RetroKombat! - Sonic the Hedgehog Archive!

Welcome to the tips section. In this section, you'll be getting overflown with tips to aid your progress on even the hardest of the Sonic games. Well, hope they help you and good luck!
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Made in 1991!
Sonic the Hedgehog
Level Select:Press Up, Down, Left, Right on the Title Screen then Hold A and Press Start
Debug Mode:Press Up, C, Down, C, Left, C, Right, C at the Title Screen then Hold A and Press Start.

Made in 1992!
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Level Select:Go to the Options Menu, go to Sound Test and Play Sounds 19, 65, 09 and 17 in that order. Press Start, then Hold A and Press Start at the Title Screen.
Debug Mode:Inside the Level Select, go to the sound Test and Play Sounds 1, 9, 9, 2, 1, 1, 2, 4 in that order, highlight the Level you wish to play and Hold A and Press Start.
Super Sonic:Inside the Level Select, Go to the Sound Test and Play Sounds 04, 01, 02, 06 then Select a Level. Collect 50 Rings and Jump.

Made in 1992!
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Level Select:Turn on your Game Gear. When the SEGA logo appears, Hold Down-Left + 1 + 2 + Start. Don't let go of these buttons no matter what. Next you'll see the intro screen. Watch this, still holding the buttons until the Title Screen appears. Keep holding the buttons until you hear three ring sounds quickly, one after the other. This is your chance. Let go of everything now and Press Start.

Made in 1993!
Sonic The Hedgehog Chaos/Sonic And Tails
Level Select:At the Sonic Chaos title screen, press Up, Up, Down, Down, Right, Left, Right, Left, Start. You'll hear the sound of a 1-Up monitor being destroyed. The Level Select screen will follow.
Fireball:First, you must have activated the Sound Test as explained above. Then, while playing, press Down, Down-Right, Right, Right + 1. Sonic will shoot a fireball.

Made in 1993!
Sonic The Hedgehog Spinball
Level Select:Go to the Options screen and press A, Down, B, Down, C, Down, A, B, Up, A, C, Up, B, C, Up. You should hear a chime. Exit the options, then press A+Start for level 2, B+Start for level 3, and C+Start for level 4.
Multi-Ball Stages:Collect all of the rings in a level, and then find a large ring to be taken to a special stage.

Made in 1993!
Sonic CD
Level Select:At the title screen press Up, Down, Down, Left, Right and B. You can choose your starting level. Once you finish a level you will go back to the title screen.
Sound Test:At the title screen press Down, Down, Down, Left, Right and A to access the Sound Test. Once you are there you can set these values for the following secrets:
Secret Special Stage: 07 FM, 07 PCM, 07 DA
Japanese Message: 46 FM, 12 PCM, 29 DA
Humanoid Sonic: 42 FM, 04 PCM, 21 DA
Manga Sonic: 44 FM, 11 PCM, 09 DA
Sonic MC: 42 FM, 03 PCM, 01 DA
Debug: 40 FM, 12 PCM, 11 DA

If you have already completed the game, you can access some secrets if you play the levels again and beat certain Time Attack totals:
DA Garden: 37'27"57
Special Stage Time Attack: 30'21"05
Visual Mode Including Pen And Ink Mode: 25'46"12

Manipulate The Clouds: At the title screen hold down A and press Up, Down, Down, Down, Down and Up. Then you can use Controller 2 to manipulate the clouds. Press A and C to rotate them, B speeds them up, Up and Down tilt the horizon and Left and Right zooms the background in and out.

Made in 1994!
Sonic 3-Mega Drive/Genesis
Level Select: When the Sega logo disappears and Sonic jumps towards you, quickly press Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up. This is very hard to do but it does work, and it'll be worth it. You will hear a chime if you got it. If you do, press Down twice, and you'll see a hidden selection called "Sound Test" on the title screen. Select this and press Start to choose your starting level and to listen to the music.
Debug Mode: First activate the level select. Then highlight desired starting level and press A+Start. You know the drill, B to become a sprite, C to place the sprite, and A to change sprites. Press B again to once again return to Sonic.
Super Sonic: First of all, activate Level Select (above) and then the Debug Mode (also above) on your starting level. Press B until you reach a monitor. Place it with the C button. It will be have an 'S' inside it. Destroy it and you will transform into Super Sonic!
Secret Special Stage: First activate the Level Select. Then in the Level select sound test, play tunes 01 and then 0F. Next highlight the Special stage 2 and hold A while pressing Start.
All Chaos Emeralds: First activate the level select. Then go to the Sound test menu and play sounds 02, 04, 05, 06 in that order.

Made in 1994!
Sonic and Knuckles-Mega Drive/Genesis
Level Select: Start a game with either Sonic or Knuckles, and on Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1 find any one of the elevators that send you up higher the more you press Down. Jump on it and press Left, Left, Left, Right, Right, Right, Up, Up and Up. You'll hear a ring sound if you've done it properly. Now press Start then A to reset S&K. Then at the title screen press A+Start. You'll be able to choose your staring level (except for the Sonic 3 levels).

Made in 1994!
Sonic Triple Trouble/Sonic and Tails 2-Game Gear
How do I describe this game? It's one of the best Sonic games ever on Game Gear! With the ability to be either Sonic and Tails, this is alot better than the first S&T. With levels alot more varied, with Knuckles and Nack the Weasel trying to hinder your progress (and Nack failing, which is actually funny) and brilliant Special Stages, this is one of the best Sonic games on the Game Gear.

Made in 1997!
Sonic Jam-Saturn
New Time Attacks: At the title screen hold A and START while selecting Sonic World. Don't let go until you see Sonic appear. Go to the Challenges spot and you'll have a secret special challenge - collect 100 rings in 1 minute. Not a particularly tall order, is it?
Clear Pause: While the game is paused hold down X, Y, and Z to get rid of the pause menu and get a clear screen.

Made in 1997!
Sonic R-Saturn
Be the Same Character In 2 Player: Not being able to play as the same character will now be a thing of the past now if you use this simple cheat. On the Character select screen, move both 1P and 2P cursors over the same character, press and hold down X on both controllers and press A.

Made in 1997!
Sonic 3D Blast/Flickies Island-Mega Drive/Genesis
Level Select: At the 'Sonic 3D Flickie's Island' title screen press B, A, Right, A, C, Up, Down, and A. This will take you to the options screen (Start, Sound Test, Controls). On this screen go to Start. You'll be taken to the Level select.
Easy Chaos Emeralds:Once you have done the level select (above), if you collect 50 rings and meet either Tails or Knuckles you can skip Chaos Emerald stages by pressing Start and then A. You'll gain the Chaos emerald without even having to complete the stage.
Level skip: Once you have activated the Level Select above, if you wish afterwards you can skip stage by pressing Start and then A.

Made in 1999!
Sonic Adventure-Dreamcast
Knuckles' Clone: Complete the game with all the characters. This will enable Super Sonic's Adventure. While in this adventure, go to the crashed island where the Master Emerald is kept. There you see Knuckles and Robotnik lying down after Chaos' return. After this clip, do a soft reset by pressing A+B+X+Y+Start. Now choose Knuckles as your character. Go to the island, and you'll be able to see a double of Knuckles! This works with other characters aswell.
Tails/Knuckles In Twinkle Circuit: When playing as either Tails or Knuckles, go to Station Square and find the 'Speed Highway' building, but DON'T GO IN IT. Instead, walk to the left of it to find a patch of grass. This will have a card spinning on the grass. Pick it up and take it to the Twinkle Park tower. Whereas you could not get in before, the tower will give you access. Still carrying the card, take it inside Twinkle Park towers and bring it up to the Twinkle Circuit door. the door will open, allowing you to ride the circuit as Tails or Knuckles.
Easy Emerald Shards: If you are finding it difficult to collect all three emblems in a level within the 1 minute time limit, here's what you do. Start a level as normal and take your time finding the first Emerald piece, but whatever you do DON'T COLLECT IT! Restart the level instead and race as fast as you can to that Emerald piece. When you collect an emerald piece, it acts as a save place when you die or restart, which is just what you need. when you've collected the first shard in a decent time, take your time finding the second piece, and repeat the process until you have gained all three pieces!
Free Rings: While playing as Tails, find a patch of grass with weeds sticking out of it. Attack the weeds with your tails, and rings and even 1-Ups may appear. Alternatively, when you have found your Rhythm Badge in Tikal's Echidna Tribe, attack the circles on the floor for the same effect. Alternatively, if you are playing as Knuckles, when you have found the Shovel Claw, look for any kind of soil that you can dig into and dig there. You may find some rings, but if you can't dig where you are, Knuckles will wittingly say "It's no use!", so if you are in that situation don't bother digging. A good place to dig is in the place where you got your shovel claw, as you can uncover lots of rings and power ups of all kinds, even invincibility!
Sonic's Snowboard: In Ice Cap Zone, at the final stage (the snowboarding section), before you enter and see the avalanche, press X to gain Sonic's famous blue Snowboard (Sonic 3, Sonic Triple Trouble). Alternatively, press B to gain a new yellow Snowboard.
Gain More Speed As Sonic: Finding it difficult to get some of the Sonic time attack emblems? Then just use this simple trick. While running through a level, keep repeatedly pressing X or B to constantly do the Spin Dash, which in effect should make you go a lot faster and beat most time trials.
Super Sonic: If you manage to complete the whole game with all six characters, a new seventh character will appear in the character select screen, called Super Sonic. Get through all of the cut scenes to play a special level where Super Sonic squares off with Perfect Chaos!

Made in 2001-2002!
Sonic Advance -Game Boy Advance
Tails as partner:
Highlight Sonic at the character selection screen and press Up. Next, highlight Tails and press Down. Then, highlight Knuckles and press L. Finally, highlight Amy and press R. Highlight Sonic and press A to select him. Tails will follow you during the game, but cannot be controlled.
Alternately, Sonic should already be highlighted at the character selection screen. Press Up, Right, Down, Right, L, Right, R, Right, A. If done correctly, Sonic will be highlighted again. Select him, and a ring sound will confirm correct code entry. Tails will follow you through the game but cannot be controlled. Repeatedly press A to make Tails fly. Note: Tails cannot pick you up while he is flying.

Moon Zone:
Collect all seven Emeralds for all characters. Successfully complete the game as Sonic to unlock the Moon Zone.

Hidden sound test mode songs:
To get more than the 39 default songs in sound test mode, successfully complete The Moon Zone, Extra mode, or unlock the Super Sonic Ending. Three additional songs will be available.

Hint: Easy rings:
Play the first level. Press Start + Select + A + B to reset the game. Go to the Chao Garden and you will have the rings that were collected, but reset at the start of the next act of the level.

Easy Special Stage Rings:
Play the special stage and immediately before you hit some rings, do any trick (tap B). You will get every ring in the row.

Hint: Casino special stage: Unlimited tries
Get the checkpoint thing immediately before the spring. Then, try the special stage. If you fail, there is an extra life to the right, directly above the swinging boat thing. You can get unlimited tries because every time you die the extra life returns.

Hint: Ice Mountain Act 2: Get Emerald:
Chose Tails and when you fail to get the Emerald, go down. A check point is located there. Follow the string until you see a platform. There is an extra life and some spikes here. Get the life and die. Once you resume at the check point, fly up to get to the spring. Do this again if you fail.

Made in 2001-2002!
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle -GameCube
Tons of Money:
Raise a worthy amount of cash, then go into the chao kindergarten and buy a really expensive hat from the black market. Exit and save that you own the hat. Go back into the chao kindergarten and pick up the hat. Go to the black market and sell it. You should get roughly half of what you paid. Exit the black market and press the restart button on the GameCube. Enter the chao garden and you'll have the hat and the money from when you sold it!