Community News
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RANews.
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Progression Features
With the release of RAWeb 5.2, the Progression feature has been fully rolled out. The web team has been hard at work for months implementing this feature, alongside several other site improvements. This feature enables the progression typing that the developers have been adding to their sets as well as the beaten game awards. There are several new ways to track beaten games, see summarized stats, view completion progress, and more.
Check out the announcement forum topic for more information.
Playtester Revamp
The playtester team has been revamped in order to expant the team and it’s current capabilities. Playtest request can be submitted and discussed via Discord in the new forum channel.
Reach out to 
TimeCrush for more information.
Cheat Investigation
We’ve started an official cheat team and created the dedicated account 
RACheats.
If you suspect anyone may be cheating or see suspicious scores/times, you can send a DM to that account and the team will look into it.
Official RA YouTube
An official RetroAchievements YouTube Channel has been created. We’re looking for users who may already have videos or would like to make videos to contribute to the channel.
Type of content we’re looking for:
- “What is RetroAchievements” - A Channel Intro video showcasing what the website is all about!
- Emulation Tutorials,
- Developer Tutorials,
- Achievement Guides,
- Announcement Videos,
- Reviews,
- Top 10’s
- …and more!
If you’re interested in making content for the channel reach out to 
Snow via DM!
Jr Developer Graduates
| Graduate | Game |
|---|---|
 ArchWCR96 |
 Virtua Tennis 2 | Tennis 2K2 (Dreamcast) |
Current Stats: 36 Developers have graduated in 2023 so far
Developer Compliance
Code of Conduct Updates
A Progression and Win Condition Guidelines page has been create to cover all aspects of the new Progression feature. Including how to update acheivement types, progression vs. non-progression vs. Win conditions, as well as numerous set typing examples covering various game genres.
Set requirements has been updated to include appropriate typing before set promotion.
Set Approvals
- Street Fighter EX2 Plus [Subset - Maniac Mode]
- Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix [Subset - Proud Level 1]
- Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory [Subset - Post ‘98 Champions]
- Puyo Puyo Da! [Subset - Hard Full Combos]
Demoted Achievements
- No Grinding is Needed for glitch requirement.
- Barely Made It for playing poorly without purpose.
Site Updates
RAWeb 5.0.0
- Improve mobile display of Recent Players by @wescopeland in #1884
- Add “beaten” game stats to Developer Stats page by @wescopeland in #1890
- Add Cheating Reports section to contact page by @wescopeland in #1895
- Fix discord embeds for mature games by @wescopeland in #1883
- Fix Jr. Devs not being able to set achievement types in a collaboration by @wescopeland in #1888
- Fix styling of Save All Changes button on reorder site awards page by @wescopeland in #1901
- Improve beaten progress determination on game page by @wescopeland in #1900
- Avoid querying Activity table for recent logins by @Jamiras in #1905
- Update some dependent packages by @wescopeland in #1903
Data aggregation work:
- Start generating aggregated data by @luchaos in #1874
- Update seeder schema to better reflect production by @luchaos in #1898
- Add primary key to SiteAwards table by @luchaos in #1899
- Update player_games and player_achievements indices by @luchaos in #1910
- Update player_games in batches after game metrics update by @luchaos in #1908
- Delete player_games entries when deleting users by @luchaos in #1907
- Allow aggregate data use on global ranking page by @Jamiras in #1912
- Allow feature enablement via cookie by @wescopeland in #1913
DevQuest
DevQuest Awards
 [DevQuest 001-II] Ticket Massacre II |
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 Excessiveiser |
 wolfman2000 |
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 [DevQuest 006] The Unwanted |
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 BrunoKiko |
 Choro Q (MSX) |
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 Released |
 Summer Games (A7800) |
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 AfroRyan |
 XI Little (WS) |
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 [DevQuest 007] Most Wanted |
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 Maximdraco |
 Game & Watch: Donkey Kong Jr. (DSi) |
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 [DevQuest 008] World Traveler |
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 AuburnRDM |
 Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (PS2) |
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 Jaki Crush (SNES) |
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 [DevQuest 011] The Genesis of RA |
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 Amir96lx |
 Ikasuze! Koi no Doki Doki Penguin Land MD (MD) |
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 [DevQuest 012] Hacker's Habit |
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 Tayadaoc |
 ~Hack~ Banjo-Kazooie: Cheato's Challenges (N64) |
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 ~Hack~ Wolverine: Feral Instinct (SNES) |
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 [DevQuest 013] complete.me |
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 Bryan1150 |
 Kirby's Dream Land (GB) |
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 Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PS1) |
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 Mega Man II (GB) |
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 [DevQuest 016] Wish This Set |
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 Casually |
 Tony Hawk's Underground 2: Remix (PSP) |
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 siouxerskate |
 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together |
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 [DevQuest 017] RA World Cup |
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 xnaivx |
 Winter Sports |
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 Champion Pro Wrestling |
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Gollawiz
 [DevQuest 019] Wheel of Genres |
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 WanderingHeiho |
 Gyakuten Saiban 3 (GBA) |
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 [DevQuest 020] Genre Conqueror |
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| Bryan1150 |
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