And there's just no way that the game's creators didn't know how they programmed the behavior of the ghosts. More likely they were humoring him and he took it as him "knowing more about the game than its creators" or whatever the quote was.
Plus, I would never claim to be able to execute a perfect score (or even a very impressive one) but I can definitely put Pac-man into a blind spot. His claim that "you couldn't do it even if I told you how" comes off as pretty egotistical.
He is like a real life WWF wrestling character. You can't help love/hate him, he's just too over the top, and it's impossible to tell if he's partially taking the piss.
I've met him a couple of times at gaming/pinball events. He's definitely one who suffers from being told one too many times that he's a genius. Walter Day is as guilty of that as anyone else is.
If you get him talking about something other than arcade games he's a bit more down to earth, though.
Also "The Smash Brothers"[1] is a ~4 hour episodal documentary about the competitive history of Super Smash Brothers Melee, which evolved out of what was originally thought to be a gimmicky party game. I do feel like it could have been plausibly edited to half the length or so, but its impressive how much material they managed to gather.
And if you're into King of Kong you'll probably also love Ecstasy of Order - http://watch.ecstasyoforder.com/ Similar in that it's about competitive retro gaming personalities, focused on Tetris however. I actually found it through an HN comment so I'm paying that back :)
He's referring to this: http://home.comcast.net/~jpittman2/pacman/pacmandossier.html...
And there's just no way that the game's creators didn't know how they programmed the behavior of the ghosts. More likely they were humoring him and he took it as him "knowing more about the game than its creators" or whatever the quote was.
Plus, I would never claim to be able to execute a perfect score (or even a very impressive one) but I can definitely put Pac-man into a blind spot. His claim that "you couldn't do it even if I told you how" comes off as pretty egotistical.