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Title: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on July 17, 2013, 04:58:57 pm
As a companion to the killscreener timeline (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=18.0), here is a chronology of every known million-point player's first "rollover."

All of Billy Mitchell's three TG-verified million point performances have since been "de-verified" and struck from the high score lists of both TG and DKF, which you can read about here (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=2055.0). Whether or not Mitchell ever actually achieved a legitimate million point score (prior to 2018) is now considered unknown. I have, however, left him on the list as an "asterisked entry", since his early scores were accepted at one time, and are (obviously) highly significant to the history of this game.

Are there any names missing? Perhaps. Based on his YouTube videos, Ben Mazowita seems extremely capable, but he isn't part of the community. There is also a rumor of a player from Japan who achieved a million-point game (on the US version) at some point prior to 2015, but this player is unknown to us as well.

We can be reasonably confident, at any rate, that Steve Wiebe's 1,006 was the first-ever million point game of DK, and that no more than a handful of players (if any) are missing from this list.

-#--PlayerDateScorePlatformVerification?
1Steve Wiebe6/4/20041,006,600ArcadeTG (rejected but legit)
*Billy Mitchell6/7/20041,047,200ArcadeTG (SEE THREAD HERE (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=2055.0))
2Tim Sczerby12/31/20081,024,100ArcadeNone (replay streamed 8/1/09 (http://www.justin.tv/drdreaddr/b/258815383))
3Scott Kessler*  4/27/20081,000,600ArcadeNone
4Dean Saglio5/7/20091,026,700MAMETG (1st MAME million)
5Hank Chien9/13/20091,037,700ArcadeNone (official TG score came later)
6Vincent Lemay9/11/20101,002,700MAMETG (2nd MAME million)
7Jeff Willms* 8/16/20111,107,600MAMETG (3rd MAME million)
8David McCrary12/30/20111,015,000ArcadeTG (4th TG-ranked arcade million)
9Mark Kiehl1/22/20121,016,500ArcadeTG
10Kyle Goewert*  4/27/20121,012,800ArcadeTG
11Benjamin Falls5/5/20121,010,400ArcadeStream
12Shaun Boyd*  5/21/20121,037,500ArcadeTG
13Steve Wiltshire1/27/20131,019,600ArcadeTG
14Philip Tudose2/22/20131,005,700MAMEMARP
15Robbie Lakeman3/6/20131,007,600MAMEStream
16Svavar Gunnar Gunnarsson5/29/20131,008,800ArcadeLive
17Mike Groesbeck6/21/20131,023,600ArcadeTG
18Jon McKinnell*  7/7/20131,025,200ArcadeStream
19Jeff Wolfe9/22/20131,054,900ArcadeStream
20Corey Chambers9/24/20131,008,100ArcadeStream
21Ross Benziger* 9/27/20131,136,500ArcadeTG
22Mick Winzeler1/5/20141,018,300ArcadeYouTube
23Wes Copeland5/4/20141,028,200MAMEStream
24Jason Wade1/1/20151,027,100MAMEStream
25Ethan Daniels1/10/20151,041,100ArcadeStream
26Shawn Robinson*  1/24/20151,022,700ArcadeTG
27Jonathan McCourt4/16/20151,002,300MAMEStream
28Daniel Desjardins*  6/21/20151,059,700ArcadeStream
29Graham Hawkins*  7/6/20151,045,900MAMEStream
30Andrew Barrow  8/14/20151,014,600MAMEStream
31John McCurdy 8/17/20151,010,500MAMEStream
32Tanner Fokkens 11/7/20151,004,100ArcadeStream
33Martin Laing*  3/5/20161,026,800ArcadeStream
34Jason Corey Brittain 3/22/20161,001,600MAMEStream
35Thomas Bauer 5/5/20161,019,000MAMEStream
36Joe DuPree*  8/14/20161,008,700ArcadeStream
37"DKK-OKINAWA"*  12/26/20171,014,400ArcadeStream
38"ACU-AZU" 1/1/20181,046,600ArcadeTwitter
39Estel Goffinet*  1/12/20181,031,200ArcadeStream
40Scott Cunningham*  3/11/20181,064,500MAMEStream
41J P Buergers 12/17/20181,110,200MAMEStream
42Justin Elliott  5/12/20191,068,500MAMEStream
43David Lyne*  8/11/20191,007,300MAMEStream
44"FloBeamer1922"*  8/17/20191,032,100MAMEStream
45Matt Tecchio  9/2/20191,052,600ArcadeStream
46Josh Mayden*  5/26/20201,027,700ArcadeStream
47Steven Kleisath*  7/21/20201,001,800ArcadeStream
48Brad Williamson*  8/30/20201,001,300MAMEStream
49Laura Neville*  10/04/20201,003,900ArcadeStream
50James Cook*  11/28/20201,009,200ArcadeStream

*  - denotes an "unimproved PB": a player whose first million remains his personal best score. Players with no *  have scored higher since their first million.

NOTE: Scott Kessler is the only player on this list who does not appear on the DKF High Score List (no video or other verification of this score exists).

By year:
1981-2003: 0
2004: 1
2005: 0
2006: 0
2007 (King of Kong released): 0
2008: 2
2009: 2
2010: 1
2011: 2
2012: 4
2013: 9
2014: 2
2015: 9
2016: 4
2017: 1
2018: 4
2019: 4
2020: 5
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: tudose on July 17, 2013, 05:01:52 pm
love it. MARP oh yer
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Xermon54 on July 17, 2013, 05:05:24 pm
Good to have that ;-).

I lol'ed at Jeff's score of 1.1m. Jeff said: Screw 1m, I'm gonna get 1.1m! YOLO!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on July 17, 2013, 05:05:42 pm
Oops, I have your date wrong Phil. I know it was February, do you know the date?

You over-wrote that .inp with your 1,050 game.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: tudose on July 17, 2013, 05:13:14 pm
Quote from: ChrisP on July 17, 2013, 05:05:42 pm
Oops, I have your date wrong Phil. I know it was February, do you know the date?

You over-wrote that .inp with your 1,050 game.

feb 22nd
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on July 17, 2013, 05:21:34 pm
I'm glad I put together most of this info last year, before the TG forum went down. This would not have been possible otherwise.

FFS, we really, really need to pry the old TG forum out of Richie's hands, since its obvious that he never plans to put it back up.

I'm looking through this file I have that has notes on various TG threads, and I want so badly to be able to read them. There is SO much DK history on that forum. I know it doesn't matter to Richie, but it matters to me, and others.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: marinomitch13 on July 17, 2013, 05:52:16 pm
Don't forget about the female player from Washington that did it in early 1982... I "know", because Cat told me.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 17, 2013, 09:15:38 pm
1M is the new killscreen.

Great list!  A few notes/corrections (off the top of my head so you may want to double check me):

Steve Wiebe's 1.006M game was done on an 8 way joystick (not 100% sure)

As you mention, Billy did have an unofficial 1.014M or something like that, but his first official submission was was 1,047,200.  (see http://superbunker.com/resources/dkt/ (http://superbunker.com/resources/dkt/))

Scott Kessler's 1M was done at home.  His FS performance was just a run through (89xK).

My first 1M was at home and not TG verified (TG recording rules at the time didn't allow recorded 1M scores).

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: homerwannabee on July 17, 2013, 09:31:42 pm
Quote from: hchien on July 17, 2013, 09:15:38 pm


My first 1M was at home and not TG verified (TG recording rules at the time didn't allow recorded 1M scores).

Looking back at that, this has to be one of the worst rules ever instituted.  Thankfully they got rid of it.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on July 17, 2013, 10:41:46 pm
Thanks for the info, Hank.

It's really too bad that Tim Sczerby kept his first million to himself. If he was sore about not getting recognition in KoK, the adulation over being the third player to a million would have at least healed the wound a little, not to mention told the world that he was right up there with Billy and Steve. I understand why he'd have a beef with TG in 2008, obviously, but why bother even doing it to prove yourself to everybody if you're not going to let it be known that you did it?

And his 1,032 in 2010 is still a huge score even today. He's angry about being pushed aside, but ever since the movie it's almost like he's pushing himself aside.

As for Steve, I'm not gonna worry about or note the 8-way. That game is too important to question on a technicality (especially since the technicality makes the game harder!)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: stella_blue on July 18, 2013, 07:07:53 am
Quote from: ChrisP on July 17, 2013, 04:58:57 pm
Players who have NOT yet improved on their initial 1M score: Kessler, Goewert, Falls, Boyd, Wiltshire, Gunnarsson, Groesbeck. (7 out of 18)

Jeff Willms makes it 8 out of 18, although improving on a score of 1,107,600 represents a more difficult challenge (compared to the others).

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 18, 2013, 07:27:13 am
Scott Kessler actually self-reported that he had improved on his initial 1M game, but he never made the score known publically.  I think because of his general reputation it was believed to be true.

Quote from: ChrisP on July 17, 2013, 10:41:46 pm
It's really too bad that Tim Sczerby kept his first million to himself.

I think the reason(s) he withheld his scores were:

- TG 1M point rule (it's not a coincidence that every arcade 1M game on this list in 2008-2009 was unofficial)

- He did not want to submit unless he broke the WR at the time (1.05M).

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: giv on July 18, 2013, 08:12:45 am
I love the idea of a rule that says 1 million points+ must be done live. It's like my feelings on how you have to get out of your comfort zone, codified into law.

You want recognition, you gotta deliver the goods while the pressure's on, baby!  ;D

(And before anyone gets all upset by it, know that I mean baby as a term of endearment and not in a derogatory fashion.)

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 18, 2013, 08:21:08 am
Trivia question (I'm actually not sure of the answer):

Who had the first live 1M point game?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Xermon54 on July 18, 2013, 08:35:01 am
Good question! Steve Wiebe didn't even get 1m live in KoK (got lik 985k?). Hasn't Scott Kessler gotten 1m in like 2009 or something like that at Funspot?

Don't tell me Hank you're the one that got 1m+ live the first at Funspot with your 1.09m?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: homerwannabee on July 18, 2013, 08:35:59 am
Quote from: hchien on July 18, 2013, 08:21:08 am
Trivia question (I'm actually not sure of the answer):

Who had the first live 1M point game?

Didn't Steve Wiebe get 1M live on G3 about 4 years ago?  I think Billy Mitchell at some real estate brokers convention did it the first time live in front of people though.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 18, 2013, 08:59:38 am
Quote from: Xermon54 on July 18, 2013, 08:35:01 am
Good question! Steve Wiebe didn't even get 1m live in KoK (got lik 985k?). Hasn't Scott Kessler gotten 1m in like 2009 or something like that at Funspot?

Don't tell me Hank you're the one that got 1m+ live the first at Funspot with your 1.09m?

Scott's 1M was at home (I'm pretty sure).  At FS he was running boards.

I'm not claiming to be first (although it may be possible), but I have a live 1M before the 1.09M.  I'll post a date/video when I get home.  Vince, would it really kill you that much if I was the first live 1M?  <evil laugh>

@George I'm not sure if Steve broke 1M on G4.  Can anyone confirm/deny?  That would certainly be before mine.

Easy one: first live 1.1M?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: stella_blue on July 18, 2013, 09:01:55 am
Quote from: hchien on July 18, 2013, 08:59:38 am
Easy one: first live 1.1M?

Jeff Willms at the Kong Off II.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: LMDAVE on July 18, 2013, 11:48:37 am
Tim Scezrby's first 1M score was 1,024,100, the 1.034M game game later. Dwayne has both archived on his stream. Guess youhave the date right, because Dwayne's broadcast was jsut a reshowing of the tape in Aug/2009.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 18, 2013, 12:20:22 pm
Tim broke 1M at least four times (four times that he told me about).  I believe his highest is 1,034,700 (ending on 21-5).  I'm not sure when/what score was his first.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: LMDAVE on July 18, 2013, 01:21:24 pm
Also, you have Billy's million a whole year earlier. It was 2005. Steve's million date is right, but Billy's video was shown/verified at Funspot in 2005 when wiebe was there.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: syscrusher on July 18, 2013, 02:53:25 pm
Hank, I remember the 1M game you put up at Richie's.  I don't remember the score, but I think it was somewhere between 1.005M - 1.01M.  I remember taking off the control panel and showing the restrictor plate and such.  That was an important game in that it paved the way for the new recording rules which allowed us to record 1M+ games at home.  That might be what I consider as the first live 1M score.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on July 18, 2013, 03:15:06 pm
For Billy's KoK tape, I'm going by the date Pigger has here (http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/wr/true/index.htm).

This is all performance dates, not verification dates.

The 1,047 tape was not seen or verified until Funspot in 2005, but it was recorded much earlier. Billy says in the movie that he'd been holding onto it for a long time. Also, the final score was engineered around beating Steve Wiebe's first submission (947K) by exactly 100,000 points. It seems like Billy wouldn't have made a big deal of targeting that score if Steve had already made his next few submissions by the time Billy played the game. 6/7/04 makes sense because Steve's 985, 995, and 1,006 all happened during summer '04 and would have been verified after 6/7/04.

I don't know where Pigger got his date, but I'll stick with it because we don't know how long that tape was lying around, but it was evidently months at least.

Thanks for the note about Tim Sczerby and the 1,024 being his first million, I didn't know Dwayne had that game archived too.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on July 18, 2013, 04:52:24 pm
Quote from: homerwannabee on July 18, 2013, 08:35:59 am
Didn't Steve Wiebe get 1M live on G3 about 4 years ago?  I think Billy Mitchell at some real estate brokers convention did it the first time live in front of people though.

Before KO2, Steve never got a live million. He got close on G4, but never rolled it over.

That's what was so cool about the back-to-back on KO2 Day 2. Not only did he do it, he did it twice!

As for the mortgage broker's convention in 2007 where Billy took back the record from Steve, good call George, and I thought that was the first live million too, but I have since discovered that there are numerous issues with this performance. It was shown on a screen at the convention (presumably being played by Billy in another room), but I have never seen any evidence that Billy was actually there or that the game was happening live, I don't know who the ref was, etc.

I have a hard time calling it "live" if nobody was actually watching Billy in the flesh.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 19, 2013, 09:11:13 am
OK, my first live 1M at Richie Knucklez on 9/26/09.  This was also my first arcade submission to TG.  I was hesitant to submit it to TG, but I was encouraged by many people in the community to submit it.  It was verified several months later (I believe in November) after the recording rules were changed.  I've been meaning to share this for a while as there were many lively moments in this video.  I also realized I had lots of conversations with various people during the game.  Definitely one of the more entertaining recordings I have.  I held back from sharing mainly because of all the potential controversy it could have stirred up back then.  Right now I think the score and all the possible controversies are moot, so here goes.

Forgive the poor editing (I threw this together really quickly last night) and definitely ignore the n00bish gameplay.  In fact, unlearn everything you learned in this video by watching Dean play for an hour.  I uploaded this video more to share the interesting conversations/thought processes that were occurring during that time.  This was definitely a special moment in my DK career.

For the first few minutes, I introduce various witnesses to that game (there were about 15-20 total).  The bulk of the video is the last 2 levels of the game and the conversation afterwards.  The last few minutes was our ad hoc verification.

[noembed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrXDjHnQGY[/noembed]

Edit: before someone asks, I did NOT know how to group barrels at the time... and I told you to ignore the gameplay.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Xermon54 on July 19, 2013, 10:28:53 am
Quote
This was definitely a special moment in my DK career.

Getting a 1m live a special moment for your DK career... lol. It's like if you would say:"Finishing my primary school was definitely a special moment for my future plastic surgeon career".

Kding, my first 1m was also very special to me.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Svavar on July 19, 2013, 10:42:52 am
Nice! thanks for sharing that :)

Awesome to see your gameplay this early. Do you think you'll ever make your WR recording public?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 19, 2013, 10:50:42 am
Quote from: Svavar on July 19, 2013, 10:42:52 am
Nice! thanks for sharing that :)

Awesome to see your gameplay this early. Do you think you'll ever make your WR recording public?

If I ever get a score in the (old) Dean range (say 1.16M+) I'll upload it to youtube.  Otherwise it's just a waste of bandwidth.  I don't really have any "tricks" that no one knows about.  I'm also planning on streaming some attempts in a month or two, so stay tuned.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: up2ng on July 19, 2013, 10:52:39 am
Quote from: ChrisP on July 18, 2013, 04:52:24 pm
Before KO2, Steve never got a live million. He got close on G4, but never rolled it over.

That's what was so cool about the back-to-back on KO2 Day 2. Not only did he do it, he did it twice!

I'm pretty confident that this is actually incorrect.  Steve's million point games at the KO2 were not the first ones that he ever did live.  It would take some digging around to find where he had done it previously, but I remember a few years back when I was surfing around trying to look into this sort of thing that there were a few smaller and lesser known places where Steve played in an arcade setting.  At least one of these (and it may have happened more than once) he did just barely break a million.  I don't remember if I was poking around on YouTube or TG or where I remember seeing this but that's what I remember anyway.

But yeah, Billy's live game in 2007 of 1,050,200 was the first known live million point game (this is the one where he was on pace for around 1,110,000 but killed it off early).  I vaguely remember that this game was approved during the "Live Only" rule, although I could be wrong about that -- perhaps that rule went into effect after Billy's game was verified I don't remember.

I'm glad to see some efforts being made to try to preserve some of these histories before they are forgotten.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 19, 2013, 11:05:37 am
Quote from: up2ng on July 19, 2013, 10:52:39 am
Quote from: ChrisP on July 18, 2013, 04:52:24 pm
Before KO2, Steve never got a live million. He got close on G4, but never rolled it over.

That's what was so cool about the back-to-back on KO2 Day 2. Not only did he do it, he did it twice!

I'm pretty confident that this is actually incorrect.  Steve's million point games at the KO2 were not the first ones that he ever did live.

Yeah I agree with this 100%.

Around the time Steve went to G4, he was being flown all over to try to break Billy's record (1.05M) at the time.  Although I don't think he broke 1M at G4, I'm fairly certainly he broke 1M at one or more of those events.  I'm not sure if those 1M's were before/after mine.  Again, I'm NOT claiming I was first.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: xelnia on July 19, 2013, 11:06:07 am
Quote from: hchien on July 19, 2013, 10:50:42 am
I'm also planning on streaming some attempts in a month or two, so stay tuned.

oh yer
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: xelnia on July 19, 2013, 11:13:30 am
Quote from: up2ng on July 19, 2013, 10:52:39 am
I'm glad to see some efforts being made to try to preserve some of these histories before they are forgotten.

Definitely. Something else I'd like to see is compiled is each 1M+ player's score progression over the years. It's great to look at the DKF HSL and the TG scoreboard and see Hank's 1.138 and Dean's 1.167 (and every 1M+), but the march to those scores is just as interesting and important as the scores themselves. That's something I don't want to be lost.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: LMDAVE on July 19, 2013, 11:24:38 am
Quote from: up2ng on July 19, 2013, 10:52:39 am
I'm pretty confident that this is actually incorrect.  Steve's million point games at the KO2 were not the first ones that he ever did live.  It would take some digging around to find where he had done it previously, but I remember a few years back when I was surfing around trying to look into this sort of thing that there were a few smaller and lesser known places where Steve played in an arcade setting.  At least one of these (and it may have happened more than once) he did just barely break a million.  I don't remember if I was poking around on YouTube or TG or where I remember seeing this but that's what I remember anyway.

But yeah, Billy's live game in 2007 of 1,050,200 was the first known live million point game (this is the one where he was on pace for around 1,110,000 but killed it off early).  I vaguely remember that this game was approved during the "Live Only" rule, although I could be wrong about that -- perhaps that rule went into effect after Billy's game was verified I don't remember.

I'm glad to see some efforts being made to try to preserve some of these histories before they are forgotten.

Steve Wiebe's (wiki) entry is completely wrong (which we know can be the case with wiki) where it states : Wiebe was the first person to achieve over a million points in a public game, with a score of 1,006,600 on July 4, 2004.

This is his his million point game we are referencing here, but it is taped and is of course the "wipe my butt" game from KoK, the one that started all the controversary. But yeah, like Hank said, he did the million live at one of his events before KO2, I remember the gaming jsut squeeking by 1,000,000, I think it actually happnened on the killscreen.

Yeah, that live Billy game was at a private live event with a convention of mortgage brokers or something like that.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 19, 2013, 11:30:56 am
Quote from: LMDAVE on July 19, 2013, 11:24:38 am
This is his his million point game we are referencing here, but it is taped and is of course the "wipe my butt" game from KoK, the one that started all the controversary.

Actually the "wipe my butt" game wasn't a 1M game.  The KoK editors made it look that way.  The "wipe my butt" game was just under 1M.  The 1.006M game was definitely a home recording though.  As I mentioned earlier, I'm also fairly certain is was on an 8-way (I bought the recording from Alpiger bitd). 

It's funny how unclear the history of DK is during the "dark period"... everyone thought everyone else was cheating and nobody was allowed to get 1M unless it was in front of a referee.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: syscrusher on July 19, 2013, 11:34:09 am
Hahaha, good to see that again!  Alpiger cracks me up.  Hard to believe that was nearly 4 years ago!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 19, 2013, 11:37:17 am
Quote from: syscrusher on July 19, 2013, 11:34:09 am
Hahaha, good to see that again!  Alpiger cracks me up.  Hard to believe that was nearly 4 years ago!

Definitely brought back some good memories for me too.  :)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: LMDAVE on July 19, 2013, 11:50:23 am
Quote from: hchien on July 19, 2013, 11:30:56 am
Quote from: LMDAVE on July 19, 2013, 11:24:38 am
This is his his million point game we are referencing here, but it is taped and is of course the "wipe my butt" game from KoK, the one that started all the controversary.

Actually the "wipe my butt" game wasn't a 1M game.  The KoK editors made it look that way.  The "wipe my butt" game was just under 1M.  The 1.006M game was definitely a home recording though.  As I mentioned earlier, I'm also fairly certain is was on an 8-way (I bought the recording from Alpiger bitd). 

It's funny how unclear the history of DK is during the "dark period"... everyone thought everyone else was cheating and nobody was allowed to get 1M unless it was in front of a referee.

OK, I have that DVD also from Alpiger, and yes thats not the "wipe my butt" game, but I always thought that game was 1M also.  The site I use to always use as a timeline for years was this

http://superbunker.com/resources/dkt/ (http://superbunker.com/resources/dkt/)

And this has the first mill game as 1,000,600....could be a typo, or a different game from the 1,006M alpigier DVD. Either way, this site is a good timeline for the newer guys that have never read any of the earlier stuff.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 19, 2013, 12:04:29 pm
The "wipe my butt" game was his 985,000 on 4/23/04.  (Source RTM).
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: up2ng on July 19, 2013, 02:29:40 pm
Quote from: xelnia on July 19, 2013, 11:13:30 am
Quote from: up2ng on July 19, 2013, 10:52:39 am
I'm glad to see some efforts being made to try to preserve some of these histories before they are forgotten.

Definitely. Something else I'd like to see is compiled is each 1M+ player's score progression over the years. It's great to look at the DKF HSL and the TG scoreboard and see Hank's 1.138 and Dean's 1.167 (and every 1M+), but the march to those scores is just as interesting and important as the scores themselves. That's something I don't want to be lost.

Yeah, if people are interested, I can try to see if I still have all of the inp files saved and try to put together some dates for how my PB progressed.  They are all generally seperated by about a year each I think, but my MAME scores bumped up something like this:

762k
1.026M
1.051M
1.073M
1.136M
1.153M
1.167M

So yeah, if people are interested I can probably find the exact scores and dates for these games.  I was recently thinking it might be fun to go back and rebroadcast my old 762k game or my 1.026M game on twitch and make fun of how raw my game probably looked back then as compared to today, hehe.  I don't think I've looked at those games in years and it might be sort of funny to see.

If we could piece together a similar history for Steve and if a few other guys like Hank, Vincent etc want to put together a history of their PB scores it might be interesting to the community as well.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: stella_blue on July 19, 2013, 02:50:07 pm
Quote from: up2ng on July 19, 2013, 02:29:40 pm

Yeah, if people are interested, I can try to see if I still have all of the inp files saved and try to put together some dates for how my PB progressed.  They are all generally seperated by about a year each I think, but my MAME scores bumped up something like this:

762k
1.026M
1.051M
1.073M
1.136M
1.153M
1.167M

So yeah, if people are interested I can probably find the exact scores and dates for these games.  I was recently thinking it might be fun to go back and rebroadcast my old 762k game or my 1.026M game on twitch and make fun of how raw my game probably looked back then as compared to today, hehe.  I don't think I've looked at those games in years and it might be sort of funny to see.


I can help out with the exact scores and dates for a few of those:

Score
   
Date
1,026,700
   
05/07/2009
1,073,000
   
11/30/2009
1,136,400
   
04/19/2010
1,153,000
   
04/02/2011
1,167,400
   
04/21/2012

Unfortunately, I don't have the INP files for the 762K and 1.051M games.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: hchien on July 19, 2013, 02:53:28 pm
I have pretty accurate records of all my TG submissions:

11/??/08 - started playing
12/25/08 640,000 (MAME)
1/29/09 758,400 (MAME)
2/21/09 897,400 (MAME)
9/26/09 1,005,800 (Arcade)
2/26/10 1,061,700 (Arcade)
12/27/10 1,068,000 (Arcade)
2/27/11 1,090,400 (Arcade)
5/19/12 1,110,100 (Arcade)
7/25/12 1,127,700 (Arcade)
11/4/12 1,138,600 (Arcade)

After my first year, I dramatically cut down the amount of time I played (burned out, work picked up etc), so this might not be the most accurate progression in terms of timeline.

EDIT: I actually think the new TG has listings of everyone's history of scores (when I click on My Scores it has all my previous submissions, I'm not sure if the date is saved though).
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Fast Eddie on July 19, 2013, 06:44:29 pm
gutted, thought i scored a million, turns out i imagined it  :P

 8)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on July 19, 2013, 11:47:57 pm
OMG! I am so sorry about that. (How the f did I even do that?)

You're not gonna believe this, but this morning when I woke up, one of the first thoughts that popped into my head was "that Jon McKinnell is actually a pretty amazing player... first the no-hammer tourney with a huge score, then he gets the million, then he effortlessly gets to L30 on the no-kill screen hack, that guy is f'kn serious."

And here I forgot to put you on this list.  :D

I think I probably knew what I'd done, subconsciously, and was trying to tell myself something. My mind talks to itself that way in the morning.

For the record, this is how it happened: there are 18 million plus players on our DKF score list. I had 18 on here. So when I saw 18 on both lists, I said "OK, I've got all of them."

But I forgot to remove Scott Kessler from the equation, since he's the one million point player not on our score list.

On Steve Wiebe's first mil: you guys (Dean, Dave, et al) are almost certainly right about Wiebe doing a live million somewhere else first. I don't even remember where I heard that he had never done it before KO2, but somebody said so and I guess I just took it as truth because I couldn't think of a counter-example. You guys were around before me though so you could easily have a memory of something that I wasn't there for, even if you can't place it specifically.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Fast Eddie on July 20, 2013, 12:25:14 pm
haha, cheers Chris...

 8)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on August 12, 2013, 07:18:06 pm
Quote from: LMDAVE on July 18, 2013, 01:21:24 pm
Also, you have Billy's million a whole year earlier. It was 2005. Steve's million date is right, but Billy's video was shown/verified at Funspot in 2005 when wiebe was there.

I already addressed this date issue (I got 6/7/04 from CAGdc), but I just discovered official corroboration for that date.

Here is a snapshot of the score detail page (http://web.archive.org/web/20061122232847/http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&sid=40527) from TG.com itself.

The question, of course, is whether to believe the date (or the score for that matter), but there it is.

The Internet Wayback Machine is awesome! Maybe I can find some old TG forum threads...
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on September 25, 2013, 04:25:48 pm
Added Jeff and Corey.

EIGHT first time millions in 2013! I wouldn't be surprised if there were one or two (or five) more by the end of the year.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on September 27, 2013, 01:07:51 pm
Well, there's one more!

3 in a week! :O

Ross's first million is a 1.1 that almost breaks the world record... love it.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on January 20, 2014, 09:46:44 pm
So on January 5th there was a post about Mick Winzeler getting a million points:
https://www.facebook.com/vlemay3/posts/10202281955064766?stream_ref=10 (https://www.facebook.com/vlemay3/posts/10202281955064766?stream_ref=10)

However, it wasn't even mentioned here. In fact, does Mick even post here? I don't know him.

In any case, I'll add him to the list!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: MickyWinz on January 23, 2014, 10:51:39 am
I do come here from time to time, Chris. Thanks for posting that.  Ill have an official one coming soon if work and marriage preparations ever slow down  ;D
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on January 04, 2015, 09:57:21 pm
2014 was a slow year for inaugural millions, but we weren't even 1 day into 2015 before we had our first for the year! Jason Wade is #25.

Will 2015 beat 2014? It would be bizarre if it didn't.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: danman123456 on January 05, 2015, 10:30:12 am
Quote from: ChrisP on January 04, 2015, 09:57:21 pm
2014 was a slow year for inaugural millions, but we weren't even 1 day into 2015 before we had our first for the year! Jason Wade is #25.

Will 2015 beat 2014? It would be bizarre if it didn't.

I'm 100% positive I will have a million point score this year for certain. Its a goal of mine to get done for sure. I've come close a couple of times now (750k at 1.025 and 840k at 1.08) and both games had some real bonehead of the year deaths. That is the hardest part for me the stupid deaths. I focus to hard on them and it really messes with my mental game. "Oh no im doing this again dang it".

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on January 19, 2015, 09:04:45 pm
It's funny, over a week ago Ethan Daniels had his huge tourney game (with enough in the tank for  1.1 if he'd made it to the kill screen), and it took me quite a few days to realize that it was actually his first million point game. It just sorta feels like his PB has been over a million for a long time.

Congrats mate!

Now we are definitely making up for lost time...
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on February 01, 2015, 12:03:23 am
Happy to see Shawn Robinson make the list last week.

It has always seemed to me that Shawn's DK high score progression means a lot to him, so reaching this milestone is definitely worthy of congratulations!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on April 20, 2015, 07:43:32 pm
https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=1272.0 (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=1272.0)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: stella_blue on April 21, 2015, 05:00:48 am
Quote from: ChrisP on July 17, 2013, 04:58:57 pm
By year:
1981-2003: 0
2004: 2
2005: 0
2006: 0
2007 (King of Kong released): 0
2008: 2
2009: 2
2010: 1
2011: 2
2012: 4
2013: 9
2014: 2
2015: 3

EDIT:  Jonathan McCourt brings the 2015 running total to 4

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on April 21, 2015, 06:05:25 am
Equal second with 2012 and only a third of the way through the year. Could this be another 2013? Wait and seafighter?
<popcorn>
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: stella_blue on April 21, 2015, 07:26:35 am
Quote from: Barra on April 21, 2015, 06:05:25 am
Equal second with 2012 and only a third of the way through the year. Could this be another 2013? Wait and seafighter?
<popcorn>

Hey Andrew,

Perhaps you and I should be doing more to push that number along.   ;)

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: TheSunshineFund on April 21, 2015, 07:31:16 am
Quote from: stella_blue on April 21, 2015, 07:26:35 am
Quote from: Barra on April 21, 2015, 06:05:25 am
Equal second with 2012 and only a third of the way through the year. Could this be another 2013? Wait and seafighter?
<popcorn>

Hey Andrew,

Perhaps you and I should be doing more to push that number along.   ;)

Yeah mates, stop fkin around :D
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on April 21, 2015, 07:35:43 am
Quote from: stella_blue on April 21, 2015, 07:26:35 am
Hey Andrew,

Perhaps you and I should be doing more to push that number along.   ;)

Heh
And Jry. And Wags. And Estel. And Dan. And....ChrisP!!!

Looking at it this could be a big year if people knuckle down.

:)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on April 21, 2015, 07:37:23 am
Quote from: pwnasaurus on April 21, 2015, 07:31:16 am
Yeah mates, stop fkin around :D

 <thefinger>
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: f_symbols on April 21, 2015, 09:03:49 am
Knuckle down already ffs <mad>
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: andrewg on April 21, 2015, 06:53:14 pm
I should get on this  <pacman>...
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: marinomitch13 on April 22, 2015, 11:09:29 am
If all goes as planned, come mid-October my mancave should be complete. Then I will knuckle down. Right now, I just don't have the time and energy to get back into shape (mainly mental) enough to go for 1m+. Having a completed mancave will greatly incentivize/encourage me.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: tilt on April 23, 2015, 06:46:29 am
I'm going to do this on saturday...  <popcorn>
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Jonesy on April 23, 2015, 06:57:54 am
Hmmmm.....yeah I think I need me some of this 1M action also!?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on April 23, 2015, 07:13:07 am
Damn! Everyone is getting in on it
Love it?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: marky_d on April 23, 2015, 07:18:44 am
I love it. Go, sirs.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: stella_blue on April 23, 2015, 07:44:28 am
Quote from: marky_d on April 23, 2015, 07:18:44 am
I love it. Go, sirs.

But first, I've got a few more "In The Dark" Event #4 rules to violate.  Quality DQ time and such.

I'm not talking about Dairy Queen.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on July 05, 2015, 11:26:52 pm
Oops, as the 8th DKO begins, I realized that I never updated this thread with the most recent million.  :P

It wasn't his long-sought 1.1, but Dan Desjardins finally got the rollover, won a tournament with it, AND earned a Kong Off 4 spot! That's a lot of business taken care of in a single game and has got to feel pretty sweet.

As anybody who has watched him stream knows, Dan has been grinding hard for years, so this was well deserved, and a long time coming. Congrats!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: danman123456 on July 06, 2015, 10:50:13 am
Quote from: ChrisP on July 05, 2015, 11:26:52 pm
Oops, as the 8th DKO begins, I realized that I never updated this thread with the most recent million.  :P

It wasn't his long-sought 1.1, but Dan Desjardins finally got the rollover, won a tournament with it, AND earned a Kong Off 4 spot! That's a lot of business taken care of in a single game and has got to feel pretty sweet.

As anybody who has watched him stream knows, Dan has been grinding hard for years, so this was well deserved, and a long time coming. Congrats!

Thanks Chris. Yeah several times I was this close )( to just throwing in the DK towel and moving on. Feels like it took way to long but I am happy to get it done. I'll be trying 1.1 pace in this DKO and see where it gets me  Kreygasm
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on July 15, 2015, 04:46:19 pm
Graham Hawkins takes the count up to 30!

2015 is a weak year for first killscreens, but it's shaping up to rival 2013 for first millions.

11 years ago this month Steve Wiebe became the first player to roll DK.

It's definitely been interesting to watch an achievement that was once considered astounding become practically routine. At Funspot VII, <Billy> was able to fearlessly place a $10,000 bounty on a score like the one Graham just got, and at least one player at the time (<Tim>) believed that ANY seven-digit score was flatly impossible on unhacked ROMs.

It's a real testament to the power of information-sharing and that strange "hundredth monkey effect".

I predict one or two more coming before the end of the year, but we'll have to wait and see!  <popcorn>
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on September 09, 2015, 07:37:37 pm
The Race to 1 Million was a success! I decided to wait until after the event to update this list with the winners, and I guess 9 days is suitably "after". Kappa

Andrew Barrow made it first, 5 days into the running, after what he described as a hard grind. (Wow, was that really 27 days ago already?)

Three days later came the mysterious "Mr. X" John McCurdy, who emerged from the proverbial shadows to participate in the event and hit the second prize.

Others making attempts included Jeremy Young, Scott Cunningham, Tanner Fokkens, Jason Corey Brittain, Andrew Gardikis, and myself. We all came up short. I'm sure we'll get around to it. :)

Even with this event providing incentive, and two players emerging victorious, we're still one new millionaire from tying 2013 for first-timers. Get to it, fellas!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on November 16, 2015, 11:15:59 pm
Just after setting a world record on the Donkey Kong "hard" hack (and promptly getting Lakeman'd by Copie :D ), Tanner Fokkens got down to business and pulled off his long-awaited 1M on the real thing!

2015 is now tied with 2013 for most first-time millions...
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on November 17, 2015, 12:23:24 am
Well done Tanner mate

Tied? Get in there sirs <mad>

:)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on March 17, 2016, 01:33:31 am
Long time coming, but Martin Laing (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=1577.0) made it happen!

Kiwis now crushing the Aussies...
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on May 19, 2016, 07:56:18 pm
Oh my god, Thomas Bauer FINALLY did it!

Over 900K and missed it how many times?? More than anyone else, that's for sure!

That might be one of the biggest reliefs in the history of Donkey Kong.  :)

https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=1634.0 (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=1634.0)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: stella_blue on May 20, 2016, 09:41:31 am

There are a few inconsistencies between the timeline and the main High Score List, with respect to the asterisk indicating a personal best that has yet to be improved.

#
    Player   
Date
   
Score
    Platform    Verification?
8
Jeff Willms
08/16/2011
1,107,600
MAMETG (3rd MAME million)
17
Svavar Gunnar Gunnarsson *
05/29/2013
1,008,800
ArcadeLive
26
Ethan Daniels *
01/10/2015
1,041,100
ArcadeStream
34
Martin Laing
03/05/2016
1,026,800
ArcadeStream

The entries for Jeff Willms and Martin Laing should include the asterisk.

The entries for Svavar Gunnar Gunnarsson (1,010,800 on 03/29/2014) and Ethan Daniels (1,049,100 on both 06/15/2015 and 04/30/2016) should not.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on May 20, 2016, 01:16:00 pm
Jeff - sometimes I forget that his KO2 score didn't quite beat his MAME score.

Svavar - had no idea that Svavar got two 1M scores. Cool. I thought the 1,010 was the original score, and it's been long enough at this point that my memory wouldn't know the difference between 2013 and 2014. Definitely added to the confusion that the scores were so similar!

Ethan - pure laziness on my part. He got 1,041 during DKO6, then there was the lightning storm score, then there was the tie, and all three were 1,04-odd, so at a glance my brain said "OK", derp. Again, the "similar score" problem.

Martin - the boner here is mysterious. I have no idea how that slipped through. ;D

TY!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on August 15, 2016, 11:19:43 pm
I figured, after my close call on the 4th of July, somebody would sneak in before me with another first-time million. Somebody did.

Who knows, maybe it will be 3 or 4 more by the time I get deep again. ;D

Congrats Joe!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Rolledcigs on August 17, 2016, 12:35:54 am
Thank you Chris. Yeah, I'd say Aaron, Chris Gleed, Dan Dock, Ike Hall, Tessler of course, Riley (the most dominant performer of all time), Todd, BA, Billy Gaines, Billy Mitchell, and probably a few others. But yeah man, totally. You got dis.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on August 17, 2016, 02:05:22 am
Jry will get 1m soon too.........hours on No Man's Sky

Kappa
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: xelnia on August 17, 2016, 04:26:17 am
Quote from: Barra on August 17, 2016, 02:05:22 am
Jry will get 1m soon too.........hours on No Man's Sky

Kappa

(https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/emoticons/v1/66/1.0)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on August 18, 2016, 03:22:28 am
*Cough* Race to 1m 2.0 *Cough*

 :-X
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: WCopeland on August 28, 2016, 10:02:25 am
4 hours ago ACU-AZU scored 999,900.

100 points shy of 1m :( they killed their game off at L21-3.

https://twitter.com/k27acd5b783w7/status/769885685813612544
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Rolledcigs on August 28, 2016, 07:23:09 pm
Sucks that he killed the game off but that is still really cool. Can someone try to find out why he did it? The only reason I can think of is if he thought that was the maximum..?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: xelnia on November 05, 2017, 09:08:12 pm
Quote from: WCopeland on August 28, 2016, 10:02:25 am
4 hours ago ACU-AZU scored 999,900.

100 points shy of 1m :( they killed their game off at L21-3.

https://twitter.com/k27acd5b783w7/status/769885685813612544

Quote from: Rolledcigs on August 28, 2016, 07:23:09 pm
Sucks that he killed the game off but that is still really cool. Can someone try to find out why he did it? The only reason I can think of is if he thought that was the maximum..?

Wes and I met this guy during Wes' trip to Japan earlier this year. It turns out he stopped intentionally at 999,900 so the score would show all those 9s.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on December 11, 2017, 11:59:31 am
Quote from: ChrisP on July 17, 2013, 04:58:57 pm
2017: 0

 :'(
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: KIG666 on December 26, 2017, 05:15:29 am
Okinawa-San just got his first 1M game today with a score of 1,014,400  Kreygasm

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/212619513 (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/212619513)

First 1M game for 2017  8)

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on December 26, 2017, 10:10:22 am
Quote from: KIG666 on December 26, 2017, 05:15:29 am
Okinawa-San just got his first 1M game today with a score of 1,014,400  Kreygasm

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/212619513 (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/212619513)

First 1M game for 2017  8)

Kreygasm Kreygasm Kreygasm

He was going good at 300k no lives lost when I went to bed. On the back of a 700k+ game as well

Love it!!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: xelnia on January 13, 2018, 03:31:08 am
Estel finally has his official million! (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=364.msg33255#msg33255) January 12, 2018.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: xelnia on January 19, 2018, 05:39:13 pm
Quote from: xelnia on November 05, 2017, 09:08:12 pm
Quote from: WCopeland on August 28, 2016, 10:02:25 am
4 hours ago ACU-AZU scored 999,900.

100 points shy of 1m :( they killed their game off at L21-3.

https://twitter.com/k27acd5b783w7/status/769885685813612544

Quote from: Rolledcigs on August 28, 2016, 07:23:09 pm
Sucks that he killed the game off but that is still really cool. Can someone try to find out why he did it? The only reason I can think of is if he thought that was the maximum..?

Wes and I met this guy during Wes' trip to Japan earlier this year. It turns out he stopped intentionally at 999,900 so the score would show all those 9s.

Looks like ACU-AZU may have got his true million back on New Year's: https://twitter.com/CueRetog/status/947790043891896320 (also retweeted on his page).
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Barra on January 19, 2018, 06:46:56 pm
1.046m wow Kreygasm
KO6 invitation? :)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on February 04, 2018, 04:59:49 am
I was about to add Estel, but then I realized that now I have to re-number the whole goddamn list starting at #2. ;D

I'll come back to it.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: xelnia on March 06, 2018, 08:57:22 pm
People are starting to ask more questions about the "first million", so here's the best I can gather. Everything is listed as claimed by the various parties, even though there are clearly issues with Billy's scores. So, I leave it to the reader to determine for themselves the first true million.

Score
Date
Player
Platform
Notes
1,014,400
~Summer '03
Billy Mitchell"Arcade"Direct feed. Revealed c. July 18, 2004 in NYC. Claimed to be "a full year earlier" than Wiebe's 1,006,600.
1,047,200
06/07/2004
Billy Mitchell"Arcade"Direct feed. The KoK/Funspot tape. Revealed c. June 6, 2005 at Funspot. Entered into TG database as the listed date.
1,006,600
07/04/2004
Steve WiebeArcadePlayed at home. Used an 8-way joystick, but NOT a DDK board.
1,049,100
08/03/2006
Steve WiebeArcadePlayed at home. Minor continuity break in post-game filming (turns off cab before showing PCB). Joystick, PCB, and gameplay are legit.
1,050,200
07/13/2007
Billy Mitchell"Arcade"Direct feed score from Florida Mortgage Brokers event.
1,000,600
04/28/2008
Scott KesslerArcadeSelf-reported home score. Supposedly upped his score later.
1,000,200
10/03/2008
Steve WiebeArcadePerformed live at 2008 E for All Expo.
1,024,100
12/31/2008
Tim SczerbyArcadeTim's first million. Performed at home.
1,026,700
05/07/2009
Dean SaglioMAME"First" MAME million.
1,019,900
06/25/2009
Tim SczerbyArcadeTim's fourth million point game.
1,037,700
09/13/2009
Hank ChienArcadeHome score, some footage of the end of the game.
1,005,800
09/26/2009
Hank ChienArcadePerformed live at Richie Knucklez' Arcade.
1,034,700
February '10
Tim SczerbyArcadeHome score, "a week or two before Hank's WR."
1,061,700
02/26/2010
Hank ChienArcadeHome score.
1,062,800
07/31/2010
Billy Mitchell"Arcade"Direct feed score from Boomers.
1,064,500
08/30/2010
Steve WiebeArcadeHome game, verified by TG. No public footage.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Mary McManus on March 07, 2018, 05:04:23 pm
Billy had 1,014 a full in 2003?...........I call Bullshit because if that was the case it would have been headline news at the time, plastered all over the internet and to the point it would have made my local news like the perfect PacMan. I heard NOTHING of this 1,014 game in 2003!

If Billy really did score that high in 03 it would've most assuredly been registered on the TG score Board above my 879,200 that would be 2nd place.

Not like Billy to sit on such an achievement and keep it secret for a years.

Just more crap to try and alter the true timeline and confuse people as to who did what and when. I thought Dk forum banned Billy? If they allow that score, I will never submit again.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: xelnia on March 07, 2018, 06:09:02 pm
Quote from: Mary McManus on March 07, 2018, 05:04:23 pm
Billy had 1,014 a full in 2003?...........I call Bullshit because if that was the case it would have been headline news at the time, plastered all over the internet and to the point it would have made my local news like the perfect PacMan. I heard NOTHING of this 1,014 game in 2003!

If Billy really did score that high in 03 it would've most assuredly been registered on the TG score Board above my 879,200 that would be 2nd place.

Not like Billy to sit on such an achievement and keep it secret for a years.

Just more crap to try and alter the true timeline and confuse people as to who did what and when. I thought Dk forum banned Billy? If they allow that score, I will never submit again.

Did you miss the part where it says Everything is listed as claimed by the various parties, even though there are clearly issues with Billy's scores? Do you see a 1.014M on the DKF leaderboard? That timeline is put together the way it is to show all claims and give context. Not everything is a fucking conspiracy. If you want people to know the truth and true history, they have to know the bullshit that goes along with it.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: ChrisP on May 06, 2018, 03:52:09 pm
Happy to add my man Scott Cunningham to the list.  :) Interesting score, as it's a tie for the Wiebe peebee!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: stella_blue on May 09, 2018, 02:54:10 pm
Quote from: ChrisP on May 06, 2018, 03:52:09 pm
Happy to add my man Scott Cunningham to the list.  :) Interesting score, as it's a tie for the Wiebe peebee!

The standard 700 point result on 22-1 could have broken the tie, but barrel #3 had other plans.

Of course, the unintentional 3rd man "sac" on 21-4 didn't help my cause either.

 FailFish

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: Hermarai000 on October 04, 2018, 04:56:51 pm
Quote from: xelnia on March 06, 2018, 08:57:22 pm
People are starting to ask more questions about the "first million", so here's the best I can gather. Everything is listed as claimed by the various parties, even though there are clearly issues with Billy's scores. So, I leave it to the reader to determine for themselves the first true million.

Score
Date
Player
Platform
Notes
1,014,400
~Summer '03
Billy Mitchell"Arcade"Direct feed. Revealed c. July 18, 2004 in NYC. Claimed to be "a full year earlier" than Wiebe's 1,006,600.
1,047,200
06/07/2004
Billy Mitchell"Arcade"Direct feed. The KoK/Funspot tape. Revealed c. June 6, 2005 at Funspot. Entered into TG database as the listed date.
1,006,600
07/04/2004
Steve WiebeArcadePlayed at home. Used an 8-way joystick, but NOT a DDK board.
1,049,100
08/03/2006
Steve WiebeArcadePlayed at home. Minor continuity break in post-game filming (turns off cab before showing PCB). Joystick, PCB, and gameplay are legit.
1,050,200
07/13/2007
Billy Mitchell"Arcade"Direct feed score from Florida Mortgage Brokers event.
1,000,600
04/28/2008
Scott KesslerArcadeSelf-reported home score. Supposedly upped his score later.
1,000,200
10/03/2008
Steve WiebeArcadePerformed live at 2008 E for All Expo.
1,024,100
~October '08
Tim SczerbyArcadeTim's first million. Performed at home, late 2008.
1,026,700
05/07/2009
Dean SaglioMAME"First" MAME million.
1,019,900
06/25/2009
Tim SczerbyArcadeTim's fourth million point game.
1,037,700
09/13/2009
Hank ChienArcadeHome score, some footage of the end of the game.
1,005,800
09/26/2009
Hank ChienArcadePerformed live at Richie Knucklez' Arcade.
1,034,700
February '10
Tim SczerbyArcadeHome score, "a week or two before Hank's WR."
1,061,700
02/26/2010
Hank ChienArcadeHome score.
1,062,800
07/31/2010
Billy Mitchell"Arcade"Direct feed score from Boomers.
1,064,500
08/30/2010
Steve WiebeArcadeHome game, verified by TG. No public footage.
I wish there was public footage of Steve's 1.064
As for the 1.006, I can't find any footage except for a link to a now-deleted youtube video. The WR DVD is in someone else's possession, so only the TG Referees and whoever got the DVD's(yes there were multiple copies) have seen the full first million on DK.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: muscleandfitness on January 17, 2020, 11:26:35 pm
Prediction I will be in the top ten for dk before this years out lit I got a pace today of 1.090 lit  <Allen> <Allen> <Billy> <Billy>
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: DukeFlukeEm on August 18, 2021, 07:40:38 am
Quote from: muscleandfitness on January 17, 2020, 11:26:35 pm
Prediction I will be in the top ten for dk before this years out lit I got a pace today of 1.090 lit  <Allen> <Allen> <Billy> <Billy>

I tune into you on twitch man, keep going  <Pigger>
Title: Re: Donkey Kong Million Point Timeline
Post by: aarontruitt on August 28, 2022, 06:53:26 am
Geoff and I have gotten our 1M point scores and should be added to this list  :)

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