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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

Live Donkey Kong record attempt

Steve Weibe is trying to break Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong record live. As in right now! The pair’s exploits were chronicled in the documentary King of Kong. (via waxy)

Update: The score to beat is 1,050,200 points. (Oops, Wiebe just died as I was typing this. He’s got two guys left.) Wiebe owns the second highest score with 1,049,100 points.

Update: He just died again. He’s at ~370,000 with one guy left. Not looking good.

Update: Last guy. 457,000. Not looking good.

Update: He finally got it going but ended up short of the record with 923,400. Word is he’s got two more chances to break it today.

Update: No dice…didn’t break the score with any of his games.