I don't think Hisa is using keyboard for MAME, correct? I know for some games the computer keyboard is not as responsive has arcade style buttons.(posted 8399 days ago)Anyway I think Hisa has some video tapes of the original arcade machines, although I have not seen them. I'm glad to see Japanese INPs at MARP. I've taped myself on original arcade also.
As everyone is in different parts of the world, verifying scores in person is not very easy unless you are a millionaire. We have a classic high score championship each year at Funspot in New Hampshire in the United States, which is mainly for games up to 1986.
Anyways, Happy New Year to everybody :)
As for BBH (Matt) he is a very good player, and I am an "old" player who played in the late 70's and early 80's. Games in the late 70's were not all that great, to be honest. Mostly in that time is was B&W arcade games and pinball. How many games are in MAME now, over 2,000? No one is good at every game in every era. And Matt played games with John Rhodes (JoustGod) in Las Vegas right? There is your witness :)
But although I believe Hisa is an excellent player, you have to understand in North America a lot of magazines published scores which are impossible, like 9 million on Dig Dug. Ask Tech-D, that score is impossible. They were many other examples. That is probably why not all scores are believed. But I think Steve Krogman watched some of Hisa's tapes, so there is some verification there.