Another big videogame record is dead: Billy Mitchell of "King of Kong" fame caught using MAME and (probably) snapshots to set 1M point records in Donkey Kong twingalaxies.com
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bunnies wrote
tbh I think it's a bit of sad that these old games are losing their mystique. The idea that there are ancient, forgotten tricks is very appealing, in a romantic way.
On the other hand, I really like the current collaborative optimization efforts, illustrated in their best shape in the recent super mario bros 4-2 progression video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1AHCaokqhg