All my submitted runs so far have been in the VGA floppy version; but I'm getting the feeling the EGA version may be optimal, due to the fact it's the version that supports Tandy and DOSBox always runs fastest with Tandy emulation. So the EGA version has faster loading times. (For some reason it also has extra slowdowns with the slime at sewer entry, and on flushing the brain; but I think it's still just a mite faster overall.)

The problem is simply with the barrier of entry in acquiring the EGA floppy version. Basically, you have to either own it from 30+ years ago, or buy it from someone else who does, or download a pirate copy (and the vast majority of pirate copies are CD or VGA floppy too).

What do runners/mods think - should we allow or disallow EGA floppy?

Badly executed sample run.

I think if the only advantage is loading times, we should stick to the VGA version. It's what runners and anyone watching will be most likely to recognize and remember. If there were EGA-specific skips to be had, that may change my mind. But otherwise, we'd be inclined to run EGA/tandy for ALL possible games that can, which... I'd rather not do that.

//edit: Tried to find the EGA version. No dice. If you don't own it on floppy and the game still miraculously works, you're basically out of luck. So if anyone wants to run it, I would probably open a separate category for that.