Steve Wiebe, a laid-off Boeing engineer in Redmond, Washington, sets up a Donkey Kong cabinet in his garage and chases the highest score ever recorded on the game. Standing in his way is Billy Mitchell, a hot-sauce entrepreneur from Florida who has held the record since the 1980s and treats it like a title worth defending at any cost. The film follows both men through Twin Galaxies, the scorekeeping organization run by Walter Day that certifies arcade records, and shows the tape submissions, disputed circuit boards, and last-minute score challenges that decide who counts as champion. Mitchell rarely appears in person, sending representatives and videotapes instead, while Wiebe plays in public, at a Funspot arcade in New Hampshire, in front of witnesses who can vouch for every point. Referees, rival players, and Twin Galaxies officials all get camera time, and their loyalties split visibly down the middle. What plays out is less about a video game than about who gets to write the rules and who has to follow them.