Sonic 2 is a ****ing asshole

Today, I decided to once again, try and get all the chaos emeralds in Sonic 2.

Long story short, I got them all by the time I reached Hill Top Zone (with the help of a friend because the special stages are TOO HARD). After that, I was on my way trying to get 50 rings so I could finally see what Super Sonic is like... Until I defeated an opponent... AND THE GAME FROZE. You effin bitch of a game. What a FINE TIME TO FREEZE. You couldn't have done earlier in the game? No, of course not. Murphy's Law dictates that all the time I wasted on this fantastic game's retarded special stages needs to go up in smoke. And to make matters worse, this cartridge is CLEAN. I've been playing this same copy for at least a couple weeks now and it's never glitched or frozen (though I do use a 32X in this situation, but it too is clean).

I'm about ready to take a sledge hammer to the cartridge. I am NEVER going to get the chaos emeralds in Sonic 2 ever again. The special stages themselves are total bullshit. I HATE THEM. Now I hate them even more.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go and have some REAL FUN with Sonic 3's special stages. Now THOSE are good. Sonic 3 & Knuckles has the best special stages out of every other Sonic game on the Genesis/CD. They are relatively easy, they don't require memorization, only needing fast reflexes and the music is awesome.

Cool down, and use the code. Also, the special stages are easy as Dell.

The special stages are a lot harder if you use both Sonic and Tails (unless you have a friend playing as Tails) as not only do you have to get more rings but Tails has delayed reaction times and ends up getting git by bombs and losing you rings. It's much easier to use Sonic alone. Once you've played them a few times the special stages aren't too difficult as you get the patterns memorized.

Calm down Guntz, i´d be the angry one here, because i tried to get all of the emeralds on a oc´ed system and Holy **** it became a total **** because they got faster, but just use the code to get super sonic.

Sonic 2 is really not that hard, excepting the final boss. It was also the first Sonic game I was able to get all of the Chaos Emeralds in. I think it had the best special stages in the entire series! Blue Spheres is kinda dull to me.

Just use the code and put yourself back in the level you were at with the super sonic code activated, it'll be like you didn't lose anything.

Seems like Special Stage 5 & 6 usually give me a bit of trouble. I usually abuse that pause button just so I can see whether there are rings or bombs coming at me around each corner.

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Originally Posted by Zebbe

... easy as Dell.

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Dude, you're getting one?

i know this info is no good this late but a similar thing happened to me and i found a way to get around it. i got them all and was enjoying super sonic on metropolis and as i crossed the signpost, i jumped and sonic froze in the air. he was still running but not moving. i was so annoyed, i'd spent so long practising getting the emeralds and i thought i wasn't going to be able to finally beat it with all emeralds. so i googled to see if anyone experienced a similar glitch and if there was a way to get around it. i accidentally stumbled on a different glitch that someone reported. if you reset the game and then begin the game by hitting start on the options menu, it doesn't reset the variable that stores the emeralds you have. so i reset the console and tada, i was able to beat it with all emeralds and whizz through the first seven levels again with the help of super sonic, which was tons of fun.

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Originally Posted by The Coop

Dude, you're getting one?

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No, but I've had one. Or my mom had it.

Wow. I can't believe you like the Sonic 3 special stages more than the Sonic 2's... and think they're EASIER! Crazy, man! Sonic 2's special stages are much easier, and much more fun than Sonic 3's.

I guess everyone has their own skills and preferences. Mine are just the OPPOSITE of yours. :D

Went outside for some time in the snow. I feel better now. Thanks for all the advice guys. I suppose I could use a Game Genie to cheat... But, eh, I've never been one for cheating. What I really use my Game Genie is moddless importing.

I think I'll try and play all the special stages again. And same as before, I'll get somebody to play as Tails. Nothing like breaking something that is too hard to play by it's rules.

Did you guys know I actually did beat Sonic 2's final boss once before? Let me be the first to say, Metal Sonic and the Egg Walker thing were easier than special stage 5 and 6. Seriously.

@Chilly: You're not alone. The other armadillos here think I have super powers or something when I play Blue Sphere. The insane speed doesn't bother me one bit.

Sonic 2's special stages were by far the hardest for me too. I was never that good at those. I don't think the ones in 3 or knuckles are that hard at all. The only way those types of stages are hard is when you use S and K with other games for the random generated stages. Those can be a nightmare.

The trick to the Sonic 2 final boss is to have Eggman fall in one side of the room then Sonic in the other side so claws can't reach you.

Also lately I've been stumbling upon a bug where Sonic won't bounce off the robot and thereby hit the claw and die. Is it specific to one revision or what? I don't remember that happening until recently, and now I get it often.

If you don't want to use cheats, maybe try this trick. It works better on model 2 Genesis than on model 1. Get as many emeralds as you can in the first level then hit reset and quickly start playing again, when you go into the special stages it will have saved your emerald progress. You have start playing as quickly as possible though ie: keep hitting start to skip to gameplay, and it sometimes doesn't work, but usually you can pull it off.