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Buttons are pretty bog-standard items placed liberally around levels which alter something in the level when pushed.
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Game appearances
Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)
- Marble Zone
- Raises a spiky metal stomper.
- Moves a large green pillar.
- Spring Yard Zone
- Opens doors.
- Raises a platform.
- Labyrinth Zone
- Opens doors.
- Makes a hidden platform appear. (act 1)
- Changes the layout of the level. (act 3)
- Labyrinth Zone (SMS/GG Version)
- Changes a ring monitor into an extra life.
- Scrap Brain Zone
- Changes the direction of a revolving wheel that grabs Sonic.
- Causes the floor to collapse. (act 2, when Dr. Eggman presses it)
- Makes a large platform move down a slope. (act 3)
The generic Sonic 1 button
The button used in Marble Zone
The button used in the 8-bit Labyrinth Zone
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
- Oil Ocean Zone
- Releases a rolling ball (prototypes only).
- Metropolis Zone
- Extends various rolling platforms.
The button used in Sonic 2 and Sonic 2 Beta
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
- Angel Island Zone
- Opens a passageway.
- Destroys a bridge. (Act 2, when Knuckles presses it)
- Hydrocity Zone
- Opens a floodgate
- Turns on some propellers underwater
- Destroys another bridge (Act 2, when Knuckles presses it)
- Carnival Night Zone
- Raises water and turns out the lights. (Act 2, when Knuckles presses it)
- Turns the lights back on. (Act 2)
- Reverses the direction of a gravity tube. (Act 2, when Knuckles presses it)
- IceCap Zone
- Causes floors to collapse, after ice covering is destroyed
- Mushroom Hill Zone
- Closes a door. (Act 1, when Knuckles presses it)
- Opens that same door. (Act 1)
- Flying Battery Zone
- Makes drills move
- Lava Reef Zone
- Opens stone doors
- Sky Sanctuary Zone
- Extends a bridge (Act 1, when Knuckles presses it)
- Death Egg Zone
- Reverses gravity (Act 2)
The generic Sonic 3 & Knuckles button
The button used in Hydrocity Zone
The vertical button used in Lava Reef Zone
The horizontal button used in Lava Reef Zone
The button used in Death Egg Zone
Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble
- Great Turquoise Zone
- Causes a firestorm (Act 3, when Knuckles presses it)
- Meta Junglira Zone
- Causes a firestorm (Act 3, when Knuckles presses it)
- Robotnik Winter Zone
- Causes an avalanche (Act 3, when Knuckles presses it)
- Special Stage
- Causes a column of fire to appear (Stage 1, when Nack presses it)
Sonic Adventure
- Station Square
- Causes a line of rings to appear.
Sonic Unleashed
In this game, buttons are referred to as "Switches"[1], and their main purpose is to unlock segments of some levels. Sometimes the player may need to place a Crate on top to hold certain switches pressed.
- Causes some platforms to start moving
- Opens certain doors/keeps them opened
- Disconnects some fire generators (PS2/Wii Gaia Gates)
Switch from Sonic Unleashed PS2/Wii
Sonic Colours
- Causes select objects to move.