Sonic and Knuckles

[EyeMWing]

Been sitting here playing with it for the past few hours. Rawkkk.

However, I SWEAR I remember being able to make it work with Sonic 1. But I can't get past the damned error screen.

 

[Nohr]

I remember having that, one of the Sonic games, and a Game Genie all plugged in at once. It was quite the stack. I've still got all the carts but my ac adapter blew a while back. I forget if it worked with Sonic 1.

 

[xanis]

Man, you take me back to the old days. I have this game for Sega Genesis sitting in a box somewhere in my basement... good times.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Nohr
I remember having that, one of the Sonic games, and a Game Genie all plugged in at once. It was quite the stack. I've still got all the carts but my ac adapter blew a while back. I forget if it worked with Sonic 1.

The days of NES, SNES, and Sega Game Geneies were nuts. You'd have it sticking 6 inches out in the NES, 8 inches high on the SNES, and almost a foot long on the Genesis.

 

[keeleysam]

I'm pretty sure it only works with Sonic 2 & 3.

 

[Nohr]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_&_Knuckles

By placing the first Sonic game, or most other Sega games inside, a "No way? No way!" screen will pop up with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Robotnik making odd faces, telling you the cartridge is supposedly incompatible. But, by pressing the A, B, and C buttons together, a minigame based on the Chaos Emerald bonus levels is unlocked, called Blue Sphere. There are 134,217,728 of these levels. Only by locking the original Sonic the Hedgehog game (the Sonic Compilation works as well) in the Sonic & Knuckles cart can one play through all the stages. The other Genesis games will only play one level each, which will infinitely repeat. Despite being near randomly generated, the levels are playable for the most part, even if many bits and pieces of levels get recycled.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Nohr
I remember having that, one of the Sonic games, and a Game Genie all plugged in at once. It was quite the stack. I've still got all the carts but my ac adapter blew a while back. I forget if it worked with Sonic 1.

The days of NES, SNES, and Sega Game Geneies were nuts. You'd have it sticking 6 inches out in the NES, 8 inches high on the SNES, and almost a foot long on the Genesis.

Even better was the game genie stack trick on NES (did this work on other systems, too?) to get to use more codes

The girl is quite the Sega aficianado, and she swears i'm an idiot and that it never worked with Sonic 1.BUT I REMEMBERRRRRRRR!

 

[Stumps]

oh yes I remember that...and yes it does work with sonic 1...but you need a Game Genie (for the PAL versions anyway)....the Sega Megadrive(Genesis in the US) was an awesome console....I still play the sonic games on my PC using emulation

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
The girl is quite the Sega aficianado, and she swears i'm an idiot and that it never worked with Sonic 1.BUT I REMEMBERRRRRRRR!

:shocked: Dude, you gonna hit that or what?

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Nohr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_&_Knuckles

By placing the first Sonic game, or most other Sega games inside, a "No way? No way!" screen will pop up with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Robotnik making odd faces, telling you the cartridge is supposedly incompatible. But, by pressing the A, B, and C buttons together, a minigame based on the Chaos Emerald bonus levels is unlocked, called Blue Sphere. There are 134,217,728 of these levels. Only by locking the original Sonic the Hedgehog game (the Sonic Compilation works as well) in the Sonic & Knuckles cart can one play through all the stages. The other Genesis games will only play one level each, which will infinitely repeat. Despite being near randomly generated, the levels are playable for the most part, even if many bits and pieces of levels get recycled.

AHHH! Now I remember.

There are 134,217,728 of these levels

SOMEBODY PLAYED THROUGH ALL THOSE?

I remember when I was a kid these were ungodly hard (both in the bonus levels and in this haxx0r)

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Xanis

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
The girl is quite the Sega aficianado, and she swears i'm an idiot and that it never worked with Sonic 1.BUT I REMEMBERRRRRRRR!

:shocked: Dude, you gonna hit that or what?

We live together. Draw your own conclusions.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Xanis

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
The girl is quite the Sega aficianado, and she swears i'm an idiot and that it never worked with Sonic 1.BUT I REMEMBERRRRRRRR!

:shocked: Dude, you gonna hit that or what?

We live together. Draw your own conclusions.

Heh, sorry didn't know that...

 

[UpgradeFailure]

DAMMIT now I have to go into the attic and get this game out!

 

[ruffilb]

Super Mario Bros >>>> Sonic.

 

[imported_LoKe]

I like the one with the metal sonic. I used to play that all day.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

There are 134,217,728 of these levels

SOMEBODY PLAYED THROUGH ALL THOSE?

I remember when I was a kid these were ungodly hard (both in the bonus levels and in this haxx0r)

Umm.... dude... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=2%5E27

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

There are 134,217,728 of these levels

SOMEBODY PLAYED THROUGH ALL THOSE?

I remember when I was a kid these were ungodly hard (both in the bonus levels and in this haxx0r)

Umm.... dude... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=2%5E27

Yes, I know. But the assertion that there are in fact that many discrete and distinct levels either involves knowing for a fact that it's mathematically seeded, or being a total cock and playing through them all and checking for uniqueness.

 

[The Batt?sai]

definitley

 

[RallyMaster]

never really played sonic. don't know how my friends are so interested in that stuff...personally think CSS is a much better choice...BOOM HEADSHOT!

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Originally posted by: ruffilb
Super Mario Bros >>>> Sonic.

That game is awesome. I still have my SNES and play that game at least 3 times a week. Although the console is so deteriorated now that the slightest nudge blanks the screen and deletes all save points on the cartridge. Beating some of the Special World levels was dam hard. But the awesome konga remake of the Mario theme is awesome :laugh: But unlocking the autumn game mode is worth it And of course you gotta like the final Special World level where the final run trying to beat the clock has "YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER!!!" in coins. Hah, such good times I have more fun with that then my PS2 :laugh:

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

There are 134,217,728 of these levels

SOMEBODY PLAYED THROUGH ALL THOSE?

I remember when I was a kid these were ungodly hard (both in the bonus levels and in this haxx0r)

Umm.... dude... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=2%5E27

Yes, I know. But the assertion that there are in fact that many discrete and distinct levels either involves knowing for a fact that it's mathematically seeded, or being a total cock and playing through them all and checking for uniqueness.

Yes, well considering that at 1 minute per level it would take a person 255 years of playing (without sleep) - or if the person played continuously from the release date they'd have to complete each level in an average of 1/3 of a second (again playing continuously), clearly the correct conclusion to come to was that someone actually played all of the levels and verified their uniqueness.

My guess is that there are a set number of different types of segments (say 8) and there are a certain number of segments in each level (say 24) and from that someone was able to calculate the number of possible levels.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

There are 134,217,728 of these levels

SOMEBODY PLAYED THROUGH ALL THOSE?

I remember when I was a kid these were ungodly hard (both in the bonus levels and in this haxx0r)

Umm.... dude... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=2%5E27

Yes, I know. But the assertion that there are in fact that many discrete and distinct levels either involves knowing for a fact that it's mathematically seeded, or being a total cock and playing through them all and checking for uniqueness.

Yes, well considering that at 1 minute per level it would take a person 255 years of playing (without sleep) - or if the person played continuously from the release date they'd have to complete each level in an average of 1/3 of a second (again playing continuously), clearly the correct conclusion to come to was that someone actually played all of the levels and verified their uniqueness.

My guess is that there are a set number of different types of segments (say 8) and there are a certain number of segments in each level (say 24) and from that someone was able to calculate the number of possible levels.

How dare you inject math into a thread about a game from before I learned how to multiply!