What are the minimum proficient scores on the all time classics?

[moogrum]

Just a thought I had while failing my way through some Burgertime and DK Jr. on my MAME.  If I were to claim to be an ok player on the classic games, what kind of scores would I be looking for?  John says 100,000 on is a good score, but I think if you can crack 50,000 that's fine.  Not great, but it means you can navigate a bunch of the levels.  I can get 20,000 on Frogger and I feel like that's ok, but I don't really know! 

So, what are some scoring milestones a player should be shooting for if you are a casual but frequent player?

[John's Arcade]

Off the top of my head....

One million - Robotron
60k - Pole Position
50k - DK JR
100k - DK
50k - Pac-Man
100k DK3
100k MARIO BROS

Dunno... I'll think of more

[moogrum]

60k for pole position?  Isn't that almost the world record?

[John's Arcade]

60k for pole position?  Isn't that almost the world record?

Nope. The World Record is like 67 or 68k which is worlds apart.

High 50s is good too I guess. But 60k is a benchmark that's not that hard to achieve with practice. My high is almost 64k which is much much harder to do.

[SanTe]

100k MARIO BROS

I'd bump this one to 175k.  That'll take you to about phase 16, where the icicles first appear.  Some people make it through the first one before losing all their lives but usually they die out on 16 or 17.  185k is a common plateau for this reason. Progressing from here takes real work for most people.