Sonic 1 Cheats on Genesis

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Cheat
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Submitted by: Duncan Neil Sutherland

At title screen type in :up,A,,down, A,left, A ,right ,A then A,start. This is a special level select,, it also allows you to hear the sounds and music.

Cheats
786
Submitted by: Ken Johnson

For extra points, pass any zone in a certain amount of time. For the best bonus, enter the Debug
Mode code. The clock will freeze and you'll always score a 50,000 bonus!

Confused Demo
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While the demo is playing, hold A + B + C. Sonic will get confused, lose his place, and possibly die.

Control Mode
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At the title screen, press Up, C, Down, C, Left, C, Right. While playing, you can pause the
game and use A to restart, B for slow motion, and C for frame advance.

Control Mode
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Submitted by: Mike

At the title screen press up c down c left c right.start the game.then,when you press pause then a,the game will restart.press c the game will move one frame,press b,the game will be in slow motion!

Debug Mode
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Enable Control Mode. After pressing Start to begin a game, hold A until you see Sonic. If you
see a bunch of hex numbers on the top of the screen, you're in Debug Mode.

To start debugging, press B, then you can select any sprite in that level and put it on the screen.
To select a different sprite, press A, and to place it on the screen, press C. Note that sprite
selection is different from Zone to Zone. Also, instead of displaying the time elapsed, it displays
the number of sprites currently on the screen. Control Mode functions work as well.

Note: This only works on the first production releases of Sonic.

Extra Lives
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In Green Hill Zone - Act 3, there is a 1-Up at the very bottom of the level. Collect it along with
enough rings to make 100 for a second life. Next, grab the 1-Up at the top of the loop-de-loop
and die. Repeat until you have enough lives.

Get all Emeralds
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This cheat allows you to start at the First Level with all the Emeralds, and with lots of Continues.
Use the Level Select cheat (see above) to get to the Special Zone. When you get the Emerald,
and have entered into the First Zone, press Reset.

Use the Level Select cheat to get to the Special Zone again. When you get the next Emerald, and
have entered the First Zone, press Reset again.

When you have all the Emeralds, continue on with the first level. You get to keep the Emeralds
and the Continues accumulated so far.

Level Select
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At the title screen, hold A then press Up, Down, Left, Right. When you hear the chime, press
Start.

If that doesn't work, try this: at the title screen, press Up, Down, Left, Right, hold A, and press
Start. After doing this once, you only need to hold Start + A to enter the level select.

Marble Zone Shortcut
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Submitted by: Ken and Renee Clay (kclay (@t) bellsouth.net)

In Marble Zone act 3 you will find three chandeliers with spikes in them. Go to the far wall (on
the right) and jump to the right to find some goodies. Now jump through the wall on the right
again, but be careful of the other chandelier.

Scrap Brain Teleport
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On the last level (Scrap Brain), find the ledges that move right then left. Go to the left side of the
wall and wait for the platform to move. As soon as it starts to move left, duck. You'll go through
the wall. While here, press Left to teleport right and Right to teleport to the left.

Secret Special Stages
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While using the debug mode, enter any special stage. Turn into any object and travel outside the
special stage area. Ou will fall into a secret special stage filled with one-ups and chaos emeralds.

Time Points
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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

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