In the last area of Level 2, instead of running back across the pond you can just jump to the giraffe and go straight to Level 3. Is there any reason (such as getting a bug etc) that people aren't doing this?

This works for me in the dosbox.

https://gfycat.com/ConventionalWaterloggedCollardlizard

I can confirm that this does not work on console. I tested both snes and genesis. I’ll make another post if I find a way to pull it off