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! Maximum points
Maximum points or score is allowed as a full-completion category under the following conditions:
* There is no other way to define full completion for the game, because there is no way to collect or complete "all X" for any given criterion, aside from fastest completion.
** If a way to define full completion is discovered later on, a movie that achieves it is eligible to obsolete the existing "max score" publication that is in the Vault.
* Saturation (maxing out the counter) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_overflow|overflow] (dropping from high value to zero or negative) do __not__ count as "max score". Scoring indefinitely should be impossible due to limitations of gameplay.
** If a certain technique can be repeated indefinitely to delay game completion and score points until saturation or overflow, this technique should not be used. ''Examples'': Backwards warps, farming extra lives and dying, "Clock stopping glitch" in NES Punch-out. If such a technique is required to complete the game, that game is ineligible for this category
* If a game automatically resets the score as you progress (for example, in every level), "max score" must be reached in every such segment.
* A "max score" movie must [MovieRules#MovieMustBeComplete|complete the game]. Playing beyond the defined completion point is not allowed.