Highest score on Gradius (Konami, 1985)

According to Official Guinness Records,

On 6 October 2007, Tom Votava (USA) managed to rack up a record score of 10,102,000 points on the NES version of the classic arcade shmup Gradius.
Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011

For a complete list of 2007 records, please visit 2007 Guinness Records in United States.

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