What Is the Twin Galaxies Gaming Community and How Do You Join?

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Twin Galaxies is a long-running video game achievement community built around world records, leaderboards, and player rankings. You join by registering an account on TwinGalaxies.com, then you can submit performances, vote on other players' submissions, and compete for a recognized rank. It suits players who want their scores and times officially reviewed rather than just posted on a personal profile.

What Twin Galaxies Is

Twin Galaxies describes itself as "the go-to place for over 40 years to celebrate video game achievements." Its focus is competitive gaming history: recording, evaluating, and ranking player performances across platforms and titles.

The community's stated goals appear directly on the site:

  • Show your achievements to the world — submit a performance for others to see.
  • Become officially recognized — have your result reviewed and ranked.
  • Join our community — share achievements and meet other players.
  • Compete on our famous leaderboards — chase a position against other submissions.
  • Make your mark on video game history — contribute to a long-standing record archive.

Names associated with the site's history include Walter Day and Jace Hall, reflecting its roots in arcade-era record keeping and its later revival as an online community.

What You Can Do Once You Join

Activity What it involves
Submit a performance Post a score or time for a specific game, track, and platform
Vote on performances Review other players' submissions and cast a vote
Compete on leaderboards See where your result would rank against existing entries
Track your rank Submissions show a "potential rank" before final placement
Follow community activity Browse recent submissions, views, and replies

Recent submissions on the site show how granular this gets. Examples from the live feed include:

  • MAME – Pengo (set 1 rev C), Points — 77,780 points, potential rank 25
  • PC – Mario Luigi DOS, Level 1 Fastest Time — 34.000, potential rank 1
  • Sega Genesis – James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing, NTSC Points — 3,771,120 points, potential rank 4
  • Game Boy Advance – Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival, Points (Tournament Settings) — 1,355,100 points, potential rank 1
  • Atari 2600 – Pac-Man, NTSC Game 1 Difficulty B Points — 8,856 points, potential rank 9
  • Nintendo Switch – Nintendo World Championships NES Edition, Fastest Time (Super Mario Bros. 2) — 10.630, potential rank 1

Each entry lists the track, the platform, the result, a potential rank, and a view/reply count. That structure tells you what you need to supply when you submit: a specific game, a specific track or category, a specific platform, and a measurable result.

How to Join

  1. Go to TwinGalaxies.com. The site is a JavaScript app, so you need JavaScript enabled in your browser to load it.
  2. Register or log in. The site presents a "Register / Login" option for new and returning users.
  3. Read the guidelines if you're new. The site points newcomers to an "Official Book of TG Guidelines" that explains how to join the community, participate, and be recognized. Reading this first will save you a rejected submission.
  4. Start participating. Once signed in, you can submit performances and vote on other players' entries.

How to Submit a Performance

The site's own call to action is "Submit your own performance for the community to evaluate." Based on how submissions are displayed, the process works like this:

  1. Choose your game and platform. Match the exact title and platform used in existing entries — for example, "Atari 2600 / VCS" rather than just "Atari."
  2. Pick the correct track. Tracks are specific: "NTSC – Game 1, Difficulty B (Points)" is a different track from a general points run. Submitting to the wrong track is a common reason a result doesn't land where you expect.
  3. Enter your result. This is the score or time, formatted as the track expects (points as a number, times as decimals such as 10.630).
  4. Submit for community evaluation. Your entry appears in the feed with a potential rank, view count, and reply count.
  5. Wait for votes. Other members vote on performances. Your potential rank reflects where the result would sit; community evaluation determines final recognition.

Common Points to Watch

  • Track specificity matters most. The difference between a rank 1 and a rank 9 often comes down to submitting to the exact track and difficulty settings rather than a broader category.
  • Platform naming is exact. Entries distinguish between "Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive," "NES FAMICOM DISK," "M.A.M.E.," and "Nintendo Switch." Use the same naming the site uses.
  • Potential rank is not final rank. What you see on submission is a projection; community voting is part of the process.
  • JavaScript is required. If the page appears blank, that's the cause, not a broken link.

Is It Worth Joining?

Join if you want your scores and times evaluated against a public standard and you're willing to submit to precise tracks and platform categories. If you only want to post results casually without review, a general gaming community or personal profile will be less effort. Twin Galaxies is built for players who want the record itself to mean something within a recognized system.