Dispute Evidence / Rationale
| I have been sleeping on this for over a decade, now.
I firmly believe this score to be not only false, but, at a stretch, almost impossible.
I use skill level, skill growth experience, and "time since national release to score submitted" as my formula.
I do not have all the details to hand, but I looked hard back then, when I came to this conclusion.
KFM came out in the US in late 1984, and Mr. Sullivan submitted his score on 1985-06-30.
I had the proper dates before, but can't seek, now. This means he scored an unbeatable score in around 7-8 months. Not taking into account, it was an arcade machine, maybe far from home, and it cost money, and how much time could he actually play in that time, realistically, to become the GOAT, in one of the most amazing world records done in maybe the least time.
All I have are my suggestions, because it can never be proved, but it is just too unrealistic.
For a player to become a top player on this game, 600,000 is the threshold. Everybody lucks out here. Even after years. Check any arcade or website top scores apart from Mr. Sullivan's and mine. If you can get close to that limit, you are a supreme player.
KFM was sold and known for being a "money eater", as I found out, personally. It's HARD.
I have to liken the learning curve and proposed score here to Donkey Kong, and the trend of submitting fake scores of the time.
I played this game a hell of a lot. Then I played it again a hell of a lot on MAME as a mature gamer. It took me a real long time to get to 600,000.
A score was submitted for this game, which is unachievable, just months after national release, the same as when the 3 million DK score was submitted.
A quick look at Mr. Sullivan's records, is not similar to one who is the most skilful at any game, never mind a very hard one, but that's just conjecture.
When I got my top score, I thought I found a secret method of beating the 4th floor black wizard with unique joystick inputs, but I just got lucky. THAT, is the "random barrel" DK reference, and 4 come within 2 seconds. Skill and more luck is involved. I can't believe anyone can get that lucky, that quickly, that many times after it took me maybe 5 years to do the same myself, if I add up the 80's and more recent years, with 10,000 hours more experience.
This score is bogus.
I'd like to know who refereed it.
As far as I can think, he got 349,040, and just said he flipped it.
349,000 is the decent common players average after 6 - 7 months of casual random playing.
The only thing special about this submission, is the publication.
I challenge anyone, to take the challenge. If you have MAME at home, try and beat this score in four months. The same time it would take to visit an arcade and queue up to play in the 80's for 8 months.
MAME players today are better than the arcade players of the 80's. (Mostly !)
I can't add attachments.
This score, in this time frame, using the worst possible verification method, I.e., TG referee's of the 80's, is BOGUS.
I've been wanting to say this for years.
No one can compete, even with 30 years practice.
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