Emulators allowed?
5 years ago
Texas, USA

Hey guys, wanted to get started speedrunning, and I think I wanna learn how to run SMS, but I don't see any runs listed for emulators. Are they allowed? Like dolphin for instance?

Texas, USA

Cool, thanks!

Caernarfonshire, Wales

And the reason why you don't see any emulator runs is because they are hidden by default but you can adjust the settings to show runs on emulator in the filter box.

TingTyphoon and Jaypin88 like this
United States

Yeah. I get confused by it as well. When I use practice codes for IS runs, I use Nintendont with the actual disc, on an actual Wii. So it takes me a moment to figure out if I should list it under emulator or not.

Pays de la Loire, France

Emulator is banned for individual Shines (probably because legit ILs are harder to tell apart from TASes than full-game runs) so you probably want to leave them as console.

But I’m pretty sure practice codes (and maybe Nintendont) are banned too, even though the IL rules don’t state it. There’s a Google spreadsheet for ILs using practice codes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12wDUXjLqmcUuWSEXWc1fHNJc24KlfyCh0pvibZYEQM0

Jaypin88 likes this
United States

Gotcha. Thanks for telling me.