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  • Based Boards Update: Eliminating Emulator Pause as a Gameplay Exploit

    Case Study: Leaderboard for Tetris (NES)

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    Are you a competitive player?

    Enjoy climbing leaderboards?

    Want the leaderboard to link to your gameplay video?

    Our Based Boards got you covered.

    Nowhere to Play for High Score

    Players to this day have a surprisingly dismal selection when it comes to climbing leaderboards for score in their favorite classic console games.

    Although there are sites like Speedrun.com, the site does not support high-score rankings. The site does not support auto verification either.

    Although Steam supports official auto leaderboards, it appears that the number of official emulated titles with Steam leaderboards is little to none.

    Other sites like Retro Achievements support fan-made auto leaderboards. However, critical exploits such as emulator pausing remain unresolved (for more on this, see section VI of NeonHenchman’s post here). This undermines the integrity of any leaderboard on the site.1

    This is where Based Boards come in.

    1. We need not even delve into how Retro Achievements does not appear to be anti-censorship or anti-control, as our Clovergate coverage should show. See also Why Join FFV Central? here. ↩︎

    Exploit Eliminated

    Our community at FFV Central is pleased to announce elimination of the gameplay exploit of emulator pausing in our Based Boards and Based Badges offerings.

    This feature is brought to you by clymax, who is the author of the controls improvement hack for Tetris on the Famicom. He is also the author of the modernization fork of Megatris on Uzebox. (He also holds the badge for ten all clears in forty lines on TETR.IO.)

    In-game pausing remains allowed, of course.

    For a demo clip using Tetris just as an example, see below.

    Our growing list of games, both modded and unmodded, supports this feature.

    Not just for scoring but for speedruns and achievements too.

    So, what are you waiting for? Log a high score on one of our leaderboards today!

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  • Current Event Standings—Final

    Whirlwind Four-Job Fiesta 2026

    For a comparison of the different Fiestas, click here.
    For more info on the Whirlwind (Four-Job) Fiesta event, see here.

    For the Whirlwind family of mods, click here.
    For clymax’s projects, click here.

    Team Standings

    Here are the standings based on the secondary scoring scheme1 in the event. The ranking is based on the number of finishers of the challenge.

    RankCommunityEntrantsFinishers
    1FFV Central32/2
    2FF4 Ultima11/1
    3FF6 Worlds Collide10/0
    4Archipelago10/0
    1. Per the event rules, if enrollment in Division I is insufficient for a team head-to-head, the communities can be ranked based on the total number of players who successfully complete a challenge run in any of Divisions I-III. ↩︎

    Victorious Community: FFV Central

    Player Standings

    Only the leader(s) and runner(s)-up may be shown.

    A. Fiesta Champion 2025

    DivisionPlayerCommunityTime
    IEhseezedFFV Central35:21
    ICasualTomFF4 Ultima1:27:22

    Fiesta Champion: Ehseezed

    Badge Awarded (2026 version pending):

    Fiesta Champion

    B. Runs Leader, All-Time

    Extended run segments for other objectives each count as half a run for purposes of the event.

    RankPlayerCommunityRuns
    1NeoKakarotFFV Central2.5
    2CasualTomFF4 Ultima2.5
    3FechdogArchipelago2
    3clymaxFFV Central2
    3EhseezedFFV Central2

    C. Flags Leader, All-Time

    RankPlayerCommunityFlags
    1NeoKakarotFFV CentralJob/Level Chaos + Blood Moon
    2CasualTomFF4 Ultima4JF Chaos
    3FechdogArchipelago5JF Chaos

    D. Berserk Leader, All-Time

    RankPlayerCommunityBerserkers
    1NeoKakarotFFV Central1x Hybrid

    E. Glitch Leader, All-Time

    Bonus Divisions are eligible.

    RankPlayerCommunityGlitches
    1NeoKakarotFFV Central13
    2CasualTomFF4 Ultima4
    2EhseezedFFV Central4
    3xJ4cksFFV Central2
    3FechdogArchipelago2
    6AuthenticKenFFV Central2
    6clymaxFFV Central1
    6solidificationFFV Central1

    F. Time Leader, All-Time – informational only; no role or badge

    Time Leader represents the fastest time achieved during a Fiesta season. Record Holder is given to the fastest time achieved in or out of season.

    ModePlayerCommunityTime
    VanillaclymaxFFV Central29:05
    FiestaEhseezedFFV Central35:21
    RandoclymaxFFV Central36:56

    G. Scout Leader, All-Time

    RankPlayerCommunityScouted
    1clymaxFFV Central2

    H. Bonus Leader, All-Time

    RankPlayerCommunityBonus
    1AuthenticKenFFV Central3
    2NeoKakarotFFV Central1

    I. Roles Leader, All-Time

    • Count excludes Roles Leader roles.
    • Any roles condensed to tiered roles count for the tier value.
    • Bonus divisions not included.
    RankPlayerCommunityRoles
    1NeoKakarotFFV Central10
    2clymaxFFV Central7
    3CasualTomFF4 Ultima5
    3EhseezedFFV Central5
    5AuthenticKenFFV Central3
    6FechdogArchipelago2
    7xJ4cksFFV Central2

    Earnable Badges

    Badges that players can earn regardless of performance relative to other players.

    Fiesta Conqueror
    Gogo Conqueror

    Redesign Pending

    Ultraboss Conqueror
    Crimson Conqueror

    Earnable Roles

    For many of the 202X roles, they are only awarded in seasons with a full league of eight players.

    Some of the 202X roles are subject to being collapsed into a single tiered role on Discord, but the web badges remain unchanged.

    Competitive Roles in Event

    1. Runs Leader 202X / Runs Record Holder
    2. Flags Leader 202X / Flags Record Holder
    3. Roles Leader 202X / Roles Record Holder
    4. Scout Leader 202X / Ambassador
    5. Fiesta Time Leader 202X
    6. Glitch Leader
    7. Berserk Leader
    8. Bonus Leader
    9. Fiesta Champion 202X, Solo / Silver / Bronze
    10. Fiesta Champion 202X, Team / Silver / Bronze

    Personal-Milestone Roles in Event

    1. Streamer 202X / Conqueror 202X
    2. Scout 202X
    3. Superboss Conqueror
    4. Ultraboss Conqueror
    5. Gogo Conqueror
    6. Crimson Conqueror
    7. Permadeath Conqueror
    8. Fiesta Purist
    9. Glitch Hunter
    10. Berserker
    11. Bonus Conqueror I-V

    Non-Event Roles

    1. Fiesta Record Holder
    2. Vanilla Record Holder
    3. Rando Record Holder
    4. Category Leader

    Signups remain active, while the event ends August 31. So, what are you waiting for?

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  • Community Ranking

    Content Creators

    Data refreshed monthly on the 24th.

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    Logged-in users can see the full rankings and access prior rankings.

    A. Monthly Subs Gained

    RankCreatorMonthly Subs Gained
    1Suprapika+430
    2kandowontu+30
    3Grondious+20
    4subledger+20
    5Lord Louie+12
    6XAPPLAYS+12
    7Xynosaur+11
    8Casual Tom+10
    9clymax+10
    10Eden GT+10
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    B. Total Subs

    RankCreatorSubscribers
    1Suprapika7,010
    2Grondious5,870
    3Rad Mage5,690
    4GrandMasterLynx5,140
    5HalDanGhor3,850
    6TheAndySocialNetwork3,200
    7clymax2,650
    8kandowontu2,280
    9Casual Tom1,980
    10Eden GT1,660
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  • Supported Games

    Based Boards

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    Click on an image to see the Based Board for that game.

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    Super Mario Bros.
    Tetris
    From Below
    Mega Man
    Super Mario Bros. 3

    Ninja Gaiden
    Super Mario World
    Final Fantasy V: Whirlwind
    Final Fantasy V: Heroine Trilogy
    Final Fantasy V: Autumn Challenge

    Final Fantasy V: Void Divergence
    Final Fantasy V: Ancient Cave
    Final Fantasy VI: T-Edition
    Final Fantasy VI: Return of the Dark Sorceror
    Final Fantasy VI: Brave New World

    Final Fantasy VI: A Soldier's Contingency
    Final Fantasy IV: Ultima Plus
    Final Fantasy IV: Embedded Final Fantasy II
    Final Fantasy IV: Unprecedented Crisis
    Final Fantasy IV: Job System

    Final Fantasy V: Nostalgia
    Boco's Final Fantasy V
    Final Fantasy V: RPGe
    Final Fantasy VI: Rachel Trilogy
    Final Fantasy VI: Tailwind

    Final Fantasy IV: Downwind
    Final Fantasy V: Four-Job Fiesta
    Final Fantasy IV: Stasis
    Final Fantasy V Odyssey
    Final Fantasy V: Way of the Samurai

    Final Fantasy V Advance: Ancient Cave
    Final Fantasy V Advance: Custom Classes
    Final Fantasy V Advance: Action Growth
    Dragon Quest VI: Aflame
    Secret of Mana: Tremors

    Chrono Trigger: Timeless
    Chrono Trigger Plus
    Chrono Trigger: Flames of Eternity
    Ys III: Wanderlust
    Romancing SaGa: Fated

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