Hello moderatos of Gex 3! Now I really want to get into speedrunning Gex 3 Deep Cover Gecko. But I have a few issues. 1st off, I want to start off doing Single Level runs. I want to do single level runs of Mythology on the N64 version but I don't have an N64. I do have a PS2 that I could play the PS1 version on(if that is even allowed) but I really don't like the PS1 version of Mythology and I also don't like the graphics on the PS1 version. Could y'all please at least discuss this with each other? About adding emulators as sub categories? please?

Like it was stated in the Discord, N64 emulators are inaccurate and would grant an unfair advantage over console, as they don't emulate lag properly.

Since you already seem to have a console setup to run the PS1 version (PS2 is perfectly fine, in case that somehow wasn't clear), I would highly recommend giving that a shot instead. It's pretty much objectively the better version and you wouldn't have to resort to an emulator at all. :)

@Mysticore you ignored my question! 1st off I know that emulator will give an unfair advantage but you ignored the part where I ask if it could be a separate sub category.

Well, in my opinion a separate category just for N64 emulator is pointless. People who don't have access to a console have the option of emulating the PS1 version, which can compete on the same leaderboard as console and is seen as the better version of the game anyways. I'm not a mod for Gex 3 though, so I guess it's not up to me to decide.

For real though, it's kinda baffling to me that someone who owns a PS2 console and a PS1 copy of the game prefers to run the vastly inferior N64 version on emulator, lmao.

I know this is an old thread but I happened to stumble across it while checking out the game, and I agree with @PB_Speedruns here. It's actually not pointless at all to have separate categories for emulator, for people who want to run the game but don't have the console exactly as Patrick stated. I myself would like to give it a shot but seeing you guys don't allow N64 emulators sets me, along with whoever else interested off from bothering.

But that's just my opinion, take it however you wish. Let me know if N64 emu is separated in the future :)

To clarify, my previous post didn't imply that separate boards for emu are always pointless. In this case however, I don't think it makes sense to add an emu-only board for what's generally regarded as the "bad" version of the game, when people can simply emulate the PS1 version instead (which doesn't need separate boards).

It's fine to feel that way, it's your board. But at the end of the day you are losing more runners by not having them as categories, whether all of you see it as a "bad version" or not.. Maybe not very many runners would pick it up I'll give you that, but a few runners are better than none at all.