Request for an emulator (EMU) category for SNES Star Fox?
1 year ago
Missouri, USA

I would REALLY appreciate it if an emulator section was made for Star Fox speedruns, since i'm not able to use real hardware for it. I'd like to use the latest version of Snes9x... Please make it happen, i'm literally suffering over here knowing that Star Fox only has real hardware as a category. lol Emulation definitely deserves to be its own separate thing. :D Of course, only specific emulators should be used. I personally want to do "Level 3 Warpless"! I'm also not concerned about getting the same speed times as real consoles. I don't want to compete against them, but only against other emulator users.

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Missouri, USA

Either way, i'm going to speedrun Star Fox (SNES) on the Snes9x emulator during Twitch streams. Just so i can be prepared for the day emulation receives a separate category. :P Prays to the Star Fox mods to have mercy on our gaming souls lol

Hamilton, ON, Canada
songbirder
He/Him, They/Them
1 year ago

Throwing support to this. Before I got my SNES I would have done runs on emu if a category existed for it. Might bring some renewed interest in the game overall.

San José, CA, USA

Since not everyone is in the SF discord channel, I am posting the new ruleset here. As it stands, we are working on adding either a new option/category or a category extension to allow emulator runs. While we are waiting for approval from the SR.com side, please adhere to the rules as follows for emulator runs and hold off on submissions for now.

Please be sure to join the Discord channel for the most up-to-date discussions.

"PLEASE PAY ATTENTION AND READ ALL THE SETTINGS TO MAKE SURE YOUR RUN IS ACCEPTABLE FOR THE LEADERBOARD.

  • Snes9x version 1.60+ is the only acceptable emulator allowed for this run.
  • Emulator can be downloaded https://www.snes9x.com/downloads.php
  • Third party software like Retroarch cannot be used to run the Snes9x Cores.
  • Starfox USA Revision 1.2 is the only accepted Rom allowed for this speedrun.
  • SUPERFX SPEED MUST BE SET TO (75%) This can be changed here (Emulation/Settings)
  • Emulator or front-end specific functionality is banned (e.g. save states, binding multiple keys, run-ahead, etc).
  • All runs must start with a reset and be VISIBLE IN YOUR RECORDING. You cannot start the run from a save state.
  • Input display must be turned on and VISIBLE IN YOUR RECORDING throughout the duration of the run. (Press , to turn on)
  • FPS must be displayed for the duration of the run and be VISIBLE IN YOUR RECORDING at all times. (Video/Show Frame Rate)

Following completion of the run after the Boss % screen is displayed please show the following settings. There are 2 ways to have the settings show on OBS. If doing a window capture you need to add a separate window capture for the information screens. The other way is to do a display capture instead which will show anything visible on your screen.

  • Rom information (File/ROM Information)
  • Emulation settings (Emulation/Settings) FX Speed must be set to (75%)
  • Input configuration (Input/Input Configuration)
  • Emulator Information (Help/About)"
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