Sonic & Knuckles - Boss Run - No Damage - Sega Megadrive / Genesis (Part 1)
798Couple of Notes:
Sonic's insta-shield is BROKEN. Robotnik doesn't even stand a chance against Sonic in this game. In fact, that's the entire point to this video! People have requested a version of the Sonic 3 boss run without the shields - so here it is!
a) The insta-shield renders Sonic invulnerable for a split second. This.. for a gamer is all the time you need. That split second insta-shield allows you to bypass boss armour, spikes, all sorts really! Want to see how broken it is? Check out the Gapsule fight. Yes that spiked ball is supposed to hurt you. And yes, I dodged it using the insta-shield.
b) Sonic and Knuckles rather infamously has 4 freakin' bosses that must defeat themselves. These really can't be sped up at all, so I try to entertain by playing chicken with them where appropriate. There isn't much you can do with Guardian, he's as dull as ever. These account for the bulk of the video, so don't blink, or you'll miss bosses like Egg Golem.
c) In case you were wondering about the crazy ring counts? Er.. you know that Casino Night zone inspired bonus stage? Well, let's just say, I got crazy lucky in some of them, and in others I was simply stubborn as hell. I suspect I spent more time in bonus stages than playing the game. I don't think 900+ rings is quite possible in vanilla Sonic and Knuckles mind, mostly due to the aforementioned Super Sonic button being mapped to a separate command. Getting 50 rings per Special Ring soon adds up.
d) As mentioned at the start, I took the game very slowly. Very slowly. I even hunted for Special Stage rings every so often when the fancy took me. Aside from the bosses, this is probably the slowest I've ever played Sonic and Knuckles. It was fun, I even found places in the game I didn't even know existed.
e) This is played using the rom hack, Sonic 3 Complete. The only reason this hack was chosen, was due to the fact that Hyper Sonic's transformation was assigned to a different button. The hack otherwise just fixes up some minor glitches, none of which had any effect on the bosses.