world records
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The Quake World Record That Will Probably Never Be Broken
3When your levels can be beaten in literally seconds, but your game doesn’t count fractions of a second, breaking world records becomes exponentially harder.
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A New World Record Ends Hank Chien’s Reign As Donkey Kong Champion
In December of 2010, New York area plastic surgeon Hank Chien set the world record high score for Donkey Kong — 1,068,000 points. He topped that score four times over the next two years, setting the score at 1,138,600 in November of 2012. Thursday evening, DK competitor Robbie Lakeman scored 1,141,800 points, ending Chien’s reign…
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New Record For ‘Most Nintendo Cartridges Blown Into’. Yes, That Exists.
Late Night host Jimmy Fallon wanted to set some new video game world records. So, apparently, he made some up.
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This Man Is Your New Frogger World Champion
Frogger doesn’t have a whole documentary devoted to it the way that Donkey Kong does, in King of Kong. But Konami’s coin-op classic does have a memorable episode from the Seinfeld TV show, where Jason Alexander’s George Costanza puffs up with pride over his longstanding high score in the game. But that fictional score of…