Competition
There have been four Twin Galaxies-verified world record holders in Donkey Kong: Billy Mitchell, Tim Sczerby, Steve Wiebe, and Hank Chien (who currently holds the record with a score of 1,127,700). The title has changed hands between the four multiple times, with Sczerby being the only one-time record holder.
The 2007 motion picture documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters explores the world of competitive classic arcade gaming and tells the story of Wiebe's quest to break Mitchell's record.
Among celebrity players, actor Will Forte is currently ranked on the Twin Galaxies Donkey Kong scoreboard, and rapper Eminem has Tweeted his Donkey Kong scores on two different occasions. The latter score, if it were eligible for verification by Twin Galaxies, would place him within the top 25 on the scoreboard.
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