Sonic Game Cheats
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Sonic 1
Enter these cheats just after the SEGA screen
Level Select:
Press Up, A, Down, A, Left, A, Right, A, then A and Start.
Debug Mode:
Press Up, C, Down, C, Left, C, Right, C, then C and Start. Hold down C while the level is starting and you should notice the score has changed into hexadecimal - these are your coordanates.
Now Press the following:-
A: Change item
B: Back to normal
C: Place item.
Sonic 2
All these cheats should be performed from the Sound Test screen.
Level Select:
Play 19, 65, 9, 17. C & START. When Sonic & Tails appear, press A & START.
Super Sonic:
Play 4, 1, 2, 6.
More Continues:
Play 1, 1, 2, 4. Move to player select, press START
Debug Mode:
Do Super Sonic. Play 1, 9, 9, 2, 1, 1, 2, 4. A & START.
Now Press the following:-
A: Change item
B: Back to normal
C: Place item.
Sonic Spinball
In the options screen, press:
A, Down, B, Down, C, Down, A, B, Up, A, C, Up, B, C, Up.
You should hear a sound.
Exit the options screen and press:
A: second level
B: third level
C: last level
Sonic CD (Mega CD)
Please see Kiken's Sonic CD Tricks for some cool cheats!
Sonic 3
Level Select:
On the quick animation before the title screen, quickly press Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up.
Debug Mode:
At the stage select screen hold A and press START. While playing, hit B to call up the de-bug screen. Button A scrolls through the items
you can change, and C makes those changes.
Sonic & Knuckles
Level Select:
Begin game as Sonic.
Go to the first pull-machine (right after the Super Shoes and first MadMole).
Jump on the 1st Lever.
Put in this code: Left, Left, Left, Right, Right, Right, Up, Up, Up.
You will hear a ring. Now push Start, A.
At the Title Screen hold A and press Start
BONUS!: Plug in any non sonic game and on the 'no way!' screen press A+B+C simultaneously. You can then play the bonus stage! Plug in Sonic 1 for level after level of the bonus stage! There is no known level select - use it with Sonic 3.
Sonic CD (PC)
Enter these cheats at the 'PRESS START' screen
Level Select:
Press up, down, down, left, right, spacebar
Sound Test:
Press down, down, down, left, right, spacebar
Secret Special Stage:
In the sound test, change the settings to 07, 07
M.C. Sonic:
In the sound test, change the settings to 12, 25
Sonic Boom:
In the sound test, change the settings to 03, 01
Debug Mode:
In the sound test, change the settings to 12, 11
Press ESC for control, space to scroll between sprites, and C to place it on the screen.
Sonic 3D (Blast) Flickies Island (Megadrive)
Level Select:
When it says 'press start' enter B, A, RIGHT, A, C, UP, DOWN, A
You can also skip levels with the cheat enabled by pausing the game and pressing A.
Sonic 3D (Blast) Flickies Island (Saturn)
Cheat Mode:
When it says 'press start' press and hold down UP+L on the D pad, and simultaneously press A+C with start. Now start the game and press start again to pause it. You have the following features enabled while the game is paused:
A: Skip level
B: Skip zone
C: Skip to final boss
X: Add extra life
Y: Add extra medal
Z: Add extra chaos emerald
If you have any additions or alterations, please send an email to
Andy Watts! ([email protected])
See me on IRC at weekends/UK evenings in #Solo_uk (DALNET) as SonicHHog, or ICQ# 667911