The Video Game Fraud of the Century – Dot Five
Today, we look at the 1999 Classic Gaming Expo, two “Century” awards from Walter Day, and Billy Mitchell’s inflated gaming résumé from the ’80s.
The Video Game Fraud of the Century – Dot Four
Today, we look at the news coverage of Billy’s Pac-Man score, how it differed from the stories we’ve been told, how it got a boost from the Walter Day hype train, and how Rick Fothergill’s perfect score got left out in the cold.
The Video Game Fraud of the Century – Dot Three
Today, we look at Twin Galaxies during the off years, the arrival of Canadian Pac-Man masters, the May 1999 Funspot tournament, and Billy’s sneak attack.
The Video Game Fraud of the Century – Dot Two
Today, we look at the history of Pac-Man’s mysterious split screen, how competitive Pac-Man players in the ’80s deconstructed the game, and a true Pac-Man champion with perfect scores in the ’80s.
The Video Game Fraud of the Century – Dot One
This is the introduction to a nine-part series examining historical claims by disgraced video game player Billy Mitchell, regarding his claimed perfect score of Pac-Man in 1999, his “Player of the Century” award, and his trip to the Tokyo Game Show.
Housewarming
This poster was sent to us by a friend of the site. Billy Mitchell’s and Walter Day’s lies about Pac-Man history and the “perfect score” have grown and grown over the years, fed by self-identified “journalists” who never stopped to question what they were being told. But as we will soon see, lies as big as theirs have a hard time withstanding the light of day.
Under new management
Welcome to our new blog, www.perfectpacman.com. This blog will be dedicated to gaming related topics of interest to us. If you like what you see, just give us a whistle!
Disclaimer: The new site administration has no affiliation with any liars and/or cheaters and/or narcissistic frauds who may have owned this web domain in the past. But we appreciate the free advertising lol.
Interview with “ACU-AZU”, Donkey Kong’s newest 1.2 million point player
Once thought to be Donkey Kong’s impossible plateau, the 1.2 million mark has been ascended for only the sixth time. A Japanese supergamer known to the public only as “ACU-AZU” recently vaulted to #5 on the all-time leaderboard with a score of 1,210,400 on the original arcade game (U.S. rom set), achieved live at the legendary Daytona …
Interview with “rayfinkel” Justin Elliott, Donkey Kong’s newest 1.2 million point player
In December 2020, I got a chance to catch up with “rayfinkel”, aka Justin Elliott. In the summer of 2018, rayfinkel began grinding original Donkey Kong, breaking into the Donkey Kong Forum high score list with a score of 246,900 (193rd place), which became 888,000 by the end of the year. By the end of …
Interview with Steve Kleisath, former member of “Team Billy”
Previously, in my research into the Billy Mitchell case, I had reached out to Steve Kleisath, one-time member of Billy’s defense team. Steve assisted Billy and Carlos Pineiro in their attempts to refute the allegations in the score dispute. Steve was the one to relay Carlos’ technical conclusion that Billy’s game play could not have …