todd rogers
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Player Crushes Atari Record Using A Glitch Thought Impossible
12A speedrunner using a glitch never performed on consoles has set a new record time in the Atari 2600 game Barnstorming. The glitch creates a new speedrun category for the game, whose scores were once held by the controversial video game player Todd Rogers.
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Former World Record Donkey Kong Score Now In Dispute
Billy Mitchell at the Pac-Man 35th Birthday Celebration, May 22, 2015, in Schaumburg, Ill. Photo: Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP A prominent Donkey Kong forum has removed some scores supposedly earned by legendary arcade game player Billy Mitchell after evidence that there was possible foul play. Mitchell’s scores, which had set world records in Donkey Kong and Donkey…
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Doubt And Drama Still Haunt An Old, Seemingly Impossible Atari World Record
The current world record for the Atari 2600 racing game Dragster is 5.51 seconds. Thirty-five years after it was set, nobody has beaten or even tied it on official leaderboards. One speedrunner who has examined the game’s inner workings believes that world record to be impossible, but the game’s creator thinks it’s legitimate. For now,…