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I am interested in this run but there isn't much by way of documentation here. Any pointers or guides? I don't understand why the WR doesn't take the green pickups in the first two levels, for example. What is the optimal route, and why?

Hi folks,

I'm running this (on a famicom emulator - FCEUX) and the in-game sound is not wonderful to listen to for multiple runs. Can we get a ruling on if it is necessary to have in-game sound on in the run video? I can just shut the sound off and listen to music while I stream it and that is preferable.

Cheers, Zericc

Hi there,

I recently became a mod for this game and wanted to make a post about categories and rules. I have made the following updates to the game's page.

1. the French version, Les Chevaliers Du Zodiaque, is now a separate category because if has different enemies/obstacles and some other gameplay elements.
2. I have removed the only old run for the Japanese version. I would prefer not to have done this, but there is no video for it. I can find some runs of it on niconico but it generally appears that folks are using turbo for those runs.

I have updated the general rules, as well as the specific rules. If anyone has any questions about the rationale for the updates feel free to let me know. I took the language from more popular games and copy/paste it here.

Hi there,

I'm working on a route for Les Chevaliers Du Zodiaque: La legende d'Or, which is the France-only port of Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu (NES) (1987). I understand that generally Speedrun.com uses the English name of a game, and defaults to the home language, often Japanese, of the game if there is no English localisation. I know this isn't a hard and fast rule, but I think with Les Chevaliers Du Zodiaque there is a unique difference in that there is a separate version of the game that only exists and was marketed in France.

I'm not asking for mod privileges, as I understand it is generally frowned upon to make that sort of request without even submitting a run. However, I would like to get the conversation going about a new leaderboard for the game as I get the run together.

My reasoning is this:

• Les Chevaliers Du Zodiaque is not simply a language translation of Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu, there are enemy/obstacle differences. The Japanese version also has exploits that don't exist in the French version.
• the names are significantly different. You can't search for Les Chevaliers Du Zodiaque on Speedrun.com and come up with a leaderboard. No where in the game does it say "Saint Seiya", nor does it say that on the box or the NES carte.

Thanks for your time, I look forward to getting a run on the boards for this game!

Zericc

Hi folks,

Feel free to have me ask these questions elsewhere, if it would be more appropriate. I've been working on a few runs of StarTropics and I would like to submit a PB at some point. I want to make sure I will qualify.

I'm using an emulator/rom setup and recording it on OBS along with my LiveSplit times. If I simply upload the recording to Vimeo and submit a link, will that satisfy the validation process?

Thanks a bunch, Zericc