Allowed Emulators

• BizHawk: uses a forked mednafen core
• Mednafen: lightweight accurate emulator
• PPSSPP: for now this is the main option for PSP

Emulator Rules

• The game needs to be ran at 60fps, auto detect fps/skip should be enough
• No input automation of any kind (scripts/macros/etc.)
• Only one button bound per each emu button, with the exception of using dpad and analog stick.
• No lag reduction: ssspsx, pc fps, cpu overclock, artificial multithreading
• No abuse of holding left + right at the same time

Rules Regarding Off-stream Emulator Runs

• Reset/power on from the previous run must be included in your run submission video
• Specify the emulator used in the run and its version in the comments
• Include all game audio
• It is strongly encouraged to use input display
• It is strongly encouraged to show the emulator window with the border included

Emulator Setup

• Always load the *.cue file instead of the bin/iso
• config > display > Maintain aspect ratio ☑
• config > display > Use system's recommendation ☑

Optimizing emulator performance

• Closing unnecessary software, especially web browsers.
• When streaming try using GPU accelerated encoding like NVENC.
• Lowering window size scaling.
• Trying a different setting in Config > Display > Display Method