What's the official ruling on this? I would like to start running the game but would be running on emulator.

i think most people just use fightcade

Thanks.

That's what I was going to start with at least. Any specific settings that need to be adjusted or is everything on default?

i use mame, but the ROM site I used has removed the game from their website if you need the rom I can send it lmk as far as rules, it's pretty default, in arcade mode there's no option to change difficulty but if you have to chose a difficulty level I would say 3 out of 5 if it gives you the option. gl

default settings are what it's supposed to be, but iirc there are several runs on this leaderboard that were not using default settings... i don't think the rules have ever been strictly enforced here tbh. most of the time difference in this game comes from skill... the settings and character u pick etc are pretty minor compared to just being good at the game