An open letter to all TG and MARP fans:(posted 9880 days ago)Hello video game fanatics!
As the Twin Galaxies judge for mame, I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out exactly what the TG Settings should be. For some games there is a historical precedent, set by Walter Day via Twin Galaxies in the early video game contests from 1981 to 1985. He tried to avoid extremely long marathon games, largely to to the fact it was beginning to hurt the health of the players.
A lot of the games that MAME now supports were either too old or too new to be included in those original contests. So, with Walter's permission, I have been working on adding to the original list, to include the best and most popular games first, and to exclude games which I feel are not emulated accurately. This is why you see a lot of scores on MARP which are not documented at http://welcome.to/cubeman
I do watch MARP and look for the TG label on scores, then I carefully watch the INP replay and judge whether or not it is actually using Twin Galaxies settings. Cubeman's INP Gallery http://web.idirect.com/~cubeman/inp.html has the highest level of verification possible and each and every INP was watched in it's entirety.
It is important to me that the players should email me if they wish a MARP score to be considered for publication in the next Twin Galaxies Book. I have assumed consent for the scores labelled TG, but I also would like your real name and hometown and country info. Of course, if a score isn't really TG I don't include it. If you have strong opinions on what the TG settings are for a particular game not already documented, then my all means email me.
As for "Dave's Classics" getting into the INP race, I think I speak for everyone when I say that Chris Moore has done an excellent job with MARP making it the most prolific of the high score pages on the Interent. And as an original participant in the Twin Galaxies contests, I would like to think my own page is the most technically accurate of all the high score pages.
As for Steve (the Krog) Krogman, he is a little over eager to slap on the TG label. Again if any player wants to have their score considered, please tell me and you will be considered. The full rules are on my page :-)
Ok, time for me to get some more 1st place scores!
Respectfully, Mark Longridge Twin Galaxies Emulator Judge