Someday I hope this page to have a definitive high score list for classic video games, both arcade and console. Of course, I can't do that unless there's interest and competition. So, to create interest and competition, I've devised a little contest to attract people to submit their high scores and have competition. I've posted a few high scores below. The list of games is far from complete. So, for everyone that beats a posted score here or introduces a score to the list, I'll give that person a link from the score table to their own personal web site. What a deal, eh? (Just remember to remind me about it when you send me the score, otherwise I tend to forget..)

To view high scores for various groups of scores, refer to the links in the frame on your left. If you can't handle frames and are here with no idea how to get to the various pages, here's a handly low-tech linkbar.

New: I added all the high scores into a database for faster access and easier maintenance. To view high scores for a particular platform, click on the appropriate link below or on the sidebar on your left.

To add a score to the list, see the guidelines below and then click on the link to the automated form.

Guidelines

There has been some dispute about what kind of scores should be admitted and what kind shouldn't. The issue is that different games have different difficulty levels, and different things happen when you flip the score counter. In some games, it's easier to get a high score fast by starting at a hard difficulty level, such as Pac-Man, and in some it's easier to start at an easier level so one could play longer. I don't want to be in the middle of these disputes. For ease of maintaining these lists, I ask that you follow this policy when submitting a score.

All games must be played at the default, or normal difficulty level. If you've got a high score on a harder difficulty level, that's great but I haven't got a page for daredevil high scorers yet. No cheat-code-assisted scores are acceptable, and neither are Game-Genie, Game-Shark, or other 'Game Enhancer' assisted scores. In case of a dispute, the two disputing parties will be given each other's email addresses and they can sort it out.

In the case of scores that 'flip' the counter, calculate your total score by adding the flip factor (the score it reset at) to the currently displayed score, or if you got multiple flips, multiply the number of times you flipped it by the factor and add the rest to it. Ie: , if you're playing a game that flips every 1 million points, and you flip it but then stop playing at 20,000 points, you effectively have a score of 1,020,000. If you flipped it six times (Man, your fingers must get tired) your score would be effectively 6,020,000. Easy as pie.

Additionally, if you play an arcade game with a modification, such as sped-up Pac Man, specify that in the listing.

Please be honorable and don't send scores that don't adhere to this policy. I would be rather disappointed in the gaming community to know that someone wanted to waste my and others' time in that fashion. Thank you.

Now that you've read the guidelines, add your score via a handy online form . [If you can't handle forms, mail me ]