[TAS] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - All Special Stages (Ring Attack)

Played by me!

In some levels, you can't get PERFECT because you can't collect all rings.
About the multiplayer Special Stages, they are the same 5th, 6th and 7th Special Stages, but with altered palettes. I thought interesting to play them too, because it's not about "collect a number of rings", but who collected more rings, Sonic or Tails?

I let Tails win the first, Sonic the second, and a perfect TIE at the last... this was very cool !
The other Special Stages in competition (if you get tied at the zones) are the same 2nd, 4th and 6th, with the same palettes! I don't played these.

The problem with this run is about the 5th special stage. When I made it at the first time, I collected 8 rings at the top, and 7 rings at the diagonals.
But, when I remade it in multiplayer, I got 9 rings at the top and 8 rings at the diagonals. Therefore, it could be better!

I tried to edit the movie but no success, it desynchs, so I would have to remake all the 5th Special Stage... but I'm very lazy to do it, it takes too long to remake, so I finished the run and this was the result!

Because of it, this run is not perfect. It can be considered as a [Work In Progress], but not as a final version, and also I don't know if I intend to continue this in the future, probably not.

Game Description:

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is the highly successful sequel of the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Mega Drive. Put into development not long after the completion of the first game, the title would go on to become one of the most successful video games of all time, selling millions of units and cementing the franchise as a cultural phenomenon in the west.

Introducing Miles "Tails" Prower in the role he was created for, the game was released worldwide on November 24th, 1992. Dubbed "Sonic 2sday," the simultaneous release was an unusual move for the time. The game eventually replaced the original Sonic the Hedgehog as the default pack-in title for the Mega Drive, being bundled with the redesigned Mega Drive II model.

[MrEvilbyte]

Didn't even know there WAS a Perfect Bonus for the S2 Special Stages. Funny how it's only possible on 3 stages.

[jerppursh]

If only tails played like this on his own

[spootymaniacs]

seeing that last special be a tie 3 rounds in a row was amazing

[timixretroplays]

I never even thought there might be a special bonus for collecting all the rings in a special stage - you're part of a super exclusive club of people who've heard that particular noise through their own efforts! Great work.

[Flarezetta]

TAS must be fun because you get to do difficult tricks and you get to use save states, and when you finish the TAS with constantly using states, it must feel REALLY satisfying.

[itsNikash.]

I've been waiting to see someone do this for as many stages possible. I've only seen it been proved on the first one. Considering you did this alone without a 2nd person helping you out is even more of an achievement. Overall, this is great stuff.

[naam]

I have managed like two times in Special stages 1 and 3 for about 22 years of Sonic 2 to ever get a Perfect bonus (in normal playthrough) from both stages ... It's incredibly hard, at least for me to get it... Thanks for sharing this video.

[ZSquaredPlusC]

Watching you input the debug code THAT quickly was so fucking satisfying

[squidyellotheinkling]

Finally, Tails is being competent. No offense to Tails, but still!

[itsNikash.]

So I randomly did some research on an old Sonic 2 hack called Sonic 2z and wanted to see all the ring requirements when using Sonic & Tails, and are as follows:
SS1: 50, 110, 175
SS2: 70, 130, 170
SS3: 75, 120, 180
SS4: 50, 140, 180
SS5: 65, 120, 220
SS6: 90, 170, 240
SS7: 115, 205, 240

[Yoshibyte]

Standing that close to the bombs is honestly horrifying

[abitimengistu]

How they share rings and they cut the line😂😂😂 that’s is a hilarious stage💯💯🤣🤣

[Winslinator]

Finally, I found a ring attack TAS of this game mode after all these years, and it is a great effort too! I've never seen perfect clears in this game mode before! I would be very interested in helping to improve this TAS, do you happen to have the original input file? Also, could you give a breakdown on how many rings you missed in each stage? thanks!

[levthelion]

These make me sick sometimes, but I didn’t know a perfect bonus existed at all.

[Zzaaccharay]

9:17

I always wanted to see what would happen if tails cooperated with how it’s supposed to go

[wingedcatgirl]

o.O How on earth did you only collect 3 of the 4 rings at 2:40? You were clearly right on top of them.

e: okay we dug through the comments and you already talked about this lol
Weird that that's how the game works.

[DAJTheYouTuber_]

if only the special stages were this easy

[SwuadeTV]

How is special zone not an app game yet?

[stbsgtreed]

Shoutouts to stellar blade for reminding me of this with a couple areas in that game.

[supermariobro]

Huh, interesting. Didn't know you could actually get a perfect ring bonus in the special stages too, heh.
I can imagine this being really impossible to achieve in the later stages, especially the final one with that crazy ring pattern near the end.