The only thing that matters is improvement.

I find great joy in managing to push the boundaries of my reflexes and gaming skills. Arcade games are great because they are (mostly) short, and grade your performance via score at the end. If you feel competitive, you are welcome to try these games and beat my high scores (in fact, I dare you)! Let me know if you need help getting them running on your emulation machine.

All scores were performed on a MiSTer FPGA unless stated otherwise. Similarly, default difficulty settings were used unless stated otherwise.

Game	Release year	Screen Orientation	Score	Date	Notes
Batsugun (Normal Version)	1993	Tate	1,428,730	2023-07-22	Sega Saturn port
Batsugun (Special Version)	1993	Tate	1,714,630	2022-12-10	Sega Saturn port
Battle Garegga	1996	Tate	673,690	2022-12-30
Blazing Star	1998	Yoko	849,200	2022-08-13
BLUE WISH DESIRE	2021	Tate	7,550,250	2023-10-09	Steam port. Original, Auto Guard OFF.
Bomb Jack	1984	Tate	417,460	2024-05-13
Carrier Air Wing	1990	Yoko	165,210	2021-09-11	The sequel to U.N. Squadron
Contra	1986	Tate	85,700	2023-10-21	Arcade version
Deathsmiles	2007	Yoko	3,515,324	2023-07-17	MLB Arcade, played on Steam Deck
Dig Dug	1982	Tate	31,280	2024-02-14
DoDonPachi	1997	Tate	18,848,190	2022-03-21	International version
DoDonPachi Dai-Jou-Jou Black Label (single-route)	2002	Tate	19,127,030	2023-11-20	International version, played on Steam Deck
DonPachi	1995	Tate	3,972,870	2022-07-09
Donkey Kong	1981	Tate	31,900	2023-10-20
Einhänder	1997	Yoko	2,669,030	2022-12-30	Normal difficulty
Esp Ra. De.	1998	Tate	3,183,730	2022-04-16
Fantasy Zone	1986	Yoko	3,547,000	2024-10-24	I used turbo
Galaga	1981	Tate	97,600	2023-12-11
Ghosts 'n Goblins	1985	Yoko	64,900	2023-11-03
Giga Wing	1999	Tate	7182,36244250	2022-03-26
Gradius V	2004	Yoko	438,840	2023-07-17	Very Easy difficulty, played on Steam Deck
Grobda	1985	Yoko	33,640	2024-07-04
GunForce II	1994	Yoko	26,220	2023-06-25
Guwange	1999	Tate	99,9310	2022-06-10	If you need a refresher on Chinese numerals, click here .
Image Fight	1988	Tate	228,700	2024-11-12	I used turbo
Lightening Force (aka Thunder Force IV)	1992	Yoko	96,060	2022-08-12
Mushihimesama (Novice)	2004	Tate	38,045,402	2023-08-31	Steam Version
Mushihimesama (Normal)	2004	Tate	4,679,996	2020-11-15	Steam Version
Mushihimesama Futari v1.5 (Original)	2006	Tate	40,298,673	2023-10-22	MAME Port
Ninja Spirit	1988	Yoko	341,900	2024-09-27
Out Zone	1990	Tate	697,690	2022-03-26
Progear	2001	Yoko	4,612,220	2022-03-27	Yay! I got the extend!
Pulstar	1995	Yoko	134,260	2022-08-13
Rad Racer	1990	Tate	32,885	2023-10-21	NES
Raiden	1990	Tate	168,610	2022-11-07	Port: The Raiden Project (USA). Default difficulty (Colonel). First attempt!
Raiden II	1995	Tate	450,956	2022-11-06	Port: The Raiden Project (USA). Default difficulty (Colonel).
RayForce (aka Gunlock, aka Layer Section, aka Galactic Attack)	1994	Tate	1,643,200	2022-12-28	Sega Saturn port
Rolling Gunner (Novice Mode)	2018	Yoko	101,593,900	2023-11-26	Novice Mode (Steam)
Shao-Lin’s Road	1985	Yoko	196,800	2024-06-04
Snap Jack	1981	Yoko	11,810	2022-12-26
Strikers 1945 Plus	1999	Yoko	309,600	2022-12-04	2 lives (default MVS)
Strikers 1945 II	1998	Tate	372,900	2022-12-10	PlayStation port
Terra Cresta	1985	Tate	43,800	2022-12-10
Tetris: The Grand Master	1998	Yoko	40,422 (S4)	2024-01-29	Played on MiSTer PSX core using ZN-2 to PSX conversion
Tetris: The Grand Master (20G)	1998	Yoko	Level 319 (video)	2022-03-19	Played on Heboris
Tetris: The Grand Master 2 Plus	2000	Yoko	165,246	2025-08-25	Played on MAME from Steam Deck.
Time Pilot	1982	Tate	295,500	2024-04-09
Time Pilot '84	1984	Tate	106,000	2022-12-17
Track ’n Field	1983	Yoko	59,560	2024-08-15
Truxton	1988	Tate	201,950	2022-03-17
Truxton II	1992	Tate	181,810	2022-12-09
Twinkle Tale	1992	Yoko	714,510	2022-08-13