I'm definitely planning to, at some point. (just like I'd like to go back and actually beat Bayou Billy now that I've learned how to actually play the damn game from the contest)

6.399.100
I think the TG record is 6,415,000...but that seems awfully low. (gutsman004)

It is not.

Took me three tries today.
This is not a perfect run. But all high 8 and 9 runs.

Had the bonus ring in level 1-5

769,000
This game gets hard after the first few boards.

Soooo close! I hope you break that record!

Is there a site where you can see the twin galaxies world records ?
Would like to see the wolrd record rules. Would also like to know how holds the world record ? Tom/rdrunner ?

Just managed a 6,465,600...  (but it took me more than one life to do it )

First life sacrificed to stupidity around the 5.6M mark

I'm afraid I will lack of time to pull the score I was aiming at. I'm leaving for France tomorrow and I will barely have the time for a last attempt tonight.

Nice score Nathan! I'm sure you'll break the 6 million.

Not so sure about that... SOOO many places to make a stupid error!  

My best run so far was 5.6M... that is 58 levels played without an error...  

1-life on this one is extremely unforgiving.

Indeed, and thinking again about how few lives are available in the game, we might consider doing it full lives next time.

Nah.  Full lives is a pretty straight-forward beat for the good players.  (not "easy", but "straight-forward")

1-life multiplies the intensity 10x.

I think a full-lives playthrough, the top 3 or 4 spots would differentiate by 1000's or 100's of points, even.

With 1 life, we're going to see a bigger spread.  And since the game is pretty deterministic, it isn't luck that sees you through.

Full lives while also allowing the special stages would work well (honestly, I've always thought of the special stages as part of the game).  Lives are worth BIG bonus points if you beat all of the special stages (something like 200K per life after beating the final level?).  Under these settings, the best scores would use the fewest lives anyway.

Oh yeah, that 6.4 million is not my record.  Not sure where you can find the Twin Galaxies database right now, but I hear that it will soon be back online on the real site soon.  They are shooting for end of this month. (crosses fingers)

Well, this is exactly why we're playing it 1-life, but we also try to be less 'hardcore' sometimes to open the way to more players in the competitive higher spots. Back a few years ago, we were playing 1-life almost everything, and I think it resulted in keeping many players away from the comp.

Yeah, that 6.4M seems like a pretty repeatable score, but I'm not seeing a great deal of room for improvement, unless you luck out on some otherwise worthless levels with the magic ring.

Good to know on the lives-bonus for a full-completion.

That gives some incentive to trade time to acquire the 1-ups in the main game, because for the current 1-life contest, you are better off without them.

Yeah, I know it's a balancing act.  

You get points for ice cream and time left. So if you want to improve you would have to do it quicker.
I wonder if the twin galaxies score was 1 life only?

It must have need, otherwise I can think of three or four levels worth dying on to maximize icecream bonuses (unless they allowed the bonus stages and lives remaining suddenly had real value)

2,398,600

What level is that?

The first "Special Stage" after you beat the World 4 boss.

2,456,200

Maybe I am just tried but what did Dennis mean by "This is not a perfect run. But all high 8 and 9 runs".
Also Dennis did you record any I would love to watch it. There are only a few spots I die, and I would love some tips.

5,029,500

I already gave some good tips at the beginning of the competition.
I'm going for another run today. Would love to show that, especially when it is a record.
I just love this game

I was talking about the time ( high 8 and 9runs)
Looked at the speed demons site but no kickle cubicle time there.
You can hit 2 birds with1 stone here.Because the fastest run would also be the higest score in the world.

Not entirely true. The TAS speed run example that Tom posted skips a lot of icecream points, and score-wise, there is plenty of icecream worth grabbing or doubling.