So I've been going through the rules for all three NG NES games and both NG2 and 3 similar rules. What do you guys think about implementing the same ruleset for NG1 as well?

I was thinking of pretty much copy-pasting the rules from NG3 to the NG1 leaderboard with a few minor tweaks. 

"- Emulators such as FCUEX 2.2.2 or newer are encouraged.
- Reset/power on from the previous run must be included in your run submission video.
- Specify the emulator used in the run and its version in the comments.
- If your run is faster than 13:30 you will be required to have a frame counter clearly showing "no movie" and a display of input.

Banned emulator(s):

- Gotvg"

The 13:30 time requirement could be changed to apply to sub 12 runs or whatever. Ideas/Suggestions/Thoughts?

I think it's good to implement the same rules to NG1. This way the whole trilogy has the same ruleset and there's less chance to be confusing for runners.

Rules are updated for any%. Please feel free to point out if more stuff needs to be added

I'm sorry to reply to this post so late. Let's look back at the reasons for ban Gotvg. In short, multiple inputs and left+right. With the aid of external software, multiple inputs can be implemented in any emulator, so what I'm going to say is left+right.

Btw, the Chinese emulator Gotvg is based on VirtuaNes. They embedded VirtuaNes in Gotvg and by building a server to achieve online on-line. In short, Gotvg is just a variant VirtuaNes. So I'd like to say something about the difference between VirtuaNes and Fceux in left+right. 

-In Fceux we can set 'Input Configuration' to allow or disallow Left+Right/Up+Down. If we disallow Left+Right/Up+Down in Input Configuration, when we press Left+Right/Up+Down at the same time on the controller, no input will display in the emulator. I don't know if VirtuaNes also can set it or not.
-If we allow Left+Right/Up+Down in Fceux, let's press right and then press left, Ryu will still go to the right. But VirtuaNes is just the opposite. We press right and then press left, Ryu will turn to left, then we release left, Ryu will turn to right. This difference will affect our climbing speed. If we used console or Fceux, when we climb the walls we should push left and right alternately, we must release left and then the right operation will take effect. But if we use VirtuaNes, when we climb to the left wall, we just should push left whole the time and press right rhythmically, we shouldn't release left and the right operation still take effect. This would allow us to greatly accelerate the speed of climbing. Also this is the reason to remove xiuluowentian's WR in NG3.

In summary, I think we need to consider the legitimacy of VirtuaNes. Especially when we use keyboard+VirtuaNes, we can save a lot of time in climbing the walls, this is impossible to implement in Fceux or console. You can download Fceux and VirtuaNes to compare the difference to get your judgment. 

Xiuluowentian agreed to remove his NG3 WR because of the advantage of Left+Right/Up+Down in Gotvg. VirtuaNes also have this advantage. So my final suggest is: disallow Left+Right/Up+Down in Input Configuration when we use Fceux, when we get a new PB, we should open our Input Configuration to show this option. If we use other emulators, we should press Left+Right to judge if it is same as Fceux or VirtuaNes. If it is same as VirtuaNes/Gotvg, we should ban it. If it is same as Fceux, it will be legal but we still should ban Left+Right.

Sorry for my poor English, I need to edit such a long word to express my idea. What's more, I have no run in NG series also I am not familiar with it. But I am familiar with Gotvg and I wish the leaderboard to be more equitable. So I expressed my point of view, forgive me if I say something wrong.

^ Good stuff! Thanks for bringing this up. I second this. Add VirtuaNes to the ban list

So, I watched back Scumtron's TAS last night and realized that it wasn't L + R that is used on most things. It's actually U + D + L to clip through most spots. L + R is also used on some places, but it's mostly U + D + L. I think that should be included in the rules, along with no L + R.

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