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Twin Galaxies, Billy Mitchell settle Donkey Kong score case before trial (arstechnica.com)

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The long, drawn-out legal fight between famed high-score chaser Billy Mitchell and "International Scoreboard" Twin Galaxies appears to be over.

Courthouse News reports that Mitchell and Twin Galaxies have reached a confidential settlement in the case months before an oft-delayed trial was finally set to start.

The settlement comes as Twin Galaxies counsel David Tashroudian had come under fire for legal misconduct after making improper contact with two of Mitchell's witnesses in the case.

In a filing last month, Tashroudian asked the court to sanction Mitchell for numerous alleged lies and fabrications during the evidence-discovery process.

Those alleged lies encompass subjects including an alleged $33,000 payment associated with the sale of Twin Galaxies; the technical cabinet testing of Carlos Pineiro; the setup of a recording device for one of Mitchell's high-score performances; a supposed "Player of the Century" plaque Mitchell says he had received from Namco; and a technical analysis that showed, according to Tashroudian, "that the videotaped recordings of his score in questions could not have come from original unmodified Donkey Kong hardware."

Mitchell, Tashroudian, and representatives for Twin Galaxies were not immediately available to respond to a request for comment from Ars Technica.

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