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this may even count as a "plan"

Ordered on a scale of most interesting -> least interesting. If something doesn't work (e.g. software reset, controllers) that can be classed as bug.

*Dreamcast screensavers
*Game Boy Color warning screens for original Game Boy (and Super Game Boy?)
*Warning messages when game discs are used in a CD player
*You're not meant to show a Sega logo right after the BIOS of the MCD/Saturn/DC
*Pause must have (PLAYER X) PAUSED text (or a menu maybe, idk)
*Certain controllers detected(..?)
*Configurable controllers
*PRESS START BUTTON
*Demos need to say DEMO
*Correct ™ and ® symbols on Sega logos (TODO: define "correct")
*Only {{start}} starts a game
*{{A}} forward {{B}} back
*Loading message if it takes too long to load
*Important elements respect the screen safe area (e.g. HUD is x and y pixels from the edge)
*Game stops if lid is opened (I've yet to find single-disc software that doesn't)
*Flashing images must conform to NHK broadcasting rules
*Quick changes from black to white and vice versa can mess up old televisions (love to see if any games actually do that)
*Stereo/mono setting respects BIOS
*Company logos must stay on-screen for x seconds
*Can't skip credits
*Handling {{left}} and {{right}} (or {{up}} and {{down}}) being pressed at the same time. Not sure there were hard and fast rules other than "don't break".

==Bonus points==
*Dreamcast: does 0GDTEX.PVR exist for the CD player
*Crash handlers - this isn't really "hidden content" since although you weren't meant to see it, it's a legitimate fallback. TCRF documents them, we should too (especially if there's only a subset of crashes they can actually handle... which seems kinda stupid but who knows)
**if an emulator can let you remove a cartridge/disc without turning off the system (or triggering the lid open command), that would be a way to test this
*Saturn games whose buttons for controlling replays/video/audio actually correspond with the transport controls moulded into the controller shell

==Example==

{|class="prettytable sortable"
!Thing
!Screenshot(s)
!Pass/Fail
!Comments
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|After 300 seconds of inactivity, a screen saver should be displayed{{fileref|SegaDreamcastSoftwareCreationStandards US.pdf|page=48}}
(bake this text into the template)
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{Bobscreen|Notavailable.svg|width=160}}
|{{yes|Pass}}
|style="vertical-align:top;"|Screen is dimmed
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|Controller layouts must be customisable.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|
|{{partial}}
|style="vertical-align:top;"|The wheel isn't customisable, but the game pre-dates the wheel's release so fair enough dood.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|You must not be able to skip the credits sequence.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|
|{{no|Fail}}
|style="vertical-align:top;"|This is a stupid rule
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|Only {{start}} should start the game.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|
|{{N/A|Untested, assumed pass}}
|style="vertical-align:top;"|
|}
default to "untested, probably fine because Sega QA were meant to do their jobs"


tables might be limiting though - you decide!