Game of the Month - Rules and Guidelines

lilbud

How this works:

EDIT: 10/5/18

The rules are undergoing a massive overhaul as outlined in the retrospective post from a few days ago.

Before suggesting a game, remember the following.

You can pick any game, as long it can be played on RetroPie
Try to stick to platformers/rpgs.
No fighting games (due to possible lack of interest)
No shmups unless they have some defining feature.
~~Try to pick games with RetroAchievements~~
Retroachievements is no longer a requirement, the game selected can have cheevos, but doesn't have to.
Regardless of if there is a challenge or not, anyone can throw in suggestions for the following month, I'll then pick my favorite out of those listed.
If there is no cheevo challenge, the challenge will be to just play the game and discuss it.
No Arcade Games

And now game rules:

The game needs to be playable on RetroPie but can be played on any platform that you have access to the game on. (If you have the game on the original system, by all means play it that way.)
No Cheats
Most of the time, a game will have cheevos. So post a screencap of the cheevo unlocked on your account. (If not playing on emulator, take picture of TV/console screen.)

*Rules are subject to change, see my lawyer with any issues with rules

meleu

@lilbud Suggestions for the OP text in the "selection rules":

You can pick any game (including arcade ones), as long as it can be played on RetroPie.
Try to avoid shoot'em ups, we already have many of them on MAME ROW.
Picking a game that has RetroAchievements can increase the number of participants. Also you can choose a challenging achievement as the GOTM challenge.
If nobody complete the challenge, we'll get some suggestions and set a poll.

And in the "game rules":

The game needs to be playable on RetroPie but can be played on any platform that you have access to the game on. (Hell, if you are old and have the game on the original system, by all means play it that way.
No cheats/game genie/game shark
Screenshot must be posted to certify completion claim
If the selected challenge is a RetroAchievement, the record on the RetroAchievements website will suffice as proof (if you're not a RetroAchievements user then you need a screenshot/photo)

lilbud

@meleu said in RetroPie GOTM Rules:

If the selected challenge is a RetroAchievement, the record on the RetroAchievements website will suffice as proof.

Since not everyone uses retroachievements, the requirement is optional. A screenshot is required.

meleu

@lilbud sure! It's optional.

Also, a list of GOTM topics with links would be cool

October/2017 GOTM - Super Mario 64

meleu

@lilbud I've highlighted some items on my post above with the suggestions. See if you agree ;-)

lilbud

@meleu I already updated the original post a few hours ago

meleu

@lilbud OK, let me highlight them here.

I would like to suggest the replacement of

"as long it can be emulated in some form" with "as long it can be played on RetroPie". Because it is a RetroPie GOTM, isn't it?
"Can be played on any platform that you have access to the game on" with "The game needs to be playable on RetroPie but can be played on any platform that you have access to the game on". Same reason above.
"If game have achievements, the achievement you get for beating the game will suffice as proof. (Finish the game, beat final boss, etc.)" with "If the selected challenge is a RetroAchievement, the record on the RetroAchievements website will suffice as proof (if you're not a RetroAchievements user then you need a screenshot/photo)". Because there are more cheevos than finish the game or beat final boss.

lilbud

@meleu NOW its updated correctly

PokeEngineer

This sounds like a cool idea!

lilbud

5/23/18 - I updated the rules with some clarifications and cleaned up the rules.

thelostsoul

I probably would have played these challenges earlier, but I thought RetroAchievements/cheevos was a must have. I have disabled cheevos, because I experienced some sort of problems (not to be discussed here, I even don't remember what the problem was). Is a screenshot (or a short video of that scene) enough, without cheevos enabled?

lilbud

@thelostsoul While cheevos are nice to have. You absolutely don't need retro achievements to participate. If you don't do that, then you'll need to post a screenshot of you completing the challenge.