I looked into this a little bit. The virtual console should probably be broken into its own category for all three difficulties.
Current record holder here, I recommend using Higan if possible. It nearly perfectly emulates the hardware.
When possible, you should definitely move to hardware, though. There are a lot of interesting quirks the hardware has that emulators can't quite get right.
Hello, I submitted a run for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings yesterday, but it looks like the only moderator has not been online for almost a month and has no social media listed on their profile. As such, I have no way of contacting them.
Is there anyone who would be able to validate my run?
Alternatively, I would be open to becoming a moderator myself. If not for this game, since it is my run after all, then I would still be interested in moderating other games.
Many thanks, AverageGoatee