Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong Records Reinstated After Lengthy Legal Battle
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Yahoo Entertainment
After a 5-year legal battle, arcade gamer Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong and other records have been reinstated by Twin Galaxies following a settlement in a defamation lawsuit. The decision was influenced by expert testimony from USC's Dr. Michael Zyda, which argued that it's impossible to definitively prove whether the recordings come from legitimate original hardware due to video noise and hardware degradation. While Mitchell sees this as a win, the site has not definitively addressed the allegations of falsified records, and the reinstated scores are placed in a historical database rather than the main website.