Hello! So recently I have got back into speedrunnig this game again but I also decided to do some experiments with the Game Gear since I never actually touched in it since I always did runs on the SMS version.

I did some experiments (didn't conclude it) but I have a good base to say that this leaderboard must be splitted between GG and SMS because the Game Gear version is actually faster due to have less lag and also loadings are slightly faster than the Sega Master System version and it also has an exclusive trick on the Forest level where saves ~2s.

As far as I have tested, you can save 2.750s by just playing on the Game Gear version, and I still haven't compared the loadings times from the map, only from each level (to make clear that I have compared from Castle Goofstein to Sunkel Ruins

So my request is to please split this leaderboard into 2 different categories or just make 2 subcategories and split it between them.

As soon as I can, I will finish testing and I will share this comparision here, with every individual value, but if I would guess how much in total you can save, maybe 10s

But yeah, have a good day moderators and thanks for reading! Cya!

That's weird cause the Game Gear cartridge actually holds a Master System file but I believe you. Probably the GG processes that file differently. I've split the leaderboard like you asked :-)