It's time to select the games you want to see for the Olympiad, where you play for your country! It's quite simple: if you want to run the game, just tell me and you will.
There are a couple exceptions, however:
- If you coordinated a game in the 2001 MAME Olympiad, you may coordinate that same game in the 2005 MAME Olympiad without any interference.
- If two people want to coordinate the same game, whoever has more experience with the game (probably determined by what's shown on MARP's or TG's high score board) will get to coordinate. If it's a virtual tie, whoever asked to run the game first gets to coordinate.
- You will be only allowed to coordinate up to three games this time around. But you may create ONE "side competition" for each game you choose.
EXAMPLE: Take Super Mario Brothers. Maybe you want to play the game by completing the game in the fastest time with or without warping... or maybe you want to play the game by whoever gets the most points... there's three separate competitions right there!
Some things you should know:
- It doesn't matter if the game's been played in a previous tournament or olympiad or whatever: it can be played here!
- All games WILL use the latest WOLFMAME this time. The only exception will be if the playback doesn't work in the latest WOLFMAME and does work in an earlier version.
- If you coordinate the game, you select the playback judges, which includes yourself.
- If you coordinate the game, you may also play in that game.
- If you coordinate the game, you set the DIP settings and the rules. I'll talk more about that when the time comes.
RULES EXAMPLES:
- Straight scoring... like pretty much every game at MARP.
- Most stages in the least time wins.
- Most sports games won by the greatest winning margin.
- Anything else you can think up.
http://marp.retrogames.com/olympiad/oly1.htm has a list of the games, their coordinators, and what rules they used in the 2001 Olympiad.
The deadline for selecting games is September 15, 2359 GMT. The deadline for selecting DIP settings and rules and all that is October 1, 2359 GMT.
The Olympiad begins on October 15, 0000 GMT, and will conclude 32 days later... November 16, 2359 GMT. Each individual game competition will last 14 days in length, starting and ending at varying dates throughout the Olympiad.[/b]
