New King of Kong!

Dr. Hank Chien, a New York City plastic surgeon, set a new world record in the Donkey Kong arcade game, scoring 1,061,700 points in 2 hours and 35 minutes.  The score was verified by Twin Galaxies, the official keepers of DK records since 1981.  Chien began playing the game after seeing the movie King of Kong, which chronicles the attempts of Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell to set the world high score.

“Well basically, after I saw the documentary, started playing just for fun,” Chien told NBCNewYork.com from his offices at Vogue Plastic Surgery in Flushing.  “For a little over a year, maybe a year and three or four months.”

Chien improved quickly at the game and soon was ready to buy his own machine.  For his record breaking official run, he played on his own machine and ended his play on the kill screen.  His score beats the previous record, set by Billy Mitchell and featured in the film King of Kong, of 1,050,200 points.

[via NBCnewyork.com]