coin op world records

[Tails]

First video hawk does file not found.

[Seahawk]

Fixed. The forums like to add "retrouprising.com" to the front of weblinks sometimes.

[Kong]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaC_TbybuOs"]Teddy Boy SMS - World Record Score - RetroUprising.com - YouTube[/ame]

I uploaded kiwinavega's world record Teddy Boy score. I'm going to start randomly uploading some of these.

You can find more on these links
Retro Uprising - Arcade - Youtube
retrouprising's Channel - YouTube

I also just beat the Best Bout Boxing record. The PDF above lists 1,326,150 by G.M.C. PANDA as the record but I can't find any other source or confirmation for that and it doesn't seem technically possible so I changed it to the Twin Galaxy score which I just beat. If some one finds proof of the GMC Panda score then I'll change it back.

[Barra]

Subscribed to the channel

You can email the guy and ask what sources he used to come up with any scores you ask about, hes pretty friendly and willing to help out.
Ill admit a few scores on there seem a bit dodgy haha

[Seahawk]

Kong, you should open up a page for "About World Records on RU".

Explain how you want to make the most up to date list of world records for all electronic game media, not just arcade, but console stuff too. List your sources for the list, and explain how users could go about giving information of updated scores, since you want specific proof (video from original machine, non-cheat .inp file, etc.).

[Kong]

Stuff like that will happen. I'm going to exhaust all resources I know of and then start opening it up and explaining it. Should be fully implemented in about a month or so.

I'm not 100% sure I know what you mean by an about page though.

@Barra, I emailed him.

[Seahawk]

In my opinion:

Using the term "World Records" is a big deal. Like, really big. I get the feeling that this term is just being thrown around here casually. Seriously, you're saying that the score is THE BEST in the WORLD. Before you come out saying that "X score is the world record" you need to be absolutely sure.

You should make a small page explaining how you decide that a score is a world record. List your sources, what you do in the event that there are no sources, and define what you consider a legitimate score.

[Dudebro]

How would we be absolutely sure about this sort of thing? I'm confused about which sites are considered good and updated. So far it seems like TG is one of the most respected and up to date but it is also very limited. What other sites are good to check scores against?

[elrod21]

I also wonder how we resolve conflicts on rules and on different dip switch settings.

[Kong]

You should make a small page explaining how you decide that a score is a world record.

That will happen eventually but here is the short answer.

List your sources

Slunk's List
GEMANT's List
Twin Galaxies
MARP
AIVA
KLOV
Arcade History
Classic Arcade Gaming
Arcade Hits
EMUX RECORDY
Guinness Book of World Records
GAMEST Magazine
ARCADIA Magazine
Retro Uprising

what you do in the event that there are no sources

Once we are done compiling our list we will on request do a google search for a score. If no score is found then the RU score will be considered official.

and define what you consider a legitimate score.

Must meet or surpass our rules or at least come close.
Example. We require 95% frames per second. If another record keeping authority allowed 90% we would probably accept that. If they did not monitor FPS at all then we would deny the score. For this reason Youtube and screen shots are not accepted as official records.

Must be judged by someone of recognized authority. Another reason why Youtube videos will not be accepted as records.

Max scores will not count. Games that have reached max score such as Battle Toads and Pac Man will just not have world records.

Must be the same version of the game as ours and with the same settings and rules.

Marathon scores and non-marathon will be treated identically.

Real hardware and emulators will be treated identically.

I also wonder how we resolve conflicts on rules and on different dip switch settings.

Luckily most everybody uses defaults when competing.

If a game has a long established history of competing on non default settings then we may change to accommodate but for the most part only defaults will be accepted.

Originally Posted by Kong

I also just beat the Best Bout Boxing record. The PDF above lists 1,326,150 by G.M.C. PANDA as the record but I can't find any other source or confirmation for that and it doesn't seem technically possible so I changed it to the Twin Galaxy score which I just beat. If some one finds proof of the GMC Panda score then I'll change it back.

I found a score on Arcade Hits that looks legit. 1,000,950 by bravocorazon. That beats me by 4,050 points. I'll beat it one day. I missed a 20K point bonus once by just a second so I don't think it should be too hard.

[Seahawk]

One more thing, if you are going to do this I think you should make the top score for each game viewable by all players, similar to how mods view and approve scores. This way anyone can verify the score for themselves. Otherwise you are really just a different take on the closed and private system of TG.

[Kong]

@Hawk. Yeah, that's the plan. Just want to iron out a few bugs before doing that.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6KKdB5_zhE]Alex Kidd Lost Stars SMS - World Record Score - RetroUprising.com - YouTube[/ame]

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyKpXx0mbpk]Hexion Arcade World Record Score - RetroUprising.com - YouTube[/ame]