Hi All,

I'm new here and looking to get started with some speedruns and SMW rom hacks.

Trying to figure out the gaming set-up side for best accuracy and zero-latency.

What set-ups are you using or would recommend?

Do most gamers use original OEM consoles with something like flashcarts (ie. SD2SNES/FXPAK PRO)?

PC/MAC Emulation seems too laggy to me.

Recommendations and advice welcome!

Thanks!

You could use both if you wanted to; emulation and console. I mostly use emulation but that's just me. :) For NES I use fceu emulator, snes I use snes9x, and for MAME arcade games I use different emulators. ShmupMAME is great because of accuracy and zero latency and is probably the best MAME emulator if you want to get as close to the actual arcade cabinets as possible. I also use wolfmame (anti-cheat emulator) and mameui as well as mameppk so it varies. Also each game on this site has different rules so don't forget to ask moderators on their respected forums for what the rules are. Some emulators are banned while others are accepted for one game while its the exact opposite for other games. Remember that rules vary. Hope this helps and I'm not sure about using flashcarts.