59:21He goes, yeah, when are you going to go kick that guy's ass?

00:59:25I go, watch your language.

00:59:27I go, I'm going to do it here soon.

00:59:29If someone is going to break a classic arcade game record, they're going to have to come prepared.

00:59:36Maybe that's what I need so I can be at my best, have him there.

00:59:41Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past.

00:59:45You must fight just to keep them alive.

00:59:47I was hoping Billy would be there so we could compete head-to-head.

00:59:51He's been always an advocate of live scores, live scores.

00:59:55But now he's all of a sudden Mr. Videotape.

00:59:57I know to win is 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, is there any satisfaction in that?

01:00:16I don't see, I don't see any.

01:00:20In Billy Mitch's, you know, interesting world, Roy Schilt is his nemesis.

01:00:25The other...

01:00:26He, you know, has restraining orders against him and thinks that by association, you know, Steve is his disciple.

01:00:34I just need one favor from you. I know it's, of all you've done for me, I just, give me a shot at it with, without you, you know, kind of being my backbone.

01:00:44I need to kind of attack it by myself.

01:00:47He says, good luck skiing in Donkey Kong.

01:00:52Knock him dead.

01:00:53I will.

01:00:54You will.

01:00:54Work is for people who can't play video games. Billy Mitchell.

01:01:00That's right.

01:01:01Out of the entire global classic gaming hobby, there is one significant rivalry that's equivalent to the big rivalries in history.

01:01:11Yankees, Red Sox, Marist Mantle, Heckle and Jekyll, all the big rivalries in history, you know.

01:01:18This 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.

01:01:28Hello, Billy. This is Steve Wiebe. I really think we need to settle this thing. May the best man win. So we'll be seeing you next week.

01:01:37He knows I'm going to be there. It's just a skip away. Hop, skip, and a jump from his house. So there's really no excuse for him not to be there.

01:01:46Never leave home without it. Never leave home without it. How to win at Donkey Kong.

01:01:52I never knew the Guinness World Record book was so dumb. I never knew it was so important.

01:01:58The Guinness? A lot of people are, yeah, a lot of people read that book.

01:02:04Some people sort of ruin their lives to be in there.

01:02:06I agree.

01:02:16This is actually technically a weightlifting glove because I discovered in the 80s that you could buy a weightlifting glove which was fingerless.

01:02:40And I used it to play Marble Madness. See the double padding? Occasionally I use this to avoid calluses from certain joystick games.

01:02:49You can do Marble Madness at trackball all day long.

01:02:51Excuse me, guy. I got a celebrity in the car here. Can I cut in front of you?

01:03:10Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize it was you.

01:03:12Did you get dropped off? I got dropped off. Was Billy driving? Billy was driving.

01:03:25Well, anyway, welcome to the Dodge City of Video Games. Thank you, Walter. We're happy to be here.

01:03:30I'll get you some out of there.

01:03:33What do you need? In order, $693,500, $733,500, and then $780,000.

01:03:55Okay.

01:03:58Yeah.

01:04:03This must be your wife then. Is that right?

01:04:17Yeah.

01:04:18I'm Steve Sanders.

01:04:19Hi, I'm Nicole.

01:04:20Nicole, pleased to meet you.

01:04:21Hi.

01:04:22And this is little Derek, huh?

01:04:23Yeah.

01:04:23Yeah, I hope Billy can show up the faster.

01:04:27Derek, he's back.

01:04:29I would love to see the TV guys go ahead.

01:04:31I'm afraid if he can't do it, he's going to beat himself up about it. I don't know if

01:04:36that's the forum in which he will be successful. I mean, I know he can be successful. I'm just

01:04:41afraid, what if it doesn't happen?

01:04:43Bye, Derek.

01:04:44Derek, you're getting up.

01:04:45What are you guys going to do?

01:04:46I'm just going to go home.

01:04:48Go swimming.

01:04:49You're going to go swimming. That's not swimming.

01:04:51Let's go to the bathroom.

01:04:53Bye.

01:04:55Bye. Thank you.

01:04:56Bye.

01:04:57Yeah, the longer I wait, the more, you know, pressing, you know, I get more nervous.

01:05:04So if you do it the first night, that'd be great.

01:05:07Steve Wiebe is a trooper.

01:05:10Steve Wiebe has come to three events to prove himself in the fire of in-person competition

01:05:17and under the stress of having all eyes on him.

01:05:30Oh, did you learn to play like yourself?

01:05:50Yeah.

01:05:51I'm very impressed.

01:05:52I'm very impressed because even Bill and I can help each other.

01:05:56Steve Wiebe is who I wanted to be when I grew up playing Donkey Kong. He's quite the player.

01:06:12Everybody knows that the dice are loaded, everybody rolls with their fingers crossed, everybody knows the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost, everybody knows the fight was fixed, the poor stay poor, the rich get rich.

01:06:40That's how it goes, everybody knows the good guys.

01:06:47Talk to Billy.

01:06:48I talk to Billy every day.

01:06:50I had lunch with him the day.

01:06:52Do you know if he's having, is there any percent he'll come in?

01:06:55He's too busy.

01:06:56He's not too busy.

01:06:57Well, he's...

01:06:58Not prepped.

01:06:59Not prepped.

01:07:00But he knew it was coming.

01:07:02He kind of prepped.

01:07:03Well, maybe they'd like it if I lose.

01:07:05I gotta try losing sometime.

01:07:07I can rank a million.

01:07:09I've done it.

01:07:10I've been on pace.

01:07:12The two games I got to 850, I thought I was gonna do it and I just got this in a bind.

01:07:18It's leaking.

01:07:19Everybody knows the captain lied.

01:07:23Everybody got this broken feeling.

01:07:28Like their father or their dog just died.

01:07:33Does this have my name on the back or something?

01:07:36What does it say?

01:07:37It says, you have a yearning for perfection.

01:07:44Because he's in his own business, it's very flexible for him.

01:07:49He can go over to the school for events.

01:07:52He was at an Easter egg hunt the other day.

01:07:54Because he'll come in the office someday and they'll say, geez, where's Billy today?

01:07:58Billy's not here.

01:07:59I told him last night that he had to come.

01:08:02That there was no reason for him not to be here.

01:08:04He says, I have 15 reasons why I can't come.

01:08:06I said, they're all BS.

01:08:08This is after 1.30 in the morning.

01:08:09I said, they're all BS because I have 15 reasons why you have to be here tomorrow.

01:08:12He had a chance to play him in Fun Spot this year.

01:08:14He had a chance to play him in Pompano Beach.

01:08:16He had a chance to play him at California Extreme.

01:08:20That's three of them I can think of right there.

01:08:23Why wouldn't he play against Steve?

01:08:25Because he's afraid he's going to lose.

01:08:27I traveled 3,000 miles to give myself a chance to get the world record and be in Guinness.

01:08:34I hope he can at least come 10 miles and put his game on the line.

01:08:40So you make the call.

01:08:42Where are you?

01:08:45All right, we're all here.

01:08:47We're all seated and getting ready to order.

01:08:52Okay, let me get down the list here.

01:08:54We've got Todd Rogers and his girl.

01:08:56We've got Sean, Pam, Jason.

01:08:59Okay, I have an announcement that unexpectedly and apparently, I don't know how it happened,

01:09:07but just this moment, Mark Hopperger and Steve Weavey just walked in the door.

01:09:11They did not come with us.

01:09:12They just now came in by themselves.

01:09:15All right.

01:09:16Okay.

01:09:17That's fair.

01:09:18The only way it's provable is if Walt is over a block and they have a seat.

01:09:25Okay.

01:09:26Bill's going to be in the back.

01:09:31I'm real sorry he didn't come.

01:09:33Bill?

01:09:34Yeah.

01:09:35You know, Mark and Steve showed up unexpectedly and uninvitedly, but hard to keep them away.

01:09:43Yeah.

01:09:44And Bill just doesn't want anything to do with him.

01:09:46Yeah.

01:09:47All right.

01:09:48See you.

01:09:49All right.

01:09:50See you.

01:10:00He's got a plan.

01:10:01So when he comes out, because Billy is Billy, you know, and he's going to come out with a bang.

01:10:07Well, Billy Mitchell always has a plan.

01:10:10He likes to keep secrets.

01:10:12Yeah.

01:10:13He likes surprising people.

01:10:15He likes people seeing him do the unexpected and say, oh boy, I didn't realize you were going

01:10:20to do something like that, Bill.

01:10:21That's how he is.

01:10:22It's annoying when somebody's ahead of you.

01:10:24You know, when you're not the lead dog, the view doesn't change.

01:10:27And I always wanted the view, so.

01:10:30He's got the Roy Schill excuse.

01:10:32He's got, you know, he's not going to show up.

01:10:35I've heard a lot of talk of Billy Mitchell and I've heard a lot of talk of strange videos

01:10:43and things, but I haven't heard much in the way of him getting in front of a camera crew

01:10:51or people and winning a record in front of people.

01:10:54I haven't heard about that yet.

01:10:56Maybe he did that 25 years ago, but I haven't heard him doing it lately.

01:11:00And it makes you wonder why not.

01:11:26There's certain people I don't want to spend too much time with.

01:11:31There's certain people I don't want to spend too much time with.

01:11:36There's certain people I don't want to spend too much time with.

01:11:41There's certain people I don't want to spend too much time with.

01:11:48There's certain people I don't want to spend too much time with.

01:11:55inas ANDERSON

01:12:01Video games are meant to be played in a competitive environment.

01:12:02Under pressure.

01:12:03Organized.

01:12:04You have to perform literally on demand.

01:12:05Video games are meant to be played in a competitive environment, under pressure, organized, where you have to perform, literally, on demand.

01:12:18Have you ever seen your husband compete head-to-head in video games?

01:12:22Never. Never.

01:12:27And when you do that, you have far more credibility than someone who says, oh, I did that last week.

01:12:33No matter how good you play tennis, no matter how good you play golf, if you don't play when you have to play, if you don't play when the pressure's on, you're really not good enough.

01:12:44Everybody knows the deal is rotten.

01:12:48Old Black Joe's still picking cotton for your ribbons and bows.

01:12:54I can handle losing if he would at least compete against me.

01:12:58I mean, I'm not afraid to lose. I'm just some no-name guy from Washington.

01:13:04Billy is trying to live up to this image of being the greatest ever, and so he's afraid that if he loses, that's going to tarnish him.

01:13:15Yeah, that was what gave me for this.

01:13:17It's been three days now, and the fatigue's starting to set in, just mentally, just, you know, starting over, and it takes a toll on you.

01:13:38Oh, everybody knows, everybody knows, everybody knows, everybody knows, that's how it goes.

01:13:58Steve Wiebe, I think, is a very straight shooter.

01:14:01This is the last days.

01:14:02Steve Wiebe, I think that he gets influenced sometimes by people, and that's probably one of his lessons, to be stronger in himself.

01:14:12You know what I mean? We all have lessons.

01:14:18Next.

01:14:19Yeah, I'm going to break.

01:14:20So this will be your last start.

01:14:22Last start?

01:14:23Okay.

01:14:25Okay.

01:14:28Here it is. This is the last shot.

01:14:30Thanks.

01:14:32This is the last shot.

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01:15:29I'm done.

01:15:35I'm done.

01:15:37It's so heartbreaking.

01:15:41I guess it's not even about Donkey Kong anymore.

01:15:45What's it about?

01:15:47Just, I don't know, it's become just a game in trying,

01:15:52for me, trying to get a score recognized

01:15:55in trying to beat this empire

01:16:00that I'm trying to break through and get a fair chance.

01:16:05He is not cunning and manipulative and mean.

01:16:09He is a decent person at heart.

01:16:12In the end, that's all that matters.

01:16:25In a funny sort of way, it's like being the king

01:16:29and having the advisors speak their opinions

01:16:31but then trying to choose the right answer

01:16:34and the right path of action based on the advice.

01:16:40I think that Steve Weeb has to be viewed on his own merit

01:16:42and not on anything alleged which may have happened.

01:16:47Steve Weeb feels fine to me, doesn't he to you?

01:16:49Steve Weeb, could you come up here?

01:16:52Hey, Walter, say that again, it's Steve Weeb.

01:16:56Is it Steve Weeb?

01:16:57Yeah, Weeb.

01:16:58That's okay.

01:16:59For some reason I keep thinking it's Weeb, sorry.

01:17:02The thing about Steve is Steve is special.

01:17:04Steve has gone through a long history

01:17:06that you don't need to burden you with

01:17:08but I just wanted to tell you that

01:17:09I wanted to congratulate you and shake your hand again

01:17:11that as far as I'm concerned

01:17:13you are a top player

01:17:15worthy of the highest regard for Twin Galaxies

01:17:18and we're very honored to receive your videotapes

01:17:21at any time you want to record them as soon as soon as soon

01:17:23because we think your skill set is on the highest level

01:17:26and you're a member of the family and you're great.

01:17:29Thank you very much.

01:17:30So you're okay, you're great.

01:17:31You're a great performer.

01:17:33I can only speak for myself, but I talked with Steve,

01:17:44I talked to his wife, I talked to his kids,

01:17:46I met with him, talked to him in detail

01:17:48and speaking for myself, I have no question

01:17:51about his integrity, his ability or anything else.

01:17:56I mean, he's proven himself not just as a Donkey Kong player

01:17:59but really as a person of somebody who really desires to do the right thing.

01:18:04Do you agree with that?

01:18:06I mean, I'm not familiar enough with the situation.

01:18:08Okay.

01:18:18I feel I've won because I tried and I hope people will remember,

01:18:24you know, this empties name tag here.

01:18:35After I returned from the trip, Walter emailed me and had these words.

01:18:40Steve, your Donkey Kong accomplishment was fantastic.

01:18:44After soul searching, we at Twin Galaxies wish to apologize to you

01:18:48for such inconsiderate treatment.

01:18:49We look forward to your future exploits

01:18:51and are excited about the amazing high score breakthroughs

01:18:55you'll be bringing to the Donkey Kong community.

01:18:57Blessings and friendship, Walter Day.

01:19:00So that's the way he wanted to bring peace to this situation.

01:19:21He was searching, you know.

01:19:35He wanted something and I wanted that for him

01:19:38because I wanted him to be happy.

01:19:40So now I see that.

01:19:42Oh yeah, I wanna go back to my hometown.

01:19:58Be a big shot, be a little star.

01:20:01Drive the best car off the lot.

01:20:04I wanna be your lucky high winner.

01:20:09Let you see.

01:20:25Baby, new high score.

01:20:27Here we go.

01:20:29Even in the middle of the city,

01:20:30we've come at the rae.

01:20:31Just once every night,

01:20:33peeking and have a big shot…

01:20:34And then there is no other way.

01:20:36And then I will lose.

01:20:37And here, we have to be a big shot.

01:20:38And here it is.

01:20:39Only when we are in the middle of the city,

01:20:40one of the city,

01:20:41we're just a big shot!

01:20:42And here is a big shot!

01:20:43And now we have to go!

01:20:44And now we've got the guy in the middle of the city.

01:20:46Even in the middle of the city!

01:20:47We have to go!

01:20:48And here we have to go!

01:20:49And now we have to go!

01:20:50And there is a big shot!

01:20:51¡Gracias!

01:21:21¡Gracias!

01:21:51¡Gracias!

01:22:21¡Gracias!

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