Is it allowed to activate the option "Allow Left + Right / Up + Down" when playing in Nes emulator?
3 years ago
Argentina

Physically in the NES you cannot press Left and Right or Up and Down at the same time.

Is it allowed for speedruns to activate this option in the emulator?

New York, USA

To clarify, Left+Right and Up+Down is usually banned BECAUSE it's impossible on NES. So allowing it on emulators would give an unfair advantage to emu runners.

Symystery, Hako and 3 others like this
Argentina

So, it is best to show the input of the emulator on the screen to check that UP + DOWN / RIGHT + LEFT is not done? (I say this because I usually disable it)

Indonesia

Yes. It's best to show the input to legitimate your runs.

Pear likes this
Germany

A lot of NES Speedrun boards by now link to this document as a general guideline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1apP69VDIzUx-iVO_sj5YjTxBAE2ukHPa6kl33AOW9hA/edit

This should apply to basically all NES speedruns (and most of the stuff is also a good base line for other consoles)

Edited by the author 3 years ago