Always-Shielded Tails
Enter debug mode and hit a shield. Then place a teleport box down and hit that.
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Change Tails' name to Miles in game
At the title screen press UP, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, or UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, UP, UP, UP, UP. If done correctly, you will hear a sound.
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Debug mode
Enter the level select code. Go to the Sound Test in the Options menu and play the following sounds: 1, 9, 9, 2, 1, 1, 2, 4. If done correctly, you will hear a sound. To return to the title screen, hold A, and press START.
To de/activate the debug menu, press B. When the debug menu is on, you will be able to select any sprite available in that level and transfer it to the screen. To cycle through sprites, press A. To place it on the screen, press C.
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Emerald Hill Music
To hear the Emerald Hill melody (at the title screen), go to sound test selection in the Options menu and listen to songs 1, 1, 2 and 4. Then highlight Player Select and press start. You will hear Oil Ocean at the beginning of the first level. Reset the game, and you will hear Emerald Hill.
Submitted by EmP
Extra Continues
Enable the level select then, at the options screen, play these sounds in this order: 1, 1, 2, 4. Now move the highlight to the "Player Select" field of the options screen and press Start.
Submitted by EmP
It's Not Easy Being Green
To get green sonic you must enter the level select and debug code. Then you must choose one of the emerald hill zone levels because the code only works in emerald hill zone (1 or 2.) When you start the level press B, you will be a ring,then press a four times,you will be four rings in a row going up or down,you then hold C and right for about 5 seconds,then you go back to the begining, keep pressing a until your the top of a waterfall. You may not see yourself but you're there. Now do the same thing as before, hold C and right for about five seconds. Then press B and you'll be green.
Submitted by EmP
Level select
Go to the Sound Test in the Options menu and play the following sounds: 19, 65, 9, 17; and press C. Press START to return to the title screen, and when Sonic and Tails appear, hold A and press START.
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Night Game
Enter the Debug code, then hold C and press Start to begin a level.
Submitted by EmP
No Boss Music Glitch
Enter the level select code and go to a boss. Next push start then push and hold B. You should be playing in slow motion. When the boss enters the screen get a hit on the boss then let go of B and the screen should be paused. Then press start and there should be no boss music.
Submitted by EmP
Oil Ocean BGM Glitch
Go to the Sound Test in the Options menu and play the following sounds: 2, 1, 2, 4. Hold A and press START. The Oil Ocean background music will be playing constantly throughout the game. (Sound effects are disabled.)
Submitted by make_me_dance
Slow Motion
First enable Level Select. While playing, you can pause the game and use A to restart, B for slow motion, and C for frame advance.
Submitted by EmP
Super Sonic
Enable the level select then, at the level select menu, go to the sound test item, and play sounds in this order: 4, 1, 2, 6. You should hear the music you get when you win a chaos emerald. Now select any level, get 50 rings, and jump.
Submitted by EmP
Super Tails
While in Debug Mode, create and position a "Transfer Box" monitor. When you hit it and you are Super Sonic, you lose all your powers but stay yellow. Tails looks the same but has invincibility (little stars flashing around him.)
To regain Super Sonic, let yourself get hit, then turn into a ring (press B) and place at least 50 rings on Tails. Exit debug mode (press B) and jump to become Super Sonic with Super Tails as a follower.
Submitted by EmP
Two Tails
Enter the level select and debug codes, then go to the Sky Chase level. Using debug mode, create a transfer box and break it open. When you hear Sonic die press B to enter debug mode again. Move the cursor up until you see Tails and exit debug mode. To finish, jump and you'll have two Tails
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Bonus Points
For extra points, pass any zone in a certain amount of time. If you're not quick enough, enter the Debug Mode code. The clock will freeze and you'll always score a 50,000 bonus.
Time Points
0:30 50,000
0:45 10,000
1:00 5,000
1:30 4,000
2:00 3,000
3:00 2,000
4:00 1,000
5:00 500
Submitted by EmP
Easy Chaos Emeralds
Start the game as you normally would. Get a Chaos Emerald, reset the game, and start the game from the options menu. You will keep the emeralds you have gained so far each time you start from the options menu.
Submitted by EmP
Emerald Hill Shortcut (Sonic & Knuckles needed)
Play as Knuckles. Climb as high as you can and glide to the right. You'll Beat the level in seconds.
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Extra Lives in the Chemical Plant (Sonic & Knuckles Needed)
Play until Chemical Plant Act 1. When you get to the wall with the Spiny badnik and the warp tube on the floor. Break open the tube and go through it. When you come out you will see a Ring Box next to a tower. Climb up the tower and on the top you will find one 1-up. Glide left and you will find another 1-up. Glide to the left one more time and you will find yet one more 1-up. Since you won't want to go through the level again just glide to the right until you get to the tower you started from. Get on that first tower and glide to the right. The Act will be over and you will have 3 lives more that how much you started the act with.
Submitted by EmP
Stage Select and Play As Super Sonic
Stage Select
At the Sound Test on the Options menu, play these songs in order:
19, 65, 09, 17. Return to the Main Menu and hold the
A Button while pressing
Start at the 1-Player option.
Play as Super Sonic
There are actually two ways to go about this. You COULD go through the Special Stages and collect all seven Chaos Emeralds, but there is also another, easier, more sneaky way. At the Sound Test menu on the Stage Select screen, enter these songs in order:
04, 01, 02, 06. Once you've selected the stage you wish to start in, collect fifty power rings. The next time you jump into the air, Sonic will transform into Super Sonic.
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Two Player Mode
Go to the one player mode when Sonic & Tails pop up on the screen ready to play you will notice that if you run tails follows. If you add an extra control in port 2 and press a button and bingo you can play the whole game in two player mode. There are no scores for Tails nor a life limit.
Submitted by EmP
Wing Fortress Shortcut
In Wing Fortress, go as far as you can to the right without climbing. Make sure you have some rings. When you see blades blocking your way, go ahead and hit them. As soon as you are invincible, walk through them. Jump on the platforms to the right and half the level will be finished.
Submitted by EmP
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