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J.D. Lowe did get a great Christmas present didn't he? The Knockout Coordination chair, which I'm happy to report that he has accpeted. On this day, J.D. Lowe has become Mr. Knockout Coordinator Chair Elect. His term begins at the expiration of the first knockout tournament.
Feliz Navidad... Feliz Navidad... Feliz Navidad...- Merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate to all, and to all, a great night. :)
40 ballots were submitted. 31 were legal ballots. For the tournament and regulation coordinators, 16 votes were required for a majority. For the knockout, 74 total votes were submitted, divide by 3 for the number of coordinators needed and round for 25. 13 votes were required for a majority.First, let's go to the tournament.
Ben Jos was elected as the tournament coordinator with 22 votes. Brian McLean was second with 6 votes. Hisa-Chan got two votes, and Stig Remnes recieved one vote. On this day, Ben Jos Walbeehm became Mr. Tournament Coordinator Elect - he has accepted the elect position and will take over my spot on January 1, 2001.
Next, I'm going to go to knockout. This one is 2/3 decided.
J.D. Lowe was the highest majority and, upon acception, will become the chair of the knockout coordinators with 16 votes. Lagavulin was also elected and recieved 14 votes and upon acception will also be a knockout coordinator. And now... the rest... Chris Parsley and Vasco Serafini tied with 12 votes. Brian McLean got 11 votes, Ben Jos got 6 votes, and Skito, unfortunatly, got 3 votes and will be eliminated from round two. Because he's now going to be tournament coordinator, Ben Jos Walbeehm has conceeded this race. Round two will begin in less than 24 hours. Chris Parsley, Vasco Serafini, and Brian McLean will be the contenders remaining.
Finally, regulation coordinator. This one isn't close to decided.
Pat Laffaye got 9 votes, BBH got 8 votes, Q.T. Quazar got 5 votes, J.D. Lowe got 4 votes, and QRS got 2 votes. Those who got 1 vote are eliminated: Skito, Aaron Pieper, and Barry Rodewald. Yes Brian, I have to say that you got 0 votes and are also eliminated. Round two will begin in less than 24 hours. Pat Laffaye, BBH, Q.T. Quazar, and QRS will be the contenders remaining.
UPDATE: Because J.D. Lowe is now the knockout chair, he has conceeded the regulation race. These votes will be five day votes and will end on December 29 at 2359 GMT. Click here to vote for round two!
J.D. Lowe sent trivia results - and the same said person claimed it along with Jason Dyer each scoring five points. Aquatarkus, Barry Rodewald, and SportsDude drew for second with four points, BBH and Brian McLean each got two points for fourth, and David Oliver got one point for sixth.
NOTICE THE NEW UPDATE DATE! The MARP Election Page has been updated today. Please check it so you have an idea you might vote for in the election. A full ballot will be prepared in the eastern time afternoon on the 16th.
The time for nominating players in the MARP Election has expired. I have emailed those that have not accepted or rejected the nomination. They have until December 16 at 1500 GMT to email me back or indicate their decision on the message board.
Want to know where Zwaxy, MARP's founder, has been? Well I sent an email to him about a minor error (nothing that really affects your experience here) and he told me he's vacationing in Venezuela, and he's going to keep vacationing until December 19. Lucky dog...
Nominations are now taking place for the pending election. Click here to place your nomination. If you, newbie or veteran, have somebody to nominate for a position, then I suggest participating in this.
Day 29 of election fun: Pat Laffaye updates the database for MAME 37 beta 10. I'd love to list what's new:*** new originals 8ball "Video Eight Ball" amspdwy "American Speedway (set 1)" argus "Argus" beathead "BeatHead (prototype)" chinatwn "China Town (Japan)" cosmos "Cosmos" darius2 "Darius II (Japan)" darkwar "Dark Warrior" dazzler "Dazzler" dleague "Dynamite League (Japan)" goldbug "Gold Bug" gtg "Golden Tee Golf" gtg2 "Golden Tee Golf II (Trackball, V2.2)" heartatk "Heart Attack" hero "Hero" holeland "Hole Land" hstennis "Hot Shots Tennis" hunchbak "Hunchback" huncholy "Hunchback Olympic" logger "Logger" mrflea "Mr. F. Lea" ninclown "Ninja Clowns" ninjaw "Ninja Warriors, The (Japan)" omegaf "Omega Fighter" peggle "Peggle (Joystick)" perfrman "Performan" radarzon "Radar Zone" recordbr "Recordbreaker (World)" rimrockn "Rim Rockin' Basketball (V2.2)" robokid "Atomic Robokid" slikshot "Slick Shot" stompin "Stompin'" superbik "Superbike" syvalion "Syvalion (Japan)" topspeed "Top Speed (World)" valtric "Valtric" wallst "Wall Street" warriorb "Warrior Blade (Japan)" wfortune "Wheel Of Fortune" wgp "World Grand Prix (US)" *** new clones 8ball1 "Video Eight Ball - Rev.1" [8ball] amspdwya "American Speedway (set 2)" [amspdwy] bzonec "Battle Zone (cocktail)" [bzone] darius2d "Darius II (dual screen) (Japan)" [darius2] fullthrl "Full Throttle (Japan)" [topspeed] ghostmun "Ghost Muncher" [pacman] gtg2t "Golden Tee Golf II (Trackball, V1.1)" [gtg2] gtg2j "Golden Tee Golf II (Joystick, V1.0)" [gtg2] indytemd "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (German)" [indytemp] mk2chal "Mortal Kombat II Challenger (hack)" [mk2] mk2r91 "Mortal Kombat II (rev L9.1, hack)" [mk2] omegafs "Omega Fighter Special" [omegaf] outline "Outline" [radarzon] pegglet "Peggle (Trackball)" [peggle] pipedrmj "Pipe Dream (Japan)" [pipedrm] pkladiel "Poker Ladies (Leprechaun)" [pkladies] radarzn1 "Radar Zone - Rev.1" [radarzon] radarznt "Radar Zone - Tuni" [radarzon] rimrocka "Rim Rockin' Basketball (V2.0)" [rimrockn] robokidj "Atomic Robokid (Japan)" [robokid] silentdj "Silent Dragon (Japan)" [silentd] topspedu "Top Speed (US)" [topspeed] wgpj "World Grand Prix (Japan)" [wgp] *** changed short mk2r31 -> mk2 "Mortal Kombat II (rev L3.1)" tatsujn2 -> truxton2 "Truxton II / Tatsujin II / Tatsujin Oh (Japan)" *** changed long hunchbkd "Hunchback (Donkey Kong conversion)" -> "Hunchback (DK conversion)" pipedrm "Pipe Dream (Japan)" -> "Pipe Dream (US)" wc90 "World Cup 90" -> "World Cup '90" *** changed both mk2 -> mk2r42 "Mortal Kombat II (rev L4.2)" -> "Mortal Kombat II (rev L4.2, hack)"
OK, one day late, but here's the logs of the public meetings that took place on the 1st and 2nd of December.
What came out of the public meetings? Click here to find out and voice your opinion. Logs of the meeting will be made available by tomorrow.
I have placed an Olympiad page on the site and also placed a link at the index page - the banner frame is soon to follow.
Brian McLean takes the 5th tournament by eight points(104) over JSW(96). Third place went to BBH(87). Congratulations to Brian, and thanks to all for playing.
Speaking of IRC - new feature there, one of seymour's bots reports an upload as soon as one occurs. Might want to visit the IRC channel before the meeting to see this wonder. :)
There will be two public meetings on our IRC channel - EFNet's #marp. You can find a list of servers by clicking the communication link above. The first public meeting will be Friday night, December 1, at 10pm eastern(0300 GMT Saturday), which will be run by myself, Gameboy9. The second public meeting will be Saturday night, December 2, at 4pm eastern(2100 GMT), which will be run by Ben Jos Walbeehm. The host will present a brief statement on the events of the last couple weeks, then will entertain questions from the public. After discussion, we will then begin discussion on the KOA Tournament, then we'll talk about the Olympiad, then we'll talk about the future of the Tournament, of which the 5th will end November 31 at 2359 GMT. (6:59 pm eastern) The public is not only invited, but STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to attend. Therefore, if you need help getting onto IRC for the public meeting, let me know.
And Gameboy9, I would never accuse you of getting rid of anything on this page. :o)
I've just made a change to the scripts to allow them to work with Debian 2.2. Last Wednesday one of the retrogames web servers was upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2, which broke the scripts. Since then MARP has been running on the other server, still on 2.1. Now the scripts should work on both servers, but it's possible that I missed something, so if the site goes down again, that's why! Hopefully everything will be OK now.
I've changed the link from IRC material to communication with others. I included the message board, IRC, and the new Egroups group that is forming.
I improved the look of the news page a bit. No Zwaxy, I didn't get rid of anything on this page. :)
People often ask for a file called 'audiow32.dll', so I've uploaded it to the site. You can find it on the Versions link in the banner above, or get it directly from here.
More information from the server administrators:Hehe. Sorry, I laugh, because it was brian bringing one of our main webservers back from the grave. I'll get it fixed on short order. He said 'everything seems to be working now. Just have to wait and see what complaints roll in'. Sorry about it, but thanks for letting us know. Sometimes, it's hard to check up on everyone, and we miss a few.So there you go...
Looks like the MARP scripts are down again. I've mailed the server administrators and am hoping for news soon.
Trivia Results are in: And I know this was a long game... I was around at 12:45am(strange for me huh?) - Aquatarkus took first place at 8 points. Second went to J.D. Lowe at 6 points, and in third place was Tech Knight with 5 points. Other winners include Ben Jos Walbeehm(4), Barry Rodewald, BBH, Jason Dyer(last 3 with 3 points), and Giovanni Solinas(2). Thanks to everyone for hosting, and J.D. Lowe for scoring. Next trivia game is Saturday, November 19 at 10pm eastern(0200 GMT). They take place every Saturday at EFNet's #marp on IRC. J.D. Lowe's trivia report was updated.
It is the responsibility of the MARP Web Page Maintainer to submit a report on the recent downtime of MARP. What's my report? Gosh if I know. All I know is ZTNet, which hosts Emulation World, which hosts Retrogames, which hosts MARP, was down for 24 hours. I'll give a more detailed report when more information becomes available.
On the day after the most ridiculous election ever... Pat Laffaye updates the database for MAME 37 beta 9. The new stuff shall be declared as follows:*** new originals aburner2 "After Burner II" asuka "Asuka & Asuka (Japan)" atehate "Athena no Hatena ?" ballbros "Balloon Brothers" battleg "Battle Garegga (Japan)" batrider "Armed Police Batrider (Japan, version B)" bloxeed "Bloxeed" borench "Borench" btlkrodj "Battle K-Road (Japan)" cadash "Cadash (World)" cavelon "Cavelon" columns "Columns (US)" columns2 "Columns II - The Voyage Through Time (Japan)" daisenpu "Daisenpu (Japan)" earthjkr "U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker (Japan)" eightfrc "Eight Forces" eto "Kokontouzai Eto Monogatari (Japan)" flstory "FairyLand Story, The" galmedes "Galmedes (Japan)" gigandes "Gigandes" harddriv "Hard Drivin'" ichidant "Ichidant-R (Puzzle & Action 2) (Japan)" kiwame "Pro Mahjong Kiwame" krzybowl "Krazy Bowl" m660 "Mission 660" mofflott "Maze of Flott (Japan)" naname "Naname de Magic! (Japan)" oisipuzl "Oishii Puzzle Ha Irimasenka" potopoto "Poto Poto (Japan)" puyopuyo "Puyo Puyo (Japan)" puyopuy2 "Puyo Puyo 2 (Japan)" rezon "Rezon" sabotenb "Saboten Bombers" scudhamm "Scud Hammer" stkclmns "Stack Columns (Japan)" tantr "Tant-R (Puzzle & Action) (Japan)" tfrceac "ThunderForce AC" thunderl "Thunder & Lightning" zunkyou "Zunzunkyou No Yabou (Japan)" *** new clones aburner "After Burner (Japan)" [aburner2] alphaxz "Alphax Z" [m660] batridra "Armed Police Batrider (Japan, version A)" [batrider] bloxeedc "Bloxeed (C System)" [bloxeed] cadashj "Cadash (Japan)" [cadash] cadashu "Cadash (US)" [cadash] cadashi "Cadash (Italy)" [cadash] cadashf "Cadash (France)" [cadash] columnsj "Columns (Japan)" [columns] flstoryj "FairyLand Story, The (Japan)" [flstory] ichidnte "Ichidant-R (Puzzle & Action 2) (English)" [ichidant] kodu "King of Dragons, The (US)" [kod] m660b "Mission 660 (bootleg)" [m660] manhatan "Manhattan 24 Bunsyo (Japan)" [jailbrek] mkr4 "Mortal Kombat (rev 4.0 T-Unit 02/11/93)" [mk] mk2r31 "Mortal Kombat II (rev L3.1)" [mk2] natodefa "NATO Defense (alternate mazes)" [natodef] pc-bstar "PlayChoice-10: Baseball Stars" [playch10] puyopuya "Puyo Puyo (Japan) (Rev A)" [puyopuyo] rainbowa "Rainbow Islands (set 2)" [rainbow] ridheroh "Riding Hero (set 2)" [ridhero] streetsw "Street Smart (World version 1)" [streetsm] tantrbl "Tant-R (Puzzle & Action) (Japan) (Bootleg)" [tantr] tfrceacj "ThunderForce AC (Japan)" [tfrceac] tfrceacb "ThunderForce AC (Bootleg)" [tfrceac] twotigra "Two Tigers (dedicated)" [twotiger] *** changed long mk2 "Mortal Kombat II (rev L3.1)" -> "Mortal Kombat II (rev L4.2)" rainbow "Rainbow Islands" -> "Rainbow Islands (set 1)" ridhero "Riding Hero" -> "Riding Hero (set 1)"
What should we do with one credit settings for the PlayChoice-10 games? Click here and cast your vote!
Trivia results from last night: Barry Rodewald won the game by reaching 10 points first. Aquatarkus was second with 9 points. BBH took third with 7 points. Other winners include Brian McLean(6), David Oliver(3), Mausikin(2), Ben Jos Walbeehm(2), and Ron Corcoran(1). Thanks to J.D. Lowe for hosting and scoring.
It's time to begin accepting applications for game coordinators of the first MAME Olympiad beginning April 1st.Each game coordinator will be responsible for choosing a playback judge(which can be him/herself), set challenging but reasonable DIP settings, and needs to make sure that it will be able to playback in the latest beta in at least DOS and Windows.
Yeah, that's not a misprint. You may choose ANY game that MAME has emulated so far. Each coordinator should not begin finding judges or DIP settings yet until they know which game they will coordinate.
Each coordinator will probably only be given one game to coordinate(maybe two). Please submit as many choices as you like(the more the better!) at goldengameboy@yahoo.com.
The first priority in choosing coordinators will be people who have a lot of known experience at the game. The second priority will be 'First Come, First Served.'
UPDATE: Here's a sample ballot of what I'm talking about:
1st choice - Quarth
2nd choice - WindJammers
3rd choice - Pacman
4th choice - 1943 KAI
and so on. Any further questions - please let me know at the same address above.
Boo! Mwhahahaha! You have to deal with the same update again! Mweeeeeeeeehehehehe! Oh... sorry... my halloween spirit was bothering me again. No there's an update to this item below.
For those who are interested in the one-life only Snipercade challenge - it is coming back this Wednesday. You can still vote for which game will be in the challenge.
To allow for this - I've uploaded MAME 37 betas 6, 7, and 8 for DOS, and 5, 7, and 8 for windows.
Keiichi has pythoned his way onto the scene by adding a 'download mame' under the INP link so you can download MAME without going to the old versions page.
Rough ideas for the first MAME Olympiad are now posted here - please give your opinions on this matter if you're interested in participating in this landmark event. (or at least I hope it will be :) )
I'm just curious... but I wonder if anyone knows that MARP's 5th tournament is still going on... :) It ends November 31st by the way.
The trivia game that never ended finally did this morning after five hours of brutal competition. David Oliver claimed his stake to victory with 9 points. Barry Rodewald was second with 6 points, and BBH was third with 5 points. Other winners include Ben Jos Walbeehm(4), J.D. Lowe(4), Aquatarkus(3), and Tech Knight(2). Thanks to all for hosting, and J.D. Lowe for scoring. Next trivia game is Saturday night, October 28 at 10pm eastern (0200 GMT).
On a related note: Any 5th tournament recording created from October 12th to October 16th will be declared legal for upload up to October 18th in MARP's 5th tournament.
The Internal Server Errors have been fixed. What happened was a python source file(not from this site) that MARP depended on mysteriously disappeared. That file has reappeared and the site fixed. Thanks to Zwaxy and Prophet for correcting the problem. :) I'd like to apologize for the downtime incurred.
Ron didn't get any emails - but at least he'll get an update here - his Snipercade high score site is celebrating it's 3 year anniversary today. Congratulations for three years - and we hope for many more to come.
MARP has reached 200,000 hits according to NedStat! Thanks to all for making this possible. :)
Huh... I don't find this surprising on Friday the 13th - Internal Server Errors. I haven't done anything - so we all have to play the waiting game here...
I've updated the tournament banner - changing 'Gameboy's Page' to Archives(and you can find all the t4 recordings on that page under complete results.)
Well now we have a four-way battle to claim the maximum 1,400 points available in the Magical Drop series. Tech Knight has joined the battle submitting the first 2 million point easy survival mode score in Magical Drop 3. He now joins Ashuime Rainflower, Aaron Pieper, and Q.T. Quazar(who once had the 1,400 points) for the big pot. Good luck to all... this should be a very cool battle indeed.
Trivia results time - Brian McLean won the game with 10 points. Barry Rodewald and BBH each scored 6 points for second, J.D. Lowe was fourth with 5 points, Ben Jos Walbeehm scored 3 points, and Giovanni Solinas scored 2 points. Thanks to everyone for hosting, and J.D. Lowe for scoring. J.D. Lowe is looking for a host for next Saturday's game at 10pm eastern(0200 GMT) - so if you're interested, I'd suggest in contacting him.
Tournament 5 Note - I suggest recording Metal Slug without sound to make sure it playsback - because if it doesn't, your score will be adjusted to what score it was when it was played back. {GB9}MAME 37 beta 8 is out - and so is the new MARP database. Here's what's new according to Mr. Pat Laffaye:
*** new apparel "Apparel Night (Japan)" atompunk "New Atomic Punk - Global Quest (US)" av2mj1 "AV2Mahjong No.1 Bay Bridge no Seijo" bananadr "Mahjong Banana Dream [BET] (Japan)" bbmanw "Bomber Man World (World)" bbmanwj "Bomber Man World (Japan)" beezer "Beezer (set 1)" beezer1 "Beezer (set 2)" bijokkoy "Bijokko Yume Monogatari (Japan)" bijokkog "Bijokko Gakuen (Japan)" blazeon "Blaze On (Japan)" bombrman "Bomberman (Japan)" buraiken "Hissatsu Buraiken (Japan)" chinmoku "Mahjong Chinmoku no Hentai (Japan)" club90s "Mahjong CLUB 90's (Japan)" citylove "City Love (Japan)" crystal2 "Crystal Gal 2 (Japan)" dkgenm72 "Daiku no Gensan (Japan, M72)" donpachi "Donpachi (Japan)" galkoku "Mahjong Gal no Kokuhaku (Japan)" galkaika "Mahjong Gal no Kaika (Japan)" gionbana "Gionbana (Japan)" gunforcj "Gunforce - Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island (Japan)" hanaoji "Hana to Ojisan [BET]" hanamomo "Mahjong Hana no Momoko gumi (Japan)" housemnq "House Mannequin (Japan)" housemn2 "House Mannequin Roppongi Live hen (Japan)" hyhoo "Taisen Quiz HYHOO (Japan)" hyhoo2 "Taisen Quiz HYHOO 2 (Japan)" iemoto "Iemoto (Japan)" kaguya "Mahjong Kaguyahime [BET] (Japan)" liblrabl "Libble Rabble" macross "Macross" macross2 "Macross II" maiko "Maikobana (Japan)" mcontest "Miss Mahjong Contest (Japan)" mgmen89 "Mahjong G-MEN'89 (Japan)" mjcamera "Mahjong Camera Kozou (Japan)" mjfocus "Mahjong Focus (Japan)" mjfocusm "Mahjong Focus [BET] (Japan)" mjlstory "Mahjong Jikken Love Story (Japan)" mjnanpas "Mahjong Nanpa Story (Japan)" mjsikaku "Mahjong Sikaku (Japan set 1)" mjsikakb "Mahjong Sikaku (Japan set 2)" mladyhtr "Mahjong THE LADY HUNTER (Japan)" msjiken "Mahjong Satsujin Jiken (Japan)" nkdodgeb "Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu (Japan bootleg)" nouryoku "Nouryoku Koujou Iinkai" ntopstar "Mahjong Nerae! Top Star (Japan)" ojousan "Ojousan (Japan)" otonano "Otona no Mahjong (Japan)" peepshow "Nozokimeguri Mahjong Peep Show (Japan)" pstadium "Mahjong Panic Stadium (Japan)" pushman "pushman" qmhayaku "Quiz-Mahjong Hayaku Yatteyo! (Japan)" secolove "Second Love (Japan)" seiha "Seiha (Japan)" seiham "Seiha [BET] (Japan)" scandal "Scandal Mahjong (Japan)" scandalm "Scandal Mahjong [BET] (Japan)" selfeena "Sel Feena" sf2i "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US 910522)" skyadvnt "Sky Adventure (Japan)" spdodgeb "Super Dodge Ball (US)" strahl "Strahl" stunrun "S.T.U.N. Runner" stunrnp "S.T.U.N. Runner (Prototype)" telmahjn "Telephone Mahjong (Japan)" tokyogal "Tokyo Gal Zukan (Japan)" tokimbsj "Tokimeki Bishoujo [BET] (Japan)" triplew1 "Mahjong Triple Wars (Japan)" triplew2 "Mahjong Triple Wars 2 (Japan)" vanilla "Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome (Japan)" wofu "Warriors of Fate (US)" *** changed short skyadvnt -> skyadvnu "Sky Adventure (US)"
Posted two Playchoice - Super Mario Bros. tricks on the tricks page from Tommi Tiihonen.
The leaderboard problems of a couple days ago are now fixed. No further errors. Thanks to Zwaxy for his help on the matter. :)
87 zillion people have told me the leaderboard script is broken. They are correct - and Zwaxy was immediatly notified of the problem. It should be corrected within the next day or two. Everything else is working correctly - so I think we can live without a leaderboard for a day or two. :)
Trivia time! Sportsdude aced the Brian McLean hosted quiz with 10 points. Aquatarkus and Barry Rodewald were WAY back with 4 points for second place. Tied for fourth was Chris Parsley and David Oliver with 3 points, and sixth was BBH with 1 point. Thanks to J.D. Lowe for scoring and updating the MARP Trivia Leaderboard. Next trivia game is Saturday night, October 7, at 10pm eastern(0200 GMT)
Tournament 5 has started! The settings are: (and remember - add a T4 - not a T5) {GB9}* t4-elevatob : Elevator Action (bootleg) NORMAL DIFFICULTY, 3 lives, Extra @ 10 K t4-kuniokub : Renegade (Japan bootleg) Normal Difficulty, 1 life, Extra @ 30K * t4-mpatrol : Moon Patrol 5 LIVES - NO EXTRA LIVES * t4-mslug : Metal Slug LEVEL 6 - 60 second play time - 3 lives * t4-tempest : Tempest Medium1 Difficulty, 5 LIVES, NO EXTRA LIVES * t4-thepit : The Pit Speed = Fast, TIME LIMIT = SHORT, 3 lives t4-vulgus : Vulgus 3 lives - Extras @ 20K & 60 K t4-wjammers : Windjammers Level 4 - 30 second time limit
Finally - I woke up to the infamous ISE(internal server error) - I have found the problem and will take care of the source of the problem. I apologize for the inconvinience.