Community News

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RA Minecraft

RetroAchievement now has an official Minecraft server where you build anything you want in the most popular sandbox game ever created.

The server can be accessed at: mc.retroachievements.org:25588

If you would like access to the server please contact:
Scott, SporyTike, luchaos or BatFastardJordy

Jr Developer Graduates

Graduate	Game
andreemendess	UFO Kamen Yakisoban: Kettler no Kuroi Inbou (SNES)
ZamArch	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller (Nintendo DS)

Current Stats: 8 Developers have graduated in 2023 so far

Team Updates

QATeam added 3 new members: Falcus, xnaivx, StingX2
Art Team added 1 new member: AdeptTempest,
Code Reviewer Team added 2 new members: blendedsea, Delmaru
RAEvents Team added 1 new member: minibt

Set Updates

Revisions

Rescores

Achievement Demotions

Train Harder

Developer Compliance

Code of Conduct Updates

The following have been added to the “No Need for Approval” section of the revision guidelines - Adding a standard "beat the game" achievement if one is missing and there are no active developers on the set. A standard "beat the game" achievement is an achievement for completing the game at its normal/default difficulty without additional requirements. - Adding new achievements to a collaborative set if you are one of the collaborative authors and all other authors agree. Plan for adding the beat the game achievement must still be posted on the forum. If uncertain how to proceed, please contact [DevCompliance](https://retroachievements.org/createmessage.php?t=DevCompliance)
The following was added to the “Claims” section of the Subset guidelines No revision vote is required to add a Subset of a collaborative set if you are one of the collaborative authors and all other authors agree.

Set Approvals

Reauthors

Pokemon Shock Tetris to pinguupinguu

Demotions

Site Updates

RAWeb v2.8.0

Highlight list rows (lightly) on hover by @EmoonX in #1323
Prefer ‘starts with’ results when doing searches by @Jamiras in #1329
Collapse forum history by topic by @Jamiras in #1321
Show shared rank in global listing by @Jamiras in #1328
Require 0-point achievements for Latest Masters table by @EmoonX in #1350
Show “Invalid Credentials” error when changing password if current password is incorrect by @Jamiras in #1345
Fix message for scheduled release special note by @Jamiras in #1340
Fix logout request by @luchaos in #1344
Fix exception viewing expired claims when not logged in by @Jamiras in #1341
Fix ‘Route [login] not defined’ exception by @Jamiras in #1332
Fix missing user account timestamps by @luchaos in #1347

Full Changelog

Emulator Updates

RALibretro v1.5.0

Support for binding analog sticks to keyboard
Update built-in GameController database
Add warning when input binding dialog doesn’t have focus
Enable PicoDrive core for Game Gear
Enable CHD in prebuilt Linux RAHasher
Fix hashing of PSX games with extra slashes in path
Fix memory not being exposed for Snes9x 2010 core

Full Changelog

DevQuest

New DevQuests

DevQuest team is happy to announce the introduction of 3 new DevQuests!

DevQuest	Criteria
[DevQuest 001-II] Ticket Massacre II	Solve 50 More Tickets!
[DevQuest 002-II] Retro Renovator II	Fix 3 Sets from the DQ2 list
[DevQuest 013-II] complete.me II	Complete 3 Sets from the DQ13 list

DevQuest Awards

[DevQuest 003] Singles in Your Area
Maximdraco

[DevQuest 004] Veteran Developer
SlashTangent	TheMysticalOne

[DevQuest 006] The Unwanted
televandalist	Rise of the Dragon (Sega CD)
Excessiveiser	Rayne the Rogue (Arduboy)

[DevQuest 007] Most Wanted
kmpers	House of the Dead 2, The (Dreamcast)
FBernkastelKues	B3313 \| Super Mario 64: Internal Plexus (Nintendo 64)
ThatAmericanSlacker	Radiant Silvergun (Saturn)

[DevQuest 008] World Traveler
Sines	SD Gundam: Operation U.C. (WonderSwan)
Sines	Hataraku Chocobo \| Working Chocobo (WonderSwan)
ThatAmericanSlacker	Sexy Parodius (PlayStation)
ThatAmericanSlacker	Summer Carnival '92: Recca (NES)
SlashTangent	Harukanaru Augusta: Masters '98 (Nintendo 64)
SlashTangent	SimCity 64 (64DD) (Nintendo 64)

[DevQuest 009] Launch Party!
WanderingHeiho	Piglet's Big Game (PlayStation 2)

[DevQuest 010] It Takes Two
voiceofautumn	Famicom Wars (NES)
voiceofautumn	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PlayStation 2)

[DevQuest 016] Wish This Set
voiceofautumn	Battletoads (Arcade)
Guinea	Burnout Revenge (PlayStation 2)
suspect15	Alcahest (SNES)
Excessiveiser	Crash of the Titans (PlayStation 2)

[DevQuest 017] RA World Cup
Sines	Steeplechase (Sears) (Atari 2600)
Sines	Nekketsu! Beach Volley Dayo Kunio-Kun (Game Boy)

Vet Developer Progress

Vet Dev I Has published at least 1000 achievements AND worked on at least 25 sets as sole or majority developer
Altomar	Brandovsky	Excessiveiser
ThatAmericanSlacker	WanderingHeiho

Vet Dev II Has created achievements for at least ten different consoles
malasdair	Sines	WanderingHeiho

Vet Dev III Has been an active developer for at least two years
Altomar

Vet Dev IV At least 85 percent of overall sets have dynamic rich presence [Vet Dev I required]
WanderingHeiho	Altomar	Brandovsky
Bryan1150	Excessiveiser	ThatAmericanSlacker
timenoe

Vet Dev V Yielded unlocks have exceeded 50,000
Altomar	Bryan1150	FBernkastelKues
Pebete	ThatAmericanSlacker	TheMysticalOne

Vet Dev VI As a sole developer, submitted one or more sets for code review and received a cumulative grade of at least 22
blendedsea	DanielARP	LogicalFallacy
SlashTangent	suspect15	WanderingHeiho

Vet Dev VII Has used at least 75 percent of all currently available flags and features [Vet Dev I and VI required]
ThatAmericanSlacker	blendedsea	SlashTangent
Brandovsky

Vet Dev VIII Has obtained at least two badges through DevQuest
malasdair	WanderingHeiho

Vet Dev IX Has obtained at least five badges through DevQuest
malasdair	WanderingHeiho