Sonic Chaos
From Sonic Retro
| Sonic Chaos |
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| System(s): Sega Game Gear & Master System |
| Publisher: Sega |
| Developer: Aspect Co. Ltd |
| Genre: 2D Platform |
Sonic Chaos (Sonic & Tails in Japan) was released for the Game Gear and Master System in 1993. Not only did this game have great gameplay and some of the best music, this Sonic game featured the first playable Tails in a Game Gear game, as well as the first appearence of both Spin Dash and Peel Out on the Game Gear. Also note that this featured two exclusive items: The Rocket Shoes and Pogo springs. This was also the first game to let you control Tails' flight.
Contents
Storyline
Robotnik has taken the red Chaos Emerald, and he's hunting for more. Sonic and Tails are entrusted with saving South Island before it is too late.
Gameplay
Characters
You have a choice between Sonic and Tails. Tails is the "easier" story, as he has no special stages and has the ability to fly, rather than peelout. Furthermore, Tails starts out with 5 lives and 3 continues as opposed to Sonic (who starts with 3 lives and no continues at all).
Emerald Hunting
Unlike the previous two 8-bit Sonics, emeralds were not found in the actual stages. Instead the player would collect 100 rings to enter the special stage, where an emerald would be found. Only Sonic can enter the special stages.
Items
Sonic Chaos features two new items: The Pogo Spring item box and the Rocket Shoes item box. The Rocket Shoes gave Sonic (or Tails) the ability of even more incredible speed and limited flight. Often, this was enough to blaze through the entire stage. The Pogo Spring item box also made a limited appearence here, which were basically springs strapped on to Sonic's (or Tails') shoes, and also lasted a limited time. It gave them an unpresidented jump that let them pass otherwise impossible obstacles. The other items are standard Sonic fare.
Special Stages
One of the two ways to earn emeralds, you get these only when playing as Sonic. Entering the special stages is simple -- collect 100 rings and you will automatically be teleported there. Sonic Chaos is the only Sonic game to feature completely different special stages for each emerald. You collect small and giant rings, worth 1 and 10 rings, respectively.
Manuals
Also Released On
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut for the Gamecube (2003)
- Sonic Gems Collection for the Nintendo GameCube and Sony Playstation 2 (2005)
Production Credits
Game design: M. Shima, Ray, 500ZO
Art: 7LY.Bigking, GEN$, Noburin, East
Sound: Mix, Nagao N. Gee
Program: Koko, Hiro 777, Toshiyan, Tomoyan
Thanks to: Hitmen, The Hase, Gadai, Kensan, Mikarin Nishida, LLG, J.S., K. Dash, Hasuwo, Yokoyamasan, V. Tomozoh
Physical Scans
Game Gear version
United States
US cover
- Chaos us cart.jpg
US Cart
Europe
EU cover
Japan
JP cover
Master System version
Europe
EU cover
EU cart
Brazil
Brazilian cover
| Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems | |
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1991 Sonic the Hedgehog 1992 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 1993 Sonic Chaos | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 1994 Sonic Drift | Sonic Spinball | Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble 1995 Sonic Drift 2 | Tails' Skypatrol | Tails Adventures | Sonic Labyrinth | Sonic 2 in 1 1996 Sonic Blast Prototypes Sonic the Hedgehog (Game Gear prototype) | Sonic Chaos prereleases | Sonic Spinball (8-bit) prereleases | Sonic Triple Trouble prereleases | Sonic Blast prereleases Unreleased Sonic's Edusoft
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