I've been interested in this game since I saw 4:55 for the 1st time and I've been playing in myboy for fun. but now I'll try doing attempts also for fun. I'm not used to nestopia so I am wondering if mGBA is allowed as emulator.

It is my understanding that if it's not specifically listed as allowed in the rules, then it's not.

where to see the rules? im sorry I'm new to this site

First you click on "Leaderboards", then on "Show rules".

most likely no. i dont even think your allowed to play on the actual gba and especially not emulating the nes classics version.

@LiamTrader @sowinotsowi I wouldn't recommend running the GBA version of the game for various reasons (namely because it runs at a slower framerate) but I don't see any particular reason why it would be disallowed, given that there are two GBA runs on the leaderboard already; one was done on console, the other on emulator (Bizhawk).

honestly thank you guys for helping. i have a .nes file somewhere ill probably just use that.

We don't allow mGBA or the GBA core for BizHawk currently, that may change if there's enough demand and if the rest of mod team is on board with having it.

Regarding previous GBA runs done on emulator, this was during a time where we would allow any emulator under the sun, including unknown emulators running in a custom executable, and terribly inaccurate ones such as VirtuaNES.

I personally don't see a need to add a GBA emulator personally as at that point, the NES emulators are a far greater choice with a faster refresh rate than GBA and less inherent input lag than mGBA (in my experience).