Donkey Kong player Robbie Lakeman has achieved a new world record of 1,260,700 while streaming on Twitch, surpassing player John McCurdy’s 2019 record of 1,259,000. While the achievement hasn’t yet been verified on Twin Galaxies’ Donkey Kong leaderboard, the full run is available to watch on Twitch.
Lakeman previously held the second highest record at 1,247,700, set in February 2018, and has long been one of the top players in the community.
Congratulations to my friend Robbie Lakeman on his new Donkey Kong world record! 1,260,700 points, incredible.
— Billy Mitchell (@BillyPacman) June 16, 2020
The news that he had set a new record was tweeted out by Billy Mitchell, a fellow Donkey Kong player who featured in the movie The King of Kong, and later became infamous for allegations of cheating on his historical DK records. After an investigation, Twin Galaxies wiped his high scores from the site and banned him from submitting any new ones.
Lakeman’s record-setting moment was clipped a number of times on Twitch, where he often runs record-beating attempts. The full four hour session is also available to view for those who are curious.
While there’s still a chance Twin Galaxies will reject the attempt, it appears to have been completed on the same set up used to record his 2018 run.
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