Steve Wiebe will be taking a crack at Billy Mitchellās Donkey Kong world record during this yearās E3. To help him warm up, then, he just set a new world mark in Donkey Kong Jnr.
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Yes, no doubt spurred on by his recent defeat at the hands of a Mr. Owen Good, Wiebe set a score of 1,139,800, eclipsing the previous record of 1,033,000 held by Ike Hall (who had in turn taken the record off Mitchell).
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Twin Galaxies (the body monitoring global arcade high scores) founder Walter Day called it āa profound performanceā, while the deposed record holder Hall said āIām definately going to try and reclaim it, but it wonāt be an easy hill to climbā.
Steve Wiebe Takes Donkey Kong Junior World Record With Score of 1,139,800 [Twin Galaxies]