[tunners]

The beginning of Hydrocity Act 2 used to freak the balls off me when I was a kid; when I play the game now I still try to blast through that section as quickly as possible - not for scores, but because I still get fairly anxious.

I still try and bounce on the miniboss that torches Angel Island Zone even though I know it doesn't do anything.

I always duck and pass through the floating platforms during the little lava surf in Marble Zone.

[doc eggfan]

Pause the game during a sonic eclipse in Oil Ocean zone.

[Xilla]

I tend to pause and unpause Sonic 1 and 2 during the final note of the Act Clear jingle.

If you've never done it, try it and take a listen :p

This post has been edited by Xilla: 19 August 2014 - 08:24 PM

[Xeta]

Oh yeah, I do that sometimes too!

[Ravenfreak]

Sometimes while playing Sonic 2 I like to keep jumping on the capsule while the results screen is playing. I also like to spindash while the results screen is playing sometimes too. And every once in a while I like pausing the game right after colliding with a spring too. xD I just think the sound effect sounds funny whenever you pause the game. xP

[Dashtube]

In Sonic 2, I almost always rev up the spin-dash at the results screen and let go just as the screen fades out so it looks like I'm transitioning from zone to zone.

[Josh]

Dashtube, on 20 August 2014 - 01:28 PM, said:

In Sonic 2, I almost always rev up the spin-dash at the results screen and let go just as the screen fades out so it looks like I'm transitioning from zone to zone. />

I do this stuff too.

Also, when I spin dash, I move my whole hand so I can use three fingers to hammer A B and C and rev as much as possible.

[Xeta]

Hey, I do that, too! Since I'm using a keyboard, I press A, S, and D a lot so that I can have the fastest possible release.

[Josh]

Xeta, on 20 August 2014 - 04:16 PM, said:

Hey, I do that, too! Since I'm using a keyboard, I press A, S, and D a lot so that I can have the fastest possible release.

Yeah, come to think of it, I may have started doing it back around the time I discovered the Sonic 2 Beta and had to use a keyboard to play it.

[nesboy43]

I've gotta have my high route, always.

[Thousand Pancake]

I tend to play a game the exact same way I played it the first time if I haven't come back to it in a while.

[Hinchy]

Whenever I'm in any sort of section where I have to wait around, I tap down as fast as I can to make Sonic repeatedly crouch and uncrouch. Don't know why; it just looks funny.

This post has been edited by Hinchy: 21 August 2014 - 11:19 PM

[Tiller]

Roll all the time.

Be the ball or not at all.

[Nova]

If I'm in a waiting portion of the game (ie Marble Garden Act 2 at the end of the earthquake sequence) and have a fire shield, I hold my turbo button down and just flame dash all over the place like a maniac. Actually discovered a few weird glitches/game freezes this way.

I also rev up and spindash away at the end of each level in Sonic 2 - as someone said, it makes a satisfying sound that leads nicely into the next level.

At the apex of every single little slope in the goddamn games, I jump now.

I can't do Chemical Plant Zone without jumping and rolling to gain momentum on the bendy roads until I'm going at terminal velocity.

[MartiusR]

Hinchy, on 21 August 2014 - 11:19 PM, said:

Whenever I'm in any sort of section where I have to wait around, I tap down as fast as I can to make Sonic repeatedly crouch and uncrouch. Don't know why; it just looks funny.

I had quite similar habit, but I'd prefer just to crouch with my character. Ignoring some practical advantages of this - I liked how it looked like especially in Sonic 3, when there was Tails near you - it looked like depressed owner and some cheeky dog waving his tail(s) nearby