On the start screen, I gave the game the hex instructions required to go to the minus world's version of 1-1 and then on the flagpole, I gave the game the hex instructions to go to minus world's version of 1-2.
I don't think it's possible to get past the water level like 7-2 in the minus world with only a NES, but if you had a gamegenie that could you could control live, it may be possible!
Although, there may be other ways to do it on a NES!
I mean, if hex insertion is figured out on NES then that's going to cut down the time dramatically. You could probably just hop to the last stage from the title screen or something. I don't know, I'm not a TASer of this game.
Yeah, I thought that too. The game is usually played by starting at 1-1, then 1-2, not skipping to the end screen. This is the Minus world version. Just discovered.