Dizzy - The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure (ZXSpectrum) Speedrun

Speedrun of Dizzy 1 for the ZX Spectrum played on Fuse emulator 1.6
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First serious attempt to break the Dizzy 1 record after holding it for a day when I discovered the Amulet skip. This game has been pushed pretty hard considering the random enemies you have to deal with. This was a grind to get good patterns for bats and birds.
To get a time comparable to the old record you can't wait for birds to get into position, you just have to go and hope. The bird next to the white tree you can usually just walk into. The one right of the cauldron has several patterns where my movement takes it out and if you don't get this bird it is run over, the movement on that screen is too complex and done too often. The next bird usually co-operates and comes down to be killed.
The final 4 birds going through the screen with the yellow statue quickly will probably get 1 and hopefully 2. The next screen I drop the seed on the statue hoping to get 1 of them. With a large space and little jumping getting past a single bird isn't too bad.
My 1 death to the bat in the castle was scary because i thought it was going to get me again straight away.
Three new tricks for this run
1. Clipping Dizzy into the Haunted Chimney so he ascends faster
2. Using the Rain Coat as a platform to get up to the Bottle of Dry ice
3. Jumping into the bat screen on the way to the wig to roll under the bat
I also moved when I pick up the torch to later. It probably loses a little time to lag but improves consistency. The old order had Dizzy going back to the mine after the wig but that left a lot of time for the spider on the cauldron stream to get in the way.