I've been confused about this, and I just want to be certain of what it is before I attempt a run.

What would you consider to be the most popular Shmup Speedrun Games? I love playing them and I want to play a very optimized game.

What are some Good Shoot em Up games to speedrun?

I have decided I will speedrun a game called Axelay, using the Snes9x emulator, I was thinking to myself, "How will I record the timer and gameplay?" I'm very new to this, so sorry.

I want to speedrun this game but I don't know how to speedrun it? Does anybody have any tips or a guide.

I was very interested in speedrunning this game, but then I realized, only one person plays it, now here is the problem, I don't know how to run this game, considering nobody has mad a guide. What do I do?

So, I'm thinking about running Mega Man X3 so I tried learning bootless/iceless (I don't know the name, it's in Blizzard Buffalo's stage.) And it took forever. But it is very nice to know that I did it.

I have been wanting to get into speedrunning Mega Man X3, and I was wondering if emulators or a newer release would work for a speedrun. I cannot buy a Snes, a controller, or a cartridge for Mega Man X3, for I would go bankrupt.