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Thought this might be interesting to some of you. I have seen a couple of topics about glitching Sonic games, anyway.

I'm starting something I did a long time ago over again -- glitches and oversights of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Going in order this time, starting with Angel Island Zone. See stuff you may or may not have seen before! Find out subtle differences between Sonic 3 and S3&K! Join along why don't you?

Inspired by Xkeeper's Link's Awakening LP, there are now in a new annotated format. Leave them on to maybe learn something! Turn them off if they're really annoying and stupid!

Introductory video / basic techniques.

Angel Island Zone.

Hydrocity Zone: Youtube | Viddler

Marble Garden Zone: Youtube | Viddler

Carnival Night Zone (Part 1): Youtube
Carnival Night Zone (Part 2): Youtube

Ice Cap Zone (Part 1): Youtube
Ice Cap Zone (Part 2): Youtube

Launch Base Zone (Part 1): Youtube
Launch Base Zone (Part 2): Youtube
Launch Base Zone (Part 3): Youtube

Glitch Potpourri: Youtube

Mushroom Hill Zone: Youtube

Flying Battery Zone: Youtube

Sandopolis Zone (Part 1): Youtube
Sandopolis Zone (Part 2): Youtube

Lava Reef Zone (Part 1): Youtube
Lava Reef Zone (Part 2): Youtube

Hidden Palace Zone: Youtube

Sky Sanctuary Zone: Youtube

Death Egg Zone: Youtube

I'm working on hacking/researching the 3 SNES Mega Man X games. Here's some stuff I found.

MEGA MAN X1

Hoganmer


This enemy can jump, but for whatever reason this never actually happens in-game. The code for it still exists in the game though, and can be easily triggered. He will jump a short distance (32 pixels?) towards X, then when X is in range, fire his mace-ball thing.

Here is a youtube video of this behavior in action.

Lost Zero charging palette?


Zero has two palettes in the ROM that aren't used in-game at all. Presumably they are for some kind of charging effect. In the final game, his head crystal glows to indicate charging.


What it might have looked like.

The third Anglerge


There is both data and a palette for a third kind of Anglerge boss in the game. The subID for this Anglerge is 129, while the subIDs for the two Anglerges in the final game are 128 and 130. This Anglerge only blows air at X. Since the first Anglerge sucks air in, and the second Anglerge both sucks air in and blows air out, this was probably meant to go in between the two.

Tombot Generator


No idea where this was supposed to go, and the graphics won't load up correctly. This object is closed at first. When it opens up, it fires out two Tombots in one direction (which direction depends on the subID), then closes again. X can only damage the object when it is open. When it is destroyed, it starts smoking from the bottom for a bit, then stops.

Flying drill enemy


Probably the most interesting find. I hope I can find the graphics to this thing, it has a really cool looking animation cycle. This enemy doesn't appear at all in the game, and its behavior is completely unique. It has the same ID as the Sine Faller enemy, but has a subID of 1. The enemy falls down from the ceiling and swoops back and forth. When it collides with the ground, it drills into it, leaving only a small part of its sprite visible above ground. It only takes 1 hit to kill.

That's it for now. I'm bound to find more stuff as I keep delving deeper into the ROM.