Make sure to highlight/trim your VODs appropriately so that the run starts shortly after it begins! Submissions for top 5 times are subject to rejection if they do not adhere to a reasonable quality standard (e.g. no major amount of frame drops, video or audio stuttering or unrecognizably pixelated footage).

Using in-game cheats is banned unless specified otherwise.

Timing method: All runs except All Time Trials use Real Time Attack (RTA) timing convention, meaning they are timed using an external timer. In-game Time (IGT) is NOT used for these categories except All Time Trials.

Emulation:

Legacy runs are kept intact on the boards they were submitted to.

Accepted Emulators:

• mednafen
• LinuxOS Release
• MacOS Release
• OpenEmu (Alternative for Mac)
• BizHawk 2.8 or newer (Nymashock and Octoshock are allowed).
• DuckStation 0.1-6280-gcf760bbe or newer [Recommended]

Legacy runs are kept intact on the boards they were submitted to.

Emulated runs MUST follow these rules:

• Savestates on emulators must not be used to reset runs.
• You must capture the entire window to show what emulator is being used or toggle help (F1) on Mednafen to show version number.
• You must also state what emulator is being used when submitting your run.

BizHawk users MUST follow these rules:

• Games can only run under the cue format.
• Config > Speed/Skip > Audio Throttle

To verify that you are running with Audio Throttle enabled you must hit the increase/decrease speed keys [+/-] it will display a message on screen.

If you're using the Octoshock core

• PSX > Options
• Select either mednafen mode option

DuckStation Dedicated Rules:

These settings can be displayed by enabling quick menu (Default: Escape Key). You must show settings of the core settings before/after the run, you must match these settings.

Settings -> Bios

• Disabled: Fast Boot

Settings -> Console

• Disabled: Fast Boot
• Disabled: 8MB RAM
• Execution Mode: Interpreter (Slowest)
• Disabled: Clock Speed Control & Recompiler ICache
• Read/Seek Speedup: None
• Disabled: Preload Image to RAM
• Disabled: Apply Image Patches

Settings -> Emulation

• Emulation Speed: 100%
• All Other Settings Disabled

Display -> Rendering

• Disabled: PGXP Geometry Correction
• Disabled: Widescreen Rendering

Custom settings are allowed for anything that isn't mentioned such as internal resolution scale. We would allow enabling "Show Enhancement Settings" to simplify the user end side. However, some of the settings do not appear if they're enabled.

Quality of Life Settings: Settings -> General

• Enable: Render to Separate Window
• Enable: Disable Window Resizing

Settings -> Display

• Use whatever renderer you prefer (Recommended: Vulkan then OpenGL)
• Aspect Ratio: Auto or 4:3
• A short clip showing the Emulator Settings must be included in the VOD!

If there are any uncertainties or problems, make sure to join the Discord server and contact a mod.