Thanks for the quick and informative answers ! I never realized that in actual hardware it's the polling of the controller by the console that acts as a metronome for the auto fire. If you asked me I would have guessed there was some sort of quartz in the controller or something and I would have been wrong. Anyway, I'll try to submit a run I am happy with in the near future !

The question is in the title. I made some attempts at the any% category using a TG-16 mini (well... technically a CoreGrafx mini, the European version of it) and I was wondering if I could submit runs or if it is not accepted as an emulator (I have no idea how good - or bad - of a job it does emulating).

On a side note, it should be mentioned that, on the mini, during the ending sequence, when the ninja transforms back into a wolf, there is no flashing effect. It seems the ROM has been slightly modified to comply with modern standards when it comes to photosensitive epilepsy (it's possibly the same for the Wii and Wii U versions ?). Would that disqualify this version ?

PS: Thanks for the guide baldnate!