Community News

By RANews.

Softcore Points Update

The contribution of points earned in softcore mode toward a user’s rank on the main leaderboard has long been a point of contention within the RetroAchievements community. After some deliberation among RetroAchievements staff, a new framework for the main leaderboard and softcore points has been created.

More information on the changes can be found here.

RA Olympics 2022

The RA Olympics 2022 Edition is currently being formed! This year we’re looking to add some new team members to increase the amount of people that will be involved with the planning and development process. The current roles for the event are:

Shoutcaster/Streamer
Referee
Developer of Leaderboards

If any of these roles interest you, please fill out this survey here.

If you have any question(s), please reach out to voiceofautumn.

Console Support

Fairchild Channel F

Support for Fairchild Channel F has been rolled out. You can use the FreChaF core and earn achievements for the 21 currently supported sets.

Mega Duck

Support for Mega Duck has been rolled out. You can use the SameDuck core and earn achievements for the 20 currently supported sets.

PlayStation 2

While there is no ETA on the release of PlayStation 2 support, that hasn’t stopped the development team from working on sets to make the rollout the biggest yet. Take a look at the current sets that will be available on PlayStation 2 release.

Game	Developer
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness	Shmelyoff
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	Excessiveiser
Culdcept	TeddyWestside
Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME	wolfman2000
Ed, Edd, ‘n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures	LogicalFallacy
Extermination	Cadaxar
Fairly OddParents, The: Breakin’ Da Rules	pinguupinguu
Gauntlet - Dark Legacy	ventuz
Grappler Baki: Baki Saikyou Retsuden \| Fighting Fury	Anic
Incredible Hulk, The - Ultimate Destruction	MGNS8M
Katamari Damacy	blendedsea
Mashed: Drive to Survive	Excessiveiser
Mega Man X Collection	AlexGatao
Mega Man X7	AlexGatao
Mega Man X8	zxmega
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance	wilhitewarrior Snow
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence	wilhitewarrior gollawiz
Monster Hunter	Cadaxar
Okage: Shadow King	Cadaxar
Over the Hedge	Excessiveiser
Pac-Man World 2	timenoe
Pac-Man World 2 [Subset - Bonus]	timenoe
PopCap Hits! Vol 1	TeddyWestside
Ratatouille	Griffin
Ridge Racer V	Lewis50248
Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights	LogicalFallacy
Simpsons, The: Hit & Run	zxmega
Sims, The - Bustin’ Out	voiceofautumn
Sonic Heroes	DarkyAndreas
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie	pinguupinguu
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly	Excessiveiser
SSX 3	Chawk
Stuntman: Ignition	TeddyWestside
Taiko no Tatsujin: Taiko Drum Masters	SporyTike
Taiko: Drum Master	SporyTike
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge	Bryan1150
TimeSplitters 2	SlashTangent
TimeSplitters 2 [Subset - Platinum Trophies]	SlashTangent
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger	blendedsea
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue	blendedsea
We Love Katamari	gollawiz
WRC Rally Evolved	suXin
Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra	FBernkastelKues
~Demo~ Need for Speed: Most Wanted	Blazekickn

Site Updates

RAWeb Version 1.89.1

Don’t show authorization message for non-admins by @Jamiras in #1041
Validate Fairchild Channel F and Mega Duck on site. by @Snow in #1066

Full Changelog

Quality Assurance

Various achievement descriptions updated for Waku Waku 7.
Approved for DQ2:
Various discussions regarding game naming and tagging.
- If ~Demo~ or ~Prototype~ tags are used alongside ~Hack~ or ~Homebrew~, they they should comne afterwards.
- In cases where a game is unlicensed and is actually just a hack of another game, then ~Hack~ would be used instead of ~Unlicensed~.
- Move A/An/The articles to the back of a title when there is a pipe separator between regional titles.
- Do not link bootlet/pirate games to the hubs for their series.
- When both English and Japanese titles are used in an RA entry’s title, the Japanese title should only be first when the game was never officially released in English, making whatever English title used an unofficial title.