--Update (March 14, 2016)--

We have decided to only allow emulators for single level submissions. You must use official game consoles for full game runs.

--Original Post--

I have added a section to the SDA wiki about emulators, and I will copy it here. If there are any concerns or updates, please post them below. Note that these rules can be changed at any time if runners abuse them.

The use of emulators will be allowed on 2 conditions:

1. The emulator has been proven to have an accurate in-game time
2. Single level runs must include video evidence of the run, with a time on the "scoreboard" screen at the end of the level that reflects your video time.

¤Note: Because of how resets work in this game, in order to fulfill condition #2 you will need to fully exit the level and enter again in order to reset the in-game timer.

As of 5.0 RC-1, Dolphin Emulator has been proven to be accurate enough to submit runs from.

In order to determine if an emulator is accurate enough for submission, record a level that displays an in-game timer during the level itself, along with the end of level time. If both of these timers match the length of your video, then that emulator can be considered accurate. Wasteland Thunder and Race to the Rocket are both good levels to test this with.

Runners should note that most emulators for this game require a rather powerful computer to both play and record without slowdown. If the in-game time does not match the time spent in the video, the run will be rejected.

Thanks for allowing emulators, i wont be able to do runs for a while because i switched to an older pc because of my brother but soon i will have a new one and will be able to start some runs again on pcsx2 :)

I wish you luck with the PS2 version. ed58 and I have both tried it, and don't really like the way that it feels like it eats inputs compared to the GCN version.

I agree with changing it to only allowing emulators for single level submissions. Full game runs are simply too hard to verify accuracy on.

Another year another vote, heres an update on the status of emulator runs.

• Dolphin is the only legal emulator (Allowing Version 5.0-16380 and newer of the master branch)

--Vote results-- https://imgur.com/a/wBDX68J

• Emulator runs are not allowed to hold the first place slot in full game runs
• Emulator runs are still allowed to hold first place in individual level runs

--newest set of rules for emulators-- https://www.speedrun.com/metal_arms_glitch_in_the_system/guide/j3uw6