SONIC 2
For the Master System/Game Gear
FAQ by GavLuvsGA@aol.com (Please write to this address if you spot anything I
missed).
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Contents:
1 The Story
2 Items
3 Baddies
4 The Sign
5 Levels
6 Bosses
7 Chaos Emerald Locations
8 Level Select Cheat
1 The Story
The story is similar, except that Robotnik has captured Sonic's new friend,
Tails and imprisoned him in the Crystal Egg. Sonic has to get all six
emeralds go rescue him!
2 Items
Rings
Pick these up to give you one hit point; getting 100 gives you an extra life,
but your ring meter will return to zero. Unlike Sonic 1, you can pick rings
up again after you've lost them, but be quick!
TV Sets
These may contain:
Ring
10 rings!
Shield
You get an extra hit point. Two shields will not count as two extra hit
points though :(
Running Shoes
Speed you up temporarily
Invincibility
Makes you invincible — but not from falling off the screen or drowning
Sonic
Gives you an extra life
3 Baddies
Unlike most parts of Sonic 1, all baddies come back to life after you've left
an area and returned.
Moto Bug (Underground Zone)
Simply runs back and forth, shouldn't be a problem.
Newtron (Underground Zone, Green Hills Zone)
Appears in the air briefly to spit an energy ball at you.
Spinning Turtle (Sky High Zone, Scrambled Egg Zone)
This will fly at you like a frisbee when you least expect it!
Crabmeat (Aqua Lake Zone, Green Hills Zone, Scrambled Egg Zone)
Watch out for the fireballs this crab fires from its claws.
Lobster (Aqua Lake Zone)
This bad guy will home in on you, so be careful.
Burrowbot (Gimmick Mountain Zone)
Watch out! This bad guy jumps out of the floor at you.
Bouncing Pig Zone (Gimmick Mountain Zone)
They practically stay in the same place. They're easy to kill.
Bomb Bot (Gimmick Mountain Zone, Scrambled Egg Zone)
Watch out! This will explode into shrapnel if you go near it!
4 The Sign
At the end of Acts 1 and 2 of every level, you will come across a sign. When
you pass, it will display one of the following:
Robotnik
Absolutely NOTHING! This one is the most common.
Ring
You get ten rings; this will only crop up if you have a ring total divisible
by ten (i.e. 0, 10, 20, etc.) Do NOT exit with 90 rings or your total will go
back to zero!
Sonic
You get an extra life. This only crops up if you lost a life on the previous
level.
Tails
You get a continue; I've never had this, but I guess it probably turns up if
you had to continue while on a level :)
5 Levels
Underground Zone
The first level is actually quite tricky; on both stages try and keep to the
top of the level as much as possible; at the bottom you must leap over lava
pits and avoid falling spikes. The boss is pretty tough too (see bosses).
Sky High Zone
This is actually one of the game's hardest zones. To get past act 1, you must
know how to use the hang glider. Run into it at full speed and keep pressing
down/left on the direction pad and — after a lot of practice — you will make
it over the chasm. Act 2 is very nasty too. If you can, take the path through
the clouds and avoid the section where you have to hang glide with spikes on
the floor AND ceiling. The lightening cannot hurt you, though.
Aqua Lake Zone
The main problem here is the water. When inside, keep finding bubbles. If you
don't, a 5 second count down will begin before you drown. Some bubbles simply
give you air, but others will allow you to travel in them, but will burst if
you hit something.
Acts 1 and 3 shouldn't be a problem as you can avoid going in the water by
running at it and holding down, causing Sonic to skim the surface. Of course,
if you're daring you can dive down anyway.
Act 2 is perhaps the hardest level in the game. It is completely underwater
and is full of traps. I have included a guide to the level:
When you start, run along and drop through the false floor. Run left and — as
you enter the tube — hold down and you'll pop out into a shaft full of rings
to land on an invincible below. Use this to your advantage and cross the
spikes. Get air and travel up the shafts using bubbles. Eventually you will
pass through another section of tubing. There is an emerald here (see section
7 of this FAQ).
At the end, jump in a bubble to get up the shaft. The only problem is that
there are spears which fire from the walls at you. Press down to slow down
the bubble when you see one. Also, there are at least three lobsters in the
vicinity. They'll home in on you, so take evasive action. Exit the shaft to
the left, at the top and you're just about at the end. If your bubble bursts
in the narrow shaft you enter, don't panic — it's possible to get up it by
jumping.
Green Hills Zone
For once, this is a very straightforward level. The only problems are all the
spikes...
Gimmick Mountain Zone
This is one of the best levels! It's straightforward again, but you get to
use all sorts of moving platforms; take care in the shafts with the spinning
platforms and spikes on either side and use the moving platforms above to get
to the top. To get a really difficult 1 up on act 1, get to the top of the
shaft and ignore the invincible. Run left and into the cart and wait until
you are jumping the gap that leads to a row of spikes which the cart
destroys. Jump out and you should land on a platform with a life on. Get back
to the invincible and use it. Then run down to the left and jump the gap, and
run over the spikes.
Scrambled Egg Zone
The only problem here is the maze of pipes on this level. You must hold left,
right, up and down to change direction or risk being impaled.
Okay, here's a guide:
Act 1
Run right and jump up the pipe taking a detour to the right, then going up to
collect loads of rings, then go left again. Use the pipe at the end and then
cross over all the gaps to the third pipe. Now is the first difficult one:
Enter the pipe and then use the following combination: First left, then down
(take the next right to get a 1 up) and you should be able to get out safely.
If you make a mistake, you will land on a bed of spikes! Once you have got
out of the pipe, jump left quickly, before the platform falls, and through
two pipes at the end. Jump onto the platform above and enter a pipe to
collect a 1 up, then return though the pipe. Now, jump onto the moving
platform and travel left to the last pipe and enter it. In the last pipe, use
this combination of moves to get past: Down, Left, Down, Right. Fortunately,
you don't land on spikes if you make a mistake. At the end is the exit.
Act 2
Pass the platforms with the Bomb Bots on and enter the pipe. At the top, run
down the hill, press down and jump to clear the gap. Enter the pipe and take
the next right, then next left, followed by up. At the top, clear the gap the
way you did before and get a 1 up. Collect all the rings in the pit (roughly
100) and then go left and the extra life will have returned. Drop down for
another 1 up, then get on the moving platform. Make sure you enter the pipe
halfway across or you will not make it. Repeat this with the next moving
platform and you will be at the hardest point in the stage. It floats up to a
pipe overhead, so jump in it and hold left, then down; you will land on the
platform again. Jump off immediately into the pipe and hold left. You will
get back to the platform. Carry on, jumping over the platform that's in your
way and then entering the pipe at the end.
Crystal Egg Zone
You can only get here if you get all the emeralds. The level is fairly easy,
though and doesn't need much comment. Watch out for the spikes and swinging
balls and you should be okay!
6 Bosses
Be warned: There are NO rings on the boss levels!
Underground Zone: Mad Robotnik and the Claws
Follow the act along and you will reach a pit which you cannot jump over.
Jump down and just as you are about to die a fiery death, Robotnik will save
you (what???) and drop you by a pair of claws. Stand on the slope and be
alert — about six ball bearings will bounce down, one at a time. Some will
bounce higher than others. Try and leap over each one and then Robotnik will
try to ram you. Jump over him and he'll collide wit the claws and destroy
them. He won't return until the Crystal Egg Zone (if you make it that far).
Sky High Zone: The Birds!
Jump over the gaps and enter the clouds. Four birds will appear, so kill them
and another four will follow. You will then drop down to another set of
clouds with four eggs on, which are releasing birds. Kill them, and destroy
the eggs. When all the eggs are destroyed, mother bird will appear (well,
she's a robot actually) and she's angry. Wait until the bird is about to spit
a fireball, and jump on her head. Be careful or you will rebound into the
fireball and die! Keep hitting the bird until it's destroyed.
Aqua Lake Zone: Performing Seal
The easiest boss in the game! The seal will balance a ball on its nose, so
jump on it and hit the seal. Jump on the seal again and it will balance you
on its nose. If you push right, the seal will move in that direction. It will
then throw you off. Repeat as above.
Green Hills Zone: Sumo Pig
After navigating the spikes using the springs, you will find a ditch with a
sumo wrestler/pig on one side. Stand in the middle and the pig will curl up
into a ball.
This is a really tough boss! It will either roll across (jump), shoot across
horizontally (duck) or jump across, then roll back. As soon as it uncurls,
hit it. And keep avoiding its attacks until it's dead.
Gimmick Mountain Zone: Spiked Pig
This is REALLY easy! Jump over its head as it tries to ram you and avoid the
shells that appear from above, and hit the pig while its spikes are
temporarily retracted.
Scrambled Egg Zone: Silver Sonic
Another easy boss. As well as jumping at you, he will slide at you and try to
grab you. If you hit him when he's curled up — providing you're spin —
attacking yourself, you will just bounce off. Hit him when he's standing
upright.
Crystal Egg Zone: Robotnik
As soon as you enter the arena, drop into the pipe. Robotnik will send all
sorts of stuff into the arena, followed by a lightening flash. After this,
hold up to exit the pipe and hold up and right to hit the doctor and quickly
return to the pipe. Eventually you'll beat him and he'll run off into a
teleporter. Tails will appear.
7 Chaos Emerald Locations
Unlike Sonic 1, ALL the emeralds are on act 2 of their level.
Underground Zone
Stay at the top of the level and, at the end, there is a big gap you must
jump over. The emerald is on a hard — to — reach platform above the exit.
Sky High Zone
Ugh! Horrible! Get the hang glider at the beginning and keep flying along,
and don't hit anything, which is easier said than done. The emerald's way up
in the clouds.
Aqua Lake Zone
In the last tube section, before the really hard bit with the rising bubble
and the creatures that attack you, hold left and you will shoot down another
pipe, leading to the emerald.
Green Hills Zone
About half way through act 2, there is a platform with three springs on, just
left of some spikes. Used the springs to spring as far right as you can and
you should — after some practice — land on some more springs. Hold right
again and you will land on a ledge with he emerald.
Gimmick Mountain Zone
After the first set of conveyor belts, you will go up a hill. Just before the
Burrowbot appears, jump left to find a false wall. Just follow the passage
behind.
Scrambled Egg Zone
Beat Silver Sonic. It's the only way :)
8 Level Select Cheat
It is very easy to get stuck on this game, and — unlike the original, which
had NO cheats — this has a level select! You can now play the Crystal Egg
Zone to your heart's content without having to collect the emeralds.
To do the cheat, hold down/left, and buttons 1 and 2 on the SEGA screen.
Press start to skip the intro. On the title screen, watch Tails. He blinks
once, then twice more, in succession. On the third blink, press start (this
will take a few attempts to get right). Select the level you want by pressing
button 2.
END OF FAQ. Hope it helped!