Mystic Cave Zone

Mystic Cave Zone
Sixth level, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Number of Acts: 2 Boss: Mystic Cave Zone Boss OSV: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 OSV

Mystic Cave Zone is the sixth zone in Sonic 2. This zone was originally called Dust Hill Zone in the Sonic 2 Beta.

Instruction Manual Description

Robotnik's been digging for Chaos Emeralds in the eerie cave of flickering lights, glow-worms and stinging centipedes. Hang on to the ivy to discover escape routes.

Sonic Team Commentary (from Sonic Jam Strategy Guide)

The feel here is a haunted-house (obakeyashiki), isn't it. But we ended up making a cave stage instead. When making this map, first we had drawn the island, there was a cave, there was a lake, a mountain, a construction site, we were thinking of all these areas. Like Sonic would be here at first, and then he'd go someplace else. That was part of the cave. (Naka)

Enemies

• Crawlton - Centipede enemy, fixed to the wall and extends to attack Sonic when he approaches.
• Flasher - Firefly enemy, moves around slowly and is invincible when flashing. Referred to as "Frasher" in Sonic Jam, which is Engrish for "Flasher".

Technical Information

0B	Mystic Cave Zone level value
$2D42	MCZ Palette (0F)
$CD2C	MCZ layer deformation info
$3FD24	Dynamic pattern reloading for 01, 02, 03, WFZ, 09, MCZ, SCZ (empty)
$407BE	01, 02, 03, WFZ, 09, MCZ, SCZ misc sprite mappings (empty)
$421F2	MCZ object debug list
$45200	MCZ primary 16x16 collision index
$452A0	MCZ secondary 16x16 collision index
$47B24	MCZ act 1 level layout
$47D24	MCZ act 2 level layout
$A8D04	MCZ 16x16 block mappings
$A9D74	MCZ main level patterns
$AD454	MCZ 128x128 block mappings
$E5998	MCZ act 1 ring locations
$E570E	MCZ act 2 ring locations
$E986E	MCZ act 1 sprite locations
$E99A0	MCZ act 2 sprite locations