Hey all - just submitted my first run of adventure (just started running it). I put my submission down as Emulator but am posting here to clarify.
I am currently running it on the PS4 atari classics game ( http://au.ign.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume-2 ).
This has an in-game timer which seems to be quite accurate (from first castle screen until final screen).
So a number of questions:
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Has anyone reviewed the console emulation details? Can this be deemed to be an emulated atari system or will there be a new category?
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Is in-game timing acceptable or does the run have to be timed manually? (I time it manually anyway to check but the in-game timing is more accurate in my opinion).
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Any other thoughts on using the console emulation for runs?
I may eventually download the original + emulator onto PC but at the moment I am planning on using the PS4 for easy streaming (my PC is not great) and general practice.
I'd say by default a re-release's in-game timer should be a separate category. I doubt it goes down to the frame level, does it?
It seems to go down to .05s increments, I'll have to re-check this later. That's a resolution of 20Hz.
NTSC is 60Hz and PAL is 50Hz. Should have a time resolution of 2.5 frames or 3 frames.
I'll have to double-check the resolution of the timer tonight and post up a reply.
Starting soon after new years, all runs will be retimed. Many runs from the past have been timed incorrectly leading to a lot of leaderboard inaccuracies, even at the top level. We'll be going through all runs, getting a frame count from the video, and dividing it by the video framerate to get an ac