Donkey Kong Start High Score List

[corey.chambers]

Welcome to the Official DKF Start High Score List, peer-reviewed by the DK Community!

In order to submit a score for the Start High Score List, please read and follow the List Submission Rules, as well as any Special Rules below. Once you have achieved a score that meets the criteria, please submit your score in the Score Submissions thread, including your name, the date the score was achieved, and all relevant evidence. You can view the explanation of Platforms and Sources at the bottom of the list.

Special Rules
-A "Start" is defined as the score after the completion of Level 4.
-A minimum score of 100,000 points is required.
-You must achieve a Start without incurring any deaths.

List Notes
-Click on the player's name to visit their stream page (if available).
-Click on a source to view the video and/or download the INP file (if available).

Related Links
Individual Level and Stage Records

Donkey Kong Start High Score List

Rank	​	Score	​	Player	​	Date	​	Platform	​	Source
1	​	151,100	​	John McCurdy	​	2018-11-11	​	Arcade	​	Twitch, YouTube
2	​	150,600	​	Phil Tudose	​	2013-07-27	​	Wolf106	​	Twitch, INP
3	​	150,300	​	Robbie Lakeman	​	2020-06-10	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
4	​	149,700	​	J.P. Buergers	​	2021-05-04	​	Wolf149	​	INP (1, 2)
5	​	148,600	​	Dean Saglio	​	2014-06-15	​	MAME	​	Twitch
6	​	147,400	​	Justin Elliott	​	2021-08-31	​	Wolf221	​	INP
7	​	145,900	​	Matt Tecchio	​	2022-06-19	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
8	​	145,800	​	Jason Wade	​	2017-04-09	​	Arcade^	​	Twitch
9	​	145,400	​	Wes Copeland	​	2019-12-30	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
10	​	142,800	​	Mark Kiehl	​	2015-09-25	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
11	​	142,000	​	Adam Mon	​	2017-05-26	​	MAME	​	INP
12	​	141,000	​	Ethan Daniels	​	2017-04-06	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
13	​	140,500	​	Scott Cunningham	​	2022-02-28	​	Wolf220	​	INP
14	​	140,200	​	Duke Nickolas	​	2022-06-11	​	Wolf244	​	INP
15	​	139,500	​	Thomas Bauer	​	2020-05-12	​	Wolf106	​	Twitch, INP
16	​	139,000	​	Vincent Lemay	​	2012-09-23	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
17	​	138,700	​	Tanner Fokkens	​	2020-02-02	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
18	​	138,300	​	"ACU-AZU"	​	2020-08-17	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
19	​	137,500	​	Andrew Barrow	​	2016-05-07	​	MAME	​	Twitch, INP
20	​	135,400	​	Craig Tubby	​	2021-03-27	​	Wolf183	​	INP
21	​	135,200	​	Mike Groesbeck	​	2014-02-23	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
22	​	134,400	​	Estel Goffinet	​	2019-03-31	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
23	​	132,800	​	"Chambers_N"	​	2014-08-25	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
24	​	131,100	​	James Cook	​	2020-03-21	​	DDK*^	​	Twitch
25	​	130,600	​	Geoffrey Suttor	​	2022-05-27	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
26	​	128,600	​	Brad Williamson	​	2020-07-02	​	Wolf200	​	Twitch, INP
27	​	127,600	​	Jason Horner	​	2022-01-21	​	Arcade-P	​	Twitch
28	​	127,200	​	Josh Mayden	​	2020-09-27	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
29	​	127,100	​	Chris Gleed	​	2017-01-20	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
29	​	127,100	​	Jeff Wolfe	​	2020-02-08	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
31	​	126,600	​	Jeremy Young	​	2015-06-23	​	MAME	​	Twitch, INP
32	​	125,800	​	Jason Corey Brittain	​	2020-07-29	​	Wolf106	​	INP
33	​	125,600	​	Vincent Cote	​	2018-08-25	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
34	​	124,100	​	Mitchell Elliott	​	2013-08-15	​	Arcade*^	​	Twitch
35	​	123,200	​	"Flobeamer1922"	​	2022-09-26	​	Wolf230	​	INP
36	​	123,100	​	Shawn Robinson	​	2015-05-10	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
37	​	122,300	​	Paul Goguen	​	2019-08-03	​	MAME	​	INP
38	​	122,200	​	Christian Van Meter	​	2020-02-15	​	MAME	​	INP (1, 2)
39	​	122,100	​	Jeff Harrist	​	2019-03-29	​	MAME	​	INP
40	​	120,500	​	Mathew McGill	​	2018-06-05	​	Arcade	​	Facebook
40	​	120,500	​	Michael Massaro	​	2021-07-04	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch, YouTube
42	​	120,400	​	Tim Trieschmann	​	2018-12-12	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
43	​	119,800	​	Wade Wittmer	​	2021-04-18	​	Wolf183	​	INP
43	​	119,800	​	Aaron Truitt	​	2022-08-17	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
45	​	118,800	​	Mick Winzeler	​	2016-11-01	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
46	​	118,600	​	Allen Staal	​	2019-10-31	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
47	​	118,200	​	David Gaither	​	2020-03-29	​	MAME	​	Twitch, INP
48	​	118,000	​	Mitch Mitchell	​	2021-08-12	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
49	​	117,200	​	Jeff Mikuska	​	2019-10-02	​	MAME	​	INP
50	​	117,000	​	Todd Lalonde	​	2015-09-23	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
51	​	116,300	​	Brian Healey	​	2016-07-15	​	MAME	​	INP
52	​	116,100	​	Joel Snavely	​	2019-06-25	​	Arcade*	​	YouTube
53	​	116,000	​	Dallas Riley	​	2014-05-26	​	MAME	​	INP
54	​	115,900	​	Greg Kiempisty	​	2022-12-11	​	Arcade^	​	Twitch
55	​	113,900	​	Johnny Bonde	​	2014-06-04	​	MAME	​	INP
55	​	113,900	​	Steven Kleisath	​	2021-02-04	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
57	​	113,600	​	Jason Vasiloff	​	2020-07-25	​	Wolf185	​	INP
58	​	112,800	​	Luke Bushell	​	2022-05-27	​	Wolf242	​	Twitch, INP
59	​	112,600	​	Andrew Garrett	​	2020-07-08	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
60	​	112,000	​	Jon Shear	​	2015-04-20	​	Arcade*^	​	YouTube [video is private]
61	​	111,000	​	Mitchell Meerman	​	2020-11-30	​	Wolf106	​	Twitch, INP
62	​	110,100	​	George Riley	​	2018-02-19	​	MAME	​	INP, Facebook
63	​	109,600	​	Gary Matsko	​	2020-07-19	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
64	​	108,700	​	Les Coffman	​	2019-01-06	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
65	​	108,600	​	Al Jones	​	2014-11-02	​	Arcade	​	Twitch [video no longer available]
66	​	108,500	​	Taylor Braun	​	2020-06-22	​	Wolf207	​	Twitch, INP
66	​	108,500	​	Jim Boyce	​	2022-10-09	​	Arcade^	​	Twitch, NAvW
68	​	108,000	​	Michael Kibbey	​	2019-03-08	​	MAME	​	Twitch, INP
69	​	107,500	​	John McNeill	​	2018-11-19	​	MAME	​	INP
70	​	106,800	​	Luke Brynycz	​	2022-05-07	​	Arcade*	​	YouTube
71	​	106,500	​	Jack Philippi	​	2019-11-25	​	Multi	​	Twitch
72	​	105,700	​	"JAPSuomi"	​	2022-06-14	​	Wolf184	​	INP
73	​	105,300	​	Shaun Ruhland	​	2021-09-21	​	Wolf216	​	INP
74	​	104,200	​	Aaron Hightower	​	2018-05-20	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
75	​	103,700	​	Benjamin Sweeney	​	2020-10-07	​	Wolf183	​	INP, H2H Main Event
76	​	103,300	​	"Validusername16"	​	2018-12-23	​	MAME	​	INP
77	​	102,900	​	Tanya Lowe	​	2020-12-06	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
78	​	102,800	​	Guido Wulf	​	2018-02-07	​	MAME	​	INP
79	​	102,600	​	Nathan Scott	​	2021-03-31	​	Wolf220	​	INP
80	​	101,900	​	Matt Buchholz	​	2021-02-02	​	Wolf220	​	Twitch, INP
80	​	101,900	​	Dave Sutherland	​	2021-03-27	​	Wolf184	​	Twitch, INP
82	​	101,800	​	Kristian Telschow	​	2014-10-08	​	Arcade	​	Smashcast
83	​	101,700	​	Charlie Milne	​	2019-10-28	​	MAME	​	INP
84	​	101,300	​	Terence Wong	​	2016-05-08	​	MAME	​	TG
85	​	100,300	​	James Magowan	​	2018-02-20	​	MAME	​	INP
86	​	100,200	​	Arron Pitchford	​	2019-12-02	​	MAME	​	INP

Source Notes

Twitch, Smashcast, Facebook	=  Streamed on Twitch, Smashcast, and/or Facebook.  Linked to gameplay video.
TG	=  Submitted to and verified by Twin Galaxies. Linked to Adjudication thread if available. Some MAME submissions were removed by TG following a policy change circa April 2018 that required video along with INPs.
INP	=  MAME INP file attached to score submission.
YouTube	=  Previously recorded and uploaded to YouTube.  Linked to gameplay video.
Peer	=  Witnessed live but otherwise not recorded.

Platform Notes

Arcade	=  TKG4 or unknown (some earlier TG scores may not have been TKG4).
TKG3	=  4-board set using the US Set 1 ROM.
DDK	=  A Double Donkey Kong board was used.
Multi	=  A multi-game PCB ("X-in-1" or similar) configuration.
MAME	=  Any version of WolfMAME or unknown (scores prior to May 2006 are not 0.106, scores prior to July 2003 are not WolfMAME).
*	=  A D2K and/or Remix board was installed on the PCB.
^	=  A high score save kit was installed on the PCB.
Arcade-P	=  An arcade score achieved while using the Pace feature on a Remix kit.