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E3 2009: Steve Wiebe Gets Kill Screen on G4TV, Donkey Kong Record Attempt - 989400 points

From PerezStart.com: When attempting to break Billy Mitchell's Hi-Score Donkey Kong Record of 1,050,200, Steve Wiebe got a Kill Screen on G4TV. Unfortunately a power failure ended his 3rd attempt at the record thus giving him an arcade term known as the "Green Screen of Death" or a "Green Screen".

The First Kill Screen on LIVE TV! Congrats Steve!

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greenmeanie5334d ago

I was really rooting for this guy too! I hate that Billy guy and I think Steve deserves the title.

taco_tom2375334d ago

they got the machine working again hes still going for it

mrjuandrful5334d ago

How are there no power backups, for such a huge event. I would be pissed if I was Steve Wiebe! FIXED!

Mo0eY5333d ago

How bad would it suck if it were 1,050,199, and the power went off.

:S

joevfx5333d ago

he already beat mitchels record score. didnt anyone watch the end of the movie updates.

MasterChief36245333d ago

Here's what happened... Billy Mitchell beat Steve Wiebe's score... and then Steve Wiebe beat that score...

But at the very end of the credits, if I recall correctly, it says that Billy Mitchell finally beat Steve Wiebe's score, so now Mitchell is the "King of Kong" according to Twin Galaxies.

Everyone else knows Steve Wiebe is the TRUE King of Kong, though.

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Mercedes-Benz Crafts 50 Sony PlayStation 5 Cars

Hypebeast writes: "Following word back in early December 2023, Mercedes-Benz has now shared the first offering from its partnership with Sony. Dubbed the “A-Class Vibes,” the Mercedes-Benz and Sony PlayStation collaboration is a limited-edition release centered around the PlayStation 5."

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MrNinosan5h ago

Looks like any white car.
Can't say I'd ever think about a PS5 if I'd ever see "that" car on the streets.

S2Killinit5h ago

Yeah. I mean I see the interior ambience going on and maybe I would comment on it looking like PlayStation, but I wouldn't know it actually is PlayStation related unless told it was.

Bathyj3h ago

It's a collaboration with Sony.
It's not supposed to look like Ps5 on wheels

shinoff21834h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Pretty cool . Not on my radar though I'm more of a suv kinda guy

MrNinosan1h ago

You have to love Afeela thou ❤️
Check it out if you haven't.

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The State Of The Online FPS Heading Into 2024

There are few genres that defined an age quite the way that first-person shooters did in the 2000s. In a new Opinion Piece the state of the genre in the upcoming year is examinded.

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List of Things From 2023 That Can Totally Get F*cked

It's that time again! Hop aboard this never-ending train of loathing while we count down everything from 2023 that can get f*cked!

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banger882d ago

6. Forced Online-Only for Single-Player Games
5. Teasers for Games That Are Still Years Away

These are the ones that piss me off the most. Also having "download required" on a retail physical game. I'm a collector/preservationist and any single-player disc based game that requires a mandatory download can "Get F*cked" as well. It's the reason I never bought Avatar.

Leeroyw1d 12h ago

I'll just add to everyone elses:
Gaas mechanics in single player games.
Badly written characters chosen for diversity instead of their value to the story.
Video games journalism flooded with either AI or activists.

shinoff21831d 12h ago

Thanks for the heads up on avatar. I didn't known that yet. I was fairly interested in it. Now it's a cheap buy. I mean cheap.

phoenixwing2d ago

Lack of feminine character models

Profchaos1d 19h ago

Played Ubisofts immortals it's all female models even the male ones look feminine same as Hogwarts

Abnor_Mal1d 21h ago

Forced cross play in general

JEECE1d 5h ago

Yet people begged devs for this for years.

Abnor_Mal1d 4h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

The only people that were begging for this were Xbox fans, because many multiplayer games were dying on their platform of choice.

Well to be fair, Sony did ask MS back in the PS360 era to do cross play but MS said no. Years later when their MP games were wastelands they then wanted to do cross play.

Then the narrative of how cross play will save dying games by injecting more life by combining player base began. Unfortunately I have yet to hear of a game that was actually saved by cross play and is still active. It only served to give those games a few more months if any.

Oh I don’t know if I’m remembering correctly, but wasn’t it Final Fantasy14 that Sony wanted to do cross play with but MS said no? Now they’re finally getting FF14 on their system after a decade, with cross play.

JEECE1d 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

@Abnor_Mal

Unfortunately even people on PlayStation campaigned for crossplay. When Sony was blocking it in certain games during the PS4 era, the games media/influencers turned their followers into mobs to harass Sony to change and force crossplay, and everyone willingly went along.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you that it's annoying. I just think gamers are being delusional if we act like this was something that was forced on us. We asked for this.

Abnor_Mal1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

@JEECE

“ I just think gamers are being delusional if we act like this was something that was forced on us. We asked for this.”

We can only ask for something once the companies make us aware that it’s possible. In other words companies manipulate the customer base into thinking what they want them to think, but at the same time get the customer to believe it was their idea in the first place and not the companies idea.

“the games media/influencers turned their followers into mobs to harass Sony to change and force crossplay, and everyone willingly went along.”

Let’s not forget MS in the background from the very beginning pulling the puppet gamers strings by saying they don’t believe in wall gardens and we should all play together.
Which then riled up the games media and the easily wind up people, and so the march of the wooden soldiers began.

ShwaaMan1d 21h ago

I don’t know all of the details but with the developers behind The Day Before, but wouldn’t what they did be considered fraud? Are there any lawsuits going at them? Because fuck them seriously, I was never interested in the game to begin with but this seems like a cash grab from preorders, and I think the Gollum developers did something similar. What the hell is going on and why can they get away with this new predatory practice? Seriously, does anyone know more?

Profchaos1d 19h ago

My list of things I hate about modern gaming is pretty similar.

1) Seasons and stat resets - if I have to grind in a online game don't take my progress away from me because a calendar day has rolled over.

2) Forced online for single player games huge hate of mine.

3) Mtx, lootbox and anything other than a proper story expansion E.g. Phantom liberty. If you want to charge me for things that used to just be a cheat code hard pass from me.

4) Games not being on the disc or cart. I think all games should be multi disc or publisher's should just opt for the larger switch cart from the get go if their games require a download to play.

5) open world bloat from hunting treasure chest icons in Hogwarts to assassins creed why bore people just to expand the games length.

6) games not coming with their day 1 patch installed. Why not scope it into the release plans these are issues that are known already I'd honestly take a q week delay if it meant a polished product on day 1

DarkZane1d 18h ago

@Profchaos

For #6, it's impossible, games are printed on discs a month before the release date, if not more.

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