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RELEASED BACK IN 1981, Donkey Kong was seen as one of the most important titles released in the history of videogames.
Giving a début to a first-time video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto as well as marking the first appearances of Mario and Donkey Kong, the game continues to be popular thanks to it being the focus of numerous world record attempts (One of these attempts was the subject of a documentary called The King of Kong).
Those practising their record breaking attempts now have a near-impossible task to overcome. Player Wes Copeland not only broke the world record for Donkey Kong, one he set himself in April, he also finished with a score of 1,218,000, the closest thing to a perfect run you can get.
“This will be my last record score… I don’t believe I can put a game any higher than this,” he wrote on a Facebook post.
The reason for that is because the game only has 22 levels. Once the player reaches level 22, an error in the game’s programming ends up killing Mario after a few seconds.
The attempt took more than three hours to complete and throughout the entire playthrough, Copeland managed to reach the end without losing a single life. If there’s another way to get a higher score, it could be a long time before it’s discovered.
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Its all very well giving out when drivers are looking for higher pay and when routes are being changed, but often times these changes are to make the route more efficient, thus saving money, and hopefully keeping fares down. This happened on the 46a about 6 years ago. It used to go through Monkstown Farm and Stillorgan village on its route from Dun Laoghaire to town which used to add at least 20 and at worst 35 mins to the journey due to small roads, high traffic areas. Since they moved it to Kill Lane it has been much more predictable and faster. There was uproar at the time, but people adapted as they do and life went on. You can’t have it both ways. In a way its good to see them trying new things. As much as public transport can be the worst in Ireland, they certainly can’t please everyone.
There’s still a militant faction fighting for the 46a to be reinstated, we haven’t gone away you know!
when one person operated bus service began passengers were told it would keep costs down..Bus fares have gone up to where it would be cheaper to get 4 people to share a taxi .With the price of diesel dropping there was no reduction in bus fares WHY.these rout Street es are for the benifit of the general public not for Dublin bus to change as they see fit They changed the 27a and the nearest drop of point for the city centre is Aimien Street Talbot junction this means if you work in O Connell Street OR Henery Street you have a long walk and in this country with rain ever y other day you are soaked before you start work at all It is time that Dublin bus gave better consideration to its paying passengers and give them a fair crack of the whip for a change
This Dublin sure joe Duffy will sort it out by doing full programme on it with taxpayer money
This is the reason why we shouldn’t be banning cars from Dublin city. Unlike most other countries, Ireland’s public transport gets worse with time.
Then to get to Santry you’ll need to get 2 buses; a bus to get the 17 and then the 17a if you are coming from the vicinity of the 27b. Plenty of pensioners use the 27b from in and around the 2 miles that will be lost.
A lot of people seem to want it both ways, complain about Dublin bus not being profit orientated enough and then complain when routes that regularly have buses with no one on them are changed
Do not blame the drivers as it is them who bring in the moneyWhat is wrong in Dublin bus is it is top heavy too many chiefs and nothing to show for it.Yoy dont see these higher ups getting up at 4 AM TO START WORK. Years ago the old cie ran buses into town in order to get passengers you travelled free into town and paid full fare back this was done on off peak times you could hardly get a seat then With start by fares going trough the roof and a reduction in diesel prices but no reduction in fares so Dublin Bus start by giving the passengers a better deal
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