Donkey Kong 3 High Score List Submission Rules

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Donkey Kong 3 High Score List Submission Rules

for all scores submitted to the Donkey Kong 3 High Score Lists.

Please review the rules below and read about Donkey Kong 3 difficulty settings before submitting.

Submission Thread

Rules last updated: March 17, 2020, 11:26 PM MST, by xelnia

A. Game Settings

Difficulty 1 - Marathon

​	Arcade	​	​	​	​	MAME
Number of Players Per Game:	3	​	​	​	Lives:	3
Extra:	30,000 PTS.	​	​	​	Bonus Life:	30000
Additional Extra:	30,000 PTS.	​	​	​	Additional Bonus:	30000
Difficulty:	Easy (1)	​	​	​	Difficulty:	Easy / 1

Difficulty 1 - 5-man (TGTS)

​	Arcade	​	​	​	​	MAME
Number of Players Per Game:	5	​	​	​	Lives:	5
Extra:	NO EXTRA	​	​	​	Bonus Life:	None
Additional Extra:	NO EXTRA	​	​	​	Additional Bonus:	None
Difficulty:	Easy (1)	​	​	​	Difficulty:	Easy / 1

Difficulty 2 - Marathon

​	Arcade	​	​	​	​	MAME
Number of Players Per Game:	3	​	​	​	Lives:	3
Extra:	30,000 PTS.	​	​	​	Bonus Life:	30000
Additional Extra:	30,000 PTS.	​	​	​	Additional Bonus:	30000
Difficulty:	(2)	​	​	​	Difficulty:	Medium / 2

Difficulty 2 - 5-man (TGTS)

​	Arcade	​	​	​	​	MAME
Number of Players Per Game:	5	​	​	​	Lives:	5
Extra:	NO EXTRA	​	​	​	Bonus Life:	None
Additional Extra:	NO EXTRA	​	​	​	Additional Bonus:	None
Difficulty:	(2)	​	​	​	Difficulty:	Medium / 2

Difficulty 3 - Marathon

​	Arcade	​	​	​	​	MAME
Number of Players Per Game:	3	​	​	​	Lives:	3
Extra:	30,000 PTS.	​	​	​	Bonus Life:	30000
Additional Extra:	30,000 PTS.	​	​	​	Additional Bonus:	30000
Difficulty:	(3)	​	​	​	Difficulty:	Hard / 3

Difficulty 3 - 5-man (TGTS)

​	Arcade	​	​	​	​	MAME
Number of Players Per Game:	5	​	​	​	Lives:	5
Extra:	NO EXTRA	​	​	​	Bonus Life:	None
Additional Extra:	NO EXTRA	​	​	​	Additional Bonus:	None
Difficulty:	(3)				Difficulty:	Hard / 3

Difficulty 4 - Marathon

​	Arcade	​	​	​	​	MAME
Number of Players Per Game:	3	​	​	​	Lives:	3
Extra:	30,000 PTS.	​	​	​	Bonus Life:	30000
Additional Extra:	30,000 PTS.	​	​	​	Additional Bonus:	30000
Difficulty:	Hard (4)	​	​	​	Difficulty:	Hardest / 4

Difficulty 4 - 5-man (TGTS)

​	Arcade	​	​	​	​	MAME
Number of Players Per Game:	5	​	​	​	Lives:	5
Extra:	NO EXTRA	​	​	​	Bonus Life:	None
Additional Extra:	NO EXTRA	​	​	​	Additional Bonus:	None
Difficulty:	Hard (4)	​	​	​	Difficulty:	Hardest / 4

B. Platform

1. Arcade

• Arcade scores should be done on an original Donkey Kong 3 PCB.
• 4-way controls are required.
• High score save kits are allowed. However, should any of these kits prove to affect gameplay, scores may be invalidated after the fact.
• Multi-PCBs (x-in-1) are allowed.
• You MUST show the DIP switch settings either before or after your game, for EVERY submission.

2. MAME

• The only acceptable MAME platforms are WolfMAME versions 0.106 and newer, and Retro Uprising's Score Mode.
• The only acceptable romset is dkong3
• Pausing the game is not allowed.
• Intentionally altering the game speed is not allowed.
• Any modifications to WolfMAME, Retro Uprising, or the dkong3 romset will result in disqualification.
• Auto-fire is not allowed.

C. Evidence

1. Arcade

• For a player's FIRST submission to DKF, they must show the inside of their cabinet. We must be able to see: 1) 4-way controls, 2) PCB name/label, 3) DIP switch settings, 4) ROM chips, 5) the Z80 processor location. Subsequent submissions will only require the showing of DIP switches, unless the player uses new hardware.
• Video evidence must show the complete gameplay, from beginning to end.
• Players must make a reasonable effort to make their video evidence permanent.
• Scores done at live events will be accepted if it can be reasonably determined that game settings and platform requirements have been met.
• Video evidence that only shows the end of a game must include, in the same video, an immediate restart and demonstration of the Game Settings. Do not power cycle the cabinet before restarting.
• For scores done on a multi-PCB (x-in-1), only complete gameplay videos will be accepted.

2. MAME

• All MAME submissions must include an INP in a zip archive. If WolfMAME 0.106 is used, the corresponding WLF file must also be submitted in the zip archive.
• Players must make a reasonable attempt to make their INP evidence permanent.
• Retro Uprising submissions must also include a screenshot of the moderator information used to verify Retro Uprising submissions. This shows game time, recorded speed, and pause information.
• The average recorded speed in the INP must be at least 90%.
• Please submit only one attempt per INP.

D. Special

• You may submit the score after the first 5 lives of a marathon score as 5-man TGTS score.
• Screenshots and photographs are not sufficient evidence for a score.
• Any score may be rejected if video quality is poor.
• Any score may be rejected if a player uses a technique or method not mentioned here, if it violates the spirit of the game and the spirit of fair play.