This game actually has a lot of speedrun potential, lots of different routes and strats you can make. I remember playing it as a kid, so it's good to see it can also be a fun speedrun to do, though I'm pretty sure the background and the levels were different. (Maybe it was another version?).

I managed to do the long jump strat on the first enemy on level 1. It's way too risky to perform it on the later levels, but if mastered it could save a lot of time, specially on level 7 and 14. Even a sub 10 might be possible with it.

Played on flashpoint btw.

(Also I wasn't sure if it was a 44 or a 43, so feel free to retime it if necessary.)