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Author: dementedhut
Posted: October 02, 2010 (07:21 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Loved this review when it first appeared on the site, and still love it now.
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Author: Leroux
Posted: October 02, 2010 (07:40 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
A head's up on the Cabaret... |
Author: zigfried
Posted: October 02, 2010 (08:21 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
What happened at Twin Galaxies to affect the review? If it won't be obvious from reading tomorrow, I'd be curious to hear the story, because stuff like that interests me.
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Author: Leroux
Posted: October 02, 2010 (08:25 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Steve Wiebe won the Donkey Kong title back from Billy Mitchell, and the slant was that Mitchell was smeared in the King of Kong documentary (well-documented elsewhere online), and has won the title back twice since (from Wiebe, then Hank Chien this year), and that tied in with the importance of the game, still to this day, especially in the retro gaming circle, and was interesting because Billy Mitchell is a hot sauce slinging, American flag wearing arcade game bad ass. |
Author: zigfried
Posted: October 02, 2010 (08:45 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I just read a bit about it... somehow I suspect it's only a matter of time before Billy Mitchell takes the top score again. It's incredible how much competition is still happening with a lot of the classics.
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Author: Leroux
Posted: October 02, 2010 (08:54 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
After Mitchell passed Chien's score this summer he ended his game deliberately. Why? |
Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: October 02, 2010 (10:49 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I either haven't read this review before...or my hazed-out memory doesn't remember it...but this is one kick-ass bit of historical reviewing. If there was a Smithsonian for reviews, this would be there due to the amount of pure history you deliver.
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Author: joseph_valencia
Posted: October 10, 2010 (09:58 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Why was this review re-posted? Not that I'm complaining, because it's awesome.
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