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Hank Chien Destroyed His Own Donkey Kong Record

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by Bryan Vore on March 11, 2011 at 01:32 PM

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Twin Galaxies just verified that current Donkey Kong world record holder Hank Chien just beat his former score by a wide margin, leaving Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe in the dust.

Chien's new record was accomplished on February 27 at the Funspot arcade in New Hampshire on the arcade machine from The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. His score of 1,090,400 points was verified by Twin Galaxies today, towering over his former record of 1,068,000.

"I took about a one month break after my score in December," Chien said to Twin Galaxies. "I actually find taking regular breaks very helpful. It’s very easy to get burned out and frustrated with Donkey Kong. If I take a long break, I’ll be itching to play. Nothing is fun if you have to force yourself to do it."

Check out Twin Galaxies' full interview on the company's website. Be warned, the site looks like it's straight out of 1994. Click on Hank Chien's head under "More Headlines To Read" to see the interview.

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by Williamon Friday, March 11, 2011 at 01:44 PM

Sorry, Wiebe.. First commentor!

EDIT: Sorry for the double post, guys.
by Williamon Friday, March 11, 2011 at 01:45 PM

Sorry, Wiebe... First commentor!

EDIT: Sorry for the double post, guys
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by Warbuff Friday, March 11, 2011 at 01:49 PM

Ya know what would impress me? If he played a different game.
by Metal DJ Friday, March 11, 2011 at 01:52 PM

"Hey guys, we got a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up if you want to see it"?
by Jon Gregory aka JMan240 Friday, March 11, 2011 at 01:52 PM

Wow, massive FIRST! fail in this comment section, hope someone in the mods decides to delete that piece of garbage, and some more Kong fail. I only care if Billy Mitchel decides to take hostages and make them play until one of them beats Chien's score then attempts to claim it as his own. Other than that, it's really silly that these scores are covered so closely. Only fuels these guys' already massive egos. The fact that they have huge egos based on being good at Donkey Kong is ironic enough as it is.
by Daemon Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:25 PM

"Destroyed his record"? "Towering over his former record"? It's only like 22,000 points. Slow news day, guys?
by Ian Friday, March 11, 2011 at 03:01 PM

Something to shut Billy up. Or maybe not.
by Pyxelated Friday, March 11, 2011 at 03:20 PM

Billy is getting further down that list.... maybe he can stop being such a *** now.
by Mike Friday, March 11, 2011 at 03:35 PM

anyone know where in NH he played?
by Kurt Thomas Friday, March 11, 2011 at 04:58 PM

Woah. That's preposterous! I tried that at an arcade once, and I just died within 5 levels! Although, it should be noted that I suck at arcade games, but still...
by Robert Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:15 PM

good for him
by Di5a5terp13ce Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:26 PM

Not a bad acheive ment. Great work man. If it was me, i wouldn't play that game for a while.
by Chris Larios Friday, March 11, 2011 at 07:52 PM

man he crushed his old score.
by Coolagoon Friday, March 11, 2011 at 08:06 PM

Eat it billy.
by Mr. Alighieri Friday, March 11, 2011 at 08:11 PM

UGH! That site is wretched, I can't even look at it.
by Shatterhand Friday, March 11, 2011 at 08:26 PM

Pshhh...I could beat that score. My skillz R 1337. I just don't have time to. I'm too busy figuring out how to jump in Bulletstorm.
by Yoshiboy Friday, March 11, 2011 at 08:56 PM

Some people just confound me. This guy is truly a model for us all
by drpain Friday, March 11, 2011 at 11:20 PM

these high scores are becoming less and less interesting sadly
by Rooniman Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:15 AM

Mitchell must be balling his eyes out right now.
by BMW Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 11:28 AM

Donkey Kong... that Brutal arcade. I've only gotten like, 76,000 points on the Wii version.