Having previously already shadowbanned yours truly on Discord presumably for Clovergate coverage, on or around October 24 Retro Achievements removed the link to FFV Central from my user profile.
It should be noted that the link was posted well before Clovergate occurred and, hence, before this site even contained a section on Clovergate.
Shown are before and after pics:
https://ff5central.com/ Whirlwind Four-Job Fiesta
Whirlwind Four-Job Fiesta
Despite a recent call for transparency and accountability from its own community as part of Clovergate, is Retro Achievements doubling down on their business as usual of shady practices like this? Is this the kind of community you’d want to be a part of?
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Writes the founder of Zophar’s Domain in a post here:
I’m excited and proud to announce that I’ve been granted an interview with zsKnight, the original creator and half of the original lead programming team for ZSNES.
We first covered this emulator back in October of 1997, and we were honored to host the official ZSNES mirror site here on Zophar’s Domain.
The interview lasts just over 90 minutes and we cover such topics as why zsKnight created the emulator, his favorite titles, a new gaming project he’s working on, his thoughts around the iconic “snow” effects and so much more!
Check out zsKnight’s new game here, or you can follow him on YouTube.
For a Let’s Play video, see Jeff Gerstmann’s below.
Bonus Edit for AVGN fans
What are your favorite memories of ZSNES or Zophar’s Domain? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.
Mirrored at the sole discretion of clymax for sake of transparency on Retro Achievements, which was one of the aims of Moderator BahamutVoid in leaving his farewell letter not long after Administrator televandalist’s own resignation letter dropped.If you have any concerns with this mirror, please reach out to clymax directly.
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YoniArousement is a fan of Doraemon and Arcade games. He has created his own games in Game Maker, M.U.G.E.N and RPG Maker 2003. He produced several Streets of Rage romhacks throughout the years of 2012-2022. He still uses YouTube like he’s living in 2007.
YoniArousement’s flagship romhack is Bishoujo Super Street Fighter II: Glamor Queen. It’s a combo and fighter replacement ROM Hack of the Sega Genesis version of Super Street Fighter II. It features tweaked move sets, edited sounds, juggles and adds dashes. The project came about when he was tweeting Game Genie codes for the game.
The original post that was shared was later quietly removed from the RA forums. That post is also covered here.
Recently, RetroAchievements made an announcement surrounding a ROM Hack called Pokémon Clover, and removed an achievement set for a game called 177. It caused a heated discussion about controversial subjects.
Over two hundred completion badges nuked into oblivion with the push of a button. This can happen to anyone. Do you want to play on Retro Achievements?
2. Wrongfully Banning Users When Doing Clovergate Damage Control, Presumably
Cross-referencing the chat from the original BahamutVoid disclosure sheds more light on the situation.
2-25-10-05 11:05 [Staff A]: @[Moderator A] please be aware of YoniArousement …
The banned player contacted the RA admins via email to appeal the ban. No response has been received in two weeks.
3. Previously Wrongfully Denied Junior-Dev Role for Unspecified Off-Site Behavior, Presumably
YoniArousement previously shared a set plan for one of his hacks, on his own blog.
After requesting to be a Junior Developer, however, he got the following response from RA’s Code Review team on May 27, 2025.
After discussion, the team decided to reject your request to enter the Junior Developer program. The team is not comfortable with the type of content connected to your online presence. It’s contrary to the team’s values and the type of community we are trying to foster. Thanks for your interest, but we must respectfully decline.
Is Retro Achievements Big Brother, watching your every move on the Internet?
4. Illegally Hosting Cloned Patches of Presumably Wrongfully Banned Users
YoniArousement never authorized Retro Achievements to host these patches. So why are they still up, especially when even the mod author has been banned?
5. Longtime Viewer Wrongfully Discord-Banned by RA Twitch Streamer LordBBH for Mentioning Clovergate-Related RA Ban, Apparently
See the video for more details.
Supporting YoniArousement
Want to show support for our player and modder who opposes how Retro Achievements treats its players?
Check out the below trailer or Discord for Bishoujo Super Street Fighter II: Glamor Queen.
