[TAS] Genesis Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 "ring attack" by Evil_3D, WST & Zurggriff in
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
TAS originally published on 2017-02-25
This game is what you get if you take Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and lock it onto Sonic & Knuckles. As the name suggests, what you get is simply Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with Knuckles the Echidna as the playable character. The levels remain mostly unchanged, save for the addition of a few monitors that can only be reached as Knuckles, whose abilities from Sonic and Knuckles (gliding, climbing walls, and jumping a little lower than Sonic) remain intact.
In this run, you'll see the zones of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (colloquially referred to as West Side Island in the Japanese manual) like you've never seen them before, as Knuckles uses every trick in the book to collect over five thousand rings, with only 11 throughout the game eluding his grasp. (For the time being, anyway...)
We also have runs with Sonic and Tails ( tasvideos.org/... ) and Knuckles ( tasvideos.org/... ) in this game.
#tas #tasvideos #toolassisted #toolassistedspeedrun #speedrun
![[TAS] Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "ring attack, newgame+" by Evil_3D, TheYogWog & kaan55 in 1:26:1...](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wm2KdDb9lcU/mqdefault.jpg)
![[TAS] Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "ring attack, newgame+" by Evil_3D, TheYogWog & kaan55 in 1:26:1...](/img/tr.png)
![[TAS] Genesis Sonic Spinball "100%" by Flip in 13:03.45](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tsLzIHfQNhk/mqdefault.jpg)
These videos are my favorite; the ones that aren't ONLY about speed, but include some sort of secondary goal that really push the creators into abusing the game to the fullest. It's very thoroughly enjoyable.
And you get to see more of the game too. Areas that are just skipped otherwise.
I agreed it's very interesting to watch
I wish I could articulate my thoughts like you could
thats the point of tas. Its not just fast play through but to entertain too
This is Knuckles being the treasure hunter he truly is.
Kinda wish that there was a consistent number of rings in each stage, like 200 or 300.
This is your inner Adrian Monk speaking to you.
@sonic the hedgehog gamings
Are you referring to one particular act or both acts?
@@SonicPlayer2004 act 1
Thanks for the tutorial... managed to get all the rings in Death Egg Zone so far 👍
It was really amazing!!
@Bruce4KGamer really?
@Bruce4KGamer wow man didn’t realize that
@Bruce4KGamer you're lucky you didn't get woooshed yet.
I got all the rings vs robot sonic
Now Knuckles can pay his debts
Evil_3D Now he can buy a guard dog for the Master Emerald
Or maybe he can just pay off Rouge to stop trying to steal it.
Oh no!
Because he didn't chuckle enough.
@ADEBISI ADEBISI this essay is supposed to be about sonic the human gaming, not about you
God Mode Knuckles in Oil Ocean 2 is quite possibly the single greatest thing I've ever witnessed in a Sonic game. The fact that it took him past a million points is just the icing on the cake.
I love how the perfect bonus thing is messed up in Casino Night. Like, presumably they never thought anyone would do it in that zone or something. This is a really neat TAS, it looks even cooler than the speedruns to be honest.
I have a theory that the misplaced rings in CNZ2 are somehow relevant to this. Like the developers needed some extra space for the textures in CNZ1 and decided to sacrifice that „Perfect“ thing, and added some extra rings inside the walls in order to make the perfect bonus inaccessible, but somehow messed up and did that in act 2 instead of act 1.
@@sylabulus that is not at all what happened, they place those rings, then they change the level design and forget they were there.
Just imagine just how insanity-inducing it must be if you were to try collecting every ring in Casino Night Zone.
not that bad if you avoid the slot machines. I believe there should be over 300 maybe 329? can't remember
I realise you posted this comment a year ago, but the ring attack category only includes the set rings in the stage, it doesn't include the slots
Oops
I love a good goal-oriented TAS. This was pleasant to watch! Well done!
Stacking the gravity glitch state in OOZ 2 had me in awe, and collecting the stuff stuck in the wall in MCZ 2. This is fantastic stuff.
30:09
We’re reaching levels of Knuckles that are inhumanely possible
My question what is the explanation for using that technique??
faster no?
25:34 *"SECRET PASSAGEWAY FOUND IN MYSTIC CAVE AFTER 25 YEAR"*
mind boggling
Yeah and then you gotta wait a minute for an enemy to be in the right position to get you up to the next spot for more secret rings
That speed storage on Oil Ocean Zone 2 is insane lmao
I KNOW RIGHT
Agreed, OO2 was what sold me on keeping this run in the personal TAS playlist I made!
What rings didn't Knuckles get?
We collected 5163 out of 5174 rings as Knuckles in this game (99%). The difference of 11 rings consists of the following:
1 Ring stuck inside a column in Aquatic Ruin 2 that only 2P Tails out of camera can pick up.
10 Rings inside the walls of Casino Night 2 which are impossible to collect.
There is currently no known ways for Knuckles, Sonic or Tails to get any of these rings in Casino Night.
What 10 rings stuck in the walls of casino where are they in the walls?
@@nelsonreyes-alvarez605 level design. it changed during the making of the game and they just forgot those rings were there. same for all the walled rings or rings inside objects. just the game devs forgetting to put them somewhere accessible.
S2 2013 removed them from the levels im pretty sure@@scarlet_sonic
@@FirstBorn-e6g maybe. I don't know :) but I'm pretty sure that this run is on the original game. hence my answer. they may have moved them in 2013 when they re released it, but in the original s2+K, those are there. (maybe I'm missing the point of your reply tho, let me know ;) )
I didn't know there is a perfect bonus when you collect all rings O_O
Me either! Wow, I'll have to try this some time!
There are a handful of acts where it's impossible to get the Perfect bonus because they accidentally left a few rings stuck in walls. Have fun with that...
Ditto
That's not the point of these videos. I'm sorry you didn't find what you were looking for but your type of comments are tiresome. Doesn't make sense to attack what the video faithfully advertised.
Glitches were used, not debug mode. If debug mode was activated, then the score would look different. I don't doubt that you could collect every ring (that is possible for a human to collect) in the stage when you were 12. But this goes a step beyond by collecting most of the rings that are stuck in walls or out of bounds. The point of TAS is to go beyond human skill (Hence, Tool Assisted Speedrun). This means using programs to often execute extremely fast button presses and abuse physics and glitches that all have to be frame perfect. As for the invincibility issue you raised, I don't really see anything supporting that. Mind giving a time stamp?
Aside from some improvements in speed that can be worked on in future, this is near perfect. 11 rings were missed, as they are impossible to collect. More info: tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18847
What a cool category for a speed run! I really enjoyed watching. thank you.
Total: 5163 rings
Thank you! I was considering asking for a total ring count!
Вредное Курение Greed WIN!
Good man
In fact, is the ring total; you at least readed the submission text ADEBISI? -> tasvideos.org/5385S.html
And stop insulting like a child in the comments section, I doubt someone will pay attention to you when the comments were made long time ago.
wow, real mature dude.
Role Model of the Year Award goes to this person.
I've been playing this game for nearly 25 years, and to see the game broken apart like this is a beautiful thing to watch.
I've been playing this game my whole life and I am seeing parts of levels that I have never been able to access before
33:55 Knuckles’ swag crab walk 😂
Love the video! Great work to everyone involved. I never knew there was a perfect bonus!
Even TetraBitGaming thought it was impossible to get 300 rings outside of Casino Night Zone
They should call this category, "Get Rich Quick"
He’s speed
He want de rings
But most importantly
He’s has a greatest life insurance
Best tas ever made! Insane!
Sonic: "I'm the fastest thing alive!!"
OOZ2 Knuckles: "Hold my muscles."
Cameraman in S1, 2, 3, 4:
The two who down voted, got stuck in a wall with the unobtainable rings.
You mean one of them is ADEBISI ADEBISI? Makes sense
Watching this in the future 6 years later, still incredible run
Little kids in the hotel elevator: 14:29
glad your score is 1,685,550. Well done!
11:47 Perfect it was on beat 😌👌🔊🔥
This would be how Knuckles got enough Rings to start Burger Time.
Ring totals:
Emerald Hill 1 - 296 rings
Emerald Hill 2 - 285 rings
Chemical Plant 1 - 355 rings
Chemical Plant 2 - 297 rings
Aquatic Ruin 1 - 246 rings
Aquatic Ruin 2 - 336 rings
Casino Night 1 - 302 rings
Casino Night 2 - 314 rings
Hill Top 1 - 186 rings
Hill Top 2 - 279 rings
Mystic Cave 1 - 253 rings
Mystic Cave 2 - 290 rings
Oil Ocean 1 - 297 rings
Oil Ocean 2 - 283 rings
Metropolis 1 - 278 rings
Metropolis 2 - 280 rings
Metropolis 3 - 223 rings
Sky Chase - 67 rings
Wing Fortress - 296 rings
Death Egg - 0 rings
Total: 5160 rings
I never knew a "Perfect Bonus" existed in sonic games. The fact SEGA included this shows that they encouraged exploration to the HIGHEST caliber.
14:30 wow he\she timed that with the music to well
Also at 11:48
Is a "it" the tas
the routing on this must have been a nightmare.
TAS grabs all the rings and still beats the game faster than I could as a kid.
Close your eyes, and you will hear the rollercoaster of emotions that is my existence.
Make sense since knuckles is a treasure hunter.
Has anyone tried the origin versions version were you retain your ring count after each special stage. I was able to get around 4 and half hundred rings before I my timer had nearly run out.
Timestamps:
0:03 Start
0:07 Emerald Hill Zone (Act 1)
1:32 Emerald Hill Zone (Act 2)
2:41 Emerald Hill Boss
3:21 Chemical Plant Zone (Act 1)
5:44 Chemical Plant Zone (Act 2)
7:44 Chemical Plant Boss
8:20 Aquatic Ruins Zone (Act 1)
10:03 Aquatic Ruins Zone (Act 2)
12:14 Aquatic Ruins Boss
12:44 Casino Night Zone (Act 1)
15:24 Casino Night Zone (Act 2)
17:53 Casino Night Boss
18:27 Hill Top Zone (Act 1)
20:00 Hill Top Zone (Act 2)
22:12 Hill Top Boss
22:44 Mystic Cave Zone (Act 1)
24:22 Mystic Cave Zone (Act 2)
26:59 Mystic Cave Boss
27:34 Oil Ocean Zone (Act 1)
30:08 Oil Ocean Zone (Act 2)
31:50 Oil Ocean Boss
32:20 Metropolis Zone (Act 1)
34:17 Metropolis Zone (Act 2)
37:19 Metropolis Zone (Act 3)
38:58 Metropolis Boss
39:46 Sky Chase Zone (Act 0)
41:54 Wing Fortress Zone (Act 0)
43:31 Death Egg (Act 0 Cutscene)
44:21 Death Egg Zone (Act 0)
44:24 Death Egg Boss (1/2)
44:45 Death Egg Boss (2/2)
45:04 Ending
46:18 Credits
It's interesting that you get extra lives for 100/200 rings collected in a stage... but not for 300.
I'm curious about the missing Perfect bonus on Aquatic Ruin 2. I know some rings are out of bounds, but as displayed in other levels, TAS can usually grab those pretty easily. Is it just not possible to get them all in that stage? I saw another video where someone did get Perfect on that stage, but they were playing with Sonic and Tails, so maybe Tails can do some offscreen sprite despawning or something that Knuckles alone cannot do?
edit: never mind, checked the link and read the runner's notes. I was right about only being able to get it off screen. Also, I apparently didn't notice the missing perfect on Casino Night 2. I guess no way to get out of bounds in that spot in Casino Night. Interesting stuff. Good run, by the way. Forgot to mention that. Very entertaining. ^_^
May Mabie For Aquatic Ruin, Pause at 11:20. There is a ring INSIDE the top of the pillar on the left. It is hard to see because it blocked by the leaves, but you can see it when the leaves are not in the way. That's the only uncollectible ring in Aquatic Ruin 2. It is possible to collect using debug mode, just not in legit gameplay.
13:38 That timing!
30:20 that fricking glitch, i love that!!!
It's so cool to see that they gave knuckles his dig from sonic adventure
5:33 No one's gonna take note about how Knuckles moonwalked out of Chemical Plant Act 1?
I love how Sonic games, although simple, are infinite.
I did NOT know there was a Perfect Bonus for collecting all the rings!
I didn't see a Perfect bonus for Aquatic Zone 2... further research needed? I wanna know why it didn't trigger the Bonus :)
Hmm. Super-hidden rings in Mystic Cave 2...
Oh my... Oil Ocean 2... you found a way to get those rings I could never figure out how to get as a kid!
Ryan Gates In aquatic zone there is a ring inside a wall
Huh.... I after all these years, I've never known there was a perfect bonus.....
Can knuckles complete the run without collecting a single ring ?? That would be interesting too
remember those parts 29:11, 6:29, 2:50, 18:35, 41:11 and 10:53
That art at the beginning is awesome imo.
15:07 ah yes, the P̶̲͚̖̘̹͑͌̐̂ͦ̓͠ͅĕ̺̬̲̣̱͍̳̪̻̤̘͉̗̤̺̰̥͐͂̉̇̄̚͝ͅͅr̵̛̺̫͙̙̘͗͒ͦ̔̀̚͜f̶̻͔̟̻͚͙̳͍͎̠̣̞͖̤̫̾͆͌̌̈́̚͘̕e̸̡̦̰̼̥̪͉̩̬ͮ̇ͤ͛̄̎̀̊̏̎ͩ̈́̅͐̀͢c͙͔̱̼͉͕͍̖̦̥͎̭̗͕̦̣͊ͮͭ̎ͫ̌͡ẗ̶̙̗̤̼̠͉̙͍̤͚̼̗̤̯̯̝̫ͨ͊̒̔̉ͭ͊̈͛̈́̂͗͐͌̌͢͟͡ bonus
Knuckles: Who keeps leaving these damn rings everywhere?!
I'm finding the occasional complete and utter disregard for the laws of nature weirdly inspiring in a way that a normal TAS speedrun of a Sonic game isn't.
Can you _really_ call it a ring attack if he didn't collect all the rings in the special stages?
11:46 very clever timing😂
OCD Powers activate! Leave no ring behind!
I knew Oil Ocean 2 was gonna be crazy when I saw yall skipping rings 😝
wow that megamix as the credit song is soo cool
17:06 My favorite one so far.
Got to be Modded
Oil Ocean Zone 2 "WTF"
this is beautiful to watch
Hill Top Zone music is SO GOOD
The total ring count for this run was 5,163.
Ring and Perfect bonuses accounted for 1230000 out of 1685550 points.
Most of the rest was acquired in Sky Chase.
I'd like to know what happened to Aquatic Ruin 2 and Casino Night 2. Where are the missing rings there?
During development of Sonic 2, the level layouts were modified over time and some of the developers forgot to relocate the rings to account for this, so some rings are stuck in walls, where they're often uncollectable
I thought Knuckles was building up speed to visit a parallel universe on Oil Ocean Zone 2.
That title card is cuuuuuuuute.
14:17 my heart was stopped for a one second.
ᅚ lol I saw your comment and when the moment happened I was like "must be at the 14:17 mark right now because that shit was scary"
@@notsogreatsword1607what exactly happened there? I didn't see anything special
He had hit the lives limit under a minute
Imagine you get the very last Ring in Emerald Hill and then get hit by a buzz bomber at the end section
Drinking game: Take a shot every time Knuckles gets an extra life.
I didn't know it was possible to collect the hidden leftover rings from the prototypes in mystic cave and metropolis...
How many rings do you want?
*YES*
Jesus! This is how long it takes me to get 50 let-alone all of them in 40 mins.
lol
Wow, custom artwork.
TAS Attack! I approve!
11:06 “Hey Knuckles! Remember to breathe sometimes”
13:32 - Following tha beat
22:11 - The floor is lava.
23:33 - No wall can stop a Knuckles.
25:36 - No wall can stop a Knuckles (part 2).
30:17 - Entering Jupiter Simulation
I've been playing this game for nearly thirty years, and this is the first time I've ever seen the Perfect Bones.
smh.
I feel like doing Ring Attack on any of these stages would be a nightmare.
Especially Casino Night.
Classic Tails: Wow.... Where does somebody put all those gold rings?
14:30 music perfect timing
11:05 Holy #$§%
12:24 "You are free my little animal friends" - "Aaaaaah, we are burning... Oh the pain. THE PAIN!!!"
And what the hell is happening in Oil Ocean Zone Act 2? Not even Sonic can follow these moves.
And in Metropolis Zone Act 2 Sonic says "Knuckles, go home. You're drunk."
Who has ever even collected all the rings in a stage?
knuckles can do what sonic can't. go fast.
I had no idea such a thing as a perfect bonus existed in the Genesis games. Now isn't that just sad? :/
At 5:57 could the pipe entry have been faster?
dat boi knuckles is greedy af
Incredible!
This was a beautiful video and still stands to this day but I have a question: is there a reason that there wasn't a perfect bonus in casino night Act 2?
Almost certainly there was an impossible ring inside of some scenery that can't be clipped into.
Why would they even bother putting in a perfect bonus if it's impossible to get some rings normally or without glitches that take years of practice
What about the perfect bonus for the casino stage?. How do you get all rings there if you can get rings from the jackpot
5:33 lol Knuckles is moonwalking.
Nobody:
For real, no any single human being:
Game designer: So, an hour before job? **Makes this video without context. He just had casual fun**
How to bug Oil Ocean Zone 2
Damn I had no idea Knucks was such a ring junkie. His friends really need to lock him in a room and wean him off the rings
Casino Night Zone:
Wait, that’s illegal
It almost seemed intentional that he ended Aquatic Ruin 1 with exactly 420,000 points.
34:54 who knows how he got slope glitch here
30:18
What the heck? How did you move out of that?
kinda wonder if there's (liberator) all enemy killed tas in sonic...
Bridges blocking you from going down to the floor? Knuckles gives absolutely no shit, he can go straight through them.