How records are verified
A record only means something if it's real. Here's how we keep the boards honest — on original hardware, backed by video, decided by the people who watch it.
Original hardware only
Every record here is set on original hardware— not an emulator, not an FPGA. That's the gold standard for serious players, and it's the authenticity guarantee a hardware-only site can make that a universal leaderboard can't. Emulator and FPGA runs are not eligible for the hardware boards. The same purity applies to input: original controllers only — keyboards, macro devices, and programmable input hardware disqualify a run.
- Neo Geo AES+ — runs must be set on a Neo Geo AES+ or an original Neo Geo AES — both run original ASIC silicon.
Video-backed submissions
Every submitted run links to video proof(YouTube or Twitch). No bare time claims — if it isn't on video, it doesn't go on the board. The footage is not a formality: whoever validates your run has to watch it before their vote controls unlock.
Decided by the people who watch it
A run isn't waiting on one moderator's spare evening. Any qualified member can watch a pending run and vote to verify or reject it, and at 5 net votes either way the run is decided — a reject cancels an approve, so the bar is agreement, not attendance. If the room splits (2+ on each side), the count freezes and the game's staff decide. Moderators and — on homebrew games — developers can still decide any open run directly, and every override is recorded.
While the vote is open, the run holds a provisional place on the board: tinted, marked ≈, and left out of the rankings. It occupies a position without claiming one. Only verified runs rank and count.
Rejections are public, and appealable
A rejected run comes off the board but stays on your public profile, marked, with its reason. That's deliberate: a rejection nobody can see costs nothing, and a submission that costs nothing gets sent without a second look at the footage. You can appeal — an appeal reopens the run and the votes that rejected it stop counting.
Categories with written rules
Each category has a published, versioned ruleset — what counts as a valid run isn't left to guesswork or per-moderator whim. Validators sign an agreement against the current version before they may vote, and are asked to sign again whenever the rules change.
Our anti-cheat stance
Splicing, manipulated RNG, emulator runs passed off as hardware, and other fakery have no place here. A reject always costs a written reason, every vote is kept as an audit row, and the community can flag a verified run for re-review. We'd rather be slow and right than fast and fake.
The mechanics are published in full, down to every number and every safeguard — the thresholds, the eligibility gate, the watch requirement, the undo window. A rule the community cannot check is not a rule.