The Supreme Topic of 'Other' Knowledge.

This is pretty small, and I'm sure it's been mentioned somewhere at least once or twice. But the only time I've ever seen the PRESS START BUTTON used in Sonic 1 in an actual release of the game is the Mega Games 10 in 1 compilation. I've checked pretty much every compilation, and for some reason, this is the only one that actually has the PRESS START BUTTON activated:



The date on the compilation is 1997, around the time the Sonic Compilation REV01 was released in the states. However, even that doesn't have the PRESS START BUTTON text activated.

If you want to check out the rom (that I literally just copy and pasted from the Mega Games 10 in 1 rom using Hex Workshop, doesn't work in an emulator probably due to the alternative boot up stuff), you can download both the rom I extracted and the Mega Games 10 in 1 rom here. Hopefully someone knows about this and is able to explain why. :P

 

I actually checked the Mega Games 10 in 1 ROM itself and it actually works perfectly in Fusion, game switching included o_O Maybe ROMs were edited and there isn't any bank switching at all, which would explain why the Press Start Button text appears. Makes sense, after all, wasn't it that it didn't appear due to a bug?

 

How does that make any sense?
I mean, yes, it was a bug, and Sega fixing a bug doesn't make any sense

 

The bug wasn't fixed at all. The menu system running before the game made the variable have a value making the object to appear =P

 

Albeit bad video quality, I found a small glitch as tails in DEZ2 that I never heard of before. Knowing this place it's probably common knowledge, but here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_At08SeSU8g

Found it on sonic mega collection a few days ago, so I recorded it.

 

OK, who the hell would even think in trying to fly in that area? o_O I bet that's how that glitch got unnoticed.

 

I hit jump accidentally when I missed the ring box, heard the jump sound, and decided to try it.

 

I've just noticed what is actually on the Billboard in the Metal Sonic Boss Battle in Sonic X-Treme:

It's actually just the Metal Sonic Vs Sonic art flipped and just the top half of the Japanese Sonic CD Logo, just like in this picture I made:


...I've got a good eye at looking for minor bits of detail when looking at low quality shots. =P

 

It's not actually flipped (what looks like a large green smudge to the right of the billboard is actually the glow around Sonic's fist), but you're right. You could almost make out the writing of the logo somewhere in the bronze smear beneath it if you tried =P

Nice find~

 

But the image is flipped, since Metal Sonic should actually be on the right, but on the Billboard he's on the left.

 

You're probably right, but I assumed you were speaking in reference to the picture you posted below, where Metal's clearly on the left.

 

Nah, I made that. =P Just so people could get a better picture. >.<

Sorry for the confusion.

 

If this isn't inspired by Sonic I don't know what is


apart from maybe that

but I've never seen any real blue hedgehogs or blue spikey snail-like things with noses

 

Aha, nice find! I wonder if they are really inspired by Sonic.

 

The blue hedgehogs in Mario actually first show up in one or two stages in Super Mario World [1] IIRC, which was largely created to compete with Sonic, so like the shoes in DKC2 or whichever it is, I'm quite sure it's a reference.

 

Mabel, from animal crossing.

 

Sabel is Shadow's mom, thus, Sonic and Shadow are cousins.

True story.

 

Pebbler from Secret of Mana. It has spikey blue quills, a tan body and muzzle, and even spins into a ball.

 

There are hedgehogs in Wario Land

 

There's also Lunar: Eternal Blue's Razor Wolf:
It has an attack where it rolls into a ball that hits all party members.