Super Punch-Out!! (Arcade) - *Former* High Score World Record [1,917,800 points]

EDIT: Kept forgetting to update this, but this run was beaten by Charles Bingham and can be viewed on Twin Galaxies here: https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthre... Done on an original Super Punch Out PCB and captured through a SuperGun. I used Twin Galaxies' DIP switch settings, which have switches I & K in the "on" position, while everything else is off. This makes the timer tick faster than in my previous speedrunning videos, as well as gives some opponents larger refills than with default dips. I am using these settings so that this score run is comparable to the legacy score runs that have had competition over the years. This record tops the previous record held by Jeff Wolfe, which was set at 1,859,190, which can be seen on Twin Galaxies' leaderboards here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.ph... Despite Jeff's run getting to fight #64, this run of mine had such a good score pace that it still topped his score despite losing to fight #61. I also happened to stream this attempt live on Twitch, so if you care to hear my commentary in the moment, along with Twitch chat, you could check it out here:   / 149594472   This game is so much more difficult than regular arcade Punch Out, that marathoning it past the point where it starts to loop content has barely ever been accomplished. The score in this game rolls over once you get to a million points, which makes it look like I end up having just 917,800 points at the end. Marathon-ing this basically comes down to how consistently you can beat Super Macho Man 3, Bear Hugger 3, Dragon Chan 4, and Vodka Drunkenski 4. These 4 fights are the ones you will face off with endlessly, and they are some of the hardest Punch Out fights in the entire series, bar none. I'll break down each of these fights and how I rank them in difficulty. Bear Hugger 3 is for sure the easiest one. I have a strategy that just requires one semi-precise counter in order to easily get a 24-27 second time. If I miss, the fight drags out a bit, but nothing noteworthy outside of that. Dragon Chan 4 and Vodka 4 are both incredibly difficult. As of right now, I cannot tell which one of these are harder than the other, but one thing is for certain; it is incredibly easy to lose to these 2 fights at any moment. Dragon 4 has a wildly fluctuating guard, which you could attempt to sneak in attacks on, but the expected outcome is that he blocks, and delivers an unblockable attack to you before you can move. Sometimes this is good if you have full KO meter and want to change his pattern to something aggressive, but any other time, it is bad news. On MAME, you have zero chance in ducking Dragon's kicks consistently due to input lag, but on hardware, you have barely enough time by reacting to his sound cue. If you get kicked, then you're almost certainly done for, unless you can build up KO meter again quickly. This fight and Super Macho Man 3 are the two biggest reasons why you'll never see a very high score on MAME unless someone decides to make a score TAS. Vodka 4 is a pretty simple fight on the surface when everything goes according to plan, but the problem is that when something goes wrong, it's a real struggle for survival. The biggest difficulty with this fight is judging whether or not your attacks are fast enough to stun him. You have to cut dodges incredibly tight in order to successfully get multiple hits off, which is important because getting KO meter filled is pretty much the most vital part of winning the fight. However after all of that, it is safe to say that Super Macho Man 3 is undeniably the grand champion as the hardest Punch Out fight I've ever seen in the series. Mike Tyson is pretty much Glass Joe compared to Macho 3. This fight actually contains attacks that are impossible to dodge based purely on human reaction speed. That doesn't mean it's impossible to win though, but you have to completely understand his pattern & change up your approach to this fight in order to have a chance at consistent survival. I might do a video explaining this fight in more detail one day, but for now, just believe me.