| Picture | Pos |
Name | Player | Date | Score (unconfirmed) | Inp |
 | 2nd clone of suprglob | Beastie Feastie (beastf) | MDARULZ (@) | 11 Dec 00 01:35:36 | 362,306 | m37b10 get MAME |
| I finally got past level 21 !! And, after a 5 month layoff, it only took 8 games to get to the top !! Not too shabby... | ||||||
 | 9th has 11 clones special rules | Centipede (revision 4) (centiped) | MDARULZ (@) | 11 Mar 05 22:41:15 | 40,516 | wolf91u1 get MAME |
| GEGOTW - poor result, but the best I could do after about 30 tries... Taking license with a certain movie line, here's all I have to say: 'Help me, Eric Ginner, you're my only hope...' | ||||||
 | 2nd has 3 clones special rules | Food Fight (rev 3) (foodf) | MDARULZ (@) | 27 Sep 07 02:11:14 | 522,000 | wolf101 get MAME |
About this INP: After starting on level 9 (I normally start on 4), I had an early death, but pushed on instead of killing off the game, as I normally do. Turns out that that was a good decision, as I not only topped (on MAME) 400K for only the second time, but I also broke 1/2 million. Still, not a great game (my so-so joystick is partly to blame), but a very, very good one, reaching all the way onto level 42. Now, it's on to the clones, for two more #1's... Game stats: Estimated total times played: arcade: 450; MAME: 350; using savestates: 0. About the game in general: Here's yet another reason that Atari is my all-time favorite arcade company; this title is fantastic, and is (to me) the most advanced arcade title for any game, 1982 or earlier, period. Ahead of its time graphics, sound, and gameplay (replay !) make it pure genius (GCC rulz !!). | ||||||
| 2nd clone of foodf | Food Fight (rev 2) (foodf2) | MDARULZ (@) | 13 Oct 07 01:14:37 | 466,100 | wolf101 get MAME |
About this INP: Unlike my 522K on the foodf ROM, I started on level 4 here, which I think is a good spot to begin. As on foodf, this time I also broke 400K (for only the third time ever), but I didn't reach 1/2 million (I died just short of the cone, tho, and would have likely had made that amount if I didn't die). Again, not a great game (curse my so-so joystick !), but a very good one; I got to level 38 this time. Now, it's on to the last clone, for another #1... Game stats: Estimated total times played: arcade: 450; MAME: 390; using savestates: 0. About the game in general: Here's yet another reason that Atari is my all-time favorite arcade company; this title is fantastic, and is (to me) the most advanced arcade title for any game, 1982 or earlier, period. Ahead of its time graphics, sound, and gameplay (replay !) make it pure genius (GCC rulz !!). | ||||||
| 2nd clone of foodf | Food Fight (cocktail) (foodfc) | MDARULZ (@) | 24 Oct 07 03:06:58 | 469,600 | wolf101 get MAME |
| About this INP: I started this game on level 9, and things went great for quite some time. I almost beat the (now) second-place score of 174K on my first man, dying one screen before topping the mark. This is my fourth time to break 400K, but I didn't quite reach 1/2 million, like on my foodf ROM INP. Well, my great game went south just before 200K, but I then limped along to level 39 before succumbing. Nonetheless, this submission completes the Food Fight hat trick. Game stats: Estimated total times played: arcade: 450; MAME: 430; using savestates: 0. About the game in general: Here's yet another reason that Atari is my all-time favorite arcade company; this title is fantastic, and is (to me) the most advanced arcade title for any game, 1982 or earlier, period. Ahead of its time graphics, sound, and gameplay (replay !) make it pure genius (GCC rulz !!). [at least i'm not the only one that compels to "hum with my joystick" the opening level theme. great recordings! -skito] | ||||||
 | 4th has 1 clone: mspuzzleg | Gumbo (gumbo) | MDARULZ (@) | 29 Jan 03 04:55:37 | 265,100 | win64 get MAME |
| Another Columns ripoff, with the (always welcome) underlying nudity bonus. This is, however, a good ripoff, with a simple yet clever twist to the old 3-in-a-row blocks idea. | ||||||
 | 2nd | Gururin (gururin) | MDARULZ (@) | 19 Jun 01 18:27:33 | 11,500 | m37b15 get MAME |
| Well, this score tops (read: destroys) my previous all-time best (8910), and even spanks the former MARP high (since disqualified) that was just shy of 10,000. It may even be tops for the ARCADE version, it's so good. I made it all the way into level 31, which is also a record for me (tying a previous game). A potpourri of point power-ups (read: mainly green jewels) helped, but a little luck, and a lot of experience, brought this one home. This is one that'll last - done deal. | ||||||
| 2nd | Gururin [vs] (gururin-vs) | MDARULZ (@) | 31 Oct 02 16:50:27 | 8,960 | win59 get MAME |
| I topped my previous (and complacent) high of 6100, and it took only five games. I still should have had higher, perhaps around 10K. STATS: I made round 5 (the 'fox'), with 70% 'rate', and 'max' of 9. | ||||||
 | 3rd | Monster Slider (Japan) (mslider) | MDARULZ (@) | 28 Oct 02 00:38:48 | 469,190 | win59 get MAME |
| After just a few plays, I managed to top my previous high, plus get into round 7 for the first time (it's possibly the final round, tho the number of digits available for your score makes me wonder). Unfortunately, I didn't have much of a chance against 'Draqula', who literally drove me batty... | ||||||
 | 2nd | Peter Pack Rat (peterpak) | MDARULZ (@) | 22 Oct 06 22:17:07 | 687,497 | wolf101 get MAME |
| On this INP: After 'warping', a near-perfect run thru the first three levels had me hoping for a great game, but things went sour after that. I really screwed up level 16 (with little reason, other than I haven't reached it much before, and therefore haven't practiced it much), and that left few lives to get thru 17. Still, this tops the former high nicely (both on MARP, and for me too), and I should easily pull off a 700K in the future. Game stats: Estimated total times played: arcade: 5; MAME: 100; using savestates: 10. On the game in general: While Atari is definitely my all-time favorite arcade company, this title was a bit of a dud. Still (and, kind of like a fungus), this one sort of grows on you. I don't love it, but I do like the fact that you can never be too careful, or assume you're in a safe position (both of which keep things from getting dull or routine). Still, only three differing levels is too little, and some movement and enemy AI bugs serve to frustrate players a little too much... | ||||||
 | 2nd has 1 clone: pigouta | Pig Out: Dine Like a Swine! (rev 2?) (pigout) | MDARULZ (@) | 10 Apr 09 00:15:16 | 290,710 | wolf77 get MAME |
About this INP: After searching for a version of WolfMAME that will play back INP's correctly (so I could submit a #1 score), I was trying out version 77 for the first time, and decided to just play it out after getting the Farmer's Market as my second screen, and also making a long run on my first life (a record 146,830 points !). I accidentally picked up a jelly jar on FM, and it wound up faster than I wanted. But, I played on, got to the bonus screen, and even two more screens after that. Game stats: Estimated total times played: arcade: 1; MAME: 180; using savestates: 5. About the game in general: Good graphics, superb sounds and music, and (generally) wonderful gameplay and levels make this one a winner. The only thing that sucks is the random distribution of the screens, after the initial one. | ||||||
 | 3rd special rules | Poto Poto (Japan, Rev A) (potopoto) | MDARULZ (@) | 10 Feb 02 02:14:11 | 6,277 | win57 get MAME |
| I finally topped my previous score (2684), and by a good measure. I completed level 7 at the 12'03" mark, but couldn't get by 'Sinbad' on level 8... | ||||||
 | 10th | Sel Feena (selfeena) | MDARULZ (@) | 02 Dec 00 00:17:07 | 1,067,300 | m37b9 get MAME |
| A vision came to me... And it paid off !! How can there be a 77,700 limitation, though ??!! | ||||||
 | 2nd has 1 clone: snakepita special rules | Snake Pit (snakepit) | MDARULZ (@) | 01 Apr 09 15:20:12 | 649,950 | wolf106 get MAME |
About this INP: Due to a recent TG submission, I got back into playing this great title. Despite the usual horrible trak-ball I/O that MAME is saddled with, I finally managed to top John Cunningham's long-standing, and excellent, score, but it probably took about 50 tries this time around. Lives bonus was an OK 140,000, but I gotta die far less, especially in that damn final room ! Well, I'll be working on this one more, in the future... Game stats: Estimated total times played: arcade: 40; MAME: 200; using savestates: 2. About the game in general: What a fantastic game - this is my 5th favorite coin-op of all-time. Good graphics and sound, combined with energetic music and superb gameplay / design, make this one addictive game. Yet another hidden arcade gem that 'nobody' knows about... | ||||||
| 1st clone of suprglob | Super Glob (Pac-Man hardware) (sprglobp) | MDARULZ (@) | 24 Oct 07 15:52:54 | 107,389 | wolf101 get MAME |
| About this INP: Here's my second game ever on this ROM, which is not really Super Glob. This is some sort of weird combination of The Glob with some Super Glob roms mixed in to change the title graphics. Anyway, I handily beat the (now) second-place score of 49K on my first man, and went on to carry all but one of my lives onto level 11, where the game ended. My 'rustiness' explains my poor showing on the final screen - I hadn't played the similar The Glob game (MAME or arcade) in over a year and a half. I'll trounce this score later, and then shore up my theglobp score a bit. Stay tuned... Game stats: Estimated total times played (this ROMset / theglobp ROMset): arcade: 0 / 120; MAME: 2 / 900; using savestates: 0 / 30. About the game in general: The Glob is in a solid third-place, as far as its rank among my all-time faves. How they could take the hardware that supports the boring, repetitive, uncolorful graphics game Pac-Man, and turn it into something this fantastic, well, let's just say I salute them (and, I rarely give out high praise !). Great (for its time) graphics, sounds, and gameplay (especially), this one is pretty much the perfect game, other than it (perhaps) ramping up the difficulty about twice as fast as it should. Still, I like short games, and any more than 15 minutes is too tough on this title, thus making it perfectly fit the bill... | ||||||
 | 6th has 1 clone: stompina | Stompin' (4/4/86) (stompin) | MDARULZ (@) | 17 Mar 02 18:24:34 | 101,200 | win57 get MAME |
| Another great Bally-Sente game. To me, they and Atari had so many good ones, especially in the mid-80's... [previous score of 147450 had issues. this lower score has been resurrected] {QCN} | ||||||
| 1st has 10 clones | Super Glob (suprglob) | MDARULZ (@) | 29 Jun 04 03:34:53 | 76,595 | win80 get MAME |
| How sad is this early version of "The Glob" (ROM version "THEGLOBP")? Sick sounds and limp animation / character movement are totally fixed in "The Glob", versus this mess. Still, the "roots" of a game are sometimes interesting to see... | ||||||
 | 1st | Tetris Plus (ver 1.0) [Puzzle Mode] (tetrisp-pm) | MDARULZ (@) | 04 Apr 11 04:14:35 | 338,800 | wolf101 get MAME |
About this INP: After 'sitting' complacently on my score of 312,300 for over 5 years, and then getting beaten 3 years ago, I finally got off my ass, and did something about raising my mark. I extensively researched the game, played on a new (compared to my 2002 submission) path, and came up with a very nice result. But, if you want to see the real WR, check out my incredible 373,900 masterpiece, here ! This submission should stay in the top spot for a while, and if not... let someone try to top the 373K !! Game stats: Estimated total times played: arcade: 35; MAME: 600; using savestates: 80. About the game in general: This is the best game of all the Tetris variations that I've seen (other than TP 2 !). While it doesn't quite make my top 5, it's in the top 10, for sure ! The gameplay and design on the Puzzle Mode of this one is genius, and all three difficulty levels are addictive fun (with a little frustration thrown in, but not too much !). Count this as yet another fantastic arcade title that only a few players know about... | ||||||
 | 1st has 4 clones | Tetris Plus 2 (World, V2.8) [Puzzle Mode] (tetrisp2-pm) | MDARULZ (@) | 20 Feb 16 18:05:06 | 1,920,500 | wolf101 get MAME |
About this INP: Well, the time in the sun for the 2015 scores below this one is over... here's a real game ! This one is my best submission for the 2015 IGBY2 team tourney, and I made it after playing for just over half an hour (a bit after I saw that Zerstorung / Justin K. submitted a score closing in on my previous 'lowball' one, and I had to put up a 'crush the spirit of the competition' game, to the tune of a 100K or so increase). It's still far from my current wr of 1,982,900, but shows off my skills, and doesn't give others a look at techniques that I don't want seen (yes, crybabies... gamers have a right to keep their hard work to themselves...). Game stats: Estimated total times played on this general path (Standard diff., all ROMs): arcade: 40; MAME: 2,800; using savestates: 30. About the game in general: This is the best version of all the Tetris variations out there, IMO (tho the original, Tetris Plus, is close !), and the ingenious play mechanic of having a character on top of the blocks is at once simple, yet a challenge (and a fun one, at that !). I'll note that after only being near the cutoff of my top 10 in mid-2011, this game worked its way up to #1 soon after (yes, it replaced my former arcade wr title Crystal Castles as my all-time fave), reaching that spot somewhere around the early part of Spring 2012. The gameplay and design on the Puzzle Mode is more fun, and more of a puzzle, than the original TP, and both the Standard and the Expert modes are a great gaming experience ! This is yet another fantastic arcade title that very few players know about... Play it... NOW !!!!!!! | ||||||
| 1st clone of tetrisp2 | Tetris Plus 2 (Japan, V2.1) [Puzzle Mode] (tetrisp2ja-pm) | MDARULZ (@) | 05 Apr 17 22:29:28 | 1,881,100 | wolf156 get MAME |
About this INP: I saw a few months back that there was a new ROM dump for TP2 (actually it's basically pointless, as this is v2.1, and there's a v2.2 long-time ROM that's identical, by all appearances) so I took time out today to play 3 or 4 times. I used the 'Professor' character, instead of the more desirable (play-wise) 'Assistant', just to handicap myself. Still, all treasures are the maximum possible ones, and I was a reasonable (for the slow Prof.) 6 seconds or so from a perfect time. Game stats: Estimated total times played (this path, all ROMs): arcade: 40; MAME: 2,310; using savestates: 30. About the game in general: This is the best version of all the Tetris variations out there, IMO (tho the original TP is a nice version as well !). Since I began seriously playing this title in 2011 or so, the game has moved from being somewhere around my 7th favorite, to a firm #1 ! The gameplay and design on the Puzzle Mode is more fun, and more of a puzzle, than the original TP, and both the Standard and the Expert modes are a fantastic gaming experience ! This is yet another superb arcade title that very few players know about... | ||||||
| 1st clone of suprglob | The Glob (earlier) (theglob2) | MDARULZ (@) | 03 Jul 04 20:55:38 | 82,001 | win80 get MAME |
| On this INP: I am Globmaster (again), though it wasn't easy. Still, I made it into level 10, which is a new record for me. On the game in general: Just when I thot "Super Glob" was a new low in the ancestry of "The Glob" (theglobp version), there was apparently an earlier, and WORSE, variation - and this is it. As with "theglob3", this ROM is very frustrating to play, but at least you don't have to start a board over from scratch when you lose a life, as you do on that version. Just how Epos managed to turn these stinkers into the fabulous game "The Glob" (Pac-man version) in just a few months, we may never know... | ||||||
| 1st clone of suprglob | The Glob (set 3) (theglob3) | MDARULZ (@) | 04 Nov 02 00:53:42 | 67,516 | win61 get MAME |
| Here's another 'early' (and awful) version of the fantastic game "The Glob" (theglobp version), and believe me, this is some hellish heritage. Nearly identical to the 'theglob2' ROM, playing this is an excercise in unbelievable frustration. This IS hell on earth (or, computer), but, at least I finally did get into level 8, and racked up a pretty great score (and, with NO leeching !). Still, I make one simple request - PLEASE don't make me play this any more !! | ||||||
| 2nd clone of suprglob | The Glob (Pac-Man hardware, set 1) (theglobp) | MDARULZ (@) | 31 Mar 02 20:08:38 | 132,485 | win59 get MAME |
| A great score on one of my top 5 all-time favorite games, bettering my previous high of 118,163 (on this ROM). I was forced to point-press a bit on level 11 by the hyper-speed 'porkers', and I prefer to level-press more, but this is still a nice play, overall. I'm not ready to retire yet, as I think I should be able to reach level 13 (my best ever was to 12). But, I'll put that on the back burner, for now... | ||||||
| 1st clone of tetrisp2 | Tetris Plus 2 (ver 1.0, MegaSystem 32 Version) [Puzzle Mode] (tp2m32-pm) | MDARULZ (@) | 28 Mar 17 03:19:35 | 1,890,200 | wolf101 get MAME |
About this INP: I recently noticed that my former top score for this track was beaten, so I took the time today to play... twice... on the same path that 'TK2012' took. All treasures are the maximum possible ones, and I was only 2 or 3 seconds from a perfect time. Game stats: Estimated total times played (This path, all ROMs): arcade: 40; MAME: 2,300; using savestates: 30. About the game in general: This is the best version of all the Tetris variations out there, IMO (tho the original TP is a nice version as well !). Since the last time I submitted on this ROM (Summer 2011), the game has moved from being somewhere around my 7th favorite, to a firm #1 ! The gameplay and design on the Puzzle Mode is more fun, and more of a puzzle, than the original TP, and both the Standard and the Expert modes are a fantastic gaming experience ! This is yet another superb arcade title that very few players know about... | ||||||