Another time saver: You can actually jump across the first gap by having dragon fly hit you forward on the way down. Getting the dragon fly into this position waste more time than what you gain I'm affriad. If you could somehow get the boomerage guy right before the gap to be one of the robots with the head that detaches I think you'd be in business for jumping the first two gaps to save time, unfortunately the thrid is much too large, or else you could skip getting the ropes.
Second area, first level (top floor): ...you do realize that you can just jump to one of those ledges where the gap is (right before the door), right? That way, you don't have to spend a slew of seconds getting to that door. ;>_> I know that it works; I've done it before on the actual cartridge, although it's not exactly easy to do... and I've only been able to do the trick on the left ledge. Then again, I've never tried jumping to the right one.
You mean, before entering the dam area that leads to the dam? Where the door is at the top left corner and one has to run far to the right first to get on the uppermost platforms? If that's the door you mean it's not possible to reach it. Until someone proves me wrong of course.
