Sonic Mega Collection for GameCube Hints and Tips

Level select in Sonic The Hedgehog And Knuckles 
Start a game with Sonic. Run over to where the Super Shoes power-up and Madmole 
creature are right next to each other. Directly to the right of the Madmole is a 
pulley mechanism that takes you to the next level above by pushing Down on it 
repeatedly. Grab a hold of its left handle, but instead of pushing down, push the 
follow sequence while on it: Left(3), Right(3), Up(3). If you entered the code 
correctly, you will hear the sound of a chime. After hearing the chime, press 
Start to pause the game, then press B. You will be sent back to the Sega logo and 
title screen. Wait for the introduction sequence to end, then when the selection 
for choosing Sonic or Knuckles appears, press Start while holding B.

Level select in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 And Knuckles 
At the Knuckles in Sonic 2 title screen, press Up(3), Down(3), Left, Right, Left, 
Right. When the chime signal sounds, hold B and press Start.

Debug mode in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 And Knuckles 
Enter the "Sound Test" screen. Choose sounds 1, 9, 9, 4, 1, 0, 1, 8 (in that 
order). Highlight a level, then press A + Start.

All Chaos Emeralds in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 And Knuckles 
Enter the "Sound Test" screen. Choose sounds 1, 6, 7, 7, 7, 2, 1, 6 (in that 
order).

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 And Knuckles 
Go into Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, and Sonic 
And Knuckles and exit repeatedly until you see that the game log recording 
message is gone. When all gamelogs for Sonic The Hedgehog 1 through 3 and Sonic 
And Knuckles are gone, Sonic The Hedgehog 3 And Knuckles will be unlocked.

Sound test and level select in Sonic The Hedgehog 3 And Knuckles 
Begin a game at Angel Island Zone Act 1. Grab one of the swings that you hang on, 
then press Left(3), Right(3), Up(3) while Sonic is swinging. If you entered the 
code correctly, you will hear a sound. Pause the game and press A to return to 
the title screen. Press Down(2) to access the sound test option. Select that 
option to play any sound or choose any level.

Level select 
Use the sound test selection on the options menu. Choose sounds 19, 65, 9, and 17 
(in that order). If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a chime. Hold X 
and press Start. Hold B and press Start when Sonic and Tails appear at the title 
screen.

Debug mode 
Enable the "Level select" code. Use the sound test selection on the options 
screen. Choose sounds 1, 9, 9, 2, 1, 1, 2, 4 (in that order). If you entered the 
code correctly, you will hear a chime. Select any starting level, then hold B + 
Start until game play begins. Screen coordinates will appear instead of a score 
and the number of objects displayed will appear instead of the time remaining. 
Use one of the following controller actions to enable the corresponding debug 
code. Note: This code may only be enabled when playing as Tails alone.

Play as Super Sonic 
Enable the "Level select" code. Use the sound test selection on the options 
screen. Choose sounds 4, 1, 2, 6 (in that order). Start a stage, collect 50 
rings, then jump to transform into Super Sonic.

Mega Sonic 
Collect fifty rings and jump after becoming Hyper Sonic for even more speed and 
higher jumps.

Infinite speed shoes 
Begin game play in two player vs. mode and hit as many item boxes as possible 
until you get the speed shoes. Then, intentionally lose your life while you have 
them (getting squashed is the easiest way). You will return to the start of the 
level or the last Star Post that you hit, but you will now have the speed shoes 
in effect for the rest of the stage.

Super Sonic sign 
Get all of the Chaos Emeralds and transform into Super Sonic. Try to have at 
least fifty rings when you finish the level. After completing the level, run off 
screen and wait until the end-of-level sign shows Sonic. When it does, transform 
into Super Sonic. The sign will show Super Sonic for one second, then show blue 
Sonic again.

Starry Super Sonic 
Get all the Chaos Emeralds and collect fifty rings, but do not transform into 
Super Sonic yet. Find an invincibility monitor and spin (do not jump) into it. 
Then, transform into Super Sonic. If done correctly, the stars will surround 
Super Sonic until he runs out of rings and transforms back into blue Sonic. Note: 
This does not improve Super Sonic's performance.

Wing Fortress shortcut 
In Wing Fortress, move with some rings as far to the right as possible without 
climbing. When blades appear to block your way, hit them. As soon as you are 
invincible, walk through them. Jump on the platforms to the right and half the 
level will be completed.

Bonus points 
For extra points, pass any zone in a certain amount of time. For the best bonus, 
enter the "Debug mode" code. The clock will stop and you will 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 

Level select 
After the Sega logo fades and Sonic starts to appear, and before the screen 
flashes white, quickly press Up(2), Down(2), Up(4). If you entered the code 
correctly, you will hear a chime. Press Up at the title screen to access level 
select and sound test options.

Debug mode 
Enable the "Level Select" code. Hold B, then press Start when selecting the 
desired level.

Secret level 
Enable the "Level Select" code and select the sound test option. Play sounds 1, 
3, 5, 7 (in order). Highlight "Special Stage 2", then hold B and press Start.

Extra lives 
Set off the first alarm on the first level of the Launch Base Zone. Wait in the 
middle of the alarm and perform Spin-Dash attacks on the Flybots. The value of 
the Flybots will eventually increase to 10,000 points as they continue to attack. 
Accumulate points and lives at this location.

Sonic And Knuckles music 
In the 2nd Zone and 3rd Act, before fight Dr. Robotnik, allow your character to 
almost drown, then put your head back up in air (touch the starpost but down jump 
in it).

Speed boost 
To instantly get a speed up, jump when Sonic is a little over halfway on the loop.

Quick Goodies 
At the start of Angel Island, kill the monkey in the tree and jump on the first 
gray rock to reveal a bumper spring. Bounce up into the tree, and using the 
bumper spring hidden in the tree, bounce left to land on the moving platform. The 
platform will take you to a ring bonus and lightning shield power-up. Using the 
spring in the tree again, bounce right to land on ground with spikes and a 
RhinoBot. Jump past these to collect the fire shield.

Many rings 
On Act 3 of the Icecap Zone, turn into a ball at the end before you reach 
Robotnic and fly off a ramp onto a purple trampoline. Look up to see a large 
number of rings. Bounce high enough to find another whole set of rings. Go to the 
right far enough to find a big ring.