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687619 No.687619 [Reply] [Original]

A man is holding a gun to your head. The only way you will be spared is if you enter the Sonic 3 level select code three times in a row, successfully.

Can you do it, /vr/?

The Sonic 2 cart swap does not count. Neither does S3&K's level select.

>> No.687623

>>687619
Welp, guess this is where I die.

>> No.687636

I never even attempted the Sonic 3 one I don't think

>> No.687641

>>687619
up up down down up up upp upp

>> No.687646

>>687619
>Sonic 2 cart swap
what

>> No.687649

I don't think I've ever done it successfully. I always just lock-on to S&K and do it the easy way.

>> No.687653

>>687646
Allegedly, cart swapping Sonic 2 with Sonic 3 after entering the level select then hitting reset starts up Sonic 3 with the level select already activated.

>> No.687683

sure. You want debug too?

>> No.687717

I could never do this fast enough.

>> No.688601

I did it once when I was six, first try.
and I was never able to do it again

>> No.688602

Easily. Done it so much I have it down to a fine art.

>> No.688606

>>687619
Winners don't use cheats.

>> No.688635

I've literally NEVER got it to work. Never seen anyone else who can either. Can anyone explain the timing of it?

>> No.688639

I called my friend a shitty liar after he told me about the code and I tried it. I'm sorry Jon, I didn't know it was real.

>> No.688640

>>688635
http://info.sonicretro.org/Cheat_Codes:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3

The frame data is completely wacky.

>> No.688642

>>687653
It's not allegedly, it works because they share the same RAM value across games. Sonic 3 was built directly off Sonic 2's engine, like Sonic 2 was built directly off Sonic 1's engine.

It's a good way to fuck up your cartridges though.

>> No.688686

>>688635
OP here, I figured out how to do it earlier this morning.

Hold your controller sideways with your thumbs on down and up. Begin entering the code as you first see Sonic appear on screen, when the screen has faded to black. It is important you get the first 4 inputs in as soon as possible, ideally within the first few frames of Sonic's jump in animation. Once you get to the last 4 ups, don't stop at just 4. Continue to mash up until you hear the ring noise. The curious timing on the input makes the game drop inputs occasionally, so it may not register one of them.

With this strategy, I've been able to get the code to register about 70% of the time.

>> No.688716

>>687717
>gotta go fast

>> No.688723

Well that's eas-
>no cart swap
Hand me the gun, I'll do it myself...

>> No.688735

>>687619
>The Sonic 2 cart swap
What?

>> No.688826

Never knew about all that stuff with the frames. I finally got it to work just now after 10 or 12 tries.

>> No.688913

>>687641
You only did it once.

>> No.689812

thats easy. i would not died.

>> No.689893
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689893

>Seeeeh-Gaaaah
>upup downdown upupupup-nope, reset...
>Seeeeh-Gaaaah
>upup downdown upupupup-nope, reset...
>Seeeeh-Gaaaah
>upup downdown upupupup-nope, reset...
>Seeeeh-Gaaaah
>upup downdown upupupup-nope, reset...
I didn't get the level select, but I did get a growing hatred for the first few notes of the title theme, and the word 'Sega'.

>> No.690510

>>687653
I've done this before and it works

>> No.691401

I remember a strategy to inputting the code was something along the lines of putting them in as the notes of the music go.

Never fucking worked for me, and the frame data for this code is fucked.