Billy Mitchell

Billy Mitchell

Birthday: 1965-07-16

Place of Birth: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Biography: Billy L. Mitchell, born on July 16, 1965, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, gained fame for achieving high scores in classics from the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Despite evidence of several high scores being cheated, he confidently claims the title of the "greatest arcade-video-game player of all time." Additionally, he is the proprietor of the "Rickey's World Famous Restaurant" chain located in Hollywood, Florida, and markets a line of hot sauces under the brand "Rickey's World Famous Sauces." The description above pulls information from Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

In this hilarious arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kon...

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Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade

1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life....

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Nintendo Quest
Nintendo Quest

Homer's Odyssey meets King of Kong as two über geeks try to collect all 678 officially licensed Nint...

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The King of Arcades
The King of Arcades

Follow the rise and fall of the King of Arcades as one man pursues his dream against all odds. The K...

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The Video Craze
The Video Craze

A documentary on classic video arcade collectors across North America. Those who were the first to l...

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The Perfect Fraudman
The Perfect Fraudman

Classic arcade champion Dwayne Richard exposes the story behind Billy Mitchell's alleged "first Perf...

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Frag
Frag

Exploited, abused and sometimes abandoned most gamers fail to reach the top, but like all sports her...

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Token Taverns
Token Taverns

The golden age of arcades may have been in the 80s, but decades later arcades are back and bigger th...

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Man vs. Snake
Man vs. Snake

1984. One shiny quarter. 44.5 hours of continuous play. The race to be the first gamer in history to...

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The Fiddling Horse
The Fiddling Horse

Leslie inherits a horse and, in an attempt to elevate her failing status within her high society cir...

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King of Con!
King of Con!

Classic arcade champion Dwayne Richard pulls back the curtain on the King of Kong film, including ho...

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Meet the New Kings of Kong
Meet the New Kings of Kong

Motherboard attended The Kong Off 3 in Denver, where we spent four loopy days in a dark arcade docum...

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Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day
Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day

A musical documentary following 74-year-old Walter Day - the father of esports and star of "The King...

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