A savestate is used before the run on the Mega Everdrive Pro on the SEGA Genesis console. This is not an official category yet as of this writing, but there is a setup found recently by Chrezm and other members of the Classic Sonic Speedrunning community in which we play through Hydrocity 4 times. For this particular setup; the way it works is you start the game, go into Competition Mode, highlight No Monitor, enter Grand Prix, then back out with B twice. After that, you start a file for the "ozone setup" as it is currently called; play through Angel Island normally, go into Hydrocity, avoid checkpoints, enter a big ring and immediately run into a red sphere, then fight the Act 1 boss to where Sonic would drown before the score countdown. Then in Hydrocity 2 (shows act 1), fight the boss, then reset the console when Hydrocity 2's title card shows up. Play through Hydrocity 3 more times without grabbing the big ring and same boss fight strats (after the second time, the game will highlight Competition Mode, which means you're on the right track). When that is done, then start a fresh file, play through Angel Island and Hydrocity just like the first time, then don't reset so Sonic can go to Marble Garden. Intentionally Game Over in Marble Garden, and the game will send you to Sonic & Knuckles/Mushroom Hill Zone, thus skipping Carnival Night, Ice Cap, and Launch Base! Despite being in "Sonic 3", this will not work with Tails since he doesn't appear in "Sonic & Knuckles". Things are still being looked into, as well as leaderboard discussions. -- Watch live at / supersonic_
29 май 2024
