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