Sonic & Knuckles [USA] (Sega Genesis) - (All Bonus Stages)
13Game Title: Sonic & Knuckles
Version: USA
Developer: Sega Technical Institute (in collaboration with Sonic Team)
Publisher: Sega
Language: English
Platform: Sega Genesis
Character: Sonic the Hedgehog
Played, Recorded and Edited by: TurkishBullet19
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In this video, i'm playing and showing the two Bonus Stages in the Sega Genesis version of Sonic & Knuckles [USA] by playing as Sonic the Hedgehog.
About the Bonus Stage: Similar to Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles features two Bonus Stages: Slot Machine Stages and Glowing Sphere Stages. These can be entered by collecting a certain number of rings and passing a Star Post, which will generate a Star Circle above the Star Post. The player must touch this Star Circle to enter a Bonus Stage. The Bonus Stage that is played depends on the amount of rings the player had when they passed the Star Post. Unlike Special Stages, Bonus Stages serve only to get items, such as rings or shields, and do not affect the story of the game.
Slot Machine Stages have the player in a field that is constantly spinning, similar to the Special Stages from the original Sonic the Hedgehog. Like those Special Stages, the Slot Machine Stages have various Bumpers, Jump Stands and Goals. At the center of the Slot Machine Stage is a gigantic slot machine. To activate it, the playable character has to enter some parallel bars on top of it. This will trigger a random combination of symbols which will cause the player to either earn or lose rings, or simply not get anything at all. Slot Machine Stages do not have an end or a time limit, and the player has to touch a Goal to leave them.
Glowing Sphere Stages have the player traveling to the top of the stage using floating glowing spheres while having to escape from a field of energy that slowly rises upwards. When touching a glowing sphere, the playable character will spin around it. To progress, the player must tap the Jump Button at the right time to launch themselves upward from the glowing sphere. Throughout the Glowing Sphere Stages are also smaller spheres that, when touched, will generate a random Gumball that will go upward. In addition, objects such as rings, Bumpers and Flippers are found here as well. Glowing Sphere Stages end by either getting to the very top of their stage or touching the rising field of energy.
My purpose in this video is to thoroughly entertain and also to provide thorough, detailed, clean and complete Guide so that it can help the Audience out when they are stuck in a specific area/part of the game.
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