Is it possible to collect all emeralds in Sonic 1 without using save states?

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Yes you scrub.

without using glitches as well

you get a try each stage at the first zone, since the second zone is impossible due to the boss
there are more than enough stages until you reach scrap brain
in sonic 1 you can only get 6, so no Super Sonic

my bad, I mean first and second zones, it's at the third in which the boss appears
you have 11 chances in total.
scrap brain's second zone takes you to labyrinth zone's secret passage for the final boss

Scrap Brain Act 1 doesn't count. It's blocked for some reason.

all speed run/walkthrough on youtube you can see they using glitches to pass stages so even my mom can beat using glitches

Oh fug I had that knuckles.

I had dr.robotnic. holy fuck memories

Me too

All I wanted was that Tails

>if the sonic 3 mcdonalds toy deal never happened sonic & knuckles wouldnt have been a thing

No it was impossible.

That's why noone was ever able to complete the game fully until save states were invented.

What

>special stage
>need just 1 more emerald
>you hit goal by accident
>have to restart the game

sega had to release sonic 3 at a certain date because of their deal with mcdonalds. only problem was that the game wasnt finished at all, so they released what they had and then made sonic & knuckles.

nope, there's no way the japanese team was held back by sega of america's deal with Mcdonald's campaign for the US
theree's nothing about this on any wiki whatsoever, not even at the big autismo central Sonic Retro

it was in a book i read. its called the history of sonic the hedgehog, im pretty sure UDON made it to.

As someone that owned the Tails, it worked for maybe 3-4 times before the line reeling mechanism inside fell apart. Same thing happened to my brothers

I have Knuckles as well and I don't remember how I got it.
I think my parents bought me it at a thrift store.

all I've ever read about Sonic 3 being "incomplete" was due to time constraints back there in Japan, due to Sega establishing a release date in a shorter time than what Naka had planned since the game would have been MASSIVE
there isn't a single word about McDonalds anywhere, much less of any western influence affecting Sonic Team's development

i remember these i had robotnik, tails, and knuckles when i was a kid. didn't have sonic though, but I got a gold sonic on a skateboard toy from a cereal box

so was it the japan team that dealt with Michal Jackson doing the music or was that the SEGA of america

Fuck I had these...

I know exactly what you're talking about, user. I got that gold sonic too.

sorry for the ant sized image, but did anybody else have one of these?

Figures

>Impossible.

stop being bad maybe? I was able to pull this shit off when I was six years old; it can't be that hard.

Same. I think I used it like twice and it more or less broke after that.

Also had the knuckles, but that one was far better. Always wanted Robotnik, but never got it.

Collecting emeralds in S1 is like 2nd easiest next to Blue Sphere in S3&K.

Here's your (you) you fucking faggot.

>was able to pull this shit off when I was six years old
>Hi mom I'm lying on Sup Forums

nigga this aint no lie, I did this shit back in 1996. My cousin even showed me where to get the ring requirements for each level at the optimal parts so i could minmax it and get multiple attempts.

It's REALLY not hard. I know most Sonic players are mentally incapacitated autists, but come on.

Is it true that Sonic 3 & Knuckles was released in one single cart in the USA? if so why did they make people buy the lock-on adapter?

I still have the Sonic toy (with launcher). I remember having a Sonic/Eggman themed viewmaster-esque toy from some other fast food place as well.

what the fuck is this thread
10 chances to get win 6 times
jesus christ, have a little respect for Poe's law you shitters

Found a picture of it, it was from Carl's Jr apparently.

McDonalds was NOT a factor in S&K's release. It was just a cross promotional venture that mario had for mario 3, why not sonic?

michael contacted sega of america, obviously. he didn't catch a plane to go talk with the japs.
after the deal was licensed, sonic team worked with the material he provided to properly synthesize it for the game, then sent it back to him for approval.

>Is it true that Sonic 3 & Knuckles was released in one single cart in the USA?
No. It was never released as one cart anywhere.

ok thanks
I thought it was released due to a rom called Sonic 3 + Knuckles (World) which I thought was released by sega of america

it's indeed a "hack"

It was the other way around, Sega knew of Michael's popularity and asked for a partnership.
Then he eventually accepted and contacted them to start the whole thing.

I don't even know if Michael did all music for Sonic 3
most people don't know and it's likely he done a couple of songs and then the songs were re-worked

how can I brake the this rock?

I think it was in the end of 1993 that sex accusations happened and that's why sega didn't want involvement with him

It was never disclosed how many songs were used or if any were used at all (instead, they could have cropped samples out of them). They could have either used parts from existing music or ask him to compose similar-sounding pieces for the game, to be synthed later.
But there's a ton of references. Marble garden, Ice cap and even the credits song have similar parts to his compositions.

I had all of them except for Tails. IIRC Knuckles spun when he moved, but I could be wrong.

By being Knuckles. Sonic can't go that way.

>tfw remember begging my mom to take me to mcdonalds for happy meals so i could collect all the toys

>marble garden, ice cap, credits
and carnival night, specially the part before the track stops. it sounds exactly like in Jam.

My grandmother was left handed and beat this game with the controller upside down. Git gud faggot.

>left handed
>controller upside down

Holy fuck. I'm left handed and never thought about doing that when I was a kid. Those oldies be crazy.

but that game is sonic 3 and doesn't have knuckles lol
I'll have to pick up sonic 3 complete

I had that Knuckles. Good times.

Actually, now that I remember I think I got all 3.

yeah, since Sonic 3 was "unfinished" due to Sega not being able to make it all into one cart, you can see a lot of stuff that's in the game but you can't access it.
S&K, as a standalone game, shouldn't exist since S3&K is what S3 should have been from the start. Both separate games are incomplete halves.

holy shit i had this and always found it wierd that he was on a motorcycle

>S&K
I think this game should exist the problem is Sonic 3 not being complete but I understand what you mean

Is it possible there is lag while using Genesis GX Plus on wii? I can't get the the special stage (blue sphere) but on emulation I can

Both version have the same cycle emulation but it seems the Wii motion has some kind of input lag?

He said without glitches you moron, without.

had this sonic all my life and never known it was a mcdonalds toy, i keep it around as a little lucky charm

Why is it on your penis?

video game characters....robotnik is from the cartoon

seriously?

cause i gotta cum fast