Hi there,
I've recently done a run for Twinkle Circuit on the Dreamcast version using an emulator known as NullDC. Would I be able to submit it as an NTSC run or should I just not bother (I know emulators are banned, I found that out when attempting to submit my run) - I don't have access to a Dreamcast system at the moment. If this turns out to be a no I'm completely fine with this as it's a justifiable decision.
No. The major problem with most emulators, and why emulators are banned is due to the inaccuracies with loads and the emulation with the systems they are trying to imitate. Until we see more accurate emulators and emulation, we'd probably look into the issue again and change the rules accordingly.
For now it remains a no.
You may have noticed some very old runs being rejected. This is because we have decided to archive the leaderboards done prior to IGT becoming the main timing method. Prior to archiving, most of the runs prior to April 22, 2018 were at the bottom of the leaderboards due to only having RTA timing, wh