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I've just noticed that speed demos archive accepts the SNES speedrun of BT&DD as a record for the genesis version of that game. Am I the only one who finds this to be in contradiction with their verification policy? Is this a widely accepted practice in the speedrunning scene even outside of SDA?
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It's better to be asked on their forum, we can only imagine the reasons.
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I've just noticed that speed demos archive accepts the SNES speedrun of BT&DD as a record for the genesis version of that game. Am I the only one who finds this to be in contradiction with their verification policy? Is this a widely accepted practice in the speedrunning scene even outside of SDA?
I'd assume it's because the game was released on multiple consoles, so it'd come up archived under SNES and Genesis.
Checking the full list of games reveals the following:
"Battletoads & Double Dragon for SNES/Gen (0:21:27)" so it would seem my initial assumption would be correct.
In general though, from what I know, a game on different consoles are in the same category unless there are large version differences between consoles.
I've just noticed that speed demos archive accepts the SNES speedrun of BT&DD as a record for the genesis version of that game. Am I the only one who finds this to be in contradiction with their verification policy? Is this a widely accepted practice in the speedrunning scene even outside of SDA?
I'd assume it's because the game was released on multiple consoles, so it'd come up archived under SNES and Genesis.
Checking the full list of games reveals the following:
"Battletoads & Double Dragon for SNES/Gen (0:21:27)" so it would seem my initial assumption would be correct.
In general though, from what I know, a game on different consoles are in the same category unless there are large version differences between consoles.
Your assumption is correct indeed. If a Genesis run was ever done, it would be a separate category and listed likely on the same page. Generally the page listing is based upon title names. If a remake is a different name (say Rondo and Dracula X Chronicles) they get different pages. If they're mostly/completely the same and have the same name, same page. If it's vastly different (like Sonic the Hedgehog on Master System and Genesis) then it's different pages.
