Playing Sand Hill 256 Times as Sonic Takes Him to the Past - Glitch Shorts (Sonic Adventure DX)
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- Fun fact - Sonic isn't really stuck in the past, you can quit out to main menu.
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Awesome Video I love it
like honestly peeps who dont subscribe after seeing the effort put in are maybe disrespectful but i wouldnt know
You did this legitimately?! You really didn't have to. I think I speak for most of your audience when I say I don't mind you using memory editors for stuff like this
you are too good
That number “256” gives such a nostalgic feeling when it comes to glitches. I understand why reaching beyond 255 causes weirdness to happen, but sometimes you just smile when traditions happen, especially *unintentional* traditions.
Agreed. 256 is actually my favourite number. When I was younger there was such a mystery surrounding it. So many games made by different people for different machines and at different times, would have their limits at this seemingly arbitrary number. Back then I would wonder "Why not something like 999? Why this?" Only when I learned binary would everything make sense.
@@Sovic91 The sad thing about this is that once you know how it works "behind-the-scenes" the glitches, bugs, boundaries, etc. start to lose their "magic". It's just plain facts. Nothing more.
@@Black-Dawg-JesusYeah, I suppose so. Seeing that the path that's out of bounds, doesn't actually exist is indeed disappointing. But it isn't quite the same with glitches for me. See, I've always been interested in glitches, because they allowed me to peek into what a game actually is and how it operates. I've actually managed to learn a lot just by observing glitches and thinking about what kind of logic would lead to such an occurrence. When I started learning programming, and learned binary, I could now see the number 256 in a much broader context. And when you know some stuff, you eventually start connecting some things you would never thought are connected. And the realisation by itself is really awesome.
Has significance is cod zombies too, in every black ops game except Cold War you cannot get past 255 rounds
It's the bit count
Sand Hill is looking a lot more like Mystic Ruins right now.
sadly yes it has become that way :(
Better than the forces glitch
I just wanna know who decided to play Sand Hills 256 time to discover this glitch.
They'd HAVE to know the value it messes with to use the glitch in the first place.
maybe someone just really enjoyed it
@@paperfishstudios3144 Absolutely. The chanting at the beginning of the sand hill theme is what kept the founder of this glitch going
I'd say it could have been a speedrunner grinding IL's...but they would have just done it from the Sub Games menu (or whatever it's called), as Tails...
So yeah, I'm inclinded to think somebody was messing around with hacky debug tools to look at memory addresses (perhaps a speedrunner, glitch hunter, or modder), and they noticed this variable was significant, and they decided to try underflowing it to see what would happen.
"All of that work for a simple time jump?"
"I've speedran hundreds of worlds in this fight alone"
_Time to raise the Scuttlebug_
@@MysticPlasma *sad kirbo screams*
Remember that time Sonic sand boarded so hard, he got permanently stuck in the past
Also, imagine the story of who discovered this. It’s just “Hey, I’m going to play sand hill 256 times and see what happens.”
maybe he just *really* likes sandboarding
@XDLAv5.0 yes I do.
Also, "what is that thing over there and how do I get to it?"
I mean 256 is when integers tend to overflow and lead to interesting glitches. Someone could just be doing everything imaginable in Sonic Adventure 256 times to find any neat glitches, or someone really likes playing sand hill.
I guess Sonic R predicted this glitch. The singer did say, “Take me back in time.”
A Time travel skill, something that Sonic hypothetically learned since CD. But instead of touching a sign post and run fast, you have to complete a minigame 256 times
Oh hey you did a vid on the underfl- WAIT YOU ACUALLY WENT AND MANUALLY PLAYED THROUGH THE STAGE 256 TIMES INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE VALUE???
You sick man, but man the props.
Petition to make Cybershell do this on a stream:
" Green hills ,lookin alot more like sand hills right now"
- Sonic 2017
“Ayee la la ma!”
How did not you go insane doing this 256 TIMES?! Your dedication to glitches is insane
I guess Sonic wanted to experience what Tails did, and after 255 trips down the hill, he made a wish on the stars (or Chaos Emeralds?) that something would happen on his 256th attempt, and his wish came true, but at a terrible cost. Somebody get the Time Stones and bring him back from his temporal prison!
Counter overflow? But why would it be counting each time
Waluigi will you be the last character to be added in smash ultimate
Someone didn't qualify the flag counter's increment condition with "if less than (highest value it ever normally reaches)"
@@fisherdotoggis the flag to prevent tails from seeing the cutscene twice?
@@WaluigiisthekingASmith tbh I wouldn't know but if it works like this universally for anyone who can access the stage and just *assumes* you're Tails because only he is supposed to play the stage, then the answer would be no and you could indeed just overflow the counter as Tails if you really wanted to spend the time.
@@fisherdotogg It's also possible that since this stage is only intended for Tails, it won't glitch for him. Maybe each character has their own counter. I haven't played this game, so can someone confirm if other stages are completable by multiple characters, and do they get separate ending cutscenes?
Two Hundered and fifty six... niw where have I heard this number before?
This reminds me of a glitch in Undertale where if you stand in a particular room for an hour, the background starts to shake around wildly. It's from floating point rounding error and not integer overflow, but games can really glitch out in general when the devs don't expect a large number.
Which room in Undertale?
@@robertkovarna8294 It's the two "Core View" rooms at the end of floors 1 and 2 of Hotland
256 is such a special number when it comes to glitches
He's gonna take you back to the past.
To play the crappy slide that is crass.
Reminds me of the bolt overflow glitch in Ratchet & Clank 2!
What happens?
@@YujiUedaFan When you get to something like 2.1 billion bolts, the number is so high it flips the interger symbol from Positive to Negative, resulting in Ratchet having negative 2.1 billion bolts!
Great video, I love fun facts like this. I remember breaking into sand hill with Sonic before, but who would have thought clearing it 256 times would cause it to glitch. xD
Playing Sand Hill 256 times? I can't even be bothered to play Sand Hill twice!
Sand hill be lookin alot more like a waste of time right now
This reminds me of that glitch in Crash 2 where you have to jump on seals about 200 times.
Yeah, that's the crystal overflow bug...😅
I just wanna know who figured this out.
Exactly. Who thought "let me try this 256 times and see what happens" 😂
Actually, I'd rather know who figured how to access Sand Hill as Sonic in the Adventure Field, because I tried getting to that switch to no avail.
@Stardust Sonic I did as a kid. Took a good 15 minutes or so, and I was too stubborn to stop, so eventually I made it up there.
Probably a speed runner
1:09 when alter is on fire u can control sonic before the cutscene plays, u have to Tikal to activate the 3rd in that area (I think it’s only in super sonic story but I’m not sure)
If my memory isn't failing me, you can do it in Sonic's story as well. But you can't go to the echidna tribe city where the pyramid is.
How did anyone ever possibly discover this glitch? Was/is there someone out there that REALLY loves playing Sand Hill with Sonic that much?!
Boarding down Sand Hill 256 times as Sonic crashes Paper Mario
"Sonic is stuck in the past"
The 7 chaos emeralds are right there
Do you know if it works in the dream cast version?
Now I wish that area was accessible without glitches.
I'm curious, what if you were to do this on a save file where Tails never picked up the rhythm badge? Would Sonic be able to get it, since he's loaded into an area specifically coded for Tails, or would the game recognize that you're playing as Sonic and thus hide the upgrade?
Probably the latter, but I'm extremely curious considering the string and glue this game's code is usually held together by.
Considering that upgrades made for characters only show up in their specific stories, it's the latter.
@@rotundmonibuv5103 Its not possible for Tails to exit the area without the Rhythm Badge anyway as Tikal will not appear to trigger the cut scene until the badge is picked up.
At least you specify that it's the glitchy DX version instead of the original. I'm very happy about that
Fun fact: 255 is actually the max number of lives you can get in classic Sonic games (and is why Eggman is seemingly indestructible in some cases) so knowing this glitch needs to be done 256 times, is oddly nostalgic in a way.
255 is as high as 8 digit binary goes so it's something that crops up in a lot of things.
Now I'm going to build up speed for 8 hours so I can complete Sand Hills as Sonic and get sent to the past. Normally, you'd be stuck here without Tails's moveset, but cleverly I manipulated specific variables to allow me to quit back to the main menu.
If you're planning on beating Sonic's story after doing this, then you're screwed as the game autosaves. You HAVE to start a brand new game if this happens to you if you want Super Sonic.
Real talk, if somebody would have a save file of Sonic already appeared in the past/flashback, then I would love to play that, just to run around and spindashing all over the place for fun sake only, even if there’s nothing to do.
That would be amazing, especially if that save file would have with other characters already in that location.
Just saying.
But yeah, love the video as always!
Sonic is taking you back to the past, to see the sh**ty things to take place
Well, be glad this game uses an 8-bit integer for this purpose, and not a 32-bit or even a 64-bit one. Otherwise we're gonna have another "doing X for 480 years breaks the game" type of thing, and you'd have to use RAM modification to show off this glitch ; )
And, Kids, that's a glitch we'll never attempt :P
Wow, thank goodness there’s always some one else to attempt this kind of stuff for you. That’s an extremely big feat and quite a reward
My personal theory is similar to yours, but is a bit different. The flags that have said you have beaten it start as 0, but then goes up to one to play the cutscene. Afterwards, they won't update. That not updating feature is likely only tied to tails, as no one else can get up there, or so they thought. So when it overflows and gets set back to 0, one more completion will send you there.
whoever found this glitch was either some kind of speedrunner trying way too hard to perfect their this minigame, or they really, really, really liked sandhill.
man, it's a shame there's no future sign posts for sonic to use on ancient angel island.
So cool to see Sonic Adventure DX
Just so that this is fully answered, Emma〘MtH〙(@MtH13208) on Twitter seems to have been the one to discover that the code used to count how many times the player has cleared stages was faulty.
If you complete Lost World or Sand Hill as Sonic, Sand Hill as Tails, Casinopolis, Lost World, or Sky Deck as Knuckles, Hot Shelter as Amy Rose, Emerald Coast as Gamma, or Hot Shelter as Big the Cat a total of 256 times, then you will induce an overflow that should send you to the past in some form.
For example, completing Sand Hill 256 times as Sonic shows the past as it existed. Completing Lost World 256 times as Sonic shows the past when it was burning.
twitter.com/MtH13208/status/1338320230691577857?s=20
All hail A+start, for doing the tedious work no one else is willing to do
*green hill’s looking a lot more like sand hill now*
I was looking for someone to comment this
Long story (detailed)
A unsigned byte can hold a value from
0 to 255, by beating the game 256 you create a overflow causing the byte reset to 0, this value seems to be used as a flag, to warp what ever character to that particular area
This flag is usually set by the game but can be forced by abusing this oversight
Causing you to get warped as sonic
This could be done by any character
As long as the minigame can be reached/played
I admire that dedication to your glitches!
I salute you for your sacrifice
This sounds like those old school beat the pokemon league 100 times to unlock pikablu rumors.
Imagine if a developer responded on the video saying something akin to: "oh... you guys finally figured out part one of how to unlock super sonic in the normal levels"
Not gonna lie, whenever I had a character in the emerald alter area I always tried to skirt around the trigger for the cutscene and try and reach the chaos emeralds,
knuckles was best for it as he could climb up the pillars. The emeralds are HUGE compared to the characters.
Hmm... maybe we've gotta do this "glitch" and then touch the emeralds in a certain order or something. I jest of course, the game's been data minded to no end and modded just as much but...
could you imagine? That would be the craziest hidden secret.
Ok that's pretty cool to see. Sonic ran so fast he went back in time with chaos control.
256 times you say? Well it certainly has a better outcome than the Pacman kill screen
Hey, I don’t know if this counts as a glitch but it’s a useful tech. In Super Mario 3D world (Switch), if you wall jump at a corner jumping back and forth from one wall to the other you can get up places useful to you. For example, instead of using the double cherry to get the final green star on “Rolling Ride Run” World Star, after the checkpoint you can roll the wooden log to the corner and wall jump your way over the the last green star.
One cold winter's day, a number of porcupines huddled together quite closely in order through their mutual warmth to prevent themselves from being frozen. But they soon felt the effect of their quills on one another, which made them again move apart. Now when the need for warmth once more brought them together, the drawback of the quills was repeated so that they were tossed between two evils, until they had discovered the proper distance from which they could best tolerate one another. Thus the need for society which springs from the emptiness and monotony of men's lives, drives them together; but their many unpleasant and repulsive qualities and insufferable drawbacks once more drive them apart. The mean distance which they finally discover, and which enables them to endure being together, is politeness and good manners. Whoever does not keep to this, is told in England to ‘keep his distance’. By virtue thereof, it is true that the need for mutual warmth will be only imperfectly satisfied, but on the other hand, the prick of the quills will not be felt. Yet whoever has a great deal of internal warmth of his own will prefer to keep away from society in order to avoid giving or receiving trouble or annoyance.
I wonder if this also works in the original Dreamcast version.
I would guess so. There wouldn't be any reason to change the part of the code that is responsible for this glitch.
Sonic's gonna take you back the past
So wait, if the game thinks that’s the first time Tails is finishing Sand Hill, then what happens if you go onto Sand Hill for the first time as Sonic without playing any of Tails’s story?
Lol, never thought someone would repeat a stage 256 TIMES
You spent most of your day replaying this level for a two minute-long glitch video? I'm motivated by the dedication!
Can also happen with Tails even after you've already been to the past in his story.
Sonic CD 2 is looking painful
This sounds like it'd be a fun idea for a stream
Sonic snowboarded so fast that he broke the space-time continuum
Ah yes, my favourite number.
Figuring out Sonic can play a stage he's not supposed to? I can see that happening. Who was so enthralled with playing this stage as Sonic specifically that they played 256 times to find out that this happens?
I appreciate the work you put into showing us these glitches cus damn tha'ts time consuming and tedious
How bored was the person who discovered this?
Now that's some dedication!
That's some commitment. Yeesh!
I think I did this as a kid, with all available characters, without the internet.
Great video to wrap up my day with! Happy weekend, Andy!
You gotta wonder, who was the brave/bored soul that discovered this glitch in the first place?
This video was just liked 256 times. I'm now waiting to be sent back in time.
So you manage to do an integer overflow and end up in the past?
This is interesting, I am curious to look at the code of this and see how it works. Maybe check if it works on DC or if this is Gamecube onwards.
This is crazy! Really though, who played Sand Hill 256 times just to discover this glitch in the first place? 🤨
Playing Sand Hill 256 times as Sonic crashes Paper Mario
Back to the...past?
Who even thought to do this in the first place??
this HAD to have been discovered by a speedrunner or something
Awesome Video
If he gets taken back to the past does that mean he will encounter the angry video game nerd?
What if this is a secret??? Why do you think there would be a hill to spindash jump on? Coincedince I THINK NOT
1:48 IGN reviewers be like
I heard that if you play it another 256 times it unlocks the secret ending
Chaos Control existed 2 years earlier before SA2 existed. Looks like the game thought ahead of time... Oh, "Time" because this is... Time... Travel...
You read nothing past this point, ok?
Just goes to show that Sonic is so fed up with his present that he yearns to go back to the past.
hey theres a visual glitch in bowsers fury where if your doin a cat dive and change the power up you still do the dive pit this in the video
To be fair, Sonic's better off stuck in the past. His future mostly sucks :c
Who figured this out? Who would play Sand Hill 256 times?
I’m pretty sure Sonic reached 80 miles per hour on that sandboard
now i want to do that Glitch lol
Actually using knuckles and some cheat codes. I finished emerald coast as knuckles and it trapped him in the same place. But later when I reset the stage, he was back at station square. So I did it again, and it didnt work.
You have to play it in the Adventure Field for that, right?
Wow Andy just wow
Crazy! Who found out first about this?
If I were doing this, I would just use Cheat Engine to find the level completion counter value and change it from there, instead of doing it manually.
.....How on earth was this discovered . . .
How do people have the patience to find these glitches?! I could never do that unless it was highly beneficial
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