Sonic 2 - All Chaos Emeralds, Part 2

In this classic game challenge, I get all the Chaos Emeralds in Sonic 2 in the Emerald Hills Zone. It's hardly impossible but it's not easy either. You'll need to be familiar with all the special stages because there's very little margin for error. I did this once in my youth and decided to take another crack at it and make these videos, it was a lot harder than I remembered! This is hardly a superplay, so expect me to get hit and do other stupid things.

Emerald Hills 2 has five Star Posts, but one is well-hidden and another is pretty tricky to get to. Enemy concentration is much higher, stray coconut and bee shots can make it hard to hold onto your rings if you're not careful. I get hit a lot...

The first Star Post I hit is hidden up a little platform only accessible by a spring on another little platform. It's not hard to get to once you know where it is, though.

Special Stage 4 (grey) has a learning curve to it. The bomb arches can take you by surprise and you'll have to navigate the halfpipe from side to side in the second section. There aren't many rings available so you can't afford to be hit by the bombs, especially early on. However, if you make it to the last section you should be home free.

Special Stage 5 (gold and green) has a lot of wide-spread ring patches, and will have you running up the walls and ceiling a lot of the time. You'll need good timing to get the most rings possible.

Special Stage 6 (green) has a few tricky spots where it's uncertain which side of the pipe you should be on due to low-visibility turns. The opposite sides are littered with bomb traps, too. The trick to it is that while in other stages most turns will alternate between right or left, this track often turns left twice in a row. The last section features a series of bomb loops.

Towards the end, I backtrack to the start where the sole Speed Shoes powerup lies. You need to use it to get to the fourth Star Post and an extra chance at the final Emerald, which we'll see next time.

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxkLCHqb5wo

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[TheOCAShow]

Did you run this in an emulator, and how long did it take you to finally get all emeralds, like learning the special stages?

[Stuffman42]

Yes, this was recorded in Gens. I played Sonic 2 as a kid back on the Genesis, it probably took a little over a year of casual play before I knew all the special stages by heart.

[patrickjay86]

To talk real right now :

I mean, today's games are awesome with Graphics and sh*t, but really, i enjoy pulling out my Mega Drive and play Sonic, MJ's Moonwalker, Shinobi, Streets of Rage and stuff then most of the new games...Today everything is about Graphics and how can i make a movie - like story and let somebody play over 40 hours....screw that !! I prefer simple graphics with funny noises and short gameplay but entertainment man ! Give me a thumb up if you agree with me !

[BigSims2108]

This is going to sound really stupid but I've played this game so many times that during the special levels, I memorized all of the jumps of the bombs and where the rings are, but when I forget, I listen to the music to help me figure out what part of the stage i'm on.

[OneWeirdDude]

You may not be a super player, but you're still pretty dang good; you've done incredibly well and never got hit once.

[EscarneoExquisito]

@patrickjay86

Cool for you, I still prefer good games with badass graphics, deep HISTORY with an adictive gameplay.

[SHiTJuFro743]

@Menozuki right!??! try using the arrows i guess.

[SHiTJuFro743]

@patrickjay86 you should play Angry Birds then.....

I personally like both, aside from the fact that old games can be shit or gold just from a coin flip.

[nasnek]

godly video.

[WilHiteWarrior]

Whoever designed these special stages should be drug out into the street and shot... or worse... tied to a chair and forced to play them over and over and over

[elementInfinitium]

Decent videos but I wish you'd have edited out the collecting without losing the locations of the posts.. somehow.

The explanations are very useful though. Why I gave this a thumbs up.

[omgcheese26]

i hate tails messes up everything the only thing hes good for bosses lol he takes all the damage for meXD

[zackmw]

what are there 8 posts in every zone?

[BarnaclesGarona]

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