Re: The Definitive Sonic thread & Knuckles
Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 9:48 am
Yeah, those special stages sure are tough these days...
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Still got it.
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Jenuall wrote:Yeah, those special stages sure are tough these days...
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Still got it.
Carlos wrote:Roonmastor wrote:Vermilion wrote:Jezo wrote:Vermilion wrote:Getting to Icecap zone in Sonic 3 generally relied on sheer dumb luck thanks to THAT bastard bouncy thing in the Carnival Night zone.
Pressing up and down to control it. What were they thinking?
I know, but at the time, there was no indication that this was how you do it, and i certainly wasn't the only one who got stuck at that point.
In fact, it was pretty notorious.
Ruined my childhood. I'd spend hours jumping on that thing trying to get past it. I only beat Sonic 3 by doing it as S3&K and playing Knuckles who doesn't have that bit in his level.
Now I’m in my 40’s a good test of my dropped reaction time in gaming is that I can no longer complete any of the special stages on Sonic 3. Zero. Back in the day I finished S3&K with full Hyper Sonic on Doomsday Zone multiple times. Surely the crowning 16bit platformer?
Choclet-Milk wrote:Jenuall wrote:Yeah, those special stages sure are tough these days...
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Still got it.
aayl1 wrote:Choclet-Milk wrote:Jenuall wrote:Yeah, those special stages sure are tough these days...
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Still got it.
How on earth have you managed that?! Are there even that many special stage rings in the first level?
Jenuall wrote:Super Emeralds only become available once you reach S&K stages - so Mushroom Hill is the earliest point where you can get them
aayl1 wrote:Carlos wrote:Roonmastor wrote:Vermilion wrote:Jezo wrote:Vermilion wrote:Getting to Icecap zone in Sonic 3 generally relied on sheer dumb luck thanks to THAT bastard bouncy thing in the Carnival Night zone.
Pressing up and down to control it. What were they thinking?
I know, but at the time, there was no indication that this was how you do it, and i certainly wasn't the only one who got stuck at that point.
In fact, it was pretty notorious.
Ruined my childhood. I'd spend hours jumping on that thing trying to get past it. I only beat Sonic 3 by doing it as S3&K and playing Knuckles who doesn't have that bit in his level.
Now I’m in my 40’s a good test of my dropped reaction time in gaming is that I can no longer complete any of the special stages on Sonic 3. Zero. Back in the day I finished S3&K with full Hyper Sonic on Doomsday Zone multiple times. Surely the crowning 16bit platformer?
I had every single file completed with a variation of all the character combos with every single super emerald. Obviously some were doubled up to have every file completed but it was my proudest accomplishment as an 8 year old.
My younger brother deleted them all because he thought the animation of robotnik deleting them was funny. I don't think our relationship ever recovered from that.
As an aside those bonus levels make me feel sick now! Even with the higher framerates, I just can't do it.
Pedz wrote:aayl1 wrote:Carlos wrote:Roonmastor wrote:Vermilion wrote:Jezo wrote:Vermilion wrote:Getting to Icecap zone in Sonic 3 generally relied on sheer dumb luck thanks to THAT bastard bouncy thing in the Carnival Night zone.
Pressing up and down to control it. What were they thinking?
I know, but at the time, there was no indication that this was how you do it, and i certainly wasn't the only one who got stuck at that point.
In fact, it was pretty notorious.
Ruined my childhood. I'd spend hours jumping on that thing trying to get past it. I only beat Sonic 3 by doing it as S3&K and playing Knuckles who doesn't have that bit in his level.
Now I’m in my 40’s a good test of my dropped reaction time in gaming is that I can no longer complete any of the special stages on Sonic 3. Zero. Back in the day I finished S3&K with full Hyper Sonic on Doomsday Zone multiple times. Surely the crowning 16bit platformer?
I had every single file completed with a variation of all the character combos with every single super emerald. Obviously some were doubled up to have every file completed but it was my proudest accomplishment as an 8 year old.
My younger brother deleted them all because he thought the animation of robotnik deleting them was funny. I don't think our relationship ever recovered from that.
As an aside those bonus levels make me feel sick now! Even with the higher framerates, I just can't do it.
So much so that none of us knew you had a brother!
Jezo wrote:Good morning everyone. Time for a personal question:
Who is your favourite Sonic character?