Sonic CD FAQ

      Sonic CD FAQ

Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator?
A: Yeah. I play much better on a keyboard, so emulator is the go for me. Luckily because game time is used for this game emulator makes no difference.

Q: Why are you showing the whole emulator?
A: As per the new rules for this game, this is required for emulator runs, to prevent cheating. They read: "For runs using emulators the entire screen of the emulator used must be captured and the game must be visibly hard resetted before a run. Any use of a savestate after boot voids the run." [Note that this does not apply to every video game, it's a rule in place specifically for the classic sonic series eg S1, S2, S3K, SCD]

Q: Why do you use ingame time and not real time?
A: Because http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaMGf1V3MMM

Q: What is the timer you are using?
A: It is the In-Game timer function of Livesplit. I enter all the times manually at the end of each level, and it produces the splits.

Q: What is the World Record?
A: http://www.speedrun.com/Sonic_CD

Q: Why are you playing the old version, and not the 2011 re-release?
A: Because that game is shit (worse physics and janky, horrible feel overall)

Q: Japanese or American soundtrack?
A: I use Jap, I prefer it, just. Mainly the start of the game, which I'll be in more (PP Jap >>> PP US, but MM Jap << MM US)

Q: Ok…you just skipped the whole level in Collision Chaos 1, what was that?
A: That was a level wrap. Basically you go really fast towards the left side of the level and skip past the 0 X co-ordinate, and get a negative position. So then the camera takes a while to figure out where it thinks I really am, and decides I'm at the end of the level

Q: Why aren't you entering splits?
A: I can't be bothered until I get out of Palmtree Panic. They'll show up after that, all accurate.

Q: Are there glitches in this run?
A: Yes, several.