At first there was
, and he was the champ, and he remained that way for a good 17 years.
Then a competition started to brew as
dethroned
. Unfortunately this rivalry was short lived as
came onto the scene.
For a good 8 years these
and
battled back, and forth retaking each others crown.
Then two things happened
First Dean overtook
, and
with his MAME score, in which he remains Donkey Kong MAME king today.
Then Hank, and Vincent emerged on the arcade scene. Even though Vincent never did get the crown he did give Hank a run for his money, and they raised the bar up a notch.
After that, what I considered to be the greatest rivalry for the crown took place as Wes, and Robbie took the crown back, and forth, and raised the score to insane heights where Wes got his 1.218 million last year.
But just when you think things are quieting down two new challengers arise with John, and Jason becoming the dueling J's. Where they take Donkey Kong is anyone's guess, but it should be interesting.
