Yay finally done but no improvement. However, I did gain and lose frames in certain areas
-1 frame because of lag in tunnel = -1
+1 because I let go of pole earlier = 0
-1 because of lag when falling onto vertical climbing section = -1
+2 due to improved jump where two robots are = +1
-1 because I couldn't get the early bounce off Robotnik = 0
+1,+1 in various secions during Robotnik = +2
-1 near the end of Robotnik = +1
-1 since I could land on the switch any earlier = 0
So quite a roller coaster but it'll be very hard to notice all that in real time. Again all this annoying favourable/unfavourable randomness.
Here it is
http://rapidshare.de/files/30520883/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_1_ALL_EMERALDS.gmv.html
Finally got through the fucking Labarinth stages no wonder everyone seems to give up on them (all though its not over yet), the bit I hated most about them is the vertical climbing sections with small right angled ledges pointing out since you have to go through at least 50+ jumping combinations.
EDIT:
BTW JXQ when you were refering to Star Light 1+2 I don't think its very likely that the timer will be lowered since you were...
Act 1 was 15/16 frames from a 21
Act 2 was 28 frames from a 16
although there is definitley a few questionable things that you did. Although it takes a critical eye to see them, I couldn't be guaranteed that I have improvements and even if they were improvements there only gonna be 1/2 improvements which isn't enough to lower the ingame timer. There's more chance of lowering the timer in Labarinth 2, since its a long level and I was 15/16 frames from lowering the ingame timer, and even still I don't think it could be improved by more than 10 frames with most 1/2 frame improvemts over certain jumps and turns. Although it would probally go into the 1000's to get it lowered since you'd have to go into useless tapping of certain buttons to see if you can manipulatate certain landings and jumping on edges of platform as well as being able to clip through certain corners of ledges. Anyway Labarinth is done and done onto Star Light Tommorow.