Over a year and a half ago, I set my high score in Donkey Kong at 298,200. I was SO close to 300K, but didn’t hit it. I haven’t been able to get close to that score at all since then. I took some time off from playing it because I was burning out.
Well, since tomorrow I am going to be playing some DK with with a few other collectors that live close by, I thought I’d better warm up. Played one game this morning. I only hit 92K on the first man, then I died twice on a barrel level at 140K. My last guy I made it over 300K finally. I was getting really nervous once I hit about 250K, and my hands were shaking at 280K. Still, I hit the milestone (barely) with a score of 300,600!
Here’s the screen shot:
I was so excited to hit the score that I ran upstairs to get my camera. Once I hit the top of the stairs I remembered I didn’t enter my initials in yet. I ran down but didn’t enter them quick enough before time ran out. Crap, now I have to beat it 5 times to fix that screw-up!
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Hey, well done. I’m a similar level player, although my high score is 224K. I’m suffering burnout I think, but worried about losing my skills. What frequency of play do you think is necessary to maintain that level? Maybe I should take a break for 6 months and come back fresh. After a long break how long do you think it takes to get back up there? Cheers, Andrew (Sydney Australia)
Andrew, I really haven’t played a lot in the past year or so. I took some time to get better at Tron, then just never really got back into the game. I would play maybe once a weekend, and usually hit about 180K. I only hit 200K once during that time. Yesterday I had a good day and just took my time. I think that I would get even better if I played 3-4 games a week and worked on my timing, but it starts to take a lot of time to do so. If you can hit 200K, then you really shouldn’t have any problem getting much higher with your timing down. Go to coinopspace.com for some excellent strategies to keep your scores growing!
Mr. Jeff,
This was brought to my attention by a friend… Remember that you scored over 200,000 of that 300,000 after DK reached maximum difficulty. Moreover, your talent(score) puts you well above the top ONE PERCENT of all DK Players in the world…
“Always Play to Win, Always”
Billy Mitchell
(for real)
Thanks for the encouragement Billy. I promise your record is safe (at least from me)! I keep getting a little better each time I play, so hopefully someday I can see that Kill Screen in my own game!
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