Billy Mitchell fans, don't have panic attacks, buuuut....
THERE'S A NEW "KING OF KONG" IN TOWN!!!
His name is Hank Chien, a 35-year-old plastic surgeon from Flushing, New York, who recently set the record to become the newest "King of Kong".

His score was 1,061,700 points, which tops Billy Mitchell's best recorded score of 1,050,200, who beat Steve Wiebe's best score of 1,049,100 to be the newest champion of Donkey Kong.
Wiebe and Mitchell were featured in 2007's "King of Kong", a documentary about the battle for Donkey Kong title supremecy. Billy Mitchell was the lone leader, until Steve Wiebe came along and snatched the title (briefly), until Mitchell took it back--until now.
Chien said that because of Twin Galaxies (the official score keeper and title decider) changing the rules for recording video game high scores, it was possible to try to go for the record. And he did it. On March 10th, it was announced that Hank Chien is the new undisputed champion of the Donkey Kong Game.
Congrats Hank!!!!
How long can Hank hold the title? Will Steve & Billy battle back to take the title again? Who knows, but it will be fun to see! (Me personally, I'm a "Wieber"; Go Steve Go!)
*** To see the rules for setting the Donkey Kong (or other games) record, go to the
Twin Galaxies website***