Another thing we wanted to get settled is Emulator versions. Which versions of ePSXe should be allowed for the leaderboards? Or should different versions for each game be allowed? (If so, write in comment section what you think should be done.)
Survey link: http://strawpoll.me/2085005
If you decide to discuss in the comment section, keep your comments respectful and mature.
~KJ
If the category uses FDS then w/e emulator you want, cause the loading screens will never be faster than FDS anyways. If it's a non-FDS category then probably ePSXe 1.9 is the best bet.
I didn't see this before I posted a thread here: http://www.speedrunrecords.com/Spyro_2_Riptos_Rage/thread/kyfa7
what I said pretty much was that Mednafen should be accepted as it is focused on accuracy, and runs pretty much identically to PS1 hardware. RetroArch would also be acceptable as it simply uses Mednafen as it's core for PS1 emulation. PCSXR is constantly being updated, but the developers are quick on issues. There was a problem where Bianca's rainbow on Spyro 3 was really slow, but after reporting it a developer fixed it up and it's now the same speed as console. doing a comparison of loading screens between ps3/pcsxr/epsxe 1.9/retroarch/mednafen i found that all of the listed emulators had the same loading times.
In my opinion it would be wiser to list unacceptable emulators, pSX being one I can think of due to poor accuracy.
Edit: Also, by only accepting ePSXe 1.9 it limits Mac and Linux users. Yes, ePSXe has a Linux version but it is a very poor port. Allowing PCSXR (which runs at the same speed as ePSXe) would allow all players regardless of OS or method of playing to submit runs.
Oh yea it was completed I posted it in the forum I was linking but didn't link the video here.
Also to prevent bitching. PSP is the fastest and I'm not making that part up. Almost 20 seconds to SDS and 12 seconds to FDS.
