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King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters - Review
The Interweb Show | 9:25 PM on 09.23.2007 3 comments


I recently saw "King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters - Review" and I have to say this documentary is AWESOME. The storyline is that Steve Wiebe is trying to beat Pac Man and Donkey Kong Champion Billy Mitchell's high score on Donkey Kong. The documentary has a lot of great interviews with all the people involved in Steve's struggle to get the top score. You get to see a lot into the life of Steve and Billy and see exactly how each other acts to each other. I don't want to blow much about this movie but I will give my opinion on the two individuals and how they are portrayed.

I met Billy Mitchell at the 2005 Summer CPL tournament in Dallas, Texas. Billy was one of the most elitist assholes I had ever met because he had 2 world record scores. I do think that the scores are a great achievement but as with anyone that is very good at something being modest is very important. I met Steve Wiebe recently at Comic Con 2007. Steve was a very well spoken man who didn't mind answering any questions about Donkey Kong his personal life or anything. I find it very ironic how two people with similar goals can be so different. But back to the movie. If you enjoy documentaries on any level you should definitely check this documentary out. Look for show times at Billy vs Steve

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nilcam's Destructoid Blog
I loved the movie as well, but hate how the score thing is so sacred to that branch of gaming. That aspect made me appreciate Evo even more, if that's possible. If Billy's game was Street Fighter, he'd have to actually face challengers, not just rest on his achievement.
Mxyzptlk's Destructoid Blog
Great movie, although it's edited to make Billy Mitchell and Twin Galaxies look much worse then they actually were. Don't get me wrong, I have no doubt that Billy Mitchell is a douche, but the implication that he faked the taped score, never competed in public, and had the entire Twin Galaxies ref staff wrapped around his little finger was a bit much. Plus, they left out the fact that Wiebe's Funspot high score was reinstated within 2 days because Mitchell's tape was never supposed to be official submitted. It stood for a couple months afterwards before Mitchell took it back.

Btw, even though the documentary states that Wiebe later beat Mitchell's score, Mitchell has since then beaten Wiebe's score by a few thousand points, in public, with a ref, notary public, and a couple dozen witnesses all watching. Wiebe's gearing up for another go at it.
Cyberxion's Destructoid Blog
I hope that Wiebe kicks his ass. Despite whatever inaccuracies may exist in the film, you can't fake douche-baggery, and Billy comes across like the biggest, slimiest douche out there. That man deserves to have his ego obliterated, and I'd like to see a nice guy like Steve do it.


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