Hi. I'm a newcomer to Speedrun.com. I'd like to speedrun this game in the coming month. I've already tried timing my segments and it looks promising ! I want to make sure to use the proper equipment. I've been through the speedrun FAQs, but I'm not sure the emulator I'm using is authorized. Can you shed some light on this for me ? I use the Sega Megadrive and Genesis Classics game on Steam, which has a game library featuring Sword of Vermilion. I record using OBS on some standard settings.

Is there anything else I should know before recording my attempts ?

The idea I think is just to fairly reproduce the game as it was on original hardware, which most major emulators and official releases seem to do. I used the Kega Fusion Emulator for my attempts and it plays just like it does on my Genesis. I don't imagine the steam version being a problem. That is the PC version after all which is one of the options for submitting.

There's not much else to know. Just record your entire attempt in one sitting from title screen to end credits with no interruptions. Timing starts when you gain control of your character and ends as the screen fades to white when you place the 16 rings at the end in Cartahena.

It's cool to see a new runner around these parts. Good luck in your attempts and feel free to post questions in this forum if you come up with any.

The Steam version on Genesis Classics is considered an official release, so it is a valid way to play it. Just put PC down when it asks for Console.

And good luck on your runs! This run is a blast if things go well.

Thanks. I'll start running and recording in a week or two.

I finally got my run ! I'll upload to YouTube, then submit. I Can you beat 2:01:58 ? I hope the video will be alright. It's a 17 Go video... I'm not sure if I should somehow compress it...

I finally settled on using the Fusion Emulator, as my videos using OCR and Steam seemed laggy.

Finally, I plan to write a guide in the next days (or weeks...), so that anybody who tries to beat the game in less than 2 hours will have the proper information on key moments for the run. It can be done, but the run I will submit doesn't have a lot of room for improvements, at least for the routing.

I decided to start running the glitchless category! I even have my guide up. My time so far is 3:10:47, which is much less than I anticipated. I'll submit a run once I reach below 3:00:00.