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'''Billy Mitchell''', born [[July 16]], [[1965]], in [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]], is a [[video game]] player best known for recording high scores in arcade games from the so-called [[Golden Age of Arcade Games]]. He has been described as the "greatest arcade-video-game player of all time".<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0733,wilonsky,77508,20.html]</ref><ref name="oxford_american">[http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/content.cfm?ArticleID=58 ''Oxford American'' (no date): "The Perfect Man: How Billy Mitchell became a video-game superstar and achieved Pac-Man bliss", by David Ramsey]</ref> His achievements include the first perfect score in ''[[Pac-Man]]'' and the current world record score in ''[[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]''<ref name="highscores"/>. He is one of the primary subjects of the 2007 documentary, ''[[The King of Kong]]''. He owns the Rickey's [[restaurant]] chain, based in [[Hollywood, Florida]]. |
'''Billy Mitchell''', born [[July 16]], [[1965]], in [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]], is a [[video game]] player best known for recording high scores in arcade games from the so-called [[Golden Age of Arcade Games]], an unbelievabley out-dated hair style, and questionable fashion sense. He has been described as the "greatest arcade-video-game player of all time".<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0733,wilonsky,77508,20.html]</ref><ref name="oxford_american">[http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/content.cfm?ArticleID=58 ''Oxford American'' (no date): "The Perfect Man: How Billy Mitchell became a video-game superstar and achieved Pac-Man bliss", by David Ramsey]</ref> His achievements include the first perfect score in ''[[Pac-Man]]'' and the current world record score in ''[[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]''<ref name="highscores"/>. He is one of the primary subjects of the 2007 documentary, ''[[The King of Kong]]''. He owns the Rickey's [[restaurant]] chain, based in [[Hollywood, Florida]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Revision as of 16:21, 19 November 2007
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| Billy Mitchell | |
| Famous Scores | |
| Pac-Man: | 3,333,360[1] |
| Burgertime: | 7,881,050[1] |
| Donkey Kong: | 1,050,200[1] |
| Donkey Kong Jr.: | 957,300[1] |
Billy Mitchell, born July 16, 1965, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is a video game player best known for recording high scores in arcade games from the so-called Golden Age of Arcade Games, an unbelievabley out-dated hair style, and questionable fashion sense. He has been described as the "greatest arcade-video-game player of all time".[2][3] His achievements include the first perfect score in Pac-Man and the current world record score in Donkey Kong[1]. He is one of the primary subjects of the 2007 documentary, The King of Kong. He owns the Rickey's restaurant chain, based in Hollywood, Florida.
Biography
Mitchell graduated from Chaminade Catholic High School and soon began work as a manager in the kitchen of his parents' bar and restaurant, Rickey's. He took it over in the mid-1980s, continuing to own and manage it as of 2007.
Notable scores
- First person to achieve a perfect Pac-Man score of 3,333,360, achieved July 3, 1999 at Funspot Family Fun Center in New Hampshire. [3]
- Achieved a score on Burgertime of 7,881,050 in 1984. The score was beaten in 2006.[1]
- Achieved a score on Donkey Kong of 1,050,200 on June 13, 2007. This was done with a direct feed and with a Senior Twin Galaxies Referee watching and has been accepted as of June 26, 2007.
- Achieved a score on Donkey Kong Jr. of 957,300 in 2004.[1]
Honors
On January 14, 1984, he was selected as one of the 1983 "Video Game Players of the Year" by Twin Galaxies and the U.S. National Video Game Team. [4]
On September 17, 1999, he was proclaimed the "Video Game Player of the Century" while at the 1999 Tokyo Game Show. In a ceremony on the Namco stage, company founder Masaya Nakamura presented Mitchell with an award commemorating the first "perfect" game on Pac-Man.[3]
On November 24, 1999, he offered US$100,000 to the first person who could get through Pac-Man's "split-screen level".[5]
On June 21, 2006, MTV selected Mitchell one of "The 10 Most Influential Video Gamers Of All Time."[6]
Mitchell placed eighth in the Microsoft Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Championships on June 4, 2007. [7]
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g Billy Mitchell high scores, care of Twin Galaxies
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b c Oxford American (no date): "The Perfect Man: How Billy Mitchell became a video-game superstar and achieved Pac-Man bliss", by David Ramsey
- ^ "Twin Galaxies' Coronation Day Crowns Video's Best of '83"
- ^ Billy Mitchell Offers $100,000 for solving Pac-Man "Split-Screen"
- ^ "MTV selects Billy Mitchell one of "The 10 Most Influential Video Gamers Of All Time"
- ^ Joystiq.com (June 7, 2007): "Chasing pellets: Pac-Man tries to make history again". by James Ransom-Wiley