My High Scores

[That Retro Guy]

Hello, fellow Video Game enthusiasts;

I used to list my high scores in my signature but I kept running out of characters to list the scores like I wanted so I figured I'd make a list in a topic here on the forums.

I play on my PC using MAME 0.146.  If I use the Pause button for any reason, the game ends right then.  There were no Pause buttons in the arcades.

While playing most games, I use the arrow keys as the joystick and the numpad Enter key as the 'Jump' or 'Shoot' button.
While playing Lunar Lander, I use the left and right arrows for rotation, the numpad Enter key for 'Thrust', and the numpad 0 key for 'Abort'.
While playing Tempest, I use the left and right arrows to move, the numpad Enter key for 'Fire', and the numpad 0 key for 'SuperZapper'.
While playing Tetris, I always start at Level 1, and (obviously) I use the arrow keys as the joystick and the numpad 0 key to rotate the piece.
While playing vs Super Mario Bros, I use the left, right and down keys to move, the numpad Enter key to jump, and the numpad 0 key to run / fire.

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With no further ado, here we go:

My High Scores (as of November 26, 2020):

- Active Games -

D.onkey Kong
     High Score:  168,600 - Level 6 - 3rd Barrels - Set on March 23, 2018
     Last Attempt:  134,400 - Level 6 - 1st Barrels -
     +/- Penultimate Attempt:  +40,800
     Last 5 Games Average Score: 93,000

D.onkey Kong Jr.
     High Score:  104,800 - Level 5 - Vines - Set on May 10, 2018
     Last Attempt: 68,200 - Level 4 - Chains -
     +/- Penultimate Attempt:  +13,400
     Last 5 Games Average Score:  61,500

Frogger
     High Score:  28,500 - Level 8 - 3 Frogs home - Set on February 10, 2018 -
     Last Attempt:  14,250 - Level 4 - 4 Frogs home -
     +/- Penultimate Attempt:  -1,670
     Last 5 Games Average Score:  14,896

Galaga
     High Score:  150,570 - Stage 17 (Full Disclosure:  I used the 'Aliens don't fire back' trick on this game) - Set on December 29, 2017 -
     Last Attempt:  78,610 - Stage 10 -
     +/- Penultimate Attempt:  -770
     Last 5 Games Average Score:  91,024

Tempest
     High Score:  83,063 - Level 12 - Set on March 8, 2018
     Last Attempt:  65,839 - Level 11 -
     +/- Penultimate Attempt:  -3,962
     Last 5 Games Average Score:  71,332

Tetris
     High Score:  30,973 - 60 Lines Completed - Set on June 9, 2020
     Last Attempt:  17,976 - 42 Lines Completed -
     +/- Penultimate Attempt:  -634
     Last 5 Games Average Score:  23,871
     Last 5 Games Average Number of Lines:  42

virtua Bowling
     High Score:  290 - 9/ (spare) in the 1st frame followed by 11 straight strikes - Set on May 8, 2020
     Last Attempt:  204
     +/- Penultimate Attempt:  +10
     Last 5 Games Average Score:  201

vs Super Mario Bros  (No Warp)
     High Score:  280,500 - World 3-2 - Set on June 9, 2020
     Last Attempt:  261,900 - World 3-1 -
     +/- Penultimate Attempt:  -18,600
     Last 5 Games Average Score:  N/A

- Retired Games -

Lunar Lander - Reason:  There really is no way for me to beat my High Score on this game -
     High Score:  1,475 - 250/250/250/250/250/200/25 - 6 safe landings (5 5x; 1 4x); 1 crash - Set on March 5, 2018 -
     Last Attempt: 530 - 250/200/75/5 - 2 safe landings (1 5x; 1 4x); 1 Hard Landing; 1 crash -
     +/- Penultimate Attempt:  -945
     Last 5 Games Average Score:  821

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I will modify this post as I play.