King of Kong

"King of Kong: A fistful of quarters", a documentary about the best of the best in classic arcade video games. The story is about the rivalry between Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe over conquering the high score position of Donkey Kong :D.

If you dont want me to spoil it, dont read any further and read it after you watch it...



Billy Michell was the first gamer to get a perfect score in pacman and has been known as "the greatest arcade video gamer of all time". He owns a restaurant and sells a line of hot sauces :). He's quite a unique individual. Steve Weibe, on the other hand is a high school teacher who challenged Billy to Donkey Kong. He also held the record for Donkey Kong Junior but Mark Kiehl stole the title back just yesterday (April 19, 2010).

What the drama of the documentary does not show is that the current high scorer is a third guy - a 35 year old plastic surgeon from new york - Dr. Hank Chien who recorded his score via DVD just last month (April 8th). It also does not show that Billy stole back the position after Weibe took it in 2007.

Just watch it...