It's been almost 3 years now since I have had the record. In about a month it will be three years. At the time Steve Wiebe had the Donkey Kong record, and Mark Kiehl had the Donkey Kong Junior record with a score of 1.237 million if I am not mistaken. Over these past 3 years both Donkey Kong, and Donkey Kong Junior titles have changed hands. The one constant over all this has been me.
Now having said that I think the biggest reason is because of a lack of competition for this game. I do think though had I left the record at 2.78 million when I broke it the first time during Memorial day weekend the title would have changed hands by now. I put the score to a point where you actually have to care about the game to a certain extent in order to get the record. It's just not worth it now to anyone who is disinterested in the game given the amount of time a person would have to spend in order to get it.
Over the past 3 years it has been a very wonderful ride. I have been given more honors than I possibly could imagine with this game. Mainly because it's a golden era Nintendo game with the name Donkey Kong attached to it. I feel like I have done what I wanted with this game. That is to put up a respectable score for it.
As they say though, no matter how high you put up a score. Records were made to be broken. Eventually someone on MAME or Arcade will break my record. My guess is probably enough time will pass that people will ignorantly start saying how my two Donkey Kong 3 records are unbeatable records, and someone will go "Oh yeah, will I can beat that". And sure enough that person will beat it, and that will be that. Still though, I have attached myself to my favorite game for as long as we have a working civilization. And for me, that's good enough.
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Is this a tad bit on the self absorbed bragging side? I suppose so, but hey not many people post in the Donkey Kong 3 forum anyways, and I am just trying to show some love.
