The King Of Kong (2007) - movie about Donkey Kong & video gaming competition!

[sathomaso]

Holy crap, I just finished watching "THE KING OF KONG" from 2007:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/

and it's no doubt one of the best movies I have seen lately! :-O
Actually it's more like a documentary, not just a movie. Dealing mostly with the recent battle for the world-record in Donkey Kong highscore, and also gives great insight into the beginning of the video gaming competitions in the 80s in general.

Highly recommended to everyone here.
If you liked the "Masters of Doom" book, you'll also love this flick.

Hell, one of these guys is even wearing a Doom (3) shirt...

Enjoy!

[Rizimar]

Awesome. I'll have to check that one out

[al]

One of my favourite movie oriented podcasts has a good review of it (and a few words in defense of Billy Mitchell ).

1.) Download this mp3 (74 Megs):
http://www.hollywoodsaloon.com/podcast/se/2007GBU1.mp3

2.) Open it and go to 54:00

Enjoy!

[al]

Well, okay. If no one is gonna bring it up, I will.

You want insight into the beginning of the video gaming competitions in the 80s in general?

Here you go:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479879/ Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007)

It is also recommended to search for Billy Mitchell on youtube.

[SuperflyJohnson]

Billy Mitchell was a punk and always will be a punk. How many times did he fake that record yet Wiebe's original machine was tainted? (Many baseball fans put a * next to Barry Bonds, I put one right on Billy Mitchell's FACE.)

I'd like to see how long Mitchell would last in a head to head deathmatch. Dude is a disgrace to gamers everywhere.

[Josh1billion]

There's a sequel or something of the sort too, IIRC.