E M U L A T O R S A R E B A N N E D. It's that simple.
What a emulator does it taking the language the game is made (for example: Pokémon Firered is a gba game) and translate it in a language that the device the emulator is made for understands (for example:pc) that’s how emulators work
Doesn’t he just ask how emulators work in general? He never mentioned about speedrunning.
Emulators work by emulating the hardware of the device. As a very specific example, what a gameboy emulator might do is take all the memory addresses the gameboy uses (this is where data is stored) and map each address to a variable in an array (or a list for you python folks). This is also why emulation may be very slow, despite you having pretty good hardware (assuming you're emulating a WiiU or something.
Hello Runners.
We have a new rule for all platforms, for random seed runs.
After completing a Top Run (Top 5 Main Category/1st ILs), you must exit the world and go to the main menu.
For top Windows runners, you still have to do PowerShell verification.
For Ps4/Ps5, this rule