Im interested in speedrunning this game, but after having taken a look at the hardware requirements i have a question on what is allowed.

I currently only own a North American SNES and the original GBP. I could run on this hardware and simply convert my times, but i may prefer to play on the more accepted SGB2.

My question is this: if i "mod" my NA SNES to work with the SGB2 by removing the cartridge slot tabs from the console, will my runs be disqualified for use of "modded" hardware?

Correction: i currently own the SGB for SNES, not the GBP for Gamecube

Heya!!

Sorry for the delay. :)

I do all my GB runs on a SGB2 in an NA SNES. So long as you're just cutting the tabs on your SNES, that's A-OK!

Legs

Also a side note about the SGB: We accept SGB2 and converted SGB1 times (http://nudua.com/convert); but we do not accept timing crystal modded SGB1s :)

Thanks a bunch!

Is the original Super Gameboy from North America not allowed for some reason? I play all my original GB games on my SGB but see 'SGB2' on all the speed run lists and I am honestly not sure I understand the difference or if my SGB is accepted.

Super gameboy is allowed, however it runs at a slightly faster clock speed than the original gameboy. There is a link to a formula under “rules” that converts SGB time to the proper timing. Super gameboy 2 fixed the timing issue and runs at the same speed as original gameboy. Imo SGB1 games run fine, the extra speed can actually make the games more enjoyable. However, there is a slight screen “stutter” that occurs every now and then which accounts for the increase in speed. Visually its a little messier. Always having to tell your chat that your splits have to be converted at the end can be annoying as well.

So short answer: Super gameboy runs faster than other methods, but the time can be converted which makes the run legit.