At the next NoReset speedrun event in Quebec, I personally aim to run what I like to call "The 16-bit Turtle Power Hour":

• TMNT Arcade (Arcade)
• TIT (SNES)
• THH/ROTS (Genesis)

Worked well at the Quebec City Comiccon this year.

Not sure what the requirements would be to get this added, but if it could, it would be sweet. :)

Quantity of WRs is largely irrelevant, given that a sizeable amount of games have category extensions that range from very specific to downright memey.

I'll ask the same question I asked on the TMNT arcade forum, as its core got released at around the same time as this one.

The MiSTer FPGA core for The SImpsons arcade has been released in the last few days.

Wanted to inquire if it was accepted as a platform to run on.

Thanks!

The MiSTer FPGA core for TMNT arcade has been released in the last few days.

Wanted to inquire if it was accepted as a platform to run on.

Thanks!

@axelt Have you tried contacting the folks at https://noreset.tv ? You'd have quite a story right there, let me tell ya! Especially these days!

Typical "hit 'n run" thread, just to stir the pot. Nothing to see here.

Sounds like a trophy request to me...

Agreed. If NES has a 1 loop cat, no reason why the arcade version shouldn't have one.

Thanks a bunch! Much appreciated!

Seconded. Chances are you'll see an influx of players some time soon. :)

To add to MagicK's request for the "Bad Ending Warpless" category, I would suggest for end time to be when Ki lands on Level 60's 2nd platform, as it is when you lose control of Ki.

And since there will be lots of runs coming, should you need help handling the upcoming workflow, @MagicK, @Moliman, and myself would be willing to help out if you deem it necessary.

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Cheeky scrubby run here:

@Validusername16 Then by that logic, the NES should also be banned. Nothing on the NES itself prevents L+R from being pressed at the same time. The controller's unaltered design prevents that from being used consistently, and even then, as mentioned above, pressing the center of the D-Pad can trigger the L+R behavior, albeit not consistently.

Now banning the NES would indeed be silly. As it is silly to ban MiSTer for that very reason. It simply replicates the hardware as is, in a 1:1 manner. Ergo, it's not a platform-related issue as said platform simply does exactly what it says it does: it replicates hardware, in all its features AND flaws. It's not an extra gimmick such as, for example, Run-Ahead, which was added to counter input latency caused by software emulation overall in an admittedly tacky way. Now THAT would be a platform-related issue. MiSTer just does what Ninten-does, literally. :)

Tempted to quote Ivan Drago here...

But there are benefits to use MiSTer over software emulation solutions:

• It's FPGA (see: MiniNT or AVS for examples of other FPGA consoles), meaning hardware replication, which is more accurate than software emulation, with a 100% accurate NES core.
• No input lag to speak of when using SNAC interface, and a 1000Hz (ie: 1ms) polling rate for USB controllers with no USB stack that slows things down like in Windows, or with Linux software emulation solutions such as RetroPie. Talks directly to the core in use. The only factor in play is lag that would come from the controller's i/o board. Which usually ranges in the single digits for good controllers, if it's not 1ms outright. Or even lower with some homebrew USB-to-NES/SNES/DB9/PlayStation adapters such as DaemonBite.

Pretty much as close as you can get to original hardware without it being original hardware. The documentation is out there, and easily available. No reason it shouldn't be allowed, but don't take my word for it. Look it up. Requests for this platform will only go up with time.

Please explain what you mean by "delay". Have you got an example, perhaps?

Unless you mean if you started your own timer late? In that case, yes, the run may be retimed, if I recall correctly.

I'm for story mode to remain in. It is akin to a "New Game plus" mode. And that's how it should be viewed as, IMO.

And I have to admit I'm pretty uncomfortable with this "I don't like it, therefore it shouldn't exist!" stance some people have on that. Don't like it? Don't run it. Simple as that. Let others who enjoy it run it.

I can't tell for sure, but I've seen other older games being powered off and restarted as part of a strat/skip. That was kept in the same video segment, and therefore it counted.

Not sure if this applies here, but just saying there were precedents set in other games before on that front. Now as to whether this board will follow it? Mods will have to chime in.

Ending it on the frame the final boss dies can easily be frame-counted. Non-issue.

Just out of curiosity, and because I ran out of patience looking at each run on the board: does anyone know who has the fastest blue ring route run?