{"id":114335,"date":"2020-06-18T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/billy_mitchells_donkey_kong_and_pac-man_scores_are_reinstated_by_guinness_world_records"},"modified":"2020-06-18T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T16:50:00","slug":"billy-mitchells-donkey-kong-and-pac-man-scores-are-reinstated-by-guinness-world-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/06\/18\/billy-mitchells-donkey-kong-and-pac-man-scores-are-reinstated-by-guinness-world-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong And Pac-Man Scores Are Reinstated By Guinness World Records"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few years ago, scorekeeping organisation Twin Galaxies stripped Billy Mitchell of his scores<\/a> following accusations of cheating. It has now been revealed that those scores have been reinstated by Guinness World Records<\/a>, which means Mitchell is once again officially recognised as the first person to register a 1 million point game on Donkey Kong<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Guinness World Records has issued a statement, saying:<\/p>\n

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In the light of compelling new evidence received by Guinness World Records, the Records Management Team has decided to reverse decisions made in April 2018 in regards to videogame high scores achieved by Billy Mitchell between 1982 and 2010.<\/p>\n

Guinness World Records is always open to accepting new evidence for historical achievements, and to reviewing new and existing evidence for disputed titles. In this case, a re-examination of the records in question and the emergence of key eyewitness testimonials led to a reversal of earlier disqualifications and the reinstating of Mr Mitchell\u2019s original records. The records archive has been updated accordingly to reflect this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The saga began back in April 2018, when Twin Galaxies announced it would be launching an investigation into Mitchell’s submitted scores after it was claimed that evidence existed which suggested he had used an emulator<\/a> for two of his scores. All of his scores were expunged from the Twin Galaxies database, and Guinness World Records later removed Mitchell’s scores as it relied on Twin Galaxies for verification. Mitchell has contested this with legal action<\/a>, which is still pending.<\/p>\n

During these events, Mitchell has benefitted from the support of original Twin Galaxies founder Walter Day \u2013 who has performed an exhaustive review of Mitchell’s submissions \u2013 as well as industry veteran Todd Tuckey and current Donkey Kong high score holder Robbie Lakeman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The reinstated records appear below:<\/p>\n