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March 9th, 2010, 05:40
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The 2007 film ends on a happy note, Wiebe hitting a new record score of 1,049,100 in his garage. Shortly afterwards, however, "bad guy" Billy Mitchell trumps the former Boeing engineer, racking up a score of 1,050,200, which had stood for three years as the world's highest tally in the game.
But no more! Hank Chien, a plastic surgeon from New York, has just beaten both "stars", breezing past Mitchell's mark to record a score of 1,061,700. His record has been officially verified by arcade authority Twin Galaxies (http://www.twingalaxies.com/), with the new score set on an original Donkey Kong cabinet in New York.
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But no more! Hank Chien, a plastic surgeon from New York, has just beaten both "stars", breezing past Mitchell's mark to record a score of 1,061,700. His record has been officially verified by arcade authority Twin Galaxies (http://www.twingalaxies.com/), with the new score set on an original Donkey Kong cabinet in New York.
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