The ex-champion is now a champion once more. After seeing his scores for two arcade games, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, be stripped from Twin Galaxies and thus removed from the Guinness World Records over cheating allegations, Billy Mitchell has now gotten his records reinstated by the latter. As of June 18th, the Guinness World Records has determined through "re-examination of the records and the emergence of key eyewitness and expert testimonials" that Mitchell's five scores, attained between 1982 and 2010, are to be reinstated.

They have also decided to note that Billy Mitchell is the first person to both score 1 million points in Donkey Kong, and the first to reach the game's kill screen. At this point in time, however, Mitchell's Donkey Kong scores have been surpassed on multiple occasions, with the world record currently, according to Twin Galaxies, belonging to John McCurdy as of 2019, (though the previous record-holder Robbie Lakeman retook this top spot earlier this week at 1,260,700 points) with this ruling mostly to serve in clearing Mitchell's name rather than securing the most recent top score.

Meanwhile, Twin Galaxies, who is currently being sued by Mitchell over defamation, released their own statement, stating that they are still looking into the matter of cheating allegations.

With the recent rulings on Todd Rogers, currently opened cases have been scrutinized and re-evaluated more heavily by the forum members. Young came back to the same thread today with a thorough analysis of why he believes Mitchell lied, including detailed pictures and captured gifs for comparison. Many websites misinterpreted the information that Twin Galaxies had made an official ruling on Mitchell, wrongly stating that Young was a TG judge and that it had been officially ruled, to the point that his name is trending on Twitter during publication of this post.

Accusations include that Mitchell was using MAME, an open source emulator, to obtain the score instead of a real Donkey Kong machine and that frames from his submission may have been spliced together. The score in question places him 12th place in this particular track at 1,062,800 points, behind Robbie Lakeman’s recent 1st place ranking at 1,230,100.

The Twin Galaxies Editorial team reached out to the Twin Galaxies Administration and Adjudication team for clarification and an official word on the matter.

“Twin Galaxies,” they said, “is in the process of fully reviewing the compelling evidence provided by Jeremy Young to support his current score dispute case against Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong score. We will do this thoroughly and impartially. In the meantime, we will continue to observe this discussion by experts in the community and will also examine any further evidence that may be provided during this review period.”

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[Deleted User]

Suicide sounds pretty nice now. Also, WHAT THE FUCK

 

[KingVamp]

I don't know much about him either. In fact, when this story first came out, it was the first time I heard of him. That said, putting aside if he cheated or not, of course most people would fight tooth and nail for a big accomplishment, let alone a hard one.

 

[ack]

all those greasy bastards care about is money

 

[Kioku]

I don't know much about him either. In fact, when this story first came out, it was the first time I heard of him. That said, putting aside if he cheated or not, of course most people would fight tooth and nail for a big accomplishment, let alone a hard one.

Why would he choose now? His record was expunged for a while. So, why would he come out now and fight it? Hm. Either way, I couldn't care less. Real issues going on, don't need some man child taking up my time.

 

[nashismo]

I have no idea of this guy, but it is funny how people who probably have never EVER known him, seem to hate him so much! It is hilarious... Is it the hair? Hahhhaha

 

[Bladexdsl]

who probably have never EVER known him, seem to hate him so much! It is hilarious... Is it the hair? Hahhhaha

his a cheating tosser who got away with it that's why. shows you how wrong the world is today throw money at it and it will go away/get whatever you want

 

[Dimensional]

When someone asks me the definition of manchild, I tell them to look up Billy Mitchell. He's the kind of guy to sue someone over a stolen twinkie.

Coincidentally, Twinkie is what I keep seeing whenever I glance at the name Twin Galaxies before rereading.

 

[Crazynoob458]

billy: some crap happens
also billy: starts sueing everything

 

[duwen]

The guys a c*nt... regardless of any talent he's ever shown at anything, his arrogant, obnoxious attitude and personality demands that he is universally hated.

 

[KingVamp]

Why would he choose now? His record was expunged for a while. So, why would he come out now and fight it? Hm. Either way, I couldn't care less. Real issues going on, don't need some man child taking up my time.

I'm pretty sure he has been fighting this, ever since it happened.

 

[Something whatever]

Cry baby got his wish.

*gasp* but only he cares

 

[m_babble]

It seriously never ends with this guy.

 

[YeezusWalks]

I swear every time i hear Billy Mitchell news, I care less and less.
Mostly because at this point I expect him to literally sue every last person on earth if it means he can get his record back.
He's just a manchild honestly...

 

[Sakitoshi]

has any of you any proof that mitchell or twin galaxies is in the wrong? no.
I'm not taking any sides here without actual hard proof verified by myself, but I have no time to be verifying things like this.
in a case of this guy word vs this other guy word it's better to remain neutral.

 

[FAST6191]

has any of you any proof that mitchell or twin galaxies is in the wrong? no.
I'm not taking any sides here without actual hard proof verified by myself, but I have no time to be verifying things like this.
in a case of this guy word vs this other guy word it's better to remain neutral.

I did see a reading by a lawyer (link above somewhere) and follow along with the court documents (were still up yesterday when I looked). Twin Galaxies looked to be on the back foot (which is presumably why Guinness took the easy route) and this in addition to my general opinion that emulation is not inherently cheating (not a great look by any means but not inherently) which I believe is still what they are going with.

 

[Captain_N]

Well Billy, if your such a bad ass i want to see you get that score in 2020. Then your name can be added.

 

[RustInPeace]

That video in the source link is kind of funny. Billy Mitchell comes off like a pro wrestler character. He's so up his own butt, to a point where it's fascinating.

 

[supershadow64ds]

I mean, GWR is known for being extremely corrupt and lacking any sort of integrity in its verification methods.

 

[Sakitoshi]

Well Billy, if your such a bad ass i want to see you get that score in 2020. Then your name can be added.

is 2018 good enough for you?


here have a pacman video too.


I'm not taking sides, but Billy knows his stuff and Twin Galaxies also has his fare share of shadiness.
what I'm trying to say is that we shouldn't trust anyone involved in this.

 

[XDel]

Some day I think the Billy Mitchell look will really take off, and you'll start seeing a bunch of Billy Mitchell prototypes running around.