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Delta Sleep - Twin Galaxies - 2015
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
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The Blog at perfectpacman.com
The URL makes it seem like it's going to be entirely devoted to that specific classic arcade game, but lately it's concerned itself with two other topics, both pretty interesting. Here's a link to the site, for ease of access.

Most of the posts by weight recently have concerned the lawsuit by Billy Mitchell to for
https://setsideb.com/blog-at-perfectpacman-com/
#niche #retro #billymitchell #challenges #donkeykong #niche #perfectpacman #retro #twingalaxies

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Nach Betrugsvorwurf: Videospiel-Rekorde von Billy Mitchell wieder anerkannt

Anfang 2018 wurden Vorwürfe erhoben, Billy Mitchell habe bei Rekordspielen von Donkey Kong die Regeln gebrochen. Nun wurde die Auseinandersetzung beigelegt.

https://www.heise.de/news/Nach-Betrugsvorwurf-Videospiel-Rekorde-von-Billy-Mitchell-wieder-anerkannt-9599907.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Arcade #BillyMitchell #DonkeyKong #Gaming #PacMan #Spiele #TwinGalaxies

So, apparently the real reason why #TwinGalaxies settled with #BillyMitchell is at least partially because... TG's #lawyers fucked up bad and were caught texting witnesses in the case. They snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Fortunately, the only real harm is that TG has to host an archive of the old heavily-cheated scoreboard. Still, TG should fire their lawyers for being this incompetent.

Deal Ends Dispute Over Records of Onetime King of Donkey Kong - Billy Mitchell’s records will be listed in a “historical database” but not the leaderboar... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/arts/donkey-kong-scores-billy-mitchell-twin-galaxies.html #suitsandlitigation(civil) #recordsandachievements #computerandvideogames #mitchellbilly(1965-) #wiebestevenj(1969-) #twingalaxies #arcades

Billy Mitchell Lost His Lawsuit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7mE1LkkOGg

#KarlJobst #BillyMitchell #TwinGalaxies

I'm glad that MAME's emulation isn't 100% accurate to real hardware.

#MAME #emulation #TwinGalaxies #BillyMitchell #DonkeyKong #arcade

Twin Galaxies lawyer says settlement avoids “an inordinate amount of costs” - Enlarge / Billy Mitchell competes at a (presumably authentic) Donkey Ko... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1996518 #billymitchell #twingalaxies #donkeykong #gaming

Twin Galaxies says Billy Mitchell “flirts with perjury” in high-score case - Enlarge / Billy Mitchell (left) and Jace Hall (center) attend an event at the Arcade Expo 2015 in B... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1688765 #gaming&culture #billymitchell #twingalaxies #donkeykong #highscore #guinness

Billy Mitchell takes his Donkey Kong high-score cheating case to court - Enlarge / Mitchell rides an oversized Donkey Kong machine in the Citrus Bowl parade. (credit: Billy... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1672967 #gaming&culture #billymitchell #twingalaxies #donkeykong #kingofkong