Hi all, just an update on the console boards...

XBLA and PSN have been separated into different sub-categories. While this may stifle competition in the console boards overall, it should make things more fair.

I have manually retimed all of the XBLA runs above a certain time threshold without cutscenes or loads, using a similar method to Sonic 06's retiming. This is because the cutscenes introduce lag depending on what version of XBOX you are playing, and in some cases runners were losing up to a minute just because they were playing on a phat XBOX 360 instead of a Series console.

Retiming the XBLA version is very easy due to a helpful "Now Loading" screen, but the PSN and GC versions do not have this. It is proving very difficult and inconsistent to retime the PSN/GC versions using the SA1 video autosplitter, so they will remain timed by RTA.

In general, the portions I am removing are when the "Now Loading" screen appears and when the game is very clearly in a cutscene. I hope to have a document ready on how this is all going to work but real life is very busy right now!

For now, XBLA All Stories and 130 Emblem will be timed by RTA as there doesn't seem to be much competition in these categories.

You may have noticed some very old runs being rejected. This is because we have decided to archive the leaderboards done prior to IGT becoming the main timing method. Prior to archiving, most of the runs prior to April 22, 2018 were at the bottom of the leaderboards due to only having RTA timing, which disregards the quality of the runs at that time.

You can access the spreadsheet archiving all of the runs here. The function call to create the leaderboard is a bit flaky, so I have provided the "raw", unsorted data as well.

The SADX mod team has decided to move the Dreamcast version of the game to its own, standalone leaderboard page, for which we have manually moved every single submitted run for the platform to the new page (sorry if you got spammed with notifications in the process).

The new page can be found at: https://www.speedrun.com/sa1 Along with Category Extensions: https://www.speedrun.com/sa1catex

The reasons we decided for the move was, 1) the Dreamcast version is different enough from the DX versions to warrant a standalone page, 2) allows for better visibility for console runners, both for Dreamcast and DX runners and 3) allows us to make space for running that version of the game through different means to increase its accessibility, without cluttering the DX boards more.

For DX runners, everything stays the same, except the page now looks a bit cleaner with less additional tabs and dropdowns. For DC runners, enjoy the new boards!

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