Hello everybody, Shime here!

So, recently I got into the Genesis version of this game for speedrunning and was having a good time, finding a good way to make a perfect route for this game. And so, I watched a lot both of the top 2 runners (DeeKnow and hydrapower) to check the best strats for it.

But watching DeeKnow's WR run, I noticed there was something different than my actual runs. I couldn't figure out but looked like he was gaining advantage by running the game on original hardware, as I was running on emulator. I thought at first that could have to do with the Fighter's agility. But it turns out it has to do with the transitions throughout the game.

I checked side by side both his WR and my 30:32 run, and timestamped it to be sure

DeeKnow's 29:14: My 30:32:

It's visible that DeeKnow's transitions are faster (tried timing, difference is around 2s), and I wanna know what's the cause of it: Usually, emulator runs are a bit faster than original hardware, but checking Drumboardist's runs (which is also on original hardware), the transitions times are similar that of mine and of hydrapower's.

Just to be sure, I'm not looking for problem here, I'm just curious of what could be the case, since it's really weird that amount of gain can impact on a speedrun.

I had previously contacted DeeKnow on YouTube about his run and he said that he ran on a Model 2 Genesis. I don't have one myself for comparison (just the emulator). I asked Drum as well and he ran it on a Model 1, but actually has all three versions. So that's what I know.

Hm... so that may explain it! Thank you so much for the information Hydra! I also ran on emulator but I know someone who has the model 2 with the cartdrige, I may talk to that person to know more!