Sonic Blast
Game Gear
Tips by William Walker

Basics

Press down while running right or left, and you will go right or
left in a ball, smashing enemies. Press down and one or two
(jump buttons), and your character will rev up. When you let go
of the down button, he will shoot forward, smashing enemies.
Press the jump button two times and Sonic will jump extra high.
If Knuckles presses the jump button two times, he will jump and
then go forward, smashing enemies and, if you do the same
thing next to a wall, Knuckles can climb the wall to reach higher
levels. Press up to go up the wall and down to go down it.
      You can play as either Sonic or Knuckles. To choose one,
on the last screen before you start press left or right, and the
character in the window is the one that will be selected when
you press start. Some Super Moves can only be done by one
character, as described above.
     You can enter Special Stage whenever you touch a big ring.
In Special Stage, you must collect as many rings as possible.
Boosters, springs and bumpers can influence Sonic's movement.
The controls are the same as in a regular game, 1 and 2 are
jump, and left and right allow you to move left and right. If you
collect 50 rings, you get whatever the prize is at the end of the
stage. On stages that are mostly green, you get a 1-Up at the end
if you got 50 rings. You get a chaos emerald at the end of purple
stages. You also get 100 points for each ring that you have at the
end of a purple stage, even if you don't get the emerald. After
Special Stage, you start at the beginning of the Act, or at the last
continue box that you hit.
      Your character will get a time bonus if he finishes the level
quickly, and 100 points for each ring he is holding at the end of
the level. Whenever your character is hit, he loses 10 rings. Five
of these rings will fly into the air, and you can get them back by
grabbing them before they disappear. You lose a life if you are
hit with zero rings.
      When you jump on a TV monitor, it will reveal an icon that
is usually good for you. Super Rings give 10 rings, speed shoes
let you run fast, invincibility makes you invulnerable to enemies
for 30 seconds, bonus life TVS are worth an extra life, and
Robotnik TVS are worth nothing. By the way, sometimes when
the flag comes down at the end of the stage, it will give you a
secret power-up.

Walkthrough

Green Hill Zone — Act 1

Note; look for rings above trees.
       Fairly simple. Just go to the far right. Spin dash through 360
degree loops from a distance or you will not get through. Jump
on boxes with arrows on them to save your place, and watch out
for the monkeys that drop coconuts from trees and the badnicks
that shoot up from beneath bridges. When you drop into the
water, spin dash through a breakable wall at the right, to get to a
big ring (green stage). Now jump out of the water and keep
going right to the exit. By the way, please take the lower path if
you want to get to the pool of water.

Green Hill Zone — Act 2

Go to the far right and into a pipe. Shoot through the pipe and if
you're Knuckles, climb the wall and at the top grab a 1-Up TV.
Either way, now go left and when you are about to go down an
incline, jump up and to the left and grab some rings in a secret
area after spin dashing through a wall. Ignore the TV because
it's a Robotnik TV. Drop out of the secret area and go left down
a corridor. Jump on the continue box and go right to a fork in
your path. Jump right onto a platform and go to the far right.
You will eventually reach a big ring (purple stage). Now go
down the lower path. At the far right go down a corridor and go
into the pipe and go right through the underwater area. Shoot
through several pipes pressing no buttons and when you stop,
jump up to a platform and go right to the goal.

Green Hill Zone — Act 3

Note; some blue buttons are red buttons for knuckles.
     Start out by going to the far right. Hurry across the collapsing
bridge, though falling is not fatal. If you fall, just go to the far
right. If you don't fall then you'll reach a cliff. Jump right and
hit a blue button under an overhang on the wall. Use Sonic's
Boost blast jump or glide for this target. If you hit it, drop down
and go to the far left. The blue button opens a barrier, and you
can go into an area with lots of rings. Go to the far right to meet
the boss.
     When the boomerang on Robotnik's ship spins, it is about to
fire. To avoid it, jump and hit Robotnik's head from above for a
hit. Robotnik will then shoot another boomerang. Avoid it in the
same manner as the first time. Robotnik will then fly across the
screen and repeat the cycle. Six hits will defeat him.

Yellow Desert Zone — Act 1

First go right. Be sure to jump up on all of the palm trees,
because there are usually rings above them. Bounce on a spring
to get over a cliff, then keep going to the far right and there drop
down a long corridor. From there go right and drop into the pipe
(after collecting the rings). The pipe will drop you in a
quicksand bog. You die if you stay in too long, so jump out
quickly. From the nearby platform, jump up on top of the wall at
the left using a boost blast jump for Sonic or wall climb for
Knuckles. Go right to a big ring (green stage). After bonus stage,
replay the level, this time jumping over both pipes and
continuing to the far right to the exit.

Yellow Desert Zone — Act 2

>From the start, go to the far right. There's a wall of spikes at the
top and some of the spikes fall down, making the upper route
dangerous. The lower route has spiked pits, making it dangerous
too. After going to the far right (if you took the lower path you
must climb up), drop down a long corridor. From here, go to the
far right, grabbing any rings and the continue marker. There are
parts of ground that slide you around, so be careful of the spiked
pits.
     By the way, the upper routes are dead ends and usually do
not do much good, because they have many spikes in them. If
you continue along the sand slide to the far right, you should
drop down a corridor and go left to sinkhole wall. In sinkhole
wall, you'll be shot from sinkhole to sinkhole out of control.
Run inside the wall and when you stop moving, go right and you
will shoot around again.
     The second time that you stop moving, jump up and
diagonally to the right. You should go to a sinkhole diagonally
from you and eventually get to a big ring (purple stage). After
leaving the stage, replay the level from the continue box, and
when you stop the second time in sinkhole wall, run left and one
sinkhole will shoot you to the goal.

Yellow Desert Zone — Act 3

Just go down, down, down. Try to get as many rings as possible,
and touch blue buttons to open barriers to reach secret ring-filled 
areas. At the very bottom go left to the Boss.
    Robotnik's contraption will appear from one side of the
screen, and you should hit its top. After two hits Robotnik will
retreat back. Watch out because he's about to come quickly
from the same direction, holding a red spear that your character
can only avoid by jumping and hitting the top again as the
contraption passes. He's not too easy, but eight good spankings
should keep him at bay.

Red Volcano Zone — Act 1

First go right down two inclines and over three lava pits. (They
hit your character if you fall in.) Now you will see an object that
moves and when you jump on the red portion you bounce up.
Get the nearby shield up there and some rings, and then you can
even go along the higher route to the right, or drop down and go
right on the lower route. Either way go to the far right and if you
take the lower route jump on the spring on the lava pit to make it
move across. (Jump several times to get all the way across.) 
     Continue right over a few more lava pits to the giant lava fall.
Platforms will appear and disappear so jump time your jumps
carefully to get across. You may fall into the lava, which is just a
hit, so keep going right. At the far right is the exit. (If you're
Knuckles, get up high and glide across.)

Red Volcano Zone — Act 2

First go right and you will see a smoker. (Smokers shoot jets of
air that are dangerous to you.) Jump over the smoker, onto a
spring over a lava pit. Important: there is a badnick over the lava
pit that has a flame around him, and he can knock you off the
spring. Jump on him when his flame is at the bottom, then
bounce back onto the spring. If you are hit, don't worry.
     Jump over a smoker and you will see a spring. Jump up and
hit the sol (the badnicks that have flames around them I will call
sols) with a boost blast jump. Up there you can go left for a
shield. The upper path is dangerous, so drop back down and
continue right over another smoker. While crossing the pit via
the spring be very careful of the sol (the second sol is not
dangerous because he's too high to hurt you). Then continue
right and if you are interested in getting some goodies, bounce
on the spring to a ledge on the right and go right to find a 1-Up,
guarded by smokers.
     Then drop down and jump right over a lava pit. Drop down a
corridor at right; then go left and hit a continue box. Keep going
left and down a slope. At the bottom of the slope, jump left onto
another slope, and from the top of that slope boost blast jump
right and bounce on top of the sol to reach a ledge with a big
ring (purple stage). This is very difficult for Sonic, and takes lots
of practice. If you're Knuckles, glide right and bounce on the sol
to get to the ring; this is easier.
     After Special Stage, drop down between the two slopes and
go right to the spin dash machine. Spin dash on it to make it
move up, and then go right and down. Jump up and left from
where you land and run through the wall two times to collect
some rings. Then go back down and left over a pit that you cross
using a spring with no sols. Then use a spin dash machine to go
up and keep going left, then down. Then go to the far right,
using springs to get over some lava pits, to the goal. Be careful
of the smokers too; use the same caution with the sols while
crossing lava pits.

Red Volcano Zone — Act 3

You'll start near a fork in your path. If you go up to the very
top, you can touch a blue button that opens a passageway to
some rings.) Go right, down, right, up to the very top (via a spin
dash machine), up again on platforms, left, up (spin dash
machine), left to a spin dash machine. Ride up and jump right to
a platform. Boost blast jump (Sonic) or climb the wall a little bit
and then do a glide attack (Knuckles). This is difficult for
Knuckles. From here go up, then left, then up (boost blast jump
or wall climb). Then go a little bit to your right and jump on the
strange looking tiny platform to face the boss.
     Robotnik will bounce up onto the screen. He will try to
bounce under you, so keep moving left or right. When he
bounces up, hit him and then watch out for the large rock he will
shoot at you on a chain. Avoid it by bouncing back to the far
right or left side of the screen. Then Robotnik will lower down
and bounce up again, repeating the cycle. Be sure to hit the top
of Robotnik's contraption, or else it won't be a hit, and you
don't want to get stuck under Robotnik. He's a tough cookie,
and you should not always go for a hit. The middle of the screen
is a safe spot for you, since he can never bounce up there.
Position is very important. Eight hits and he'll run for his life.

Blue Marine Zone — Act 1

Note: For the remainder of the game the zones are very complex
and confusing. If you get stuck, you might not be able to follow
the tips. Try to get back on course if this happens. Also, in Blue
Marine Zone a countdown will start when your character's air is
running out. When it hits zero, you die. Replenish your air by
going into pipes, jumping into air bubbles or surfacing.
     Start out by going right over two gaps and a collapsing
bridge. Spin dash through a breakable wall. At the far right is a
bonus life. After getting it, drop down into a gap and get into an
area where there are pipes on either side of you. (If you fell
down earlier, go right. If you drop down a later gap, go left via a
strong current). By the way there should be a stream of bubbles
between the two pipes. Go into the left pipe. After coming out
and regaining control go up and not into another pipe. Use boost
blast jump or wall climb to reach a ledge with two pipes. One
has a strong current coming out. Do not jump or else the current
will push you away from the area. Go into the lower pipe.
      After shooting out to the right, regain control quickly and go
left. Then quickly go up, jumping from platform to platform.
You can not go back into the pipe so go quickly. If you run out
of air and drown, don't worry: it is very difficult and takes
practice. Sonic's boost blast is helpful, so Knuckles has a
tougher time. At the top, you can do two things. Either go right
to the goal or go left onto a platform with a continue box, and
then keep going left over some platforms.
     At the far left jump on the blue object and the whole level
will drain! Go back down and at the very bottom go right, then
up to a big ring(green stage). A current used to surround this
ring. Climb the wall if you're Knuckles; jump up on the tiny
platforms using the Boost Blast if you're Sonic. Then hit the
goal from the continue box. One last thing: the level will be
flooded again after special stage.

Blue Marine Zone — Act 2

This is very complex. First go right over the collapsing bridge,
but be careful. There's a spring on the other side that could
knock you into the gap. Jump over it. Go across another
collapsing bridge and hit the super ring and then run through the
wall. Drop down and go into the pipe. The two upper pipes will
take you to a room with six rings in it. After collecting this
bonus, go into the lowest pipe and a current will push you
underneath the first collapsing bridge.
      Go right after collecting some air bubbles from the spout of
bubbles near where you landed. At the right go down and then
left, jumping over the gap. Then drop down and go right, then
down again after the bridge collapses. Watch out for the crab
when you land.
      When you see a collapsing bridge with four rings above it,
collapse it and jump into the newly made gap. When you are in
an open space, immediately boost blast jump (Sonic) or glide
(Knuckles) right to avoid the current underneath. If you touch
the current you'll be swept left and have to use the pipe to get
back up. If you're running out of air by now, no problem. Just
go right and jump up into the pipe.
      At the end of the pipe, you will be carried down to the
bottom by a current. Now go up on some platforms, grabbing a
continue box on the first one and some air bubbles from a spout
on the second one. Then jump up on a tiny platform, and up
again. Then go right. This can get very confusing, so don't be
upset if you get lost.
      If you go right before jumping onto the tiny platform you
will see a big ring (purple stage) blocked by a barrier. Anyway,
jump over a gap then continue right through some walls. If you
hit the spring, you will bounce up into the higher pipe. Right
above where you leave this pipe is the blue button that allows
you to get the big ring. Go back and collect it. Ignore the pipe
above the blue button.
      After special stage, retrace your steps from the continue box.
This time avoid the spring and go into the lower pipe. When
your character is shot out, let him shoot into another pipe, then
go into a third pipe. After the current out of the third pipe stops,
let yourself go down, but don't go next to the right wall because
there's a badnick underneath it. Then go left and into a pipe.
     After being shot into a continue box, go right and up some
steps. At the edge go to the platform above and spin dash left
through a breakable wall. Continue left and jump up to a
platform above. (Boost blast jump or wall climb; the jump is
tough for Sonic). But first you should drop into the gap, and
before jumping out via the spring, hit the blue button at the
right. This will partly drain the level. At the platform above, go
right (over a gap) and up, collecting some air bubbles. This will
be at the water's surface if you hit the blue button.
     The pipe above is impossible to reach for Knuckles, but it is
not necessary to reach it. Instead jump up to the left and
continue left and up on some platforms. Then go right into a
pipe. When you shoot out, regain control and get the super ring
above where you were shot out. Then go left and into another
pipe. When you shoot out, avoid being shot into another pipe by
jumping. Jump up onto the ledge above the pipe. Then continue
right to the goal.

Blue Marine — Act 3

Go right and deliberately drop down after the first bridge
collapses. Go left and into a pipe, which will drop you onto a
collapsing bridge. Drop down two collapsing bridges and a
current will push you right. Continue right to the boss.
      When Robotnik's submarine ship stops moving, hit its head
where Robotnik is sitting. Robotnik will shoot an arrow across
the screen and you must duck to avoid it after hitting him. (Hit
him quickly.) The second time Robotnik appears he will do the
same thing. The third and fourth times he will just continue
across the screen without stopping or shooting an arrow. If you
start running out of air, do not hit Robotnik and his arrow will
go down. When it hits the ground an air bubble will go up from
that spot. Jump on it for air. Seven hits and Robotnik will run.

Silver Castle Zone — Act 1

Another confusing one. When the platform that you dropped
onto at the start stops moving, jump right and go right under a
object that's center is red, on a platform above. Keep going right
and drop down the first gap you come to. Then go right and step
on the transmitter object with a red center, to warp to a new part
of the level. From here go left, ignoring the transmitters and
avoiding the badnicks.
     Jump up a step, with a spring at the base of the step. Keep
going to the far left, over a large spiked pit, ignoring all the
platforms above. When you come to a fork in your path, take the
lower left route. Keep going left, then down, after collecting the
shield on the ledge at the left. At the bottom, go right as fast as
possible because a spiked wall will chase you. Difficult, but
possible. At the far right, walk onto a transmitter and then go to
the far right using the platform to get over the spiked pit to the
goal.

Silver Castle Zone — Act 2

First go right, avoiding the badnicks and remembering that you
start with zero rings. Spin dash through three walls, but slow
down very quickly to avoid the electric beams in front of you.
Run by the beams when they are off. Continue right and jump
over the gap. If you fall into the gap, you are unfortunately on
your own. I'm very sorry about this. At the other side of the gap,
continue right, getting the super ring between two yellow panels
on the floor; they do not hurt you.
      Go right jumping over a spiked pit, and spin dash through a
breakable wall. Slow down quickly, jump into the gap hugging
the right wall, and holding the right button down, and you
should land on the edge of a collapsing bridge. Quickly go right
across the collapsing bridge, and then go right. Jump up to a
platform above, then go right onto a transmitter. From the
transmitter, jump right across a spiked pit with a badnick
bouncing up and down in the center. Continue right to another
transmitter.
       From the new area go left across a spiked pit. (Because of
the spikes above it, it is almost impossible to boost blast jump or
glide across without taking damage. At the other side continue
left until you see a big ring in front of a transmitter. Go to a very
difficult purple stage and then retrace your steps exactly from
the beginning of the level. Remember that if you fall into the
gaps you are on your own. At the spot where the big ring was,
go on to the transmitter. You will appear in the air to the left of
a spiked wall. Go to the far left quickly, avoiding the badnicks
and the spiked wall, which will chase you. At the far left, drop
down and then go right to the goal.

Silver Castle Zone — Act 3

Fairly simple. Just grab the rings to the left then jump onto the
platform above and walk on the transmitter on that platform to
go to the boss room. At the far left there is nothing to
accomplish.
      First of all, instead of moving left to right on the large wheel
that your character is standing on, the wheel will turn and move
the platform above you in the opposite direction that you are
going. (So if you run left, the platform will go right, and vice
versa.) The screen will scroll up to reveal Robotnik activating
either the left side of his ship or the right side. When activated
that side of his ship becomes a column with a blue spark on top,
and a blue beam drops down from that side of his ship. Try to
get the platform under the activated side, so that the electrical
beam will bounce back up instead and hit Robotnik.
     If the platform is not underneath it, the beam will go down
and then toward you quickly, so you must jump over it. This is
difficult because the conveyor belt above with the platform on
top of it, prevents you from jumping above it. After ten hits, the
machine will self destruct. Be careful. Sometimes he will
activate for a second; then activate the other side or the same
side again to trick you.


If you collected all five chaos emeralds, you will have to fight
this boss after the other boss. You start with 99 rings, and
cannot get anymore than that. When Robotnik starts moving
back and forth on the top of the screen, dropping blue sparks
two at a time, jump on the object in the center of the screen and
Robotnik's face inside his ship will turn into an arrow pointing
up for one second.
      Now jump on Robotnik's head, avoiding the long spikes on
each side of his head. If hit, Robotnik will move to the center of
the screen and fire 4 sparks, two on each side of the object in the
center of the screen. They must be skillfully avoided by either
jumping on the far left or right of the screen, or by getting
between them. After about six hits the object in the center of the
screen will move back and forth at half the speed of Robotnik,
making it trickier, but the object still does the same thing when
jumped on. Pounce Robotnik about twelve times to destroy him.

Thank you for playing Sonic Blast. If you have questions or
would like to contact me, e-mail me at
j-d-walker@worldnet.att.net