Longest-standing video game record declared Impossible

Paul Bellow · Feb 1, 2018

Twin Galaxies, the video game record keeper and official source for Guinness World Records, has declared one of the oldest gaming world records invalid after 35 years. Player Todd Rogers has been stripped of his world record for finishing the simple Atari 2600 racing game Dragster, after months of debate over his completion time.

“Based on the complete body of evidence presented in this official dispute thread, Twin Galaxies administrative staff has unanimously decided to remove all of Todd Rogers’ scores as well as ban him from participating in our competitive leaderboards,” reads a poston the Twin Galaxies forum from the organization’s staff.

That’s a major blow to a prolific record holder, whose career stretches back to the earliest days of console gaming. Rogers courted controversy with his oldest record, however — and it directly caused his ban. In 1982, Rogers submitted to Activision’s official fan newsletter a time of 5.51 seconds, which the company recognized in print, awarding Rogers a patch. Twin Galaxies later added Rogers to its own leaderboards in 2001, and Guinness World Records awarded the player with the honor of holding the world’s longest-standing gaming record in April 2017.

Yet Rogers never provided recorded or other proof of his 5.51 time in Dragster, a sticking point in the years that followed. His personal website offered a simple explanation of how he achieved his unbeatable time, while maintaining that Activision’s certification of his time — highlighted in one of the company’s newsletters — was enough to cement his place on the gaming leaderboards.
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https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/29/16944736/atari-dragster-game-world-record-banned

Paul Bellow · Feb 4, 2018

Man... another one...

King Of Kong's Billy Mitchell Accused Of Using Emulator To Set Donkey Kong Records

One of the most talked about and endearing stories within the world of video games is Billy Mitchell's quest to become the king of Donkey Kong. It's a story that has resonated with gamers and non-gamers alike for years after the success of the 2007 documentary King of Kong was released, which showcased Mitchell's rivalry with another player to set the highest score in the arcade game Donkey Kong. Well, that is, until now. There are accusations about Billy Mitchell using emulators to set his latest Donkey Kong records.

There's a massive two-part forum post on the Twin Galaxies forum, where a verified member decided to dig into Mitchell's record-setting runs in the classic Nintendo arcade game, Donkey Kong. The summary is that Mitchell appears to have used the Multi-Arcade Machine Emulator software for his direct-capture runs to set the records in the game and not the original arcade hardware.
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https://www.cinemablend.com/games/2...-of-using-emulator-to-set-donkey-kong-records

Gryphon · Feb 4, 2018

Paul Bellow said: ↑

Man... another one...
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This one hurts.

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