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See Games Differently
Twin Galaxies
Ian Walker
Mitchell, above. Controversial arcade game player Billy Mitchell released a statement today, responding to the recent disqualification of his records from both the Twin Galaxies leaderboards and Guinness World Records.
![Billy Mitchell Breaks Silence About Donkey Kong High Score Controversy [Updated]](https://imgix.kotaku.com.au/content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/08/u88rhqhtdchmgftl9vz3-scaled.jpg?ar=16%3A9&auto=format&fit=crop&q=65&w=800)
Last week, a popular Donkey Kong website announced that it would be removing former champion Billy Mitchell’s scores from its list after an analysis that it said showed his playthroughs of the game were achieved on the emulator MAME and not on original arcade hardware. Yesterday, Mitchell made what is…
Twin Galaxies, the arbiter of video game records for more than three decades, and the authority Guinness World Records uses to certify video game high scores, changed hands last fall. It’s now owned by two arcades, one in Denver and the other in New Jersey.
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