The most rings you ever got in one Act/Zone/Action Stage/etc

Kishi · Post by **Kishi** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:21 am

I seem to recall having gone past the 900 mark a couple years ago, but with no way to verify that, I'll just go with this record from my latest playthrough of S3&K.

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You guys?

WhoopA · Post by **WhoopA** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:06 am

Most I ever got was every single ring in Sonic 2 / Emerald Hill, both acts. Something like 250-300 an act...

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:20 am

I have no sentimental value with my rings.
Aboout 156.

Post by **Popcorn** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:20 am

I got nineteen!

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:19 am

I kid you not, 999.

Debug Mode? Why, whatever do you mean?

Post by **Delphine** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:31 am

How about without cheating, Doc?

I know I've gotten 400-500 in <strike>GHZ</strike>Emerald Hill Zone Act 2 in 2. I was never really big on the ring gathering.

Oh, I've probably gotten like thousands in the Sonic-Shadow fight at the end of SA2.

SuperKnux · Post by **SuperKnux** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:57 am

I'm more or less along the lines of WoopaA.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:23 am

With the help of a Game Genie some random alphanumeric string.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:03 am

Probably somewhere between 500-600... I don't think I ever made it out of that range, but I never really played to collect the most Rings. That was probably mostly in Casino Night, though I think I usually had pretty high Ring counts in Marble Garden.

Post by **G.Silver** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:41 am

Sonic 2 gives a "Perfect Bonus" for collecting every ring in each stage, I was only able to do it in Emerald Hill but I've forgotton how many each act had. I think my best was around 800-900, when I tried to max out my ring count by using the slots in Casino Night Zone. I never made it and timed out instead.

There might have been some amazing Sonic CD ring collection I did at some point (by time travelling) but I don't remember it.

Kishi · Post by **Kishi** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:09 pm

G.Silver wrote:Sonic 2 gives a "Perfect Bonus" for collecting every ring in each stage, I was only able to do it in Emerald Hill but I've forgotton how many each act had.

Wow. I'd never heard of that. Makes sense, though.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:51 pm

Yeah, that's a new one on me, too. Do any of the other games have the perfect bonus, or only Sonic 2? I imagine in most Acts it's not even possible to collect every Ring on the stage.

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:52 pm

No, seriously, 999. In Casinopolis.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:02 pm

I remember getting a perfect in Emerald Hill, but it was tricky because if you accessed a Special stage you would lose your rings and they would all be back to where they were. So you'd have to collect them all again. Even still, getting a perfect in that level only required getting 200 something.

I doubt I've ever gotten over 300, nowadays I just go super once I get to about 80 rings since I only really play on my completed S3&K now. And I only do that maybe once a year.

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:02 pm

And I think he means Sonic Adventure 2.

Or not.

Kishi · Post by **Kishi** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:10 pm

Well, the special stages in S3&K also had the Perfect bonus for getting all the rings, so I can see how it carried over from S2. The only reason S3&K wouldn't have it in its normal stages is because, like Gibbon said, prettymuch all of its stages are so elaborate that it'd be impossible to get every last ring.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:18 pm

Weren't some of Sonic 2's stages pretty elaborate? At least some of the later ones.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:35 pm

Yeah, but they didn't have different pathways depending on which character you played as. It's literally impossible to see 100% of any stage in S3K.

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:38 pm

By my current memory, Angel Island, Act 1, might be a possibility.

Dunjohn · Post by **Dunjohn** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:16 pm

I remember hitting the 800s in Emerald Hill Zone, playing as Knuckles. If I remember right, whenever Knuckles emerged from the special zones, the rings would be back around the level, but he'd still have all his old ones.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 3:20 pm

Zeta wrote:Yeah, but they didn't have different pathways depending on which character you played as. It's literally impossible to see 100% of any stage in S3K.

I've actually been playing alot with the debug mode in S3&K recently. If you use debug, you've just got to force it to where you want to go. 'Pretty sure you can see everything.
*sees an impending sexual joke*

-wyvern · Post by **-wyvern** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 3:28 pm

More like 'hopes for an impending sexual joke'.

*sees an impending verbal incineration*

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:26 pm

The most I got without the use of debug was about 300 in Sonic 2. Not sure what level since it's been like 3 years, but I'm going to guess one of the first three.
~Neo

CE · Post by CE » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:19 pm

You don't need debug to explore all of S3&K, you just need to use the duck-jump trick as Tails.

-wyvern · Post by **-wyvern** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:20 pm

What is this mysterious duck jump trick?