The February DP Videogame World Record Challenge!

[Sniderman]

Hey gang,

Well, the recent visits from the good folks at Twin Galaxies (http://www.twingalaxies.com/) made me get back on the horse to break a few more videogame world records. I currently have the World Record in Atari 2600 Halloween (http://www.twingalaxies.com/cgi-perl/search_scores_game.pl?&orig=game&game_id=2502&track_id=3780&Platform=Atari%202600&game_title=Halloween&track_name=default%20settings&game_titleField=halloween&track_nameField=&platformSelect=) and I'm within mere points of another record I'll be submitting soon.

So here's my challenge: Let's see how many videogame world records the DP forum members can break during the month of February! It can be on any system, arcade, platform, etc. The records listings at Twin Galaxies are quite vast, so there's GOTTA be a record within easy reach for many of you.

Go to the TG Scoreboard Search function (http://www.twingalaxies.com/cgi-perl/search_scores.pl) and look-up your favorite game - that one you can play for hours on end or that you've racked up an amazing score on. See what you need to do to record and submit your feat. Then DO IT! I'd really like to see 29 world records beaten by February 29th - one new record by a DP member each day for the month.

This event/idea is not sponsored by DP or Twin Galaxies. I just thought it'd be fun to see how many videogame world records the forum members could break during the month of February. Let's go for the gold!

[Lady Jaye]

I'm up to the challenge! Will I achieve it, though? I doubt it. But it's still worth a try... Besides, if I play every weeknight and weekend day, maybe I will succeed by the end of next month.

Great challenge idea, Tim!!!

[davidbrit2]

Sounds good. I've actually got a tremendously huge score for Drummania 1st Mix, but the game isn't in the database (yet). I sent email requesting it be added.

[Reverend JagDiesel]

I'll have to break out the old Odyssey2 and beat some of those posted scores. KC Munchkin, PickAxePete, Turtles... I know I've had higher scores for each of those over the years. I also noticed there arent too many O2 games listed, like:
Frogger, Super Cobra, Popeye, KCs Crazy Chase, etc etc.
Maybe PhosphorDot will have to step up for us O2 guys too...

[portnoyd]

Consider it done on Zelda. About time I got around to doing this. Is TG going to be at ECGX? A good place to verify scores/times.

dave

[tynstar]

I was going to try Ms Pac Man turbo speed arcade game but the high score is over 900,000 O_O . My best is 196,000 and that would put me in 9th place on that list. To get 200,000 takes me about 30 minutes.

[Sniderman]

To get 200,000 takes me about 30 minutes. My 1 million+ score took me 4 1/2 hours! :P Suck it up, soldier! Shoulder to the grindstone, work through the pain, and all those other cliches...

[TheSmirk]

I'm up for it and already was looking towards some of their 2004 bounties (http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1953), I hold some score placings, but no records,........ YET !

[buttasuperb]

Where's all the games at? No Blazing Star, 1944, Mars Matrix...

[tynstar]

To get 200,000 takes me about 30 minutes. My 1 million+ score took me 4 1/2 hours! :P Suck it up, soldier! Shoulder to the grindstone, work through the pain, and all those other cliches...


4.5 hours holy hell!!!!!

work through the pain. What is this pain you speek of? I feel no pain. :evil:

[DDCecil]

I need to send in a tape of my amazing Ninja Gaiden 2 time (a world record perhaps?), I keep meaning to do it, but have been really lazy...

[TheSmirk]

I need to send in a tape of my amazing Ninja Gaiden 2 time (a world record perhaps?), I keep meaning to do it, but have been really lazy...

Can you rip it to an avi/mpeg/divx/etc. for online viewing?

[norkusa]

I can easily get 999,999 in NES Track & Field, but the thing is 30 other people have the same score. :(

I'll probably have to go for California Games (NES) then. The high score now is 136,980 and I've gotten as high as 150,000+ before. I guess I'll try for that one.

[Sniderman]

For those of you thinking, "I'll never be able to top a score of (whatever) on (insanely popular game that everybody plays)!" - here's some advice. Try to get a world's record on an obscure game that no-one EVER plays. There are even some games that have NO submitted records. Therefore, the first record submitted becomes the WR by default, doesn't it? ;)

And, just so you know, trying to get a WR on any Atari 2600 Activision game ain't gonna happen. Ever. Todd saw to that with years-n-years of samurai-like playing.

[Garry Silljo]

I'd love to help, sure theres at least one I could break, but I spend all of my money on Bills and Games, no money left for a camera to get proof! I'll see about borrowing a vcr from someone, dont have one myself, killed it when DVD prooved better.

[RetroYoungen]

This just might get me back in the mood to beat Intelligent Qube again, and maybe by the end of the month I'll do what has been impossible for me to do thus far: break a million! (I think I was at about 950K or so before)

I had the high score on the DP High Score, but now they're down, and hopefully I'll find my old score and kick it's ass!

[Sniderman]

Don't forget that TG does not accept digital imagry as proof. It's too easy to screw with a digital photo and such. Easiest way for them to verify is just have the ol' VCR running and record your game. That way, they see how you got that score from start of game to finish.

See their website for details on submitting/proving your high score. It's spelled out pretty clear.

[dave2236]

Yeah, I'll have to go to Darth Vaders house and play some NWC....no record recorded for that yet

[Lady Jaye]

Don't forget, people: you must be registered with Twin Galaxies (membership is free) to be able to submit high scores. And if your game of choice is not listed, you must first contact TG so that they can add the game to the database and set up the challenge (ie. high score, best time, etc.).

Good luck to y'all! May we take over the TG scoreboard! :D

BTW, I suppose that, in order to videotape a game, all we have to do is plug the console on the TV and start the VCR while we're playing?

[nesman85]

man, the scoreboard is a little annoying to me. almost everytime i click on an nes game it brings me to a "page cannot be displayed". i have to go back and click it again and it usually comes up the second or third time. (not to mention the many non-nes games listed as nes games). but finally i found a few games that i'm gonna go for a record on. it says on the "submit your scores" page that you need to send in a videotape to verify your score. i don't have a vcr so i can't record it from my nes. i'm thinking there's probably a way to record it if i play it from an emulator, does anybody know of a program that i can download (for free) that will record what's on my computer screen? or is there an nes emulator that has this feature?

[SoulBlazer]

If I recall, Lady, it's as easy as hooking the AV cables up to your VCR from the console and then playing through the VCR. Record a little bit to make sure you got it hooked up right.

I'll have to look into this as well.....I doubt I could beat any of the scores for the games listed, but there's GOT to be something I'm good at that I could handle.....

[tynstar]

Can we get this thread stickied so it is easier to find? That way people can post the records they have beat.

Also should we start talking some trash? Help get some people motivated.

Example: Dave don't bother playing NWC because you won't touch my scores!!!!!

[Sniderman]

I think the only emulator play allowed is arcade emulation - not console. Too easy to "tweak" the settings and cheat if you're halfway savvy. You really need to check the FAQ at TG before trying. There are other methods of confirmation (Poloroid instant photo of final screen, TG refs, eyewitnesses, etc.). I just prefer the video 'cause it's the simplest way to have uncontested proof.

Lady Jaye, I plug my Atari (or whatever system) into the IN cable port of the VCR, and the OUT cable to the TV. I don't mess with the A/V stuff at all. Put in a tape (set for SLP so I don't have to worry about switching tapes after an hour or so), hit Record, and play until I break the record. Once done, I cue it up to the begining of my run and send it in with the appropriate paperwork and forms.

[Lady Jaye]

Thanks for the info, Tim! I was actually wondering about RF-switch consoles (taping with an RCA cable is not an issue, as I once taped something off my GameCube).

Now, if only I could get into a time machine and communicate that info to the 12-year-old me! (I wanted to tape my playing of Moon Patrol off the 2600 so badly back then, a fact that I forgot until my friend Seb reminded me of it last year).

[nesman85]

I think the only emulator play allowed is arcade emulation - not console. Too easy to "tweak" the settings and cheat if you're halfway savvy. You really need to check the FAQ at TG before trying. There are other methods of confirmation (Poloroid instant photo of final screen, TG refs, eyewitnesses, etc.).
well, i would do the poloroid thing, but it says that they only accept those for games that are known to have no cheats (which is very few), and i don't see why that would work anyway because they could have used a game genie. i doubt they'll take my roommate's words for it. i guess i won't be participating in this. :o

[§ Gideon §]

And, just so you know, trying to get a WR on any Atari 2600 Activision game ain't gonna happen. Ever. Todd saw to that with years-n-years of samurai-like playing.
pssh. That sounds like a challenge, to me.

(Not my challenge, though)

[AB Positive]

Oh, I'll throw down for some Super Punch Out records. I used to have a cart (rental) that I had a 114-0 save on, with every fighter KOed in under 45 seconds.

-AG

[Dr. Morbis]

I'm going to try for the Adventure Island high score. I can already top the third place score of 391,000. Beating the world record of 514,000 is going to be really difficult though.

[hu6800]

I beat Super Ghouls and Ghost for the supergrafx

and i got a scored million points in Simpsons Road Rage without cheating.

But my skills are in the fighting game catagory, won the connecticut
streetfighter zero II and Killer Instict gold championship.
(maxlords sampled an asswhuppin when he visited me)

[Balloon Fight]

I've already picked out a game that I'll have the record for. Hopefully I can get a high enough score so no one will even touch it. :)

[MarioAllStar2600]

I will start working on a Burgertime high score on the good old arcade. Which may I add I did a marvelous paint touch-up job! Am I suppose to take a picture of the screen or something?

[scooterb23]

I honestly don't remember scoring a few of my records.

And I have a feeling that a couple others will go down this month...

I don't even have a VCR...so unless I can play on emulators somehow...I don't think I'll be able to do a lot more :(

[kevincure]

They don't track it, but I know I've done the first two levels of Sonic 1 perfectly time wise: 28 and 27 seconds. Absolutely no way to get them done faster.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I fancy having a go at some of their O2 records.

En garde, Jag! :evil:

[kainemaxwell]

Sounds like a great idea, good luck to everyone who enters!!

[Darth Sensei]

I just submitted one yesterday. I'll elaborate when I know if they accepted it.

D

[Sniderman]

Hey, everything counts! Good show!

I know that it can take a few weeks at times for TG to review/confirm/accept/post a new World's Record, so we may have to do this on the Honor System. I'll work out the details, but what I may do is have you submit your score to ME at the same time you submit it to TG. I can keep an immediate tally of DP Record Breakers which we can post during Feb. while waiting for the official results. As TG confirms them, we'll confirm them here as well. And when the last WR submitted in Feb. is confirmed, we'll post all of the records in one big list.

I'm just trying to figure out a way everyone gets some kind of immediate recognition while waiting for official confirmation. I'll post a new message when I get this system worked out.

But, until then, go nuts and start breaking records! We'll begin posting results on Sunday, Feb. 1!

[Balloon Fight]

Really quick question:

Do you need a form to send in with your tape? If so, do I email the person that is the head ref of the system?

I just asked this, because Cuewarrior sent his out so freakin' fast.

[Sniderman]

Yes. E-mail the ref first about your score. He'll send you the necessary form. Then send that in with your video. Then wait for confirmation. Easy-cheesy.

[Mayhem]

Only problem with me is, like do they have multiregion VCRs to play PAL tapes? :P

Otherwise I might have a go at C64 Impossible Mission... have scored 2,000 more than the record there in my time when I was shit hot...

[Lady Jaye]

They accept both PAL and NTSC formats (but not SECAM or BetaMax).

[Thomas Jentzsch]

And, just so you know, trying to get a WR on any Atari 2600 Activision game ain't gonna happen. Ever. Todd saw to that with years-n-years of samurai-like playing.
So he finally beat my Starmaster (http://www.twingalaxies.com/cgi-perl/search_game_results.pl?&orig=game&game_id=2649&track_id=2195&Platform=&game_title=starmaster&game_titleField=starmaster) records? ;)

[punkoffgirl]

Only problem with me is, like do they have multiregion VCRs to play PAL tapes? :P

Otherwise I might have a go at C64 Impossible Mission... have scored 2,000 more than the record there in my time when I was shit hot...

Yes, they accept NTSC and PAL tapes.. they won't take SECAM and whatever that other format is that I can't think of right now..

[Sniderman]

And, just so you know, trying to get a WR on any Atari 2600 Activision game ain't gonna happen. Ever. Todd saw to that with years-n-years of samurai-like playing.
So he finally beat my Starmaster (http://www.twingalaxies.com/cgi-perl/search_game_results.pl?&orig=game&game_id=2649&track_id=2195&Platform=&game_title=starmaster&game_titleField=starmaster) records? ;)Heh. OK almost all Activision records. ;) I tell ya, everytime I look up a game I'm good at, Todd's smashed it beyon belief. (With MIke MOrrow a close second.) BUt I'm within 200 points of breaking one record (with a solid lock on Second PLace) and one good no-screw-ups run on another for another WR. I expect to have those locked down and announced by week's end.

Hope everyone's gonna have fun doing this! I'm quite excited to see how everyone's doing as the month wanes on!

[Garry Silljo]

WOW! The NES Tetris Record is really low. I'm going after that one I think, others should try too because that's definately one that we can nab for us. Theres some other NES one's that dont even have records submitted, but I dont own the carts yet. Everyone check for records such as that where even 1 point is a new record for us! Go Team DP!

[captain nintendo]

Too bad I cant find an original arcade gauntlet around. I used to own that game ! I remember one time getting to level 425 on one quarter. And I was in no danger of lossing my life. Too bad I had been playing for like 6 hours and needed to go home. I couldnt even kill myself I had so much health LOL
I had a friend take over my game for me and put in my initials after he was done. :D After I did that though, that game seemed to bore me :P And everyone always wanted me to play with them in 4 player mode because I ruled ! ( and yes there was a level 425 ) :evil:

[punkoffgirl]

Has anyone else emailed to ask for a form?
I did it a couple days ago and I still haven't heard anything back..
Granted, I realize these folks are probably pretty busy if they're doing high scores for the whole world 'round, but I was wondering if anyone else might be able to give me some sort of time frame to expect this.. And then I won't worry that my spam filter ate it.

[IntvGene]

Has anyone else emailed to ask for a form?
I did it a couple days ago and I still haven't heard anything back..
Granted, I realize these folks are probably pretty busy if they're doing high scores for the whole world 'round, but I was wondering if anyone else might be able to give me some sort of time frame to expect this.. And then I won't worry that my spam filter ate it.

I requested a form, AND I requested some new games to be added. No response, and no new additions to the database. Maybe this will turn into the March Record Challenge. :o

[Darth Sensei]

Has anyone else emailed to ask for a form?
I did it a couple days ago and I still haven't heard anything back..
Granted, I realize these folks are probably pretty busy if they're doing high scores for the whole world 'round, but I was wondering if anyone else might be able to give me some sort of time frame to expect this.. And then I won't worry that my spam filter ate it.

I haven't received anything either. The PS2 ref's e-mail doesn't work either. So, I e-mailed my request to the main e-mail.

D

[SegaAges]

Well fellas, I'll get the Dp guys a world record. In fact, if you look at the stuff about tg in here, it is me and them talking. I have been getting in close with Walter Day over the past 2 weeks, and have a world record of $46,704 in Simpsons:Road Rage. This not only far surpasses any other record in the game, but also is a bounty, which means I will get $50.00. Now all we need are 28 more people with world records, and dp will dominate the month of February for world records. Don't worry about trying to get a bounty, worry about getting a world record. Just find the game you think are kick ass in. Remember, some of the games that are up only have 1 or 2 records. That is why I am playing it smart to help insure my win. I have that top score, plus another score of about $46,000 that is right under my high score, plus a score of $24,000 just ti put the nail in the coffin. I know I am not the only person with skillz in a game.

[SegaAges]

Someone got a million in Road Rage :)

Excellent, I was waiting for it. My score of 46,704 I can easily top, but since nobody was near as high as me, there was no need. Now I got some competition!!!!

Let's game on dude. Let me know your exact score so I can get better, and then you can try to do better than me :)

Excitement, hurray :)

Oh yeah dude, make sure your score is on tape so that they can accept it. They won't accept just a pic of a console game score man.

[Garry Silljo]

I beat the NES Tetris record but wasnt recording, I'm going to get a VCR hooked up in a day or two and nail that one down.

[SegaAges]

hu68000, call me somebody is misbelief, but proof of your high score would be awesome. I also want to know which guy you used, and which track you did it on. Because I use Prof. Frink in Entertainment District and will get Fast deliveries of every single person except for the last person, and still end up with the high score of $46,704. It is pretty easy to find a pattern in the tracks since the fares don't change where they need to go, but if you got 1 million, that means that my track I am using is too big. By that, I mean I am picking up way too many people before making a complete circuit. Inform me of your circuit, and I'll inform you of mine. And if you can get 1 million, than I want to see how well you do on my circuit, but getting 1 million, there is no possible way that you are picking up random people, that would take way too long and waste time, pm me back, and reply to this and let me know man, because I have been trying to find a better circuit, because after probably 10 hours straight (literally, not quitting for a piss or anything), I got this score, and if you are hitting 1 mil, I want to know what circuit you are using dude.

Oh yeah, I am just making sure, you did get the 1 million in 1 run, right?

[NE146]

Holy shit.. i just took a look and I have the record for Space Invaders in Mame! O_O So does that count? LOL

It's only 42k.. I can probably easily beat it if I really wanted to.. what do you think? :P

[Lady Jaye]

Scratch off one game I wanted to try for the WR. The WR for Bubble Bobble on the NES is in the 4,700,000 range. My best score is more like 300,000 points. Not too bloody close, am I?

Oh well. There are some other games I wanna try to get the WR for, and I'm sure I'll achieve that goal.

[bargora]

I should point out that Yars' Revenge has no high scores posted in the "game 1 diff A" category.

How long does it take to get 12,000,000, anyway? I think I could take it, but I don't know if I'd have the time...

[chadtower]

I don't know if it's changed, but I hope it has... last year when I intended to chase the Berzerk records I emailed the admins asking why so many games had no or few entries. I was told that the online database has only a fraction of the actual score database available and that there are thousands of scores that you won't see on the web...

[punkoffgirl]

Okay, I STILL haven't gotten a reply for my request for a high score form. What's up?

[TheSmirk]

Okay, I STILL haven't gotten a reply for my request for a high score form. What's up?

Which ref are you trying to contact?

[punkoffgirl]

Okay, I STILL haven't gotten a reply for my request for a high score form. What's up?

Which ref are you trying to contact?

Can't think of the name right now, and I don't have time to look up the site, but it was the ref for Colecovision games.

[TheSmirk]

Stephen Knox, I would go over to their forums and ask if his contact info is still correct.

The reason I asked is that Ron Corcoran seems to have stepped back from some of his TG responsibilties, and you wouldn't know that unless you happened to read around in their forums...

[Darth Sensei]

I called their number and got an answering machine. I also re-emailed my request.

D

[djbeatmongrel]

i think i can beat the Streets of rage 2 (genesis) record. the first score is 745,900 and the second is 525,720 on defualt settings. just tonight i got around 540,000 on my first continue and its my 3rd time playing it in about 8 years

[Dr. Morbis]

Okay, I beat the Adventure Island (NES) "world record", but I only got to 8-2 (my score was 524,030). I think I'm going to try and finish the game in one shot without continuing before I send the tape in. By the way, you can only have a max of 8 men in reserve! Why 8???

[punkoffgirl]

I called their number and got an answering machine. I also re-emailed my request.

D

I found a different email address and tried it. Still no reply.

[Lady Jaye]

I too requested for some games to be added and I sent my request to Robert Mruczek with no reply.

[The_Pro]

Hi all, visitor from the TG forums here. I saw a post by Sniderman that got me intrigued about your February challenge. I've known about Digital Press for a while but i've never come down. Glad I did though, great site. Let's see if I can't answer a few questions.


Holy shit.. i just took a look and I have the record for Space Invaders in Mame! So does that count?

It's only 42k.. I can probably easily beat it if I really wanted to.. what do you think?

As was said earlier, there are many records that are not yet in the online database. Case in point, I'm the one who has the Space Invaders record for MAME at 222,940 which was achieved last year. The online database has being going though a lot of upgrades in the past year. Currently there are only a select few who can update the scores already there and even less who can add new tracks. It's been a long wait but very soon this will change and many more people will have full capacity to manipulate the data. This means a large backlog of scores will be eliminated and newer tracks will be added with much less trouble.

Now for those of you sending e-mails asking that new tracks be added, let me suggest a more practical approach. E-mail the appropriate referee for the console you are submitting for and ask for the settings needed for the game you are interested in as well as the nature of the record you are going for. While there is no need to specify if the score in obviously based on total points, such as the aformentionned Space Invaders, there might be some confusion for a game like Castlevania. Are you going for points or the new trend of fastest completion? A lot of fastest completion records lately but not many show up in the dbase yet. If you have a title like GTA3 for example, well there's just a wealth of records to go for there. You'll find our referee's are knowlegeable for most of the titles out there but there might be a case where they aren't completely familiar with a particular game so you might be asked for a little background info about it.

If the record is deemed as something we would track, and most everything is as long as it's within reason, then get started on your record and the track will be added when you send in your score. In addition, if you are the first submitter for a certain title, you will have some say in what the settings are and what is allowed/disallowed regarding that record.

Now for those of you who sent e-mail and have not yet received a reply there are a couple things. First and foremost there is the fact that TG is completely made up of volunteers, and a very limited number at that, so it goes without saying that patience is a virtue here. Since everyone has a real world job and considering the scope of what we do, refs are often stretched to the limit. There are some ways to get thru faster though. For example, if you sent a message directly to Walter Day, things might take a while. Now everybody can and is welcome to do so since there are things only he could take care of but for questions about various game settings or adding tracks you're always better off with the platform specific ref. You might still get a reply from him and it may very well answer all your queries but I assume that your e-mail will likely be fowarded to the appropriate ref so you might as well save time. This isn't because he's just passing the buck but simply because as the head and founder of TG he is very often on the road, planning events or dealing with the media and therefore very busy.

Next on the list would be Robert Mruczek who can handle 99% or what you need at any given time or can tell you exactly where to go to for what you need. A nicer guy you'll never meet, trust me. However, being that he is the Chief referee and in charge of many consoles he also gets a ton of e-mails. In addition he has, from what I can gather, the most insane work hours ever. He really works hard at both his jobs so give him a break if it takes a while to reply.

Now the best way to get info about anything TG is to come down in the forums. Not only do most of our refs hang around there on a daily basis but you can also get answers from all the others who post there. For a more direct approach you could even PM the ref from there. A good deal of information can be found in the FAQ section of the forum as well so be sure to ceck it out.

[punkoffgirl]

My game's already on there, I just wanted a form to submit a score!

[The_Pro]

My game's already on there, I just wanted a form to submit a score!

Go here for the forms.

http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=996

[Sniderman]

Welcome to DP, Pro-meister! You gave us all some advice that'll be very helpful in the World-Record-Breaking days-to-come! (Today-I'm-using-a-lot-of-hyphens. ;) ) Please feel free to guide our motley crew through the TG submissions process, as some of us are new to it.

And be sure to introduce yourself in the "Introduce Yourself" thread in this very Forum. Glad to have you visit and it'd be nicer if you stuck around!

By the way, what WR's do you currently hold?

"Your Friendly Neighborhood Sniderman"

[Darth Sensei]

My game's already on there, I just wanted a form to submit a score!

Go here for the forms.

http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=996

Thanks, and welcome to DP. However, what do I fill out for a PS2 game?

D

[punkoffgirl]

My game's already on there, I just wanted a form to submit a score!

Go here for the forms.

http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=996

I'd already found that thread, but it doesn't help me, either. Colecovision isn't on there.

[The_Pro]

Thanks, and welcome to DP. However, what do I fill out for a PS2 game?

D



I'd already found that thread, but it doesn't help me, either. Colecovision isn't on there.

In that thread the last submission form that says,Arcade Coin-Op game submissions to be sent to Robert Mruczek: . Open up the pdf and you'll have two page, the first is the standard player agreement that you have to sign. The second one is for the score itself. You'll notice different fields that need to be completed and one of them reads "system". So just enter the system of your choice there and you're good to go.



By the way, what WR's do you currently hold?

Let's see... I have the record for the Resident Evil remake of about 1:30:33. Could be lowered a good 30 seconds but i'm so burnt out on it. I have just under 65000 lines for The New Tetris on the N64. All the lap records for Extreme-G N64, 3-lap records to be sent soon. All the fastest completion records for Doom64, 1 tied. Various Crazy Taxi minigames, Crazy Jump at 393.61 (not verified), Crazy Drift at 112 and Crazy Bound at 21.39. NES balloon fight at 4 million+, and around 1.7 million on Guerilla War. Various MAME records, Wizard of Wor, Timber, Tetris, Galaxian Part 4, Spectar, Space Invaders. To tell the truth, I haven't done much for the past year besides the yearly MAME tourny, I need to get back on that horse.


Please feel free to guide our motley crew through the TG submissions process, as some of us are new to it.

Hmmm, well after what I mentionned about contacting the console specific referee to get the correct settings for your game, it's time to start working on your record. All games must be taped from a real console via VCR or video camera, no pictures, no videos of you scolling through the high score list. Although, if your full attempt was saved onto a memory card, and can be viewed in game this is also acceptable (example: Crazy Taxi 2, F-Zero GX) Emulators are accepted for arcade submissions (i.e. MAME), the current one used is wolfmame32plus version 0.78. Wether to accept other emulators for console submissions is currently under debate by senior staff as there are concerns that it's too easy to fake emulator submissions, using save states, slowdown, etc. You're better off with the original console unless the ref tells you different. Of course if you were to use a camera and we could see you playing the game on your emulator that would work, but I imagine it would be hell trying to get a good camera angle.

Anyway, when taping your game you want to tape a couple seconds of dead air and then turn on your console so we can see all the loading and such. Don't press any buttons to skip through the sequence, just let it load on it's own until you get to the point where you have to take control, as in the title screen, the "Press Start" screen... you know what I mean. From here if there are specific settings for your game such as a hard mode, then go to the options screen to indeed show that the game is set correctly. Now comes the hard part: achieve a new world record. Actually, you don't have to be first to send in a score but who wants to be second, right ? 8-)

If you fail in your attempt you can keep trying until you get it, no need to restart the game. Although if you were playing for an hour you might want to start over and rewind to save on tape. Also you might want to start recording your game a couple minutes into the tape rather than at the very beginning. If your tape is damaged during shipping this is likely where it will suffer and it would be awful if your game was DQ'ed because the beginning of the record was missing. Some refs are equipped to deal with damaged tapes but only to a degree, pack them with care!

When you're finished with your game, let it run for a little bit so we can clearly see the final score (if applicable), and then enter all the information into the submission form. I like sending an extra page as well that details where in the tape your record(s) is. For example: loading at 0:05:00, beginning succesfull record attempt at 0:45:00, etc. Your ref will appreciate it! If you are playing a marathon type game i which the record will last more than 6 hours you're going to need to buy a longer tape, biggest i've seen are 10 hours on SLP/EP. If you think you're going to go for longer, uhhh, you might want to ask the ref. Standard solution is to pause the game and switch tapes, better solution is to have a second VCR start taping during the final minutes of the first tape but this isn't practical for everybody. Please note that your should use standard 6 hour tapes as much as possible because the thin band of a 10 hour tape can easily be dameged/broken.

All tapes become property of TG so make sure you have a backup copy for yourself. Just because it's the property of TG doesn't mean we'll expose it for all to see though. See that little clause in the player agreement? It says that if you don't want this record shown to anyone outside of TG refs, then it won't be, period. Also, in the submission form you have to use your real name, no aliases. In addition you have to be a member of TG so you can enter your TG user ID (your name on the message board). Don't worry, registration is free and mostly painless LOL . Submission forms must be printed out and sent in with the tape. No sending them online since we need your hand signature. Hmmm, look at me typing "we" as if I was affiliated with them. In case I mis-represented myself, I'm just a regular at TG not a ref/editor or anything. I was offered the job a while back but i'm too busy/lazy LOL, maybe in the future .

So, that's pretty much it, send it in, watch it go up on the dbase (eventually :roll: ). If you're lucky you might even get a write up detailling your achievement.


Glad to have you visit and it'd be nicer if you stuck around!


Thanks, I think i'll do that :) .

[Lady Jaye]

Thanks for all the info and tips! I still posted my questions on the TG forum since the email I sent to Mike Morrow bounced back with a "No known user" message.

[punkoffgirl]

Hmm.. So all of the systems are now required to have scores video taped, eh? They're not accepting photographs (Polaroids) for anything anymore, I take it?