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Donkey Kong world records are still fiercely contested

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Despite being decades old, the classic original arcade cabinet for Donkey Kong remains the center of a fiercely intense subculture. Grown adults spend thousands of hours mathematically optimizing jump angles and barrel algorithms, endlessly battling over micro-points to claim the highly prestigious, continuously shifting world record high score.

Donkey Kong world records are still fiercely contested
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