Pres has a valid point here. The point of allowing emulators is to make playing (and speedrunning) games more accessible. Especially with the way prices have been skyrocketing lately for older systems/games. Case in point, for me to go get a working NES or SNES would cost MORE than my parents paid for BOTH combined back when they were new.

I'm certainly not the only one that's forced to use emulation to do their speedruns. The one run I have posted here (NES Zelda 2 100% AK) was played on emulator.