Sonic 2 (GEN/MD) FAQ

      Sonic 2 (GEN/MD) 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 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 called ShitSplit (yes, that is it's actual name) It's and in game timer, I just put in the times manually after each level.

Q: Ok…you just skipped the whole level in Oil Ocean 2/Metro 2/3, 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: What just happened in Wing Fortress?!
A: That is called Slope Glitch, and is in many levels in the classic Sonic games too. Basically by being on a sprite and then not being on it in a way the game doesn't expect (eg you don't jump off, it breaks by computer Tails for example), you gain the Slope Glitch properties. In this case, it is activated by spindashing off the booster at a specific time. What it does is, keeps the same angle of the last slope you touched (as if you were in space with no gravity), which allows you to beat the boss quicker and enter the cutscene faster

Q: Can you beat Emerald Hill 1 faster than 20 seconds?
A: Yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAQeCxT0Fgc

Q: What is the World Record?
A: The WR is 15:18

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