Hey so I wanted to speedrun this, but from what I read online (including the forums here) MAME seems to be inconsistent with this game. I was wondering if there is any other emulator that can run the game correctly or that is allowed for the arcade leaderboard.
Astro City Mini is a closed source emulator and it plays Virtua Fighter accurately. I'm confident that's your only option. Comes with 2 save state slots but can't see or adjust the DIP switch settings. Still sold new today. Don't buy the V by mistake.
Shmups Junkie on YouTube showed that the Mini and Mini V have very fast screen displays. You probably add 1 frame of lag using the HDMI out to display + capture card. I think recording the Mini with cell phone cam on tripod would be very funny but that is my plan.