My 2020 Classic Video Game Hall of Fame inductees

[johnbart]

Rather than thinking how Ben Falls should have been among the list, who exactly should I have left out?   I had seven slots, and each and everyone of the seven slots are well deserving in my mind.  That's why I don't feel any real guilt leaving him out.  The seven people I listed are ALL well deserving.  And yes, so is Ben Falls.  His time will come. 

Don't make us do your job for you. 

[JasonV91]

Is your personal HOF for DK-related games or for CAG in general? If it's the latter, I would have a hard time justifying putting someone in that's only good at 2 games.

But, your HOF, your call 

[homerwannabee]

Is your personal HOF for DK-related games or for CAG in general? If it's the latter, I would have a hard time justifying putting someone in that's only good at 2 games.

But, your HOF, your call 

It's actually all classic games.   I will eventually start putting in NES Tetris and Super Mario Bros(speedrun) players as well.  Also, I feel I made a nod to an all around great player with Barra.  Truth be told, there aren't too many all around great gamers.  You have TiF, Ben Falls, and Zerstraung not in.  But after that whose left?  I already put in Dwayne Richards, Matt Hall, Martin Bedard, and Tom Votava.  But when you look at the current tournaments it's always the same top 6 or so people.

And yeah, this is a "Personal Hall of Fame."

I think people might be getting a little carried away with this. 

[GILLYKONG]

Not carried away at all. You have a great topic here. I read it as DONKEY KONG related players. From the top of your post. After all it is your list. If it's overall gaming. Then Benny SBR Falls would be in for sure.  We're just adding our opinions.
Great topic George.

[Barra]

All the bull-shittery aside, why didn't you include yourself?
Undisputed DK3 champ for over a decade. Had the #3 DK Junior score for a time and was #4 for 6 or 7 years or so. Still sitting at #7 but only 10k behind #3

[homerwannabee]

All the bull-shittery aside, why didn't you include yourself?
Undisputed DK3 champ for over a decade. Had the #3 DK Junior score for a time and was #4 for 6 or 7 years or so. Still sitting at #7 but only 10k behind #3

I actually had the highest Donkey Kong Junior score when I got 1,308,000.  Marky beat my score the very next month(One of the few that forced Marky to play Donkey Kong Junior again.  ), but I was a Donkey Kong Junior champion at one time. 

One big reason I didn't include myself.  Everyone included has at least a one million score on Donkey Kong.  I'm pathetically weak at the hardest of the Donkey Kong games.  You have the lowest Donkey Kong score I listed, but you also are great at Galaga, the second most competitive CAG game out there.  Plus, you won the 10k tournament.  Also, I've never had a top 15 finish in ANY major tournament.  The Atari 2600 score is cool because it beat a removed Todd Rogers score, but the difficulty is WAY easier than the Arcade version.  The only person that I have included that I might have a more impressive resume is Tim Sczerby, but he beat a 16 year old Donkey Kong record.  He's the pioneer of the modern Donkey Kong scene.

And don't expect me to include myself anytime soon.  I think that there are at least 6 Tetris players who are far worthier than me.  I believe there are at least 6 Super Mario Bros. Speedrunners far more worthier than me.  Than you have the greats in the CAG scene I haven't included yet. McCurdy, TiF, Ashman, Linderman, Falls, Zerstraung.  Now we have some greats in the Galaga scene like Armando, Thompson, and Dorringtan.   So yeah, by my count, there are at least 21 players in the classic video game scene that deserve a spot before me.

[francoisadt]

Hi

What about Jimmy Linderman (Super Supreme) on Hall of Fame?
Anyone know which other games other than the below he are very good at?

He is good at DK type games - playing a very good 590K game on Crazy Kong. This means he
potentially will be good at normal Donkey Kong too?

He is good Tetris player. No one come even close to his Pac-Mania and Mr Do world records scores!


Jimmy's List (There could be other games, example Ms. Pacman ge play till 340K game):
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New PB on EA 120,500
CAGDC-Arcade Pac-Mania WR 4,293,090 at Logan Hardware on March 26, 2014 This is EXTREMELY AWESOME!!!
WRW 2008--Arcade Mr. Do! WR-30,075,000 SCENE 1602...at Challenge Arcade
CAGDC-Arcade Galaga '88 of 1,987,150...at CA Extreme 2009.
CAGDC WR-MAME Silk Worm of 3,367,100 wave 12
Arcade PB-Eagle-259,070 at Funspot 2010
PB-Crazy Kong-MAME 591,300-Kill Screen
PB-Crazy Kong-Arcade-608,500-Kill Screen-CAGDC WR Tournament 2010 at Richie Knucklez.
Update: MAME WR-Tetris Plus-Expert Mode of 295,900
Ranked 3rd in Mark's tourney in 2011...at Richie Knucklez
NEW...CAGDC WR on Arcade Tetris score of 5,430,190 on March 27, 2014...AGAIN at Logan Hardware!!!...and AGAIN this is EXTREMELY AWESOME!!!
Finished 3rd in the 2014 CAGDC Tourney.

[Barra]

I actually had the highest Donkey Kong Junior score when I got 1,308,000.  Marky beat my score the very next month(One of the few that forced Marky to play Donkey Kong Junior again.  ), but I was a Donkey Kong Junior champion at one time. 

One big reason I didn't include myself.  Everyone included has at least a one million score on Donkey Kong.  I'm pathetically weak at the hardest of the Donkey Kong games.  You have the lowest Donkey Kong score I listed, but you also are great at Galaga, the second most competitive CAG game out there.  Plus, you won the 10k tournament.  Also, I've never had a top 15 finish in ANY major tournament.  The Atari 2600 score is cool because it beat a removed Todd Rogers score, but the difficulty is WAY easier than the Arcade version.  The only person that I have included that I might have a more impressive resume is Tim Sczerby, but he beat a 16 year old Donkey Kong record.  He's the pioneer of the modern Donkey Kong scene.

And don't expect me to include myself anytime soon.  I think that there are at least 6 Tetris players who are far worthier than me.  I believe there are at least 6 Super Mario Bros. Speedrunners far more worthier than me.  Than you have the greats in the CAG scene I haven't included yet. McCurdy, TiF, Ashman, Linderman, Falls, Zerstraung.  Now we have some greats in the Galaga scene like Armando, Thompson, and Dorringtan.   So yeah, by my count, there are at least 21 players in the classic video game scene that deserve a spot before me.

Wow I didn't realise you held the overall DK Jr record, I need to brush up on my Jr WR history
This gives even more reason to include yourself. The only person to ever hold the DK3 and Jr WRs simultaneously? One out of only 3 (2 legitimate) people to ever hold 2 out of the 4 DK records at the same time? (I think this is correct, need a Jry chart to confirm)
Either way you deserve to be up there as much as they rest of us