I realize it would probably take a good deal of work, but it would be nice to have some documentation around the structure of the compiler and its execution flow. I would be interested in contributing to fix the bugs I've reported (big thanks for your prompt responses and fixes), but its difficult to understand the current setup without investing a great deal of energy.

It makes much more sense to display how much you've earned per kill, than just your total.
This would also be required as part of #9: have to dock to claim bounties.

Some users have complained over the 2 line limit. Instead, lets make it a single, vertical scrolling line of 255 characters

Retropixels as a library is not developer friendly to use. It is not clear how to import the different classes. It is also not documented.
Todo:

Make sure classes can be imported the usual way, f.e.

import {Converter} from 'retropixels';

Documentation is out of scope.

Could you please provide an example credentials file and perhaps instructions on how to generate the credentials (api token, user pass?)

It's currently possible to have SID path links so wide that it skews the competition results list.

Example:

1. Go here: http://deepsid.chordian.net/?tab=csdb&csdbtype=release&csdbid=129004
2. Click the SHOW button.
3. Observe the entry in the first position.