1st: I know sounds dumb, but about "Shooting Stars RTA" category, it means I need to start the game, and complete one of those, right? Like, collect a certally especfic amount of stars and do it. And also, this is Genesis exclusive, no? Shouldnt it only has the Genesis subcategory or doesnt have it?

2nd: "All Stars" category, so, do I need to collect ALL the stars, or only the level one + Buzz Battle, because I think only on Buzz Battle is possible to collect the 50 Stars. The Claw for exemple, it is extremely hard to get them all, and I dont think humans can do, imagine during a run, I only saw the TAS doing it, but no more after that. Maybe should have a splitted category or something.

3rd: "Invencibility Mode", SNES and Genesis are the ones I think everyone knows, but I dont know if GB and PC has as well, Im gonna do a more deep search, but I dont think they have, only if Emulators gives this opportunity, but Im not sure about the Consoles, because I dont have one lol.

Shooting Stars RTA was intended for when you complete the secret bonus stage found in the top-left of Red Alert on the SNES version, which skips the stage (PAL/NTSC-J only). I think the category would be valid for Genesis as well.

All Stars is Genesis-exclusive. You are correct in that it's a ridiculous challenge. I find Nightmare Buzz to be the hardest because of the random spread of stars that very quickly disappear. Buzz Battle is fairly easy and doable with a bit of practice, once you figure out Buzz's jump patterns you will know exactly when to move under him and grab the star at the same time. For The Claw, you can hit the claw, grab some stars until they stop spawning from hitting the claw, and then reset the stage by dying which will cause the stars to spawn again when you strike the claw. Instead of a split category as you suggest, I think it would be better to have a board for individual levels, essentially one for any% and one for all-stars in the particular level.

As for the third point, I'm only aware of SNES and Gen having invincibility mode. In my opinion, while an invincibility cheat could be used with the other versions, I would not be in favor of it because the difference would be that in SNES/Gen it's a built-in feature of the game.

Hello again.

First: Thanks for answering the questions.

About Shooting Stars RTA, I did my tests on the USA and JP version, and it only worked on the JP version (I tested it on the USA due to lack of attention when reading your text). About Genesis, I haven't tested it yet because I'm focusing on some IRL things, but I think it can work being almost an "All Stars" but you only get the fastest stars, I still have to think about the route.

Putting a gain from the previous topic, All Stars, in my opinion, can have ILs yes, I think it's even a good idea, but I also think that the Full Category should remain, I intend to make runs on the Game Boy, since it doesn't have bosses, but as I said, I still haven't done many tests or routing. And thanks for the tip from The Claw, I wasn't aware of this, and well, I think there could be a category called "Max Stars%" which was the name previously, but then it will be a discussion between the moderators and what you guys think is best , I'm just giving my opinion very loosely and without many points.

I have nothing to do with Invencibily Mode, so one step.

Thanks for reading my previous post and if you want to talk more about it with me, I'm more online through Discord than here, since I rarely check if you answered me or not, I even apologize for the delay in responding.

Anyway, have a nice day!