Happy new year! Taking a break from Sonic 1 after a major SYZ2 0:28 grind. Don't worry! It hasn't beaten me, but I need something else after 50 hours of near misses. Anyway:

We have a neat little hack here which for the most part leaves levels unaltered, but includes a spindash and dropdash, which essentially changes the dynamic of a lot of these levels. From the moment I saw that the record was 0:15, I knew it could be lowered to 0:14. The single spindash alone gives enough of a speed boost to cover the distance and save a second. Really easy to play as well, a lot easier than 0:15 in Sonic 1 because it's not as tight: 7 minutes into it and my second zip and it was over. Just be mindful of the small optimisations, just as a small jump onto the spring/over the bomb etc.

Got the Retroarch menu in along with a reset, seems this game plays as closely to the rulesets of the main Sonic games, so I'll follow suit.