You should probably move onto an emulator as fast as possible, gane & watch is not an accepted platform as far as I know, and on an emulator you have save states, which are good for practice.

hey i have an idea! Maybe there should be a category extension on the ce boards where you speedrun smb1 on g&w. Its a lot better at fussing about adding g&w as a platform to play on and its better making it its own category on the main board. Personally, I think this is a good category but its only a suggestion if the mods don't want to add it then they don't have to add it.

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even if the category did get submitted it would be put on category extensions

The game is almost the exact same guys. Just stop. It's literally SMB1 but uncomfortable to play. It's not allowed because it's not the exact same, but it's not different enough to make it its own category. Please, lock this thread

It's a legitimate question without an easy answer. If it has slight differences then it obviously can't be accepted on the main boards. Also doesn't seem like a ce either - given that it's nearly the same game.

If people are actually playing it and wanting to Speedrun it on g&w... That IS what this site is for. I'm not sure locking the thread and ignoring all questions about a console thats being played on a semi-wide basis is the right move.

It also could be added as a new "game" on the super Mario series. But even that feels weird because it's basically the same as smb1 NES. Category extensions halfway makes sense...

When the switch came out there were similar questions. Fortunately for the switch it turned out the mechanics were all the same other than running at 60fps flat, so it was added as an acceptable method of playing for the main boards. Unfortunately for g&w there ARE differences that make it very obviously not acceptable for the main boards.

It is a legitimate question though given that it's a console that's being widely sold and played on.

To me it actually seems closest to a ROM hack, but obviously it isn't. If ROM hacks was expanded to cover all mods of the game it would fit, but I think that's unnecessary just for this one thing. If it ever gets added I would say ce is the way to go

I don't understand how the G&W is different than smb1, other than the pause screen, infinite lives, and hard mode. If pause buffering and infinite lives were just not allowed, I don't see why it has to be another category.

@Lamoosa pretty sure the G&W Version is overall faster no?

The Game and Watch is not faster to current knowledge, just makes the game easier. There is actually a high possibility that it runs at 60 flat FPS, which would mean that it's slower by half a second.