Donkey Kong world record holder Wes Copeland has completed what many believe to be a perfect run.
In a three-and-a-half-hour stream on May 5, Copeland achieved the score of 1,218,000. The significance of this score is that it’s considered, at this point in time, to contain all the points available in Donkey Kong.
You see, upon completing Donkey Kong the player restarts from the first level. To outsiders, Donkey Kong appears like it could be played indefinitely, but this isn’t the case in the arcade version where eventually, due to a coding error, Mario/Jumpman reaches a kill screen where he dies after a few seconds.
According to Copeland, the only feasible way to best his latest high score is with a giant dollop of luck.
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In a three-and-a-half-hour stream on May 5, Copeland achieved the score of 1,218,000. The significance of this score is that it’s considered, at this point in time, to contain all the points available in Donkey Kong.
You see, upon completing Donkey Kong the player restarts from the first level. To outsiders, Donkey Kong appears like it could be played indefinitely, but this isn’t the case in the arcade version where eventually, due to a coding error, Mario/Jumpman reaches a kill screen where he dies after a few seconds.
According to Copeland, the only feasible way to best his latest high score is with a giant dollop of luck.
Continue reading…
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