High score
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The high score of a video game or arcade game is usually the highest logged point value. Many times a game will have a list of several high scores, called the high score list. The high score first achieved cultural significence with the rise in popularity of pinball machines. Often times, players who achieve a high score are greeted with a message of congratulations and the ability to enter thier initials or name into the machine. Thier name will remain there until someone "knocks" them off the high score list by achieving a higher score and pushing them off the list. This functioning has caused high scores of popular games to carry a certain amount of "bragging rights" as it is proof of excellence in a game.
The high score has a close association to the "free game." When in an arcade, many games will offer a player a free chance at another game if they achieve a high score. This has declined in popularity in recent years, as players are often allowed to play for as long as they can without losing, but not given free games even if they achieve a high score.
The popularity of the high score has made it nearly ubiquitous among modern video games. In fact, the high score has become a defining feature of many games. Magazines such as Nintendo Power and Sega Visions would often publish high scores submitted by thier readers. Often the performance would have to be videotaped to verify the performance. The high score also exists in online games in various forms.