Hi, currently I try to get into Shadowgate speedrunning and it really is a lot of fun. I've done several runs until now and my pace is becoming better, but I've noticed some strange things. Since I'm playing the German PAL version on PAL NES, I expected it to run slower than NTSC versions, which is fine for me. But I've noticed also several slowdowns, e.g. in the dragon chamber or the switch room. My questions are:

1. Has someone experience with the PAL version of Shadowgate?
2. Did anyone compared the PAL version against the NTSC version regarding speed?
3. Are these slowdowns also present on the NTSC version? These slowdowns happen also sometimes during the game. Thank you a lot for helping me out and also for the great guides you provided, which helped a lot to get into the game :) Best regards