Well... the good recording (even after subtracting the multi-million point bonus) may very well be a result of that bonus, because it slightly (but significantly) changes the game: Usually, extra lives are earnt at 100k, 200k, and every 200k after that, but this is different after the big bonus: Getting the big bonus itself gives you an extra life, and you get an extra life as well for each of the two or three enemies that you kill immediately after that. Then the game no longer gives extra lives, regardless of whether the score reaches a multiple of 200k.(posted 9137 days ago)So the big bonus makes it easier to get a higher score since it gives you three or four extra lives almost instantly instead of having to go for 200k every time before getting just one at a time. And it also means (also depending on whether your score has already reached 200k at the time) you probably have more lives compared to a regular game.
Ben Jos.