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== ''Sonic & Knuckles'' bonus stage ==
 
== ''Sonic & Knuckles'' bonus stage ==

Revision as of 04:25, 26 March 2010

Bonus stages, which only appear in Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic Spinball and Sonic Advance 3, are used to gain extra points, rings, shields and/or lives. A scrapped bonus stage was also initially planned for Sonic CD.

Sonic 3 bonus stage

Gumball Machine

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Located at any checkpoint with 50 rings, this bonus stage consists of a large vertical space with a gumball machine at the top with Metropolis Zone-style bumpers on the sides and springs on the bottom. Spheres come out of the gumball machine and have a variety of effects:

  • Clear Balls - Nothing
  • Black Balls - Bounces Sonic off of ball
  • Pink '1-Up' Balls - Gives an extra live
  • Green 'REP' Balls - Replaces the springs at the bottom
  • Blue 'B' Balls - Gives a water shield
  • Red 'B' Balls - Gives a fire shield
  • Yellow 'B' Balls - Gives a lightning shield
  • Grey Ball with Ring - Gives 10 rings

The round ends when the character falls through the bottom as the springs disappear eventually.

Sonic & Knuckles bonus stage

When you activate a checkpoint in Sonic & Knuckles or Sonic 3 & Knuckles, the game checks your rings to determine the stage to send you to.

  • If you have 20 rings, you are sent to the Rotating Maze bonus stage.
  • If you have 35 rings, you are sent to the Glowing Spheres bonus stage.
  • If you have 50 rings and are playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles, you are sent to the Gumball Machine bonus stage.

This continues on in a 15 ring rotation. 65 rings will send you to the Rotating Maze, etc.

Glowing Spheres

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The Glowing Spheres special stage features bumpers and flippers on the sides, magnetic balls, star bumpers, rings with grey orbs in the middle, and a rising laser that will knock you out of the stage when you touch it. Touching one of the grey orbs will change it into one of the following spheres:

  • Clear Balls - Nothing
  • Black Balls - Bounces Sonic off of ball
  • Pink '1-Up' Balls - Gives an extra live
  • Blue 'B' Balls - Gives a water shield
  • Red 'B' Balls - Gives a fire shield
  • Yellow 'B' Balls - Gives a lightning shield
  • Grey Ball with Ring - Gives 5 to 100 rings. The closer to the top of the stage you are, the more rings it will give.

Rotating Maze

The Rotating Maze is like a Sonic 1 special stage, but minus the up/down circles and plus a ring gambling machine like the ones in Sonic 2's Casino Night Zone. Ring combinations are:

  • 1 Bar: Win 2 Rings
  • 2 Bars: Win 4 Rings
  • 3 Bars: Win 8 Rings
  • 3 Tails: Win 20 Rings
  • 3 Knuckles: Win 25 Rings
  • 3 Sonics: Win 30 Rings
  • 3 Jackpots: Win 100 Rings
  • 3 Robotniks: Lose 100 Rings

Getting 1 Jackpot and 2 others gives you double what you would get if you got 3 of those others (i.e. Sonic + Sonic + Jackpot gives 60 rings). Does not apply to Robotnik; you will still only lose 100 rings.

Getting 2 Jackpots and 1 other quadruples the effect of 3 of the others (i.e. Sonic + Jackpot + Jackpot gives 120 rings, the highest possible payout.). As above, this does not apply to Robotnik; you will still only lose 100 rings.

Sonic Spinball bonus stage

  • Name: ????????
  • Location: end of level
  • Gains: points
  • Layout: A mini-pinball machine where you hit targets to score points.

Sonic Advance 3 bonus stage

Capsule

  • Name:
  • Location: Star Teleporter
  • Gains: lives
  • Layout: Large capsule with 5 buttons on it. Press the buttons while they are red to score 3 points, blue for 2 points and yellow for 1 point. Get a certain number of points in 30 seconds to clear the stage.

Clear All Enemies

  • Name:
  • Location: star teleporter
  • Gains: lives
  • Layout: Area with 8 or 9 enemies which you must destroy in 60 seconds to clear the stage.