Mash the fire button really fast instead of holding it down

I’m also very interested in some Eggsplode categories

Hit Marmot isn't a game that loops forever, it has an actual ending after 30 stages. To reflect that I created new categories for each game mode and I left the old 100k category since it already has a nice handful of runners

The way the game works is that the it consists of three rounds and then it goes back to the title screen. That means that the current categories are only beating the first level out of three which means the game isn't considered beat. I have done a basic run of the whole game to show how I think the categories should be :)

Time starts as soon as you press the start button to start the game. Using level splits is completely up to the runner

The rules absolutely should have stated that timing starts on gaining control, that was a mistake. The reason it starts on gaining control instead of the title screen is that it’s usually very hard to tell when the title screen is started when using the RNG manipulation

An all difficulties seems like it would make a better race format than an actual category but if there’s enough runners that want it I don’t have a problem with adding it

I decided to separate zapper runs and controller runs since this game gives the option to use both. Now it’s consistent with other games of this fashion like Operation Wolf and Mechanized Attack

Given that we have a pretty equal ratio of runs that are on original hardware and runs that are on emulator, I think splitting them would be a good choice. Adding time to runs might turn into a funky situation if different emulators would require different amounts to be added

You got it correct

It’s allowed. There just hasn’t been any submissions for it. It’s also not a great option because the frame rate is overall slower than the NES

I’d be willing to help out. I’ve been on this leaderboard for years at this point

I found a new death warp/wrong warp that takes you from 1-1 directly to 1-3, saving about a minute. The only catch is that you need to game over and start again for it to work. Would this be allowed in runs? And if so when would the timing start?

You need to hold down and press jump

Speed Demos Archive has some stuff about if. If you want to message me on discord I’ll be more than happy to explain it all

That’s the conclusion I came to as well

This all looks good to me too

Make sure you are using an original power supply, not a new repro. Most of the new ones will eventually deteriorate your picture quality and could possibly hurt your system

Hello, I would like to request moderation status on the Dig Dug series https://www.speedrun.com/dig_dug. The only mod has not been online in 6 months, his twitter account has been taken down, and his twitch account seems to also have been taken down; making it impossible for me to contact him. Another user moderates some of the specific games also hasent been on in 6 months and I cannot contact him as it seems he has been inactive on his linked sites. All the games have either no rules or very vague and really need to be specified and written properly. One game has one category which is reaching the kill screen and the only run on the board is a joke thats listed as "fastest death" in the comments and has no video. This only happened because they took advantage of the fact that the game doesn't require verification. The boards all need some serious work put into them and I'm ready to step up for the task

The WR by xlaml seems to have been removed and I cant find any footage of it online