In case you were wondering, the original's time was 16:53. After looking at the one I submitted and this one, I 'm glad I pushed myself to what I can do. I had a 15:08 run ready to go, but it was a bit sloppy so I was thinking, I could do better and I can sub 15 this. Lo and behold, after a day of trial and error and random factors I finally got something down that looks great... But wait! There's more. I initially had a run ready to be submitted but due to life situations and laziness I never got the 14:35 which was the second run. So, I'm sitting around organizing my speed runs and I check out the Vectorman run and I don't like it, so I sit around for some time to better that and I got something that I really liked.

Also, the reason is that I keep it on normal instead of hard is that the only thing that changes on the difficulty is initial health.

Vectorman 1 speedrun 13:44 (Editor's note: The times actually add up to 14:16)

Someone requested that I destroy the SEGA logo at the beginning so I did. :08

• Terraport :58 The change of direction in the first stage was addressed that I had to shave off time somewhere. So, seeing that the Max health here and the top route slowed me down I eliminated that and with the help of the invisible platforms, grabbed the Orb on the lone platform to make a clean run up the slope. After I grabbed the Orb and get to the area with the Turret and Sludeg Pilots I quickly fire as the Turret will most of the time fire a shot off and I don't want that. The last section after the turret was improvised after numerous failed sub one minute attempts and it looks cool. Sludge Bomber, oh man, if I had hair I would've teared some of it out due to all my failed attempts to kill it in :15 secs but after realizing I had to furiously tap the shot buttons to get more bolos out I sub a minute on him.

• Metalhead :13 Aside from always getting hit here, nothing new. I failed to move up to dodge getting hit a second time as on previous runs that orb on the right would fire slightly ahead of me, and having two health going to Tidal Surge worried me.

• Tidal Surge 1:20 Ah, Turret Hell. This stage is probably the worst stage when relying on random health drops. See how many enemies I kill and how much health those bastards drop? I actually, luckily got a health from a submarine in Fish Morph, and everything went very well as hardly any Turrets gave me any trouble and I made the shortcut aft unmorphing out of the second Fish. Pretty nice to nail the long jump at the end, as on failed attempts that last Turret would hit/kill me periodically.

• Absolute Zero 1:24 Yeah, my fingers were acting funny for me to start shooting that way, but I was using the six button pad and when you're not in a room with heat it becomes slightly hard to play. Decided that I didn't need the Max health or the Spread (to save time). The reason I grab the health is that I wanted to boost attack the Bear to try and save some time. The route looks clean too but there are some noticeable mistakes. Pretty cool way to defeat the Bear.

• Arctic Ridge :49 Pretty much just went headfirst and firing like a madman. The main improvement here is that I jump over the Margie instead of killing it (as you see though it likes to "track" me and sometimes it will shoot!), but I get stuck in the room with the Force Field. Sometimes I'm able to jump out of the room and onto the platforms and sometimes, (like what you see) I can't pull it off. I make up for it with one jump to lure the Marge up a good finish.

• Bamboo Mill 1:29 Grabbed the Max Health at the beginning to save face though it did waste time, but I didn't want to rely on random drops...That and I've been running for several hours, so with such a good start I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE. By the time I get to the vertical shaft with the Turrets and the Sludge Pilots, I'm off of my checkpoit time by a few seconds. I hate this level only for the sheer annoyance of Clockwork. Boost jumping does no increased damage and that stupid attack he does is nothing but a time killer. I did a good job of keeping my distance and saving health.

• Rock 'n' Roller :09 Probably the first time were I got a fast time and I didn't have to damage myself in order to give damage.

• Death Alley :37 See that part in the beginning where I nail a boost to slide under the Turret that *thankfully* doesn't fire? Yeah, that was all luck. I got hit more often than I wanted to but no severe pop back and that's what the Max Health is for at the end.

• Hyperponic Lab 1:00 Level looks smoother with some accurate boost jumping to avoid enemies though I still end up getting hit and when I get the Force Field no enemies drop any health. The Acrobat could've been quicker but I could've also lost a lot more health than I did, so I'm satsifated, but this level could've been done better.

• Superstructure :43 Random Multiplier at the beginning...sweet. That takes care of my health problem as the crap part about this level is that I often rely on random health drops to get my health back up for Stayin' Alive. Luck was on my side this time. There is a health item in the final tv, but I've had to unmorph, get it and then fight the waves of Turrets and Jaws at the end. Lastly, I don't have to let the text scroll at the end and rely on more luck so that the Jaws gives up some health to me while not being timed.

• Stayin' Alive :11 Thankfully, he didn't kill me, as he did once when I had full health one time. He has that one attack that does three points of damage to you.. This stage was also a run killer here once as I defeated him on a good run and my cartridge froze. Yeah, I was yelling at that moment.

• Nightscape :49 I had good health from Stayin' Alive so I didn't have to worry about getting health or getting hit by the Turrets. This level was a run killer for me once as when I was just about to get the Fly Morph with one Health until a Mosquito bot dropped a bomb on me and I died :\ Oh, and F you Turret at the end.

• Dark Ruins :48 I nailed all my jumps, got the Max Health in one go and had no problems. The second best looking level in the run.

• Underground Vault 1:20 Better than my original run, but not faster. It was looking fine, Piharana and Spider went down quick and I got full health but then on Monkey my hands started go go Carpl Tunnel a little and the erratic shooting became of that.

• Worldlink Center 1:37 Could've been better but the higher priority here was to save health and not go too slow. I had a fear of choking on this level and my hands were starting to give out.

• Twist 'n' Shout :49 Boost attacked him instead of shooting him, but I fubared and loss time, but at this point I wanted to finish the run, though Warhead had been a run killer on previous runs.

I much as I love this run, there are some improvements but I can't really say I could sub 13. I attain my first goal (sub 14) and looking really sweet doing so. I might look forward to a better run that'll elimate all of the mistakes but that's another day. Sorry it took so long to update this, but I hope you enjoy it.

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