Since nobody runs this game, I guess I can establish some rules. These are meant to be broken, of course -- I can add more categories and stuff if sequence breaks are found.

Master Mode is the mode to run. I turn hints off, and select classic mode. I'm not sure if selecting classic mode saves time or not, but I assume it does because choosing it assumes you know more about Shadowgate. Iron Man just means you can't save, which you shouldn't be doing since this speedrun is pretty short. I have the retro music because you can tell when your torch is going out easier, and the retro HUD as well, since you can see your currently selected action that way.

As for timing, I know it's a PC game and loading times / screen transitions may vary (I don't have an SSD or anything). I'd love to have an in-game time split script written for Live Split that cuts out the loading, but that would be dependent on who gets interested in this run enough to write one, as I can't code for sh¤t.