Billy Mitchell (gamer)
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| Billy Mitchell | |
| Famous Scores | |
| Pac-Man: | 3,333,360[1] |
| Burgertime: | 7,881,050[2] |
| Donkey Kong: | 1,047,200[3] |
| Donkey Kong Jr.: | 957,300[4] |
Billy Mitchell, born July 16, 1965 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, is a world class gamer at many of the arcade games from the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Owner of the restaurant chain that promotes Rickey's World Famous Sauce, Mitchell is known for his trademark mullet haircut and American Flag neckties. He has achieved many noteworthy scores, including:
- First person to achieve a Perfect Pac-Man score of 3,333,360, achieved July 3, 1999 at Funspot in New Hampshire. This took him approximately 6 hours of gameplay for the record achievement, but he was actually playing for two days straight before this. He began by taking the unique strategy of not using any set patterns, and improvising for the first twenty boards.[5]
- Achieving a score on Burgertime of 7,881,050.[2]
- Achieving a score on Donkey Kong of 1,047,200.[3]
- Achieving a score on Donkey Kong Jr. of 957,300.[4]
- Unofficially achieved a score on Centipede of 25,000,001.[citation needed]
On January 14, 1984, Billy Mitchell was selected as one of the 1983 "Video Game Players of the Year" by Twin Galaxies and the U.S. National Video Game Team.[6]
On September 17, 1999, Billy Mitchell was proclaimed the "Video Game Player of the Century" while at the 1999 Tokyo Game Show. In a ceremony on the Namco stage, Mr. Masaya Nakamura, the founder of Namco, presented Billy Mitchell with an award that commemorated the first "perfect" game on Pac-Man.[5]
On November 24, 1999, Billy Mitchell offered US$100,000 to the first person who could get through Pac-Man's "split-screen" while playing under Twin Galaxies rules.[7]
On June 21, 2006, MTV selected Billy Mitchell one of "The 10 Most Influential Video Gamers Of All Time."[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Pac-Man high scores on Twin Galaxies.
- ^ a b Burgertime high scores on Twin Galaxies.
- ^ a b Donkey Kong high scores on Twin Galaxies.
- ^ a b Donkey Kong Jr. high scores on Twin Galaxies.
- ^ a b "The Perfect Man," The Oxford American.
- ^ "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"
[edit] External links
- Twin Galaxies profile
- Miami Herald, January 13, 1984
- Ottumwa Courier, January 16, 1984
- RePlay Magazine, February 1, 1984
- PlayMeter Magazine, March 15, 1984
- RePlay Magazine, May 1, 1984
- Billy Mitchell on the "X-Show," February 2, 2000
- Oxford American publishes story on Billy Mitchell: "The Perfect Man."
- Billy Mitchell Creates Historical Memorabila
- Billy Mitchell Breaks World Record
- Baron von Brunk's tribute to Billy Mitchell
