Billy Mitchell "Perfect Game of Pacman"

[DeputyMoniker]

Does anybody remember watching that show where they documented Billy Mitchell the "Perfect Game of Pacman" guy? He said he was working on his next big thing (after finally finishing a perfect game of Pacman) but he wouldn't tell what it was. Did he ever do it? Was he just trying to get past the 256th level split-screen?

[Pantechnicon]

IIRC Mitchell's next goal was to get a perfect game of Ms. Pac Man under his belt. Since the ghosts in Ms Pac Man have a little but more random behavior, coupled with the changing mazes, this seemed like an appropriate challenge.

Has he done it yet? I don't know. I think we would have heard something from Twin Galaxies if he did. And if he ever does then all I've got to say is :hail:

[chrisbid]

the other big obstacle in ms pac man would be that after the banana stage, the fruit is random, however there seems to be a school of thought that one can manipulate what fruit you get, therefore a true perfect score can be achieved by eating all bananas through the end of the game.

[GamerNerd]

I've never seen it, but congrats on Billy Mitchell's perfect game. 8-)

[norkusa]

That was an episode of MTV's True Life - I'm A Gamer. I got it on tape somewhere. I thought he was working on a perfect game of Missile Command. In the segment at the end where he's talking about the next record he's going to beat, they show him bringing a Missile Command machine into his house. Could have just been for his personal collection though.

[drewbrim]

A perfect score on pacman? In addition to all the pellets and fruits would that mean all 4 ghosts on each power pellet? That's fricking incredible! I swear on the later rounds the ghosts start flashing a second after you eat the thing.

[GamerNerd]

That was an episode of MTV's True Life - I'm A Gamer. I got it on tape somewhere. I thought he was working on a perfect game of Missile Command. In the segment at the end where he's talking about the next record he's going to beat, they show him bringing a Missile Command machine into his house. Could have just been for his personal collection though.

MTV doesn't know nothing about videogames so screw MTV. Enough said.

[GamerNerd]

That was an episode of MTV's True Life - I'm A Gamer. I got it on tape somewhere. I thought he was working on a perfect game of Missile Command. In the segment at the end where he's talking about the next record he's going to beat, they show him bringing a Missile Command machine into his house. Could have just been for his personal collection though.

MTV doesn't know nothing about videogames so screw MTV. Enough said.

[norkusa]

MTV doesn't know nothing about videogames so screw MTV. Enough said.

Wow. I couldn't have said it better.

[DeputyMoniker]

MTV doesn't know nothing about videogames so screw MTV. Enough said.

Wow. I couldn't have said it better.

What didn't you guys enjoy about the show?

[norkusa]

MTV doesn't know nothing about videogames so screw MTV. Enough said.

Wow. I couldn't have said it better.

What didn't you guys enjoy about the show?

I was being sarcastic. I liked it allot actually. Especially how they followed the Golden Tee and Unreal Tournament world champions around and showed them competing. I felt sorry for the people living in that gaming clan house though.

[DeputyMoniker]

MTV doesn't know nothing about videogames so screw MTV. Enough said.

Wow. I couldn't have said it better.

What didn't you guys enjoy about the show?

I was being sarcastic. I liked it allot actually. Especially how they followed the Golden Tee and Unreal Tournament world champions around and showed them competing. I felt sorry for the people living in that gaming clan house though.

I must have been having a bad day because I remember thinking "man...I wish I could sit around playing games all day." LOL

[Vectorman0]

They also didn't have much of an appreciation for older games.

[DeputyMoniker]

They also didn't have much of an appreciation for older games.

Who didn't? MTV or the guys in the house?

[kevincure]

Mitchell tried to teach me the PacMan strategy at last year's CGE. The man has Jedi-like control over the ghosts. It's ridiculous. On the early levels, he doesn't even has to try and can still put every ghost right on top of each other a centimeter from the power pellet.

[Moon Patrol]

Referring to the "it was on the MTV show" thing going in this thread, I could have SWORN that G4 had it on much much much earlier than MTV ever did, and it was like an hour or so long documentary on it. MTV used to be for music, and I don't think gaming has much to do with music.

But no, I don't recall him actually stating what his next goal was, just he was going after something else, suppose we'll find out when he does it. I hope it won't end up being a disappointment, like the Segway was :-P

[DeputyMoniker]

Referring to the "it was on the MTV show" thing going in this thread, I could have SWORN that G4 had it on much much much earlier than MTV ever did, and it was like an hour or so long documentary on it. MTV used to be for music, and I don't think gaming has much to do with music.

But no, I don't recall him actually stating what his next goal was, just he was going after something else, suppose we'll find out when he does it. I hope it won't end up being a disappointment, like the Segway was :-P

Segway? What's that?
I don't think I had G4 back then so it would have to have been MTV. Especially since I remember all the other poeple from the show. (the clan living in the house together and gaming in shifts between work.)

[Yago]

MTV doesn't know nothing about videogames so screw MTV. Enough said.

They don't know much about music either. :D

[NintendoMan]

I was being sarcastic. I liked it allot actually. Especially how they followed the Golden Tee and Unreal Tournament world champions around and showed them competing. I felt sorry for the people living in that gaming clan house though.

Yeah, I remember watching that. And the one where all the guy did was play games in his house and would even go home on lunch breaks to play. He was late back to work at the hotel he worked at one day.

Didn't that kid they were following in the Unreal Tourn. win it. And wasn't it like 10,000 he won, or maybe it was even a little more?

[TheRedEye]

MTV doesn't know nothing about videogames so screw MTV. Enough said.

yeah man I hear that! Also I went into home depot to buy a copy of dragonball bushido master bukkake tale 7 for my playstation and they don't carry videogames I mean what the hell everyone knows that videogames are a vital part of any home!!!! how can you call yourself home depot without selling something so important to the HOME?

[imanerd0011]

I remember that show. It was called "True Life: I'm a Gamer" on MTV. I thought it was a pretty good show overall, but was disturbed by that house of kids who played games 24/7. LOL They showed that one kid who hadn't slept in days, and he comes home from work at starts playing Halo straight through the night.
Does anyone here know how Billy Mitchell is able to beat Pac-Man like that??? If I didn't know better, I would think getting all the ghosts is impossible. I can only get them all in the first 2 levels. After that they start flashing in like 2 seconds.

[Lady Jaye]

He learned all the Pac-Man patterns and was able to memorize them perfectly. That's the most likely explanation for his perfect game.

Twin Galaxies doesn't have the footage of Mitchell playing his perfect game, do they? That's the kind of material I'd love to see on TG.com.

[Flack]

A perfect score on pacman? In addition to all the pellets and fruits would that mean all 4 ghosts on each power pellet? That's fricking incredible! I swear on the later rounds the ghosts start flashing a second after you eat the thing.

Just for the record, the definition of a "perfect game of Pac-Man" is getting every pellet, plus eating every ghost with every power pellet (so 4 times 4), plus every fruit on every level WITHOUT DYING. Patterns or not, that's a pretty amazing feat!

[Lady Jaye]

And he has to keep this up all the way to screen #255, where a bug screws up the right half of the screen, which means that the game cannot go any further.

And am I the only one to have always thought that Billy Mitchell looked a bit like Tom Cruise?

[rbudrick]

Couldn't someone technically play through that last messed up level and score higher? It would be kind of like playing blindfolded, but I'd be willing to bet someone like Mitchell could do it by feel. Or, at least get everything on the left side, at least?

If you get to level 512, does it straighten out? LOL LOL

-Rob

[PDorr3]

I actualy enjoyed the show and felt it was done nicely, showing the different living styles of gamers. I loved seeing that guy playing SOCOM before going back to work :)
Also the reactions of the players when they were beaten by that Fata1ity kid in unreal tournament.