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Mar 2024
56m 4s

Billy Mitchell – The Prince of Pac-Man &...

Chris Jericho
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Billy Mitchell is the Video Game Player of the Century, the first to achieve a perfect score of 3,333,360 points on the original Pac-Man arcade game, the original high score record-holder on Donkey Kong, and the subject of the 2007 documentary, “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.” He shares the illustrious story of his famed video game career including ... Show More
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