Donkey Kong scorekeeper: Billy Mitchell’s defense ‘doesn’t make sense’

Embattled competitive gamer Billy Mitchell has broken his silence after a Donkey Kong fansite accused him of misrepresenting his high-score performances in the arcade classic. In an interview with livestreaming podcast show East Side Dave (which has a subscription paywall), Mitchell admitted that the videos in score-verifier Jeremy Young’s analysis are indeed of MAME gameplay — but he then tried to play up doubts about the authenticity of those tapes.

“And the film footage that he has, that Jeremy has, shows MAME play,” Mitchell told East Side Dave. “Now, I contend, that if he gets the original tape, or he gets the original room shot, he will see that what I say is true. I’m not disputing what he says. What I’m disputing is the fact that I want him to have the original tape.”