Wikipedia's Sonic section

CE · Post by CE » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:19 pm

I was browsing wikipedia today to waste some time, and I stumbled upon a Sonic the Hedgehog section. The amount of information there is simply amazing. I was definately not expecting any content on such obscure stuff as say, Sonic Underground.

So I ended up spending half an hour cleaning up some formating and adding bits and pieces of info. If enough people did this, we could remove any need for GG to spend his time adding content to Green Hill Zone, leaving more time for... other things.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:44 pm

Link here:
<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_ ... edgehog</A>

Post by Bo » Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:22 am

I'm a major Wikipedia fan too... I never even thought to look at a Sonic section, though. Nifty. I'm going to clean up some of their music pages sometime this summer.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:32 am

Check the external links at the foot of the page. I think it's likely they got a hefty portion of their section from our very own GHZ. We all know, however, that GG! and the crew pull it off with much more style.

And cursing. *thumbs up*

Dache · Post by **Dache** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:17 am

Actually, I added the GHZ link on the bottom.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 3:56 pm

I only stumbled across it a couple of times while Googling my own name, but apparently there was this small debate a while back as to whether Wikipedia should refer to the Genesis as that or as Mega Drive. The guy in charge of the game section cited the GHZ (and actually used my name) as a source for his decision (because I generally refer to it as the "Mega Drive"), then this other guy who I guess was over his head said something along the lines of: "It doesn't matter what Jared Matte's opinion on this is" and I guess vetoed the decision to use MD over Genny.

I just thought it was kind of cool to have my name tossed around by total strangers. That happens sometimes and then I do something utterly stupid and they realize what a fool I actually am. It happens alot, I don't think anyone's ever respected me for more than a couple of months.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:38 pm

More like a couple of minutes.

Post by **Popcorn** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:45 pm

I used to respect Gibs a lot. Then he disagreed with me about something, and then there were a few other things, and basically since then I've hated him with the burning intensity of a thousand suns. You other guys all agree with everything I ever say, right?

Post by **Squirrelknight** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:01 pm

As long as your mom keeps putting out, I'll agree with you no matter what. ...Those blowjobs are the fucking best I've ever had.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:09 pm

Best reply ever.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:12 pm

Meh, it wasn't that great.

Anon · Post by **Anon** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:18 am

*reads info on the number of stages in Blue Sphere*

...

Holy shit...

Post by **Esrever** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:21 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Spheres

140 million? That can't be right... can it?

Post by **Delphine** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:32 am

The Japanese are bat. shit. crazy.

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:17 am

If I recall correctly, it really is 140 million. It's just it doesn't store them conventionally - there are basically "sections" of each special stage and depending on which code you enter depends on how the sections are arranged.

That means it would be better to say "140 million combinations". Some math wiz can use that to figure out just how many seperate "sections" there are available for combination, I'm sure.

Post by **Popcorn** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:26 am

I completed all 140 million stages once. You don't get anything.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:14 am

So who counted all that?

Post by **Popcorn** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:12 am

I suspect it's just a calculation based on the various possible combinations.

Anon · Post by **Anon** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:56 pm

A crazy thought has been going through my mind to manually see how many stages there are... >>;;

Someone stop me before I'm at the point of no return... <<;;

Post by **Segaholic2** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:24 pm

Have fun with that.

CE · Post by CE » Wed Jul 21, 2004 7:45 pm

Hope you have a year or two to waste.

Post by Bo » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:28 pm

My friend Tony and his sister, who owned basically three Mega Drive games for several years, played about 1600 Blue Sphere stages. I never liked them that much. I tried to get them out of the way in Angel Island and Mushroom Hill.

Post by **Popcorn** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:10 pm

I thought they were pretty cool, actually, but the Saturn version of Sonic 3D still has the most fucking amazing special stage ever.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:14 pm

Where's that webpage with the Blue Sphere map, stage number and password generator?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:25 pm

Yeah, I loved the blue spheres Special Stages. I'd say they're the most clever Special Stages to date.