Chaotix
From Sonic Retro
| Chaotix |
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| System(s): Sega 32X |
| Publisher: Sega |
| Developer: Sega |
| Genre: 2D Platform |
Knuckles' Chaotix is a "Sonic" game for the ill-fated 32X expansion to the Megadrive/Genesis. It doesn't feature Sonic (except in the best ending, alongside Tails in the Tornado), although evidence suggests that it might have at one point (see Sonic Crackers). It features Vector the Crocodile, Charmy Bee, Espio the Chameleon and Mighty the Armadillo, along with Knuckles the Echidna, Dr. Eggman, and Metal Sonic to provide a link to the Sonic universe. Other characters include Bomb the Mechanic and Heavy the Mechanic, who are booby prize characters in the character select screen. Knuckles Chaotix contains beautiful music and graphics. In the game, two members of the group are attached by a link between two rings that the characters hold. The second player is controllable either by Player Two (in a two-player game), or the game's AI (in a single-player game).
Contents
Manuals
Levels
Production Credits
Executive Producer: Mamoru Shigeta
Producer: Hiroshi Aso, Makoto Oshitani, Mike Larsen
Director: Masahide Kobayashi, Atsuhiko Nakamura, Naohisa Nakazawa
Team Leader: Hiroshi Fukutsu
Assistant Producer: Bill Person
Game Designer: Hiroshi Fukutsu, Keisuke Miura, Kenichi Ono
Map Design: Hiroshi Fukutsu, Keisuke Miura, Kenichi Ono, Hideki Anbo, Masato Nishimura, Katsunori Murakami
Text Coordinator: Ryoichi Hasegawa
Product Manager: Ami Matsumura-Blaire
Chief Graphic Designer: Takumi Miyake
Attraction Designer: Takumi Miyake, Jina Ishiwatari, Sei Akaiwa, Masumi Uchida, Masamichi Harada, Tohru Watanuki, Akira Yamaguchi, Saori Wada, Tsutomu Nakatsugawa
Original Character Concept: Naoto Ohshima, Takashi Thomas Yuda, Manabu Kusunoki, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Takumi Miyake, Yasufumi Soejima
Character Designer: Ryo Kudou, Takumi Miyake, Jina Ishiwatari, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Yasufumi Soejima
Enemy Designer: Takumi Miyake, Ryo Kudou, Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Boss Designer: Ryo Kudou, Takumi Miyake
Chief Programmer: Hiroshi Okamoto, Toshiaki Yajima
68K Programmer: Toshiaki Yajima
SH2 Programmer: Tatsuo Yamajiri
Scroll Programmer: Kenji Kawai
Object Programmer: Chikahiro Yoshida, Syuji Takahashi
Boss Programmer: Hiroshi Okamoto
Map Tool Programmer: Arata Hanashima
Sound Direction: Tatsuya Kouzaki
Sound Programmer: Atsumu Miyazawa, Yoshiaki Kashima
Composer: Junko Shiratsu, Mariko Nanba
Sound Effects: Junko Shiratsu
Special Thanks: James Spahn, Yukifumi Makino, Naofumi Hataya, Jun Senoue, Yuichiro Yokoyama, Yuichiro Konno, Jill Alexander
Miscellaneous
- Interesting secrets in the game include "lost character" Wechnia, and the Amy fragment discovered by ICEknight. Esrael later found a way to make Amy appear in the game's sound test menu.
- Espio the Chameleon, Vector the Crocodile and Charmy Bee all made an appearance in Sonic Heroes as 'Team Chaotix'. This is Vector and Charmy's only other appearance in a Sonic the Hedgehog game, but Espio's third (Sonic the Fighters).
- A Tectoy pirate of version of Knuckles Chaotix was found a little later on after the game was released.
Cheat Codes
- Unlock Amy in the Sound Test menu: In the 'colour test' screen (accessible via the 'options' menu), change the left-hand colour bars to <00><00><00>, <06><0B><11> and <00><08><17>, going from top-to-bottom.
- Level Select & ingame Debug Mode: Again, enter the 'colour test' screen via the 'options'
menu. This time, enter on the left-hand side of the screen <06><0B><11> and <04><00><04>, again looking from top-to-bottom. During gameplay, press Start to pause the game - you can now move freely around the level.
- Activate 'Hidden' Character: To activate Wechnia, select the character labelled as '********', then begin a game as usual. Note that this character occupies the second character slot, the first being Mighty the Armadillo - a possible reference to Sonic (presumably the first character) and Tails (the deleted '********' character)?
Resources
Hacking Guides
Box Art
- Knuckleschaotix32x.jpg
EU cover
US cover
JP cover
