My Games
I registered for this class in the middle of last week, so I may or may not receive credit for this post. Regardless, here goes...
I grew up playing a lot of the classic NES games. Starting around age two, my older cousins started including me when they played Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Paperboy, Gauntlet, and others. My cousin John (now age 28) claims that I beat Super Mario Bros. when I was four years old, although I don't remember this myself.
I recently watched the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. I couldn't help but wonder, If I had kept at Donkey Kong as a young kid could I maybe be the record holder today? Billy Mitchell set the record in 1982 at the age of 17, but in 1990 at the age of four, I was already playing video games at a pro level. Take that Billy Mitchell. I guess it isn't too late. Mitchell continues to hold the record, although it has been beaten a couple times in the past few years forcing him to retake it.
Around the time I was mastering the classics on NES, I received a Sega Genesis from my parents. For the next few years, I was obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog and Mortal Kombat. In middle school, I added strategy and FPS games to my repertoire. Command and Conquer was introduced to me by some kids who eventually became my best friends. We all acquired N64 systems and began playing Goldeneye and later Perfect Dark religiously.
The advent of the xbox shifted our attention to Halo which replaced Goldeneye and Perfect Dark as our game.
Since then, I have experienced alternating periods of not playing videogames, and obsessive playing. I enjoyed playing Morrowind and Oblivion for a short period, but I just can't seem to get fully immersed in these games. In the past couple years I've gotten into the Call of Duty games, and MW2 is currently my most-played game. I would have to say FPS games are my all-time favorite, but I really enjoy all sorts of games.
I grew up playing a lot of the classic NES games. Starting around age two, my older cousins started including me when they played Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Paperboy, Gauntlet, and others. My cousin John (now age 28) claims that I beat Super Mario Bros. when I was four years old, although I don't remember this myself.
I recently watched the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. I couldn't help but wonder, If I had kept at Donkey Kong as a young kid could I maybe be the record holder today? Billy Mitchell set the record in 1982 at the age of 17, but in 1990 at the age of four, I was already playing video games at a pro level. Take that Billy Mitchell. I guess it isn't too late. Mitchell continues to hold the record, although it has been beaten a couple times in the past few years forcing him to retake it.
Around the time I was mastering the classics on NES, I received a Sega Genesis from my parents. For the next few years, I was obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog and Mortal Kombat. In middle school, I added strategy and FPS games to my repertoire. Command and Conquer was introduced to me by some kids who eventually became my best friends. We all acquired N64 systems and began playing Goldeneye and later Perfect Dark religiously.
The advent of the xbox shifted our attention to Halo which replaced Goldeneye and Perfect Dark as our game.
Since then, I have experienced alternating periods of not playing videogames, and obsessive playing. I enjoyed playing Morrowind and Oblivion for a short period, but I just can't seem to get fully immersed in these games. In the past couple years I've gotten into the Call of Duty games, and MW2 is currently my most-played game. I would have to say FPS games are my all-time favorite, but I really enjoy all sorts of games.
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In a statement released by Twin Galaxies, Mitchell said that he originally intended to beat the Donkey Kong score, then decided to go after the Donkey Kong Jr. mark on the spur of the moment. "I remember a lot of celebration; hugs, kisses and a lot of hooting and hollering," Mitchell said. "Once that died down, stood there looking at Donkey Kong Jr. and thought ‘there's one more thing I have to take care of'."
Mitchell evidently quit his Donkey Kong game immediately after beating Chien's mark. Asked why, Mitchell said: "Some say I'm being cocky. Some say I'm being lazy. I say, I'm being Billy Mitchell."