S3K FAQ

      Sonic 3 & Knuckles 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. My deal with HDL is if I ever get the WR I'll switch over to console...so there you go.

Q: Wait…what the fuck was that?
A: You’re gonna have to be a bit more specific ;)

Q: Ok…you just skipped the whole level, what was that?
A: Oh, that was a level wrap. Basically you go really fast towards the left side of the level and the game is all “negative horizontal position? You mean really large positive horizontal position right!!” So then the camera takes a while to figure out where it thinks I really am, and I take this time to lock it into taking me straight to the boss.

Q: Why did you die before it though?
A: In Hydrocity and Death Egg, Act 1 is still loaded behind the level in Act 2, preventing a level wrap from occurring. Dying corrects this issue.

Q: Ok, the fuck was that in Carnival Night?
A: This one is coined “Wheel Glitch” Basically I gain the properties of being on one of the spinning wheels, gravity is exceptionally high and in any direction. This can obviously be manipulated to do some cool stuff. Do note however, that the glitch breaks if I am ever to jump.

Q: And then in Icecap…?????
A: That one is slope glitch. Almost the complete opposite, this means I have no gravity, and will continue at the last slope I hit until jumping and hitting another angle. Ice cap 1 wraps vertically means there is no kill plane below me, and I continue to roll through objects at a really high speed and jump out when I want.

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

Q: What is the WR?
A: The WR is 25:27 by iHDL

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