Today I learned from this video that game programmer Keizo Ohta was aware of the acceleration glitch caused by side-attacking into the edge of a half pipe. And even though it clobbered the staff ghost time, decided to leave the glitch in the game because it was fun.
Anyone familiar with some speedrun stuff in this game knows that light machines basically can fly all over the game with insane air control and break it entirely.
This video also contains a lot of casual-friendly information, like how the accel/speed meter works, and in relation to ship weight.
