Sonic 3 & Knuckles Debug Bugs

[@RockingBlur]

I went into this video thinking "HA I've probably pulled all of these" That was quickly shot down the moment I saw the Launch Base Act 2 cutscene taking place in goddamn *_ICE CAP_*

[@SteelT]

I didn't even know you could get the game to do that, the game was out for over 2 decades, yet new glitches are always being found.

[@kybixis]

*god damn we're an act early*

[@scrimger1230]

Wait that means you can skip launch base and on the no lock on version you'll instantly win. *Big arm appears in ICE CAP*

[@romulo2714]

+tristan wrong, the sonic 3 cart actually stores level data from some levels of s&k so what i supose would happen is you would be teleported to a early version of mushroom hill, as early version of s&k levels are present in the game rom ATLEAST in the betas, including one of the betas being the s3 levels finished but s&k not

[@albertspookyboi1709]

RockingBlur what about when big arm came in the special stage

[@teckworks]

You know, despite all of the absolute fuck occurring in this vid, the game STILL stays running. Gotta give props to the devs for making a pretty reselient game.

[@LauraLowe]

Not to mention crash proof! It only resets when something goes wrong!

[@thebluekirbychannelsnewchannel]

@@LauraLowe yeah but if you corrupt the ram,game dies

[@baconhair1565]

@@thebluekirbychannelsnewchannel theres not much any software can do when it comes to ram corruption how can you revert corruption if the logic that does that is... well... corrupted

[@ibhaenggi]

@@thebluekirbychannelsnewchannel Only when you do some MegaGlitch or whatever.

[@masterofx32]

Also further supported by the architecture of the platform that does not care for „illegal memory access“. It will just use whatever data it finds there.

[@CanaldoZenny]

3:23 Knuckles: "Not so fast hedgehog, you'll never get the Chaos Emerald again, i gonna press this button an reset the game so you never gonna finish it!"

[@kolector6440]

Matheusfpolis1 *Evil Laugh*

[@jokermlt6772]

SonicSpeed jmi8j8iiii

[@lupinedreamexpress]

FUCK YOU FLOWEY, YOU EVIL LITTLE SHIT. *plant music*

[@lupinedreamexpress]

*****​ I'm blind

[@dragonfruitymmanuelngo4642]

Stop with undertale plz

[@savetheevo]

The Mushroom Hill pallete change was actually kinda nice. It looks like cherry blossoms

[@ritaandrunt5767]

Videos like this have always intrigued and fascinated me I always love seeing what chaos and mayhem will be unleashed when debug mode is enabled

[@MFO86]

17:20 Is that...a second Master Emerald!? 19:53 Nice one, Tails...you've reduced reality to a blue, featureless void!

[@shadowjohan]

You have entered the Sonic Zone

[@shoopdawhoop]

Useful tip: If you stuck at the Knuckles cutscene at the Angel Island and screenlock won't come off, you just can place a spring and launch Sonic up and then Hydrocity will load. Since game uses unsigned values, going higher that the upper boundary means that Sonic is actually goes deeply down, where Hydrocity launching collision is placed. You can even try to do this in Bombship sequence, since entire boss arena has this collision, and only screenlocks prevents to trigger it accidentally.

[@Sovic91]

I did not know that. That's very interesting. I'll check it out next time I have the chance.

[@LucasMBoysOurRoy]

19:08 Mecha Sonic: Triple Trouble

[@JogG4DX]

OMG!

[@Minimum3Dashers]

bad time trio AU flash backs

[@alejoyugar]

2:47 LOL Sonic 3 hard bosses edition

[@danilodanilo3406]

*music intensifies*

[@osc-omb47896]

Releasing for the master gear on 32th octember

[@Laenthor]

Debug is a simple developper tool used to test stuff more efficiently in-game. It wasn't programmed with functionnality in mind, so these bugs are not even tested.

[@jimwakelin1906]

Yet sega deliberately left it in their games, as it added something to them that people could find and play around with. And he knows this, it was just for fun.

[@DDRhappiness17]

that explains why theres so much unstablility and randomness happening even when waiting and exploring certain sections of the map

[@contentdeleted1621]

Laenthor Unlike Sonic Mania's Debug Mode, which has proper functionality and thus has *far* less bugs.

[@hyperguy6596]

@@contentdeleted1621 And that's why sonic mania's debug mode is kinda lame

[@_DogoTheSpamtong]

@@hyperguy6596 they did that on purpose as like a little thing u can unlock and play with so they did test bugs and that

[@marionava1279]

7:47 Drug mushrooms zone

[@Grantula28K]

MARIO NAVA magic mushroom zone

[@NovaBlastPlays]

Get the name right, it's "Drugshroom Hill Zone" Edit: and 13:45 is Tripopolis Zone

[@WindowsXPfan-FNFMix]

Best zone in the game!

[@Minimum3Dashers]

mushroom ddddrug zone

[@savetheevo]

I'm not gonna like your comment cause it's on 69

[@fc.sonicx]

0:00 - Title Screen 0:19 - Data Select 0:44 - Sonic & Knuckles Racing 1:30 - Angel Island Zone Act 1 Custscene 1:36 - Bug In The Music's (Mini Boss [Sonic & Knuckles] & Boss [Sonic & Knuckles]) 1:51 - Unknown 2:10 - Flying Battery Zone Custscene 2:44 - Eggman & Robotnik Vs. Sonic & Tails 3:07 - "Zone Done" 1 3:17 - "Zone Done" 2 3:21 - Knuckles Crashes The Game 4:43 - Launch Base Zone Custscene In The Ice Cap Zone 5:30 - Eggman Ice Cap Zone Act 2 Boss & Robotnik Launch Base Zone Pre-Final Boss In The Ice Cap Zone 6:44 - Ending Custscene 7:38 - Mushroom Island Zone Act 1 7:50 - Palette in the background spoils. 9:04 - Magnetic Island Bonus Stage, Eggman & Robotnik Bosses 14:07 - Unknown Levels 15:34 - NO WAY! NO WAY? 16:59 - Metal Sonic & Metal Sonic Vs. "Tails" 19:29 - The New Staff Roll

[@GenesisAGES]

14:07 might be what's leftover of the sonic 2 2p

[@fc.sonicx]

​@@GenesisAGESReal!

[@GenesisAGES]

@@fc.sonicx heh?

[@GenesisAGES]

I know this because there is a slight black line on top of eachother

[@fc.sonicx]

@@GenesisAGES You know a lot! I didn't even get to see that XD

[@soniccd9983]

It’s so strange how code from other stages can invade another stage

[@jameslozada3326]

19:32 What do you get for defeating 2 Mecha Sonics at once? a Secret Blue Knuckles Ending!

[@khaig5418]

pog

[@SomeInterestingName]

7:47 is where the acid kicks in. Or should I say, Mushrooms?

[@lilgummy7348]

I just love that this game was released in 1994 now its 2017 and it still amazes me

[@RockRedGenesis]

I'm still trying to workout how he got Launch Base Zone's boss into Ice Cap... Screw that, how did he break the glowing balls bonus stage... I knew Sonic 3 & Knuckles could be broken, but damn, not like this

[@Windo0ows]

The glowing balls stage is simply just going as far to the right and you can and when the screen bugs out you go left and if you go up and down it glitches

[@TCIndiana]

I thought I knew everything about debug mode; but I had no idea you could do things like trigger events and bosses from entirely different zones. That's funny :)

[@TCIndiana]

And then you somehow triggered the blue spheres minigame that usually only pops up when you plug sonic 1 into it, further blowing my mind... sorry, commenting as I watch the video. :)

[@skinwalker69420]

Ad load S&K from S3&K

[@Rezmic]

This is clearly just an elaborate video to show off your OC, 19:35 Bluckles, the blue echidna. (do not steal)

[@mentalmidgets6933]

xSARADA_2017x SKV it's actually tails the blue echidna. (if you finish an act your name will pop up as tails)

[@lpfan4491]

its blue knuckles who is called tails

[@Sarnio793]

Rezmic Lol

[@nathanthewolf772]

*steals oc*

[@custardly2310]

LPFan in which the game then thinks is sonic

[@GoldenGrenadier]

so that's where knuckles goes after the first encounter.

[@andray2126]

Knuckles run

[@invalid_user_handle]

13:27 So, By Going Around Sandopolis Zone And Glitching It Out, You Somehow Managed To Scroll Past Endless Mine And Loaded Up A Glitch Stage?

[@dandyharuman6637]

Glitches Or Finding Hard Bosses 2:38 2 Flame Mobile 5:17 Freezer Mobile & Beam Rocket 9:03 Hang Mobile & Big Arm 16:40 3 Mecha Sonic

[@carrie.c.c]

13:34 - 13:55 And then the WHOLE universe went "nope" and DIED

[@Alina_The_Wolf]

It did Nope.avi kzbin.info/www/bejne/nafHl2ikYt98Z5Y

[@viniciusnascimento854]

Knuckles music in Icecap is only possible with the awesome Bugs And Glitches Yeah T-T

[@KamiJoJo]

Knuckles: "OH NO!"

[@KingofAustralia]

Kamijou 仧 😂

[@leandropaulo6085]

damn dude that was so funny im literaly pissing myself right now im gonna fucking die from laughing so hard

[@KamiJoJo]

@Super plush channel Squad what

[@KokoroNoSama]

holy shit, that bonus stage boss fight D:"

[@JKDontJudgeMe]

New Boss Edition

[@memzy64u]

I would love to have that as a boss in sonic.

[@William1214-m1x]

Bonus boss stage: nothing but Bosses😂

[@stationtostation8765]

On some of these, the game gets less and less control over what the *bleep* is actually happening until it just gives up, like on the Glowing Spheres bonus stage glitch

[@abinicolx2]

6:54 and so, Sonic destroyed the death egg without Tails. Robotnik went to get Tails with his clone, but, this wasn't the smartest idea because the Death Egg was now un-guarded. That means the Sonic went and hit the self-destruct button.

15:35 - congratulations, you bricked the game 💙 :v

[@lightthehedgehog1765]

Romário Carlos and opens Blue Spheres Plus

[@Minimum3Dashers]

15:35 - congratulations, you 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱 the game 🤦‍♂️

[@sonicthehedgehog7082]

and took the chaos emeralds

[@roc-noK]

Oh no!

[@cloroxbleach8023]

*Congratulation's You Now Can Be Glitch Knuckles*

[@thekingslayer1831]

*When something weird happens and you're confused but it's you're favorite game so you try to explain it* "Well the game is obviously always storing the intro cutscene in its hard drive just in case some weird shit goes down so it combines the intro graphics with the bonus stage palette to fix the problem and after that the game functions totally normally."

[@shouse_zip]

Awww man, I absolutely LOVED debug glitches back in the day, I had so much free time, I could watch them for HOURS. I tried some of them out, always got crashes, so yeah... I have never seen the ones in this video though (except for the bonus stage, the Sandopolis and the usage of the tricks)! And I thought that lava reef act 2.5 and the 50 to 60 hertz switch were the worst ones.

[@realisticeyeball]

You've turned it into Magic Mushrooms Zone!

[@Commrade-DOGE]

this

[@SEGAsonicstuff]

Ah this brings back memories of trying all these glitches on Sonic Mega Collection Plus. ^_^

[@JamesnLollify]

Ahh, I loved that game.

[@goldflowergamer3139]

Me going into this video: “I’ve probably seen all this stuff before.” Me after: WHAT THE FUCK IS THE LAUNCH BASE ACT 2 CUTSCENE DOING IN ICE CAP???!!!

[@themythicalmaroonman6343]

Actually using debug mode for looking for bugs.

[@Fosdogen-kl6mt]

Beta fox from minecraft?

[@FairPlay137]

3:23 Knuckle's bridge button got stuck. Robotnik accidentally sabotaged it when he got cloned.

[@kirillthekinggod]

Is broke ending: Knuckle: wait, is working but is not Sonic: *laugh* Knuckle: :/

[@kyletoons9821]

When I saw the Mushroom Hill zone, I saw the intro cutscene and when Super Sonic bumped Tails, it changed into a WHOLE DIFFERENT ZONE. Sounds like a stupid glitch if you ask me.

[@WindowsXPfan-FNFMix]

15:35 Congregations you killed the game, now you can only play blue spears for all eternity.

[@MasterShwagg3524]

I feel like I just took an acid trip

[@TyStar45]

So this was how sonic boom rise of lyric was created

[@alex.a1952]

this all happened when amy came home with a bag containing a white substance

[@NAT20Fen]

I don't wanna know what you mean by "white substance."

[@charizardislamechangemymin9384]

Meth. Lots of Meth.

[@djayden4661]

*BRUH ITS OBVIOUSLY MILK*

[@nathanthewolf772]

Jondi Warriorwolf Drugs

[@TheONLYFeli0]

Cocaine, meth, or some other drug?

[@RCSXDV]

The way you did that glitch at 4:27, was like a TIME TRASSTERFY from other time periods falling through other times of the game.

[@David_Odie]

The mushrooms hit Tails pretty hard around 7:47

[@skylan031]

NEVER TOUCH SUPER SONIC OR HE WILL GIVE YOU DRUG 7:46

[@SonicTheDutchHedgehog]

Lol

[@skylan031]

@ahh yes holy shit, my comment was 3 years ago can i remove it

[@danilodanilo3406]

Tails:Bro why u give me useless drug s now am mad Tails:**steals emeralds** Sonic:GIMME MY EMERALDS BACK Tails:no bc u gave me drug Sonic:**rage intesifies** Sonic:**uses 100% of his power** Tails:oh hell naw Sonic:GIMME MY EMERALDS BACK OR I KILL YOU Tails:*beats level and gets to sandopolis* Sonic:YOU WILL PAY FOR THA--- Sonic took the L

[@doomfatlikesbluesphere9984]

I wonder if mania will have debug like all the classics

[@NunofYerbizness]

I'm actually hoping so, since the remakes of Sonic CD and Sonic 1 & 2 all have debug codes, plus Sonic Mania is using the same Retro Engine used by those remakes.

[@MrMaclicious]

I highly doubt that they will put debug mode into Mania.

[@pensamiento3867]

If it doesn't, I will kill taxman.

[@MSOGameShow]

That would be pretty interesting.

[@jimwakelin1906]

Well we have already seen there is a soundtest in it, so I would imagine there is a debug.

[@viruswastakenlol]

the bonus stage is like a boss rush with this bug

[@OhHeyItJaye]

What a great ending to the video, lmao.

[@poodloo2180]

5:05 PonyTails

[@memelover-pf4jx]

His Sprite was glitched

[@sonichuthehedgehog5743]

Poodloo dummy

[@rudypalomo9093]

Poodloo on

[@binarypench]

Poodloo Nice pun!

[@tennis-cap]

4:57 Tails: "What!? Did the invisible barrier punched me?" 5:12 Tails: "Why the eggmobile is moving itself!? Oh, i see eggman is coming, I'm gonna get out of the eggmobile" 5:46 Tails: "WHAT!?!! THEY ARE TWO OF THEM" 5:51 Eggman: "Hey, you can't escape from me" 6:12 Tails: "Oh, finally i beat him" 6:55 Tails: "So the death egg falling to ice cap" 7:40 Tails: "Hey Sonic, we are going to the wrong zone" Sonic: "uh oh" 7:47 Corruption: "Why did you eat sonic?" 7:56 Tails: "*looks at the bg* Pink mushroom hill zone!?" 9:00 Tails: "I see something different..." 9:04 Tails: "What did phantom ruby to us?" Sonic: "We see glowing spheres stage" Tails: "There is another me?" 9:12 Eggman: "I think, my eggmobiles got noclipped through the world..." 9:26 Big Arms: "We are trapped in the single stage..." 10:07 Game: "Warning: Too much of bosses!" 10:14 "Textures got changed to something weird"

[@MasterSonicKnight]

I seriously need a new brain after watching this

[@DobieMeltfire]

Basically, my entire childhood...

[@GMDTheOnyxGuyEizzX]

5:04 "What happened to my tail?" XD

[@ettahdadneccrrooww8540]

TailS with an S!!

[@Minimum3Dashers]

it became a hair.

[@GnarlsMSMREAL]

Nice Ponytail tails!

[@spy9514]

Out of all the Sonic games and debug modes, this game must have had the most chaotic debug mode, the debug mode here seems to be a punishment as well, it causes a loot of errors and corruptions, even using it normally fells extremelly glitchy

[@Kdot_jr]

9:00 what you see when you open your eyes after rubbing them hardly

[@LinkyTay]

7:48 press garden act 2 before press garden act 2

[@DABoredman]

what boggles me the most is how those specific coordinates make the game load entirely different level data.

[@blooga3941]

I used to mess with debug mode on the Wii VC. I also managed to semi-consistantly get the debug mode on Sonic 3 alone...

[@danieldb631]

This video asks the question: Have you ever played Sonic 3 & Knuckles on weeeeeeeeeed?

[@HonorJanas]

3:23: Nice laugh, Knuckles.

[@GnarlsMSMREAL]

Who knew knuckles's voice was a ring sound!

[@qaaris4280]

I want to try that infinitely replicating Mecha Sonic fight. Seems fun.

[@Chillius]

19:32 I lost my shit here when I just saw the plane be like "fuck off"

[@gonzo4057]

LOL! I used to perform these glitches as a kid! It was so much fun!

[@TCIndiana]

Remember the 90s? when game developers put secret stuff in that let us completely break the game? I miss those days.

[@ActionGamerAaron]

Debug options are not intentional secrets. They are used to test features. The devs often leave them in on accident, rarely intended for consumers to find. Some probably think it's fun to leave in, but it's primary purpose remains to test features.

[@foppypoof5195]

A Gamer Aaron peaple who made this game left it in on purpose.

[@fakebaconclown610]

15:46 when I first did this glitch successfully (it is very precise) I pictured the greyed out characters as being dead, so I think of it as blue sphere but everyone's dead. at least it works though, meaning you don't need sonic 1 to lock on to sonic & knuckles with this glitch.

[@GoofySlugpup]

sometimes i wish i had the sonic games, a genesis to play the sonic games, and knowing how to activate -de- bug mode

[@kolector6440]

7:33 Thats why kids you DONT eat mushrooms at Mushroom Zone! no, rly, its so fucked up.

[@oosha2000]

Poison mushroom cookie: Have a shroomie

[@PhirePhlame]

I remember going completely ham in debug mode and the game resetting itself and somehow losing the lock-on features.

[@OGAITNAS]

7:45 So kids, what do we learn today? A ssj hedgehog can kill robots just touching it, but he cant kill just a fucking fox.

[@amandamakin1542]

The best debug glitches I've seen (not on here) is the one that crashes S3&K & turns into S&K by breaking too many S Monitors as Hyper Sonic, & the one in Ice Cap Zone Act 2 that makes the background flash green & spawns the boss in a loop if you go under a bridge,

[@orangehat1924]

7:47 I see that's what inspired Whitehead to design Press Garden Zone.

[@dio1627]

fighting the bosses in the bonus stages sounds unironically fun

[@michimiaw]

17:09 tails swimming in the air :3

[@reighnaldranch635]

The Death Egg eventually shrinked so that it can fit in Ice Cap.

[@ladyhibiscus5020]

Even this hack is confused at itself. xD

[@KidPrarchord95]

Tiny Birds This isn't a hack

[@Artoliann]

It's not a hack dummy

[@8krash182]

I freaked the fuck out at Big Arms in the damn bonus stage.

[@laithakkad2221]

If the tails launch base boss in ice cap glitch was done in soinc 3 alone would big arms spawn or no? I'm very curious to know if it will or not and what would happen after since there's no mushroom hill would it play the end game credits?

[@Benkoopa]

GET ON THE HYPE TRAIN. WHO'S READY FOR SONIC 3&K ON MOBILE?

[@brickwallgaming5788]

it probably wont happen due to music coyrights among other things

[@brickwallgaming5788]

i think he may of been talking to me but even im not hating, its just copyrigt issues with the music that would make it impossible, as such emulating would be the best option as of now

[@brickwallgaming5788]

Sega or sonic team make no money of 90s sonic games annyway considering they are out of production.

[@Benkoopa]

You do realize that I saw a tumblr post with The title: BRINGING BACK SONIC 3 By Christain Whitehead.

[@brickwallgaming5788]

you do know that i dont use tumblr

[@lpfan4491]

knuckles:*presses the button and chuckles* sonic:"so......what is going to happen?" game:*restarts* sonic:"oh"

[@lpfan4491]

9:06 thats some serious parallel universe-shit

[@cinnamon6452]

*SEGA wants to know your location*

[@SamiSha]

"*The* are different ways to break the game" Hmm KZbin bug.

[@dogedude2825]

One glitch I found was when I was playing S3&K I went into debug mode then the music cut out so I went to the main menu only to find it was now S&K

[@stevenpavelish6017]

This video is trippy like Mushroom Hill! XD

[@g-manjr3658]

Why do I find 19:36 so funny? Knuckles just peaces out right when sky sanctuary starts playing.

[@BadProp]

0:44 Super Sonic Racing XD

[@TheMeeraali]

5:36 I am the eggman, I got the MAAASTER PLAAAN! 6:44 congratulations! you beat "one half" of the game! 9:26 yay big arms in vanilla s3k!

[@TheMeeraali]

TWO MASTER EMERALDS???

[@axel_ex]

6:20 - когда я слушал звук разрушения машины эггмана я резко вспомнил как я входил в наркоз и я точно такой же звук слышал

[@hikmori7]

That Mecha Sonic battle sequence breaking was absolute mess lol.

[@Fnaflover-ll7ph]

deBUG bugs

[@Fnaflover-ll7ph]

9:02 Lol what are intro cutscene, flying battery boss and Sonic 3 final boss doing in bonus stage xD

[@SMDDM8]

Я конечно ломал игру через дебаг, но не так жестко. Вы как обычно постарались на славу

[@swastika6089]

Sonic 8000 also has showcased these kinds of glitches. I remember him from back in the day.

[@oosha2000]

I remember watching his videos back then good old times

[@mukmewx]

man that was funny when knuckles killed tails 7:12

[@steakfan10]

7:19

[@SonicSammich]

Uploaded on my birthday. WOO

[@mizukithemagiciansylveon5284]

ShadowMaster77 Happy birthday

[@SonicSammich]

Thank you

[@LordNightmare47]

ShadowMaster77 I see you everywhere

[@TetanusBooster]

I guess happy birthday for roughly a month's time then!

[@l9m241]

You know you fucked it up when the intro starts twice and a boss from one of the acts and the another one also appears inside the bonus game area. I just love how more and more keep spawning until the pallete is just destroyed and the music is just confused.

[@Nevermore_neverless]

5:36: Tails VS. Robotnik and Robotnik

[@nathanthewolf772]

Becca cavanaugh & Knuckles

[@dusty6719]

olá,cidadão brasileiro

[@nathanthewolf772]

dusty COMO SABIA QUE ERA BRASILEIRO?! 😆😆😆

[@dusty6719]

Felipe Campos

[@nathanthewolf772]

dusty ATA,e também,vc é o primeiro a descobrir que sou brasileiro,parabéns!

[@iceicicle3046]

This is what happens when people have free time to mess with games discovering things that absolutely nobody thought would be possible

[@iceicicle3046]

19:35 BLUE KNUCKLES

[@FairPlay137]

Debug mode? More like REbug mode!

[@dragon666777]

so not only did you somehow spawn big arm in ice cap and the electric balls bonus stage, but you also managed to put the game into blue sphere mode... how even? i've never seen debug do anything like this before

[@4pri792]

What an Interesting way to get into blue sphere

[@kyozero5840]

Hm, I always wondered why Sonic never made chase after Knuckles upon losing the emeralds, but I guess now I know why

[@funnydog597]

can you look for the red grasshopper lookin miniboss in hydrocity act 1 it's inside the walls somewhere with a waterfall in the foreground

[@tablesocceranartasportasci2337]

6.40 the legend sais nowadays, robotnik is still exploding