The most annoying moments of Sonic 1

I use the shortcut almost every time I play that level.

 

Ah. My mistake.

I prefer to think of it as a bug because some copies of Sonic 1 do it and others don't. Either way, there is a bug in the spike code that causes unintended behavior be it that the spikes still hurt you when your flashing or that they don't hurt you when you are flashing. Hence, it is still a "spike bug" *shot* unless it was intended that it does it in some copies of Sonic 1 and not others.

 

The spikes were designed like that from looking at the code (im sure someone dug it up and explained) but they must have changed their minds and removed it for rev 1 or 2.

 

Wait... that shit was INTENTIONAL?!

 

Well, they are really big spikes.

 

There's also a specific spike-death sound effect!
Considering most games make spikes instant-death NO EXCEPTIONS, it was probably a concious design decision, and not even something like the bug against the final boss in Sonic 3 that they kept in.

Even though some copies of Sonic 1 -- like the mega collection copy IIRC -- don't have it, I still don't think it qualifies as a bug. The lack of a spin dash isn't a bug, nor is it ever considered to be, and damn if they didn't throw that into certain re-releases of the game.

 

If I recall, the only official build of Sonic 1 that ever changed the spike behavior was in Sonic Mega Collection because—according to the bugtesting sheets for the game—testers identified it as a bug to be fixed. The only other time it was changed was in Sonic Jam when Spin Dash was enabled, but I'm pretty sure that's because it loaded the Sonic 2 Sonic object instead of the Sonic 1 variant.

 

That spike bug was kinda annoying.

 

I find Sonic 1 too easy to complain about but that's because of how many hundred times I've played the thing.

I like the challenge of trying to blow up Robotnik in Labyrinth Zone. You pretty much have to hit him every chance you can get and not miss any of the jumps. You can usually get in the 8th hit just before he stops above the water.

And yeah Tweaker I know what you mean about the rotating platforms and the fire in Scrap Brain. It used to trip me up but I've got used to it. Recently I fell through and miraculously landed on one of the conveyor belt platforms below.

 

I only found it weird that he had to hit the thing twice to die. Hitting it once and kicking it would probably be too harsh on those spikes scattered along the leve (though PERFECTLY possible to die on one of those as well).

And if I recall~in Jam, the whole "spike bug" is still accessible if you load Sonic 1 in original mode and the "spike bug" is fixed in normal mode )probably easy mode as well). I'll test it later to be sure.

 

That is my favorite area of the game, and my favorite act of the game, and my favorite Zone of the game. I can make it through that segment every time without getting air once. It's like clockwork with me.

Proof

I, however, hate Spring Yard Zone in its entirety. Collision Chaos Zone is SYZ done right.

 

As well as the things I mentioned earlier, I'd like to add another. For some reason, the music on my copy of S1 is a lot slower than the Mega Collection and .bin equivalents. That annoyed me on certain levels...

 

The music is slower in PAL games because of the 60Hz/50Hz difference. They took care of this issue only in Sonic 3.

 

Makes sense. It wasn't as obvious in Sonic 2 though imo.

 

What, like this?

 

I think S2 PAL has correct music speed but the game itself still ran like a 50hz game, playing the pal version at 60hz gives you correct game speed but fast music. I need to check again.

Spending years playing S1 at 50hz, the first time I played the emulated games it was way too fast for me but now, the pal versions are too slow :P

 

Basically, this.