Hi everyone. I have loved watching a lot of you over the years do speed running and look forward to trying my hand at speedrunning some of my favorite games from the Sega Genesis and other games. I currently only have my original Sega Genesis to play on. I was wondering what are some good Sega emulators I can get to do some streaming. Also where can I learn more about setting up the timer I see in the twitch stream?

Thank you for the help and I look forward to adding to the community.

Welcome to the community, thebravest1! I wish you the best of luck on your runs! :) For emulators, it depends on the game you want to play. Some games allow emulators, but the majority don't allow them because emulators typically have a faster load time. And for the timer, most people use either LiveSplit or XSplit, and most of them set it up using OBS.

I hope that that helps out a little. :)

XSplit is not a timer, it's broadcasting software that is an alternative to OBS.

Most common timers are Livesplit, WSplit and occasionally Llainfair.

Timers are easy to set up, you simply download the program and when you run it you can edit your splits to add as many splits as you'd like. If you're using something like Livesplit, you'll have a ton of customizable features to make your timer's look and feel unique to you. After that, you use broadcasting software like OBS or XSplit to capture the timer as a source where you can add that to your layout. You can do similar captures with your webcam, gameplay (either from a capture card or emulator) and set it all up in your layout.