According to the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard, the highest score achieved on Zaxxon is 4,680,740 points, held by Vernon Kalanikaus of Lā'ie, Hawai'i and submitted on March 15, 1982. Since its original arcade release, the game has been ported to numerous systems, such as the ColecoVision, Atari 5200, Intellivision, and Sega Master System. It was released on the Wii's Virtual Console service in Japan on December 15, 2009, followed by a PAL release on March 5, 2010 and a release in North America on April 12, 2010.