[EfficientDude]

Speedrunning is mostly cheaters using combinations of emulation, save states, etc. I don't think speedrunners actually speedrun on unmodified consoles in one go at all these days. Of course back in the day anything other than playing on a console attached to a TV would have been considered cheating and gotten you thrown out of the community.

[crtasm]

This is incorrect - look at the setup and verification required if you want to claim a record on a popular game.

You may be thinking of TAS (Tool Assisted Speedruns) which is a separate thing.

[Vilian]

Usually you should know about a subject before talking about, instead of talking shit

[joseda-hg]

It really depends, usually console vs emulation are separate categories, as are stuff like having external assists and such