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Competition Central / Help with Oil Ocean 1 RA

« on: July 04, 2007, 01:34:47 pm »

Hokay, I tried searching and came up dry. I know it's perfectly possible to get perfect rings on Oil Ocean 1, or else the top scores would be much smaller. But, there's maybe 2 or 3 rings I just can't get, now matter how much I try. I've marked where they are in the attached map. I can't seem to get Sonic moving fast enough or high enough to hit them there. With Knuckles there seems to be no problem but I haven't tried a full run with him yet. I've tried this for several HOURS and feel it's about time to ask for help. How do I get these rings? Thanks.

EDIT: Finally figured out what ¦nbsp; means.

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Gaming and Grazing / Looking for a Windows 95 emulator for XP....

« on: June 25, 2007, 09:10:37 pm »

Yes, Thorn, an emulator.  I'm looking for a freeware Win95 emulator for WinXP.  I have an old Frogger (the 1997 Hasbro version) that I would like to play again, but it won't work on this machine.  That's all I'm actually planning on using it for.  Does anyone have any ideas?

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Leaderboard Disputes / Guess what I'm calling!

« on: June 23, 2007, 06:01:24 pm »

Aquatic Ruin 2 with Sonic:
Max rings: 335 by Stanski, RPGNutter, MiStEr_ShAoLiN, and Aitamen
Best time: 0:36 by Aitamen, second is 0:37 by Stanski
Max score: 76400 by Stanski, second is 70400 by Aitamen

According to the times, nobody has reached the sub 30 needed for a 50k bonus.  However, note the number of rings.  The 335 max would give an end-of-level bonus of 33500+50000=83500, not including in-level score and time bonus.  Yet the max score is only 76400.  I'm confused.  I would say that something's wrong, but I don't see why anyone would lie and place their scores LOW.  Furthermore, the Knuckles ARZ2 scores reach into the 90k range.  What's going on here?

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General Sonic / Petition for more Sonic PC games

« on: June 23, 2007, 12:12:03 pm »

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sonic4pc/index.html

I started this a couple of months ago (before I joined TSC) and finally found it again to post here.  This is a petition to Sega for the company to re-release some of the 3D Sonic games for the PC platform (if it can be called that).  The petition focuses on SA2B, ShTH and Next-Gen, with room for SSR and Rivals.  Like I said, I started it a couple of months ago, and now we're looking at Rush Adventure, Sonic RPG, Rivals 2, and Olympics, when all the PC is getting is Sega Splash Golf (yuck).  I'm posting this here because if Sega listens, it could open up the boards to greater competitions too.  I've been a PC only person due to low budget, and having already discussed with others how little I like emulators I think this is one of the only options left.  So if you're for the cause, please sign and help me out.

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General Sonic / Help w/Debug Mode

« on: June 13, 2007, 05:05:02 pm »

For some reason, I can't seem to get the debug/config modes working in Sonic 1/2/3/K the way that MC+ describes them.  Can someone give me a few more details?  Thanks.

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Competition Central / Different Game Gear Versions

« on: June 06, 2007, 02:30:53 pm »

Is it just me, or are there some major differences between some of the Game Gear versions?  I have Mega Collection Plus (do I say that every topic?) and the Sonic 1 Game Gear that's on there doesn't match the maps on here, particularly with Bridge 2 and Jungle 2.  The difference is enough that, when I just now RAed Bridge 2, I only missed maybe 3 rings and came up 50 rings short of those in this competition.  How are the versions so different?  And, should we have different charts for each one?

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Competition Central / More rules questions

« on: June 03, 2007, 06:43:25 pm »

1. Does it matter whether I use Sonic or Metal Sonic stats on SADX?  I have a bunch of old Metal Sonic stats that are better than my Sonic ones.  The difference is only cosmetic, right?

2. Does it matter whether I use the score and ring count from the normal or extra mission with Team Chaotix on Sonic Heroes?  My stats are usually higher with the extra mission.

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Competition Central / Video Software

« on: June 03, 2007, 01:37:07 pm »

Hokay, so.  I have Mega Collection Plus (anyone paying much attention to me should know that), SADX, Sonic Heroes, and Sonic Riders, all for PC.  The question: what video capture software should I use, if I want to film my runs?  I'm trying to find something freeware, and I really don't feel safe using an unofficial emulator.  Does anyone know what I should do?  Thanks.

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Competition Central / Launch Base Times - Just Checking

« on: May 31, 2007, 09:42:12 pm »

The rules say that I get to choose whether I want to lock on S&K to StH3 for times.  That means I can upload my LBZ2 time when it is locked on, meaning only two bosses and not the final boss, right?

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Competition Central / Mega Collection Plus?

« on: May 09, 2007, 10:12:30 am »

Sorry if this was already posted, but I didn't find anything.  Sonic Mega Collection Plus is okay to use for stats, right?  As long as I don't use the game save feature?