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In the past month, there have been a couple of scandals that have popped up regarding folks with records being hosted by Twin Galaxies (the keeper of video game records). If I remember correctly off the top of my head:
- A record owner entered his own score in the Twin Galaxy Database
- A record owner was also a referee at Twin Galaxy
- A record owner is closer friends with Twin Galaxy employees
- Current computers cannot top the "fastest race" of some Atari 2600 scores...therefore, current gamers believe the original "record" was an untruth.
- A handful of records on Twin Galaxies are over twice as high as the #2 on the top 10 list. This seems highly suspicious.
How much longer until Guiness Book of World Records no longer use Twin Galaxies as their official record keepers?
Guinness themselves aren't exactly the masters of record keeping they like to make out. A lot of their bodybuilding records have been given to frauds (biggest biceps, biggest chest measurement). Their current world record holder for "longest mustache" doesn't have a particularly impressive amount of hair coming from his upper lip, but the two dreadlocks of dead hair stuck to his chin were enough to convince their adjudicators.
The first half of king of kong showed the classic arcade community were already having problems with them over a decade ago. I know the speed running community has already pretty much abandoned Twin Galaxies due to various issues they had with them.