Sonic R/Hidden content

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Saturn version

Control the R on the title screen

On the title screen, use the D-Pad to rotate the "R", press and to change its colours, and and to change its lighting.

Resize models on the menus

In the menus, press to make the preview models bigger, and to make them smaller.

Play as the same character in VS mode

Hold ++ while selecting a character.

Clean pause

Pause the game and press ++ to hide the pause menu. To make it reappear, press or on the D-Pad.

Windows PC version

Unlockable Content

Radiant Emerald Track

Finish first at least once on all four of the initially playable tracks in grand prix mode.

Hidden Characters

Complete the following tasks in grand prix mode:

Dr. Robotnik: Finish first on the Radiant Emerald track.
Metal Sonic: Collect all 5 tokens on the Resort Island track and finish in the top 3. Defeat him in the subsequent 1 on 1 challenge race to unlock him.
Tails Doll: Collect all 5 tokens on the Radical City track and finish in the top 3. Defeat him in the subsequent 1 on 1 challenge race to unlock him.
Egg Robo: Collect all 5 tokens on the Regal Ruin track and finish in the top 3. Defeat him in the subsequent 1 on 1 challenge race to unlock him.
Metal Knuckles: Collect all 5 tokens on the Reactive Factory track and finish in the top 3. Defeat him in the subsequent 1 on 1 challenge race to unlock him.
Super Sonic: Collect all 7 Chaos Emeralds. Either one or two emeralds are hidden in each of the four tracks. Finish first to keep any collected emeralds. Press 🡫 whilst highlighting Sonic to select him.

Control the R on the title screen

On the title screen, use the 🡨 , 🡪 , 🡩 and 🡫 keys to rotate the "R", and press Camera (default 1 ) to cycle through various colour schemes.

Rotate and zoom track models

In the track selection menu, press and hold 🡩 to make the track model bigger and rotate so you can view the model directly from above, and 🡫 to make the model smaller and view from side on. This functionality only appears to exist for track models, no other menu models can be controlled.

Play as the same character in VS mode

Hold Camera (default 1 ) while selecting a character.

Skip intro/credits screens

Hold Action (default Space ) and press Accelerate (default A ) on any intro or credits screen to instantly skip to the next screen. Doing this on the title screen skips to the demo rather than the main menu.

Holding Action (default Space ) + Accelerate (default A ) + Camera (default 1 ) and pressing Start (default Enter ) on any credits screen will instantly skip all credits screens and return you to the Sega logo screen.

Command line parameters (2004 version)

Create a shortcut to the game and pass in the following command line arguments:

unlockgame: unlocks Radiant Emerald track and all hidden characters except Super Sonic
ignorecd: disable cd check
windowed: play game in a 640x480 window
path: appears to do nothing
allowdemorecord: records the player's races to a file which can be replayed in the attract mode.
allowmodeswap: appears to do nothing

These command line parameters only work in the 2004 updated version of the game^[1]

Cheat device codes

Action Replay (Saturn)

Unofficial codes

Code	Effect
`F6000914 C305 + B6002800 0000`	Master code
`1600BD5E 0005`	Always have 5 Sonic tokens
`1600B3F0 0063`	99 rings
`1600B434 0001`	Place 1st in grand grix race
`1600B3F0 0FFF`	Always have 999 rings