You're exactly correct about the kind of analysis that was done. The code was analyzed, and the game was played frame-by-frame in an emulator to demonstrate pe

You're exactly correct about the kind of analysis that was done. The code was analyzed, and the game was played frame-by-frame in an emulator to demonstrate perfect play. I believe some members of the speedrunning community also ran brute-force searches of the input space to make sure there wasn't some kind of obscure glitch that could trigger that wasn't obvious from the code. The reason that Twin Galaxies didn't accept that analysis is because they're run by members of a clique of old-school gamers who stayed behind when the speedrunning community abandoned TG, and Todd Rogers is part of that clique. The analysis was largely done by Omnigamer, who is a well-respected speedrunner outside of TG but isn't part of the clique. TG's staff chose to believe their own in-group rather than a evidence-based challenge from an outsider until their hand was forced by a viral Youtube video[1] calling them out. This kind of behavior isn't new for Twin Galaxies. They have a long history of mismanagement and corruption. Most of the times/scores posted on their site lack any publicly-viewable proof because until very recently, proof only had to be shown to TG staff "referees" so that people could keep their special techniques secret from the competition. Modern speedrunning eschews secrecy and requires publicly-viewable video proof for all runs. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-H4sEHB54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-H4sEHB54