so i've been doing some testing on SNES emulation and i figured i'd would expand the research into the castlevania community and also take a better look at the anniversary collection. the first test i did was a demo test and these are the results of that.

DEMO TEST
The timing: https://imgur.com/FRLDKr0

Anniversary Collection(PC):

Bizhawk:

BSNES:

SNES9X 1.54:

Hardware:

and as you can see everything seems to be relatively alright. 9x of course is slower and it even says that the anniversary collection is a tad slower...now here's where shit gets real whacky. the lag tests...

The Timing: https://imgur.com/fIYcxDm

WHIP OUT
Anniversary Collection(PC):

Bizhawk:

BSNES:

SNES9X 1.54:

Hardware:

and i even did the same thing but without the whip just to see what happened.

The timing: https://imgur.com/zU4DAxR

NO WHIP
Anniversary Collection(PC):

Bizhawk:

BSNES:

SNES9X 1.54:

Hardware:

so at this point it should be apparent to anyone with eyes that the anniversary collection does NOT handle lag the same as anything. hell even 9x does a better job at being accurate LuL but just to be sure i went and did another lag test on stage A...and oh boy... you'll see LuL

The timing: https://imgur.com/KGDFP3K

NO WHIP
Anniversary Collection(PC):

Bizhawk:

BSNES:

SNES9X 1.54:

The timing: https://imgur.com/HHNnCHe

WHIP OUT
Anniversary Collection(PC):

Bizhawk:

BSNES:

SNES9X 1.54:

i am still waiting on additional hardware footage for these tests but i think that's fucking irrelevant at this point. also getting some nintendo switch collection footage to see if there's a difference(i doubt it).

so my initial purpose of doing this was to show that BSNES and BSNES based clients(like bizhawk, it runs on a bsnes core) are much better for running than snes9x is...and i know you're probably thinking, well what about the later versions? well i have done testing on the later versions for other games and they're about the same..if not worse the later the version..so thats irrelevant too.

you can inspect the other testing i've done for SNES emulation in these forums here.

King Of Dragons: https://www.speedrun.com/the_king_of_dragons/thread/fgckq

MKI: https://www.speedrun.com/mk1/thread/6g5uu

MKII: https://www.speedrun.com/mkii/thread/jrc20

MKIII: https://www.speedrun.com/mk3/thread/neia4/1#b73oa

UMKIII: https://www.speedrun.com/umk3/thread/54xsc/1#0832b

in short, BSNES should be the standard for SNES emulation and not 9x..i am not trying to get 9x banned..i obviously don't have the power to do that anywhere on the games i've tested. it is inaccurate but it's not that bad....not anywhere near as bad as the collection seems to be here.

what this community decides to do with the info i have provided is up to you all and i will be doing tests on dracula X as well to prove my point.

all hail BSNES! the superior snes emulation, if you play via emu there's nothing better baby =P

also i will have the other video's and stuff up as soon as i have them.

wanting to hear the communities thoughts on this and if you have any questions or concerns, you know where to find me.

got the hardware recordings for the stage A lag test.

No whip: https://imgur.com/xE1C22k

Footage:

With whip: https://imgur.com/WE33PT1

Footage:

and here's the switch version of the anniversary collection....looks like it's even worse LuL

The timing: https://imgur.com/8TCjspb

WHIP:

NO WHIP: