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Dr Shaneman
01-07-2008, 21:47
Tails_1986 gave me the idea for this thread.

I'm sure we've all made really stupid mistakes on Sonic games that we wonder how we did or been stuck in a certain spot for ages only to find out there was a very simple way to get passed it. So what's yours?

I'm sure one of the common ones will be Carnival Night Zone Act 2's BARREL OF DOOM which got me as well XD.

p_nut_uk
01-07-2008, 22:07
I dunno if it's embarassing but on Sonic Heroes I couldn't get any further than that dinosaur/jungle level, I just couldn't do the rope swing and that alone stopped me playing it indefinately:(.

Shadid
01-07-2008, 22:10
Labyrinth Zone Act 3 from Sonic 1. Took me days (yeah, days!!!!) to figure it out!!! And of course Carnival Night Zone Act 2... Damn you, Barrel of Doom!!!!! XD

Rayne
01-07-2008, 22:14
I find sonic more frustrating than embarrasing..

Constantly falling through the floor on next gen games...annoying, but not embarrasing ^__^"

Dr Shaneman
01-07-2008, 22:19
I find sonic more frustrating than embarrasing..

Constantly falling through the floor on next gen games...annoying, but not embarrasing ^__^"
Pit falls seem to be common one with me on the 3D ones after Adventure 2, mainly because of mistiming jumps XD. Also, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle had that annoying jump glitch where you press A once to do a jump and would just homing attack into a pit XD.

Tails_1986
01-07-2008, 23:26
Tails_1986 gave me the idea for this thread.

I'm sure we've all made really stupid mistakes on Sonic games that we wonder how we did or been stuck in a certain spot for ages only to find out there was a very simple way to get passed it. So what's yours?

I'm sure one of the common ones will be Carnival Night Zone Act 2's BARREL OF DOOM which got me as well XD.

I can't believe you actually did it!:biggrin: In case you didn't catch my Barrel of Doom story: http://www.radiosega.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1127&page=2.

Master hunter
02-07-2008, 01:27
I went through a Sonic Binge on June 23rd which included Sonic 1 (XBLA), Sonic 2 (XBLA), Sonic 360 and Sonic Adventure 2 battle.

No Matter how hard I tried I couldn't get passed the boss on labyrinth, it took five attempts to beat special stage 4 on Sonic 2 (and as such I only made it to 4 emeralds) and I couldn't complete cannon's core.

I've 180'd SA2 4 times now, and played the final story more times than I can count. Not getting through cannon's core is just embarrasing.

On the plus side I managed to take top spot on my friends leaderboard on Sonic 2.

If we're talking about frustrations I recall the many failed attempts to S rank Crisis City as Sonic. It's the rings, always your rings, that fail you.

DarkHedge
02-07-2008, 14:53
Embarrassing... I have ONE, and only one in paricular: a bug that PISSED ME OFF while playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles (original cartridges, not emulator). I was with Knuckles, and I didn't make it in time in the underwater section of Launch Base A2. When Knux died (at this exact moment), the life counter went -1, and when he disappeared, the counter went -1 again ! And I had only 2 lives left. At this moment, it was exactly like this:
"O_O...
...GODDAMNIT !"

Zero Reploid
03-07-2008, 14:18
I'd have to agree to Carnival Zone Act 2, where the Barrel of Doom lies. And has also been said Labyrinth Zone Act 3, where even the Spin Dash added in the GBA version can't help.

I would say another embarrassing moment would be in Sonic and The Secret Rings, but I really don't like that game so I tend to forget about it completely.

Anyway, the only other thing I can think of is the time in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, when I kept trying to get the 2 extra hits on the Boss of Angel Island Zone Act 2 before the bridge fall, and ended up falling off when using Sonic, after an hour of dying and retrying I stop and just took the time to beat him.

Kinda stupid, I know but I was 6 and was too impatient.

Rayne
03-07-2008, 14:46
I'd have to agree to Carnival Zone Act 2, where the Barrel of Doom lies. And has also been said Labyrinth Zone Act 3, where even the Spin Dash added in the GBA version can't help.

I would say another embarrassing moment would be in Sonic and The Secret Rings, but I really don't like that game so I tend to forget about it completely.

Anyway, the only other thing I can think of is the time in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, when I kept trying to get the 2 extra hits on the Boss of Angel Island Zone Act 2 before the bridge fall, and ended up falling off when using Sonic, after an hour of dying and retrying I stop and just took the time to beat him.

Kinda stupid, I know but I was 6 and was too impatient.

I did the same on Green Hill Zone Act 2 on Sonic 2 :P kept kicking robotnick's ass and falling in the lava

Shadid
03-07-2008, 15:13
Ok, the most embarassing moment for me now is Sonic CD's Stardust Speedway and Metallic Madness... Played the whole night and only those two levels... CONFUSING AS HELL!!!!! :mad:

p_nut_uk
03-07-2008, 16:03
Thanks to Shaneman for reminding me of this incident, here's the picture, Spring Yard Zone Boss, gets harder as it goes on then BAM you kill Robotnik and he runs away, VICTORY!

Nooooooo the hole!

Tails_1986
03-07-2008, 18:47
Thanks to Shaneman for reminding me of this incident, here's the picture, Spring Yard Zone Boss, gets harder as it goes on then BAM you kill Robotnik and he runs away, VICTORY!

Nooooooo the hole!

That has to be annoying as hell ... beating a boss and losing on the aftermath. Also happened to me a couple of times.:P

DarkHedge
03-07-2008, 19:19
OH YEAH. Annoying as crap, that "insane third Sonic 1 level". ><"

7Force
03-07-2008, 22:20
Sonic 1, Green Hill Zone Act 3, Dr Robotnik. I could not get past him I kept getting killed:blush:

Dr Shaneman
03-07-2008, 22:21
Thanks to Shaneman for reminding me of this incident, here's the picture, Spring Yard Zone Boss, gets harder as it goes on then BAM you kill Robotnik and he runs away, VICTORY!

Nooooooo the hole!
Heh, yeah that one can be an annoying little git. Since he targets where you are though I always make him destroy the far left block and so on like that until I beat him. That way there's no hole :P.

p_nut_uk
03-07-2008, 22:29
Heh, yeah that one can be an annoying little git. Since he targets where you are though I always make him destroy the far left block and so on like that until I beat him. That way there's no hole :P.


I was about 6 at the time, I think I can be forgiven.

Dr Shaneman
03-07-2008, 22:49
I was about 6 at the time, I think I can be forgiven.
Hehe, yes you can. That was always my tactic from when I was 5 though after I died once.

foreversonic
04-07-2008, 02:53
Personally, my embarassing moment was when a friend from another forum paid a visit, and I only had C and D ranks :blush: *needs to practice*

What doesn't help is that they show you how it's done and get A ranks without even trying :mad:

Dr Shaneman
04-07-2008, 12:10
I can also remember getting killed by the GUN truck on City Escape once XD.

The Captain
06-07-2008, 17:57
Mine was just yesterday, playing Sonic 1 for the first time in ages. Second special stage, fall right into a GOAL right away. Duh.

Luckily I pulled it back with some awesome GOAL-evading stunts on the third.

Wolfdemon59
07-07-2008, 09:38
In Sonic the Hedgehog 06 in Crisis City where sonic flys in the air and lands on a rail to grind it, i kept pushing the analog stick where he had to go to land on the rail but he kept falling over and over and over missing the rail. Last time i did not touch the analog stick at all and he landed on the railing perfectly...

merkss
07-07-2008, 12:52
A few days ago I played through Sonic 2 for the first time in years. Did the usual, picked up all the Chaos Emeralds in the first two acts then stormed through the rest of the game as Super Sonic. The moment of embarrassing stupidity came at the Spikepit Of Doom in Mystic Cave Act 2. I've known for years exactly where in the level it is so as per usual I cruised up to it, stopped and jumped for the vine....

....unfortunately about ten seconds earlier I'd acquired enough rings to become His Twitchiness, Super Sonic. His invincibility, super jump and super speed make kick major monkey ass but his super reactions mean precision jumps aren't easy. Hence...

.... not only did I fall into the Spikepit Of Doom that I KNEW was there but I had to wait for over a minute for Super Sonic to run out of rings and finally die. :mad:

p_nut_uk
08-07-2008, 19:46
I'm sure everyone's done this one at least once... Chemical Plant boss, you're there quite happily killing him then he dies, you fall through Robotnik and into the drink becuase the flappy floor boards are down. D'oh!

Shadid
08-07-2008, 19:50
I'm sure everyone's done this one at least once... Chemical Plant boss, you're there quite happily killing him then he dies, you fall through Robotnik and into the drink becuase the flappy floor boards are down. D'oh!

XD!! Yeah, that was frustrating in the early boss, but then you got to face him again and again!!!!!!

Dr Shaneman
08-07-2008, 19:51
I'm sure everyone's done this one at least once... Chemical Plant boss, you're there quite happily killing him then he dies, you fall through Robotnik and into the drink becuase the flappy floor boards are down. D'oh!
Guilty of that one.

Tails_1986
08-07-2008, 20:45
I'm sure everyone's done this one at least once... Chemical Plant boss, you're there quite happily killing him then he dies, you fall through Robotnik and into the drink becuase the flappy floor boards are down. D'oh!

It happened to me as well. For crying out loud. I seem to be colleting embarrising moments more than anyone here.:(

Hairookami Kaimetsu
27-11-2008, 04:06
One word: Hydrocity.

To this day, I always screw up and die on it! I beat it once, but I got a new computer, so I had to start all over! AHHHHH!!! THE MEMORIES!!! THEY BURN AND LAUGH AT ME!!!! AHHHHHHH!!! *takes a deep breath.* Whew. Glad I got that outta my system.

I'm sure everyone's done this one at least once... Chemical Plant boss, you're there quite happily killing him then he dies, you fall through Robotnik and into the drink becuase the flappy floor boards are down. D'oh!

Maaaan, don't remind me of that! Hated that boss AND level.

Sonic The Drunk
01-12-2008, 06:51
This topic caught my eye, so it gets the privilege of receiving my first (and hopefully not last) post on the forums!

Well, the most embarrassing moment for me happens on a regular basis. Every time I play Sonic The Hedgehog (GEN) I always seem to get killed by the first little enemy in Green Hill Zone Act 1. Most of the time I get distracted and forget to jump... :(

sonicfanRICH
01-12-2008, 09:36
This topic caught my eye, so it gets the privilege of receiving my first (and hopefully not last) post on the forums!

Well, the most embarrassing moment for me happens on a regular basis. Every time I play Sonic The Hedgehog (GEN) I always seem to get killed by the first little enemy in Green Hill Zone Act 1. Most of the time I get distracted and forget to jump... :(

I think you win.

SuperMatt723
01-12-2008, 13:02
Sonic Adventure on a regular basis.

Im running fast, and then I stop because of some dumb glitch and then Sonics spinning in place for 5 minutes.

Dr Shaneman
01-12-2008, 14:20
Sonic Adventure on a regular basis.

Im running fast, and then I stop because of some dumb glitch and then Sonics spinning in place for 5 minutes.
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle had the most glitches I've ever seen in a Sonic game. SA1 didn't seem to.

Reknoc
01-12-2008, 14:27
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle had the most glitches I've ever seen in a Sonic game. SA1 didn't seem to.

SA1 still had alot of them but it was tame in comparison of all later Sonics.

Leox001
01-12-2008, 20:59
Sonic CD, Collision Chaos Zone 3, the boss, for some reason Pinball bosses always make me stuck, I couldn't win it, well I was small but I remember being stuck there for like 3 days.

Dr Shaneman
01-12-2008, 21:34
Sonic CD, Collision Chaos Zone 3, the boss, for some reason Pinball bosses always make me stuck, I couldn't win it, well I was small but I remember being stuck there for like 3 days.
I remember taking five minutes to defeat that pain in the backside. Now I can do it in twenty seconds XD.

Omega
01-12-2008, 21:37
It was always Marble Zone on Sonic 1, I still have problems with it. >:(

Sonicdude1995
11-01-2009, 08:46
labyrinth zone, took me a month 2 complete it by luck

SegaShinja
15-03-2009, 11:52
For a long time I didn't know you could lock on in Sonic Adventure's Sky Chase act. I just played through them with machine gun fire, then I played Panzer Dragoon and realized what I could've been doing all along.

The Captain
22-04-2009, 20:39
Sonic 3. The barrel.

:(

7Force
22-04-2009, 21:23
Sonic 3. The barrel.

:(
Ditto

Adam Novagen
23-04-2009, 02:40
Ditto
Yep. I got STUCK IN THE RIGHT HAND WALL trying to get off that thing. Multiple times.

FUN FACT: there's a second way to get past that barrel, IF you have a Turbo controller. Get the Water Bubble shield early on in the level, and DON'T LOSE IT. Then, when you reach the barrel, flick on the Turbo mode, hold down a jump button, and watch with glee as Sonic b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-bounces his way through the barrel... Or occasionally gets stuck in the wall. :biggrin:

Dr Shaneman
23-04-2009, 12:07
Or you could read the manual where it says what the barrels can do and what obviously all of us didn't do >_<.

sonicfanRICH
23-04-2009, 12:41
I didn't know any better since I had no manual :P I basically had to cheat my way through that part.

The Captain
23-04-2009, 12:48
Manuals are for wimps and girly men. :mad:

mudokon100
23-04-2009, 15:56
I've done most of the things people on here have done, at least with the mega-drive system games. Heroes I got quite far on on Xbox, but then I sold that (50p!?) to get it on PS2 to unlock stuff on my Collections (Mega + and Gems). The PS2 version is broken - I got half way through the first level, up to the massive loop and... fell. Every time. I would get to the top of the loop, and they would just stop, no matter what I did. And off the level they would fall... Needless to say, I have NEVER played that horror of a game again.

I coped quite well with the barrel of doom when I got to it. Maybe I'm just that intuitive... I just bounced, and bounced, and bounced... and when it got far enough down I just hopped off.
My most embarrasing thing was not actually my doing - I let my 3 year old sister play sonic 1. Knowing she wouldn't quite understand how to jump on enemies yet, I enabled default mode so she wouldn't die.
What did she do? She fell through the floor. And not due to default mode - sonic just dropped straight down for no reason. *sigh*

Killer French Bread
23-04-2009, 16:14
It's quite amazing how many people couldn't do the barrel bit in Sonic 3. I don't remember it being a problem and I'm crap at figuring out stuff in games, had to get a guide to beat Shadow of the Colossus and everythink.

Dr Shaneman
23-04-2009, 17:02
Manuals are for wimps and girly men. :mad:
True, I only read it for the first time in 2001 out of boredom once and discovered it in there XD.

Tails_1986
23-04-2009, 22:35
True, I only read it for the first time in 2001 out of boredom once and discovered it in there XD.

Then you read it more than I did. The only stuff I looked to on the old Sonic manuals were the pictures.:P

It was more fun figuring stuff on your own.

mudokon100
24-04-2009, 10:19
They... had manuals?

Gavvie
24-04-2009, 19:33
Hmm..would most of Sonic Unleashed count?

I believe I might be a bit sado-masochistic when it comes to that game. For all the times it cheaply kills me, I keep coming back for more of it.

mazonemayu
24-04-2009, 19:41
I remember when I was 18 (17 years ago) I was trying to play sonic or sonic 2 while on magic mushrooms, obviously that didn't work out & I threw a hole in my ceiling with the controller

WindGain
24-04-2009, 22:53
Heh, I remember one time.. I was playing Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and there was some glitch which was that the lava wouldn't stop coming up and it stayed like that until I turned it off. So basically I was killed right after I lost every life I had.

mudokon100
25-04-2009, 03:36
I remember when I was 18 (17 years ago) I was trying to play sonic or sonic 2 while on magic mushrooms, obviously that didn't work out & I threw a hole in my ceiling with the controller

I often wonder what I would do if I were to take drugs. Play retro games should definitely be on that list, but I think I'd be cowering in a corner for most of it.
That, and I get so angry with games as it is... I would probably kill anyone in the room with me if they made a derogatory comment.

sonicfanRICH
25-04-2009, 07:57
I remember when I was 18 (17 years ago) I was trying to play sonic or sonic 2 while on magic mushrooms, obviously that didn't work out & I threw a hole in my ceiling with the controller

I often wonder what I would do if I were to take drugs. Play retro games should definitely be on that list, but I think I'd be cowering in a corner for most of it.
That, and I get so angry with games as it is... I would probably kill anyone in the room with me if they made a derogatory comment.

Hehe, I believe these kind of responses belong in this thread: http://www.radiosega.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1544&highlight=angry+gamer

knuxtaben
25-04-2009, 08:09
not paying attention and failing the 1st special stage in sonic 3

mazonemayu
25-04-2009, 10:05
@sonicfan: richI'm not an angry gamer, I just don't have any patience when I'm under influence (of anything)

when I'm sober I almost never get angry over a game, when I get tense, I simply stop playing, garb my skateboard & go outside to cool off :P

sonicfanRICH
26-04-2009, 08:06
^ Oh, that's good then. But for some people like me, it's hard to stop playing when you're trying to do something specific and don't want to give up.

Gavvie
26-04-2009, 22:59
Does willingly wanting to put yourself through Sonic 2006 again classify as being on topic in this thread? :p

I don't think I'll actually go through with it, but after playing Sonic Unleashed I feel kinda bad that I didn't perservere with it past getting through Sonic's episode.

Dr Shaneman
26-04-2009, 23:20
I just realised why that game never had a subtitle. Because it's easier to forget.

phoenix21
07-05-2009, 15:40
does dieing 5 seconds after you start the game in Sonic The Hedgehog 360 count? If so that would be mine.

richarddavies
07-05-2009, 15:46
^ Probably not on the 360 one. Your are genuinely lucky if sonic doesn't fall through the floor or spontaneously die within 5 seconds because of a bug with that crap.

Reknoc
07-05-2009, 15:50
does dieing 5 seconds after you start the game in Sonic The Hedgehog 360 count? If so that would be mine.

Not as much as admitting you played Sonic on the 360.

phoenix21
07-05-2009, 15:52
Not as much as admitting you played Sonic on the 360.

:blush: Yeah that is pretty bad too.
I have never had a game annoy me as much as that one. If it was my game and not rental places ida snapped it in half, but I did ask for my money back from them when I returned it.

They didn't want the game back.
Its pretty bad that I had to argue with them to take it back and not charge me for it.

Dave
03-12-2009, 02:52
Borrowed my uncle's Xbox 360 only for SONIC THE HEDGEHOG... Does that count? The game was so-so...

Adam Novagen
03-12-2009, 06:38
I have never had a game annoy me as much as that one.

Give Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly a whirl. A single level - or area WITHIN a level - can take up to an ENTIRE MINUTE OR MORE to load. I am NOT kidding you, and NOT exaggerating. :wacko:

i need fruit
08-01-2010, 15:53
mine would have to be a couple of months ago, i told one of my mates that i could finish Emrald Hill Zone in under 30 secs, then i died on the first Badnik...
i used to be good i swear :(

Gonic
08-01-2010, 20:01
Mine is that cursed barrel on sonic 3! But also in the next gen sonic game i got thrown of the edge when i got to the end of the stage lol

Kaito-kun
08-01-2010, 20:55
the next gen sonic game
You didn't really need to say much more than that.

Why are people still using the phrase "Next gen" when they're referring to the PS3/360/Wii? They're current generation now: "Next generation" should refer to the next batch of consoles.

Gonic
09-01-2010, 01:58
Bad habit i guess

Adam Novagen
09-01-2010, 17:41
Why are people still using the phrase "Next gen" when they're referring to the PS3/360/Wii? They're current generation now: "Next generation" should refer to the next batch of consoles.

Probably because the phrase Next Gen wasn't really popularized before the 360...

Kaito-kun
09-01-2010, 18:37
Probably because the phrase Next Gen wasn't really popularized before the 360...
Fair enough, but that has very little to do with the point I made.