SONIC'S FREAKING NIGHTMARE BARREL!! | Gnoggin - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

Remember that God-forsaken barrel in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles? It was the worst thing, right? In this video, I explain it... as in I'm ranting. But hey! This statue from First4Figures is really cool! Check it out: www.first4figu...
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Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out!

[@ale-xsantos1078]

Fun fact The official website for Sonic the Hedgehog in Brasil, Power Sonic, was originally created as a tutorial on how to get past those darn barrels

[@mac3433]

Come to Brazil

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

Alternative title: "middle aged man ranting for a barrel for 15 minutes "

[@onlooker31]

Along with a overused joke and a sponsor

[@castform7]

ft. Omochoa

[@Ylurple]

middle aged? jeez...

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

@@Ylurple he said that 21 was a decade ago

[@Ylurple]

@@sonicthehedgehog1606 math. 31 is not middle aged still lol

[@owenbridgers]

I saw the title and just went "Lockstin wtf?" and then I saw the first couple seconds and went "LOCKSTIN WTF?!"

[@JohnSmith-rb5iv]

“We’re hitting ptsd levels that shouldn’t be possible”

[@IgnatiusBlaze4]

Agreed, the moment I saw this video in recommended it was like I had nam flashbacks, heart stopped for a few seconds, then screamed at top of my lungs BARRELS NOT THE BARRELS!

[@slevinchannel7589]

Reaching new heights as a youtuber, huh... Well, i would say congratulations, but... you know... or maybe you dont know... but youtube is messed up like heck. A hollows shell owned by google, only caring about money and such. They dont decide Flagging or not Flagging, Removal or no Removal, becaue of Guidelines or common sense or morality, but for an entirely different system...

[@IgnatiusBlaze4]

@@slevinchannel7589 ... it's a joke, because the barrel caused lots of pain and suffering among sonic fans, back in ye old days without guides and internet, caused a lot of suffering for children of that day.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@IgnatiusBlaze4 You misunderstood my comment. Hard.

[@IgnatiusBlaze4]

@@slevinchannel7589 No I understood it, not rocket science to understand you were talking about how the youtube world is getting harder and harder for content creators as a whole, and especially new and upcoming ones it's near impossible to make it a career unless you've been on the platform for a long time. I was just being nice, telling you that you missed the joke of the initial comment, that they were making a joke while you were being all serious, no need to get bent out of shape.

[@davidsalazar13]

“Undertale, if you ignore the fanbase.” I’m going to need some ice for that burn.

[@primrose6794]

I'll get you a rawst berry or a burn heal

[@pinkpearl9848]

As a undertale fan I can confirm this is true

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

@@pinkpearl9848 not really true

[@BirbBoiYT]

[[apply cold water to burned area]]

[@Sereal5706]

Someone hates papayrus every undertale character and player so you have chosen death

[@HoopsandHipHop]

Even though this barrel was also the bane of my existence as a kid, I would argue that it actually made the game better. It clearly created a super memorable moment for many of us, and when I finally was able to get under the barrel using the jump method (and I didn’t head to the right like you said, I went to the left, back onto the ledge, and then ran under it, which probably made it even harder) it was the BEST FEELING EVER. The entire rest of the game felt amazing because it felt like a reward for beating that one part, which really added to the overall impact this game had on me as a kid and increased my overall enjoyment of it.

[@TheSquareheadgamer]

Over coming bullshit in games doesn't make it not bullshit.

[@webs2099]

I agree with D Birt

[@Argent_Void]

I rage quit quite a few times because of that curse.

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

This made Sonic the craziest he has ever been since he had an existential crisis because robotnik ran faster than him.

[@sirlambchops.]

why do I see you everywhere, Korporal?

[@AlternativeShae]

@@AxxLAfriku id say i blocked you but tiffany already said they blocked you, and i dont feel like starting a chain

[@gapetheapegod7976]

@Tiffany Video how do you block someone

[@gapetheapegod7976]

@Tiffany Video oh thank you

[@slevinchannel7589]

Reaching new heights as a youtuber, huh... Well, i would say congratulations, but... you know... or maybe you dont know... but youtube is messed up like heck. A hollows shell owned by google, only caring about money and such. They dont decide Flagging or not Flagging, Removal or no Removal, becaue of Guidelines or common sense or morality, but for an entirely different system...

[@emblemwarrior11]

"And Explorers of Sky" Me: -Odin- Lockstin is with us!

[@thejensonater4492]

Nice Valhalla reference, can’t wait until I get it!

[@Krotos]

True!!! Explorers of Sky was my favorite game on the NDS

[@Jack101Damascus]

I DIDNT SEE SHOVEL KNIGHT IN THE PERFECT GAMES MONTAGE

[@Densoul]

My big brother and I never got past this part growing up. Then one day when I was back in town from college we decided to play the sonic mega collection. We looked up the solution and couldn't believe it. Then we got to the ice level and lost our damn minds at the snowboarding.

[@arcticdino1650]

I've never played Sonic 3 & Knuckles yet this barrel is somehow giving me ptsd.

[@christianlorre]

As long as you know what to do when you reach that barrel, it's no problem. But, man... thank heavens I only reached this stage for the first time when I could use the internet to find out what I'm doing wrong.

[@whiplashxe]

As a kid, I never found out about the up and down controls. I always made it through there using the bubble shield. If you input jump fast enough with it you could just drive the barrel down.

[@tsucube4377]

Lockstin: Calls Okami perfect. Me: Digging challenge flashbacks Me: Anytime I had to use waterspout flashbacks

[@blindedjourneyman]

Almost perfect* fun game fun artwork small pitfalls that agro everyone irl.

[@tsucube4377]

@@blindedjourneyman I spent litteral months on that digging challenge to get the fire charm. Every time that I had to do a digging challenge or water spout, I would just end up fishing for a long time before I spend hours trying to get past to fail, repeting this untill by some merical, the water spout worked. Also blocko. Amazing game, but it's no masterpiece

[@blindedjourneyman]

@@tsucube4377 hense my comment such minigames dont belong in games sounds as bad as somic adventures big story. Ofc that was a shameless plug for segas fishing games In retrospect.

[@CreepyFrawley]

Lockstin: something something no tutorial Me: MEGA MAN MEGA MAN

[@Yuzrnaime]

He should make a video on Mega Man 2's Wily 4 Boss

[@fireyums]

@@Yuzrnaime Oh, yeah, the Buyo-Buyo Beam Trap is one of the worst bosses in gaming... Edit: Apparently it's called the BooBeam Trap, not the Buyo-Buyo Beam Trap...

[@evillecaston]

"Why did they do Elesa?" Oh, I think we ALL know why they did that... Because Gen 5 stans be wildin' these days

[@castform7]

*gen 5 music hits different intensifies.*

[@XYZRobZombie]

basically all your saying is that sega didn't do enough focus testing with the target demographic. this is actually a pretty common problem in game development. also, sometimes some kids figure it out faster then others when testing so your never 100% sure if your game design works.

[@Eternal-pj8zh]

There's definitely a somewhat extreme bimodal distribution of the kids of all ages who are either paralyzed with fear when a game starts to get confusing, and the ones like me who just start spastically mashing buttons and happen to figure it out. I only ran out of time once.

[@djstarknight6918]

Huh, so I wasn't the only one to reach a time out trying to figure how that one barrel worked, only to try again years later and finally realizing ALL I HAD TO DO WAS HOLD UP THEN DOWN!!! Good to know.

[@mini-_]

Lockstin & Gnoggin 3: & Knuckles

[@LucasMBoysOurRoy]

“Just read the instruction manual” I had the DS version

[@littletiffany9089]

The genesis manual does not say barrels can move if you press the arrows. Infact, most of the barrels in Casino Night don't move if you press the arrows. A select few do, but 95% of the barrels are not controlled by the player

[@sheefo]

This encapsulates my experience with Sonic 3 as a kid. I spent a good month not being able to pass this stage. I kept trying all possible solutions to get the barrel low enough to slip through. I thought that as I fall on the barrel after bouncing up I should press down to make sonic’s weight drop the barrel but it never worked. Until 1 glorious day when the barrel barely allowed me to pass through and I could finally experience the rest of the game. I was over the moon at that point, ice cap zone literally blew my mind as a kid! The music and the snowboarding and all, I really felt like I was being rewarded!

[@Vexx.36]

Him: "Perfect" Me: yus perfect

[@Jeffwyn]

I never got past this part as a kid! I always wanted to get on the damn snowboard!!

[@haroldtan7806]

20 yr old me enjoyed that snowboard in shame...

[@bdpickett]

This f-ing barrel killed me as a kid.

[@Dwagoon-bt8vy]

I remember getting stuck on that part when I was at a summer camp and we had pretty much everyone in my group try and figure it out we all failed

[@angelnava6964]

7:47 This is the best moment in the video.

[@darkwarrior007]

You're right about the visual indication thing. There's a similar obstacle/setpiece in Mushroom Hill that requires you to mash down to progress, but it's not deceptive in it's function(ergo it does nothing unless you interact with it properly, unlike the barrel that reacts to jumping) and has visual indication of what to do. Honestly, rather than try and convey the up/down function visually somehow, the level designers would have been better off just raising up the entry point of the area the barrel blocks off so that it's more feasible to do with the jumping physics method. Leave the up/down thing in as a little secret for speedrunners to abuse, but let everyone else progress by just playing the game in the most sensible way.

[@candlesticks8]

I forgot the man existed until I checked my recommended

[@slevinchannel7589]

Reaching new heights as a youtuber, huh... Well, i would say congratulations, but... you know... or maybe you dont know... but youtube is messed up like heck. A hollows shell owned by google, only caring about money and such. They dont decide Flagging or not Flagging, Removal or no Removal, becaue of Guidelines or common sense or morality, but for an entirely different system...

[@Eminster]

@@slevinchannel7589 stop spamming

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@Eminster Spamming has such a negative sound. Sounds like you dont get that there might be a reason to post something multiple times. Also, you dont even write the start of your sentence big, so what?

[@Eminster]

@@slevinchannel7589 got it you are a troll.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@Eminster No. Wrong conclusion, as expected of you. You cann anyone who calls out you for being stupid a troll, dont you? Prove that i am a troll by answering my questions i asked in my last comment.

[@lewatoaofair2522]

I seem to recall figuring out the true mechanic on my own during my first run. It wasn’t right away (timed out at least once), but I too rolled my eyes when I discovered this.

[@owenbridgers]

"Undertale if you ignore the Fanbase" Yep, that describes it.

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

But there's so many good things tho

[@castform7]

I don't know what he said fo 3D All Stars but I might have an idea.

[@gemraldkid6304]

Well, I wouldn't necessarily say that. There's a wealth of good fan content if you know where to look.

[@adandyguyinspace5783]

I never gave a crap about Undertale so why’s the fanbase bad?

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

@@adandyguyinspace5783 because "fAnDoM bAd fUnnIe"

[@isaacbacon6056]

Man spends 15 minutes explaining traumatizing childhood experience

[@ajanis95]

"Of my favorite characters." Has a Dawn figure shown as he says this. I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@Confron7a7ion7]

All of Doom Eternal's tutorials were pop up text screens sometimes followed by being teleported into a special training room. Doom Eternal is one of the best shooters period but it is by no means "perfect". It had several flaw, some of which where side effects of improvements.

[@MrSkysenGames]

Never understood people having such issues with the spinning barrel. Heck, I don't think Sonic was even the first to do it. As for being iffy on the Sonic Adventure games, I honestly feel they're the only ones that did 3D Sonic plot half decent. Omochao aside, there was backstory, there was coherent plot, there were no awkward kissing scenes... Gameplay wise, most stages were basically just classic stages inflated to be 3D in the first one. That said, I don't disagree on the original trilogy, or just 2D Sonic in general, being best. 3D Sonic doesn't fast well. Pretty sure the only time I genuinely enjoyed going fast as 3D Sonic were the practically cinematic moments from Generations that lasted maybe a few seconds, although that may have been because it was speed on rails so the player _didn't accidentally go flying off the stage because oops they nudged the joystick a tiny amount or overcompensated trying to stay on track._

[@falshion1837]

I'll admit pressing up and down is somewhat intuitive (I either figured it out or a friend told me) but as far as game design, it's poorly implemented. The genesis Sonic games were definitely slower paced platforming compared to Sonic titles that came afterward, but genesis Sonic games never had "puzzle-like" obstacles to get passed until the barrel part. And if it's supposed to be a puzzle, it's poorly designed!

[@MrSkysenGames]

I always had a habit of pressing up and down on bouncy things in games, acting like it gave height, so maybe it was just something I lucked out on. Also, Genius Sonic?

[@falshion1837]

@@MrSkysenGames Oops, I meant genesis!

[@MrSkysenGames]

It happens. Thought it might have been that, but there's also a _lot_ of games out there, heh.

[@castform7]

I have only really played 2D Sonic games. But when I played Generations I really liked it. I think it just comes down to preference. Some like the speedy platforming of 2D Sonic, some like the Adventure style more and some like Boost. All have their own reasons loving them.

[@jeffhirsh5722]

10:32 Lockstin.exe stopped working

[@DiegoG2004]

5:26 While I didn't listen most of that list, I VERY STRONGLY APPROVE THAT LAST ENTRY.

[@modelomegatyler]

i just love how whenever any one talks about sonic games some of my favorite games in the series, heroes, dark chronicles, black knight, werehog, and shadow the hedgehog typically end up getting bashed despite being really good. TwT

[@AzureGreatheart]

“Up and down? *UP AND DOWN!?* WHAT THE FU-“ *Time Over*

[@Alpha1JCDJ]

The way I cleared this level when I was a child was to get bubble power up early on the level and keep it until reaching the enclosed area and glitch through the wall by spamming the bounce ability with a turbo controller on the right side of the barrel. Unfortunately since at the time I thought this was the only way to get through this part I cocluded that it was impossible to clear the game going tails solo. Btw I was playing the Sonic 3 without knuckles...

[@KainDrake]

I only just found this out a few years ago in a cracked article. Before that, my brother and I figured out that the only way (to our knowledge at the time) for us to get through was by using the turbo controller and the air bubble shield while standing right next to the wall to glitch through it. Though sometimes we'd get stuck in the wall.

[@KyanbuXM]

Nothing makes me smile more then hearing some else acknowledge the existence of Z.O.E. It gives me hope that it won't just become another forgotten Konami IP.

[@falshion1837]

Is it just me or was the mini boss on Carnival Night also a bit unintuitive? I remember as a kid just jumping around cluelessly until the boss blew up. Little did I know when I was a kid, when the boss unfolds, it's actually letting the spiked spinning top hit itself. I think that was the first Sonic boss to be designed to not take direct damage from Sonic himself.

[@Alpha1JCDJ]

I remember being super sonic and getting quash by the spinning drill and instantly dying...

[@jl3039]

This is so true. The first time I ever found out what rage was came from Sonic and that barrel. 😢

[@Riolunator]

Explorers of sky: on the list of perfect games Me, who had that as one of my first pokemon games: heck yeah

[@ScarletExodusLovesTNAS]

Did you just diss Black Knight? Oh no you did NOT just diss black knight!

[@theminecraft2516]

I don’t think he was being serious

[@twitchswitchvideos]

I remember getting stuck on this as a kid, I played this game for weeks still getting stuck at this one part and trying to get past it. Ended up getting frustrated and giving up lots of times. I remember trying to push down when landing, then up when jumping and I got kinda close at that point, and trying to get down because I saw the super box. And I remember plugging in player 2 just to stop tails landing on the barrel lol. I eventually put it together but I think I would have given up entirely if I hadnt had so few games to play back then. Definitely one of gamings most memorable frustrations.

[@JkGTube]

This video was next level for me. Jokes? Brilliant. Comedic timing? Perfect. Subject matter? Impressive. Big fan 👍

[@LordAziki]

Talking about all the things the games did right and forgetting the little details that impressed me the most as a kid. There are spikes that extend from a ceiling early in Sonic 3, and Tails can safely stand under them because he's short. The characters don't just have unique mechanics, they also have unique hitboxes. They also made gliding into an enemy then getting a bit of height to glide long enough to hit another feel pretty satisfying, and Tails being able to damage enemies with his tails while flying was a very nice touch. Not surprised the game was incomplete when the Sonic Team's deadline arrived with all the love they put into it, especially considering they were passionate enough about the game to release the content they didn't have time to make, in the form of Sonic & Knuckles. These days, when a game is unfinished at the release deadline it gets released unfinished and will only possibly get the rest of the content added as paid DLC. The Sonic Team literally made a cartridge that works as a standalone game consisting of the stages missing from Sonic 3 at release, with a cartridge port on top that lets you insert Sonic 3 to get what was intended to be the full product, and it even has the added function of letting you insert other Sonic games to play as Knuckles in them. Wish the developers had the same passion when making all the newer Sonic games. I still enjoyed a few newer Sonic games, but Sonic Mania Plus is the only one made after the Genesis era that really feels like the developers were also Sonic fans.

[@VanDonien]

This barrel is the reason I get anxious everytime I hear music even remotely resembling circus music.

[@thedeltasalamance1258]

Me: sees the intro. Also me: Mommy I’m scared

[@CMB505]

Honestly, a thought I had while you were talking about this was maybe the animators could have changed those specific barrels so the up and down arrows were printed on the barrels. So the first half is just spinng the up arrow and the bottome half doing the down arrow. That would give kids the ides that “hmm. This one LOOKS different, what if...” Idk just a thought

[@XperimentorEES]

Didn't think I was that old till you reminded me that I've seen the invention of the internet . . . From my memory of the barrel, I was only stuck on it for about a day or two; I had a second controller and was fiddling around with tail's flight though so that made it easier.

[@pescando]

I think I need a video explaining why that checkerboard pattern was chosen for Green Hill Zone and also why seeing it gives me more nostalgia feels than anything else.

[@bluestormpony]

"explorers of sky" i SEE EXCELLENT TASTE (id also argue that super mystery dungeon matches it but that might just be me being a sucker for its story and characters and how it build on past ones)

[@JonnySpec]

And all Sega had to do was include images of the Mega Drive d-pad with up and down arrows near or on the barrels that respond to it, and give Sonic an animation for when you press up and down on those barrels. Maybe that would've been a bit on-the-nose, but it would've helped. Or even images of Sonic doing those animations on the barrel.

[@Ham_991]

This is a really good video. I loved the jokes, especially the ceiling one. But also, you called Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky perfect, and I can only praise you for that.

[@FarumOmega]

Don't forget the times where, somehow, that snide little bastard, Tails, would get under the barrel and you could see him jump below you on the way down. I spent many 10 minute blocks in that room when I was a kid.

[@shovel1916]

yo, i feel like he should do more of these kinds of videos, not ranting on sonic but just bad design in an otherwise good game. Feel like it would get a lot of views, he's got the charisma, i know i'd totally watch it.

[@SamuraiBill]

omg i died so many times at THAT barrel. this is the best video lol also always thought you had blue eyes, but no clearly your in the glorious green eyed squad.

[@amaterasu1107]

4:52 you've heard of sly cooper right?

[@Darialan]

It's been 25+ years since I played Sonic 3 far enough to see the barrel. I was stuck on this as a kid and I just now learn how it's done!?

[@matthewlynn6108]

I really liked Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. The stylus controls were odd at first but after getting use to them it was a pretty solid RPG.

[@mattwo7]

12:20 I would MUCH rather have a button prompt.

[@joeytabora1052]

"There should have been a sign with up and down arrow" The up and down arrows on the barrel itself: am I a joke to you

[@joshhacker8503]

Bain of my existence was a spike pit in Sonic 2. I KNOW it's there, and yet I fall in at least once EVERY TIME I played! It's especially bad if I fall in as Super Sonic, because the pit is too deep to jump out of. My only option is to let my rings run out, and regret getting the last Chaos Emerald before this part.

[@daggerthedragon1582]

I had this exact problem as a kid! I eventually solved it after losing all my lives a few times. That is probably when I developed my patented "press every button" troubleshooting technique.

[@Galaxies3000]

I love that he has a Sonic drink.

[@asurashun9695]

Games with the ''do it yourself'' tutorials are instantly great, unlike most mobile games where the forced tutorials are incredibly long and painful to go through

[@Ashleyapples]

i remember this, i kept jumping up and down and die many times, until suddenly i felt off and appeared bellow the barrel sudden luck, and not sure how i did it

[@Betterthanever-m2i]

Jumping on the barrel is less difficult if a person is controlling tails. plugging in a second controller was how i did it, but there were still a few time outs

[@borederlands5387]

This gated me for years from seeing ice cap zone

[@harshrajsingh4338]

2:10 Did you guys notice the Jynx plushie Lockstin has.

[@TheMasaoL]

I am just absolutely livid. 20 years. 20! For me to learn how to beat that barrel.

[@ExiledBowser]

To the game's defense though, there are yellow arrow up/down patterns in the background next to the first barrel in the stage that may be a clue.

[@blindsloth364]

"Because we have a brain, because we were born before the smartphone era!" i feel attacked

[@markguyton2868]

To be fair, the texture on the barrels are ^ and v arrows, but yeah, the devs should've made some animations for it rather than "Watch Sanic SPEEN!"

[@Claydood]

I managed to squeeze through by jumping a few times. One day I figured out you can move the barrels up and down when I attempted to do a spin dash on one and it moved down a bit.

[@EaglexHeart]

I was able to pass this zone as a kid only by falling on the well known trait that children are known to do when they become angry, Flail like crazy and mash every button available. and then wishing to for the barrel to go down and holding the button as if the game would compromise my plea. Behold! The zone was then open to me! and then I got game over on the boss.

[@mattwo7]

Honestly I think Sonic 2 is the best of the first three. Sonic 3 & Knuckles tends to slow you down too much like Sonic 1 did.

[@roycks12]

When the barrel was brought up, I could only think about the sonic shorts volume 6 short about this lol

[@BluePhoenix_]

Well, there is one really big design flaw in the sonic series. Sonic fast Everything slows you down If you go brrrooooom, sonic goes OUTCH

[@ale-xsantos1078]

That's why I always went with Super Sonic, honestly

[@launchbase4944]

thats not a design flaw that's the point of the game

[@BluePhoenix_]

@@launchbase4944 no, that's simply going against sonics character and his mechanics. You are supposed to go fast but you are punished if you do. That's like leveling up and getting weaker for that. It makes no sense, therefore it is a Design flaw.

[@anonymousmariomakerfan3296]

Ohh Scott the Wozniak’s really is big now I’ve been watching him since the launch titles video came out

[@livingcorpse5664]

Is the Elisa remark a running gag from previous videos I missed?

[@LegendOfMoriad]

That barrel is the reason I never beat that game completely. Barring the level skip on the version I had, I'd never have seen any of the later stages.

[@JustJohn43]

Your face as you looked at SA2 Battle's box said "do I want to get hunted down by angry sonic fans?"

[@joeyshadeslayer9792]

Most of the “bad” Sonic games’ had great concepts that were just executed poorly. Which is why I hate not having a good PC to make the games play as intended.

[@JonnySpec]

And then there's Sonic Forces, which tried desperately to play it safe and ended up being unmemorable and meh

[@joeyshadeslayer9792]

@@JonnySpec There was still potential with Forces, I personally love the fact you can make your own avatar and use different Wispons. But yeah, you’re right for the most part, Forces plays like garbage in anything except the Avatar stages.

[@tomasmiranda8263]

Ok no but sonic 3 was the first game I ever played as a literal baby and I never beat the game until 2 DAYS AGO because of this barrel and I never came back to try to get past the barrel and I had to look it up. And now this video. The world is a simulation

[@AlexGamer67]

I once and only once did the jump idea as Super Sonic and I f*cking did it and my heart skipped a beat.

[@themegamorph]

Pro tip : aqua shield makes it easier but it's still hard Edit : hyper too

[@drbigglesworth]

I was the type of kid that pressed everything until it worked so, when I was younger, I found out the up and down thing...but I had a messed up controller dock so, couldn't hit the up button on any controller and never beat Sonic's part until I had the collection on the PS2.

[@atomicninjaduck9200]

Of all the videos I've seen on this... topic, this one does the best job explaining it! Move over Johnny Vector!

[@Snakedude4life]

And Knuckles! Ft. Knuckles! With Knuckles! 🎩 🐍 no step on snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰 Or Knuckles!

[@modelomegatyler]

"you use the brain you were born with because you were born before the smartphone era" did lockstin go boomer on us?

[@channingpappe2876]

Yeah I accidentally figured out this by looking up and down and noticing it go a little further. After a long while and break after several attempts and breaks, or hours, I forget after 2 decades.

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

My personal experience, playing on Classic Collection: - Playing as Sonic. - Noticed barrels do move down when you land on them. - Gets to barrel. - 'huh, guess I *have* to do this now...' - Jumps. - It moves down further when I land. - Does it again. - It doesn't, but it was coming up at the time. - Figures 'maybe I have to jump in time with it'. - This is working pretty well, but not quite well enough. - *Thonk* - 'Well, IDK, maybe there's a wall to break through or something?' Green Hill had 'em, maybe this place does. - Starts to charge spin-dash. - Barrel suddenly goes much further down than one jump did. - 'OH. Wait.' - *Thonk* - 'Okay maybe...' - *presses Down* - Got it. Does thing. I understand being stuck for a good few seconds, perhaps even a couple minutes, but... entire lives? Entire *game overs?* to try pressing up and down for a thing that goes up and down?

[@verzeihturncoat27]

I remember losing 1 live to it.

[@Workman743]

We can't all be blessed with MENSA level IQs like you... Nah, I'm just salty, the problem for a lot of us is that you can get _just close enough_ by jumping to be convinced that _you're_ jumping wrong and not that you shouldn't jump. I think the Barrel is more useful as a self-esteem test than a IQ test. "Do you correctly blame the barrel for your failure, or do you blame yourself?"

[@slammy118]

Me as a child " sonic adventures DX is the best game I've ever played" Literally everyone else: if it's not 2D sonic it's trash

[@mellorebel4097]

5 year old me: ;_; Uncle: Oh you're stuck eh? (Proceeds) Me: how'd you that ? Uncle: figure it out Me: (teen gohan ssj2) screams!

[@EccentricDozenaire]

You're the first I've seen talk about this f***ing barrel. Thank you!

[@vegetafan9922]

6 year old me:"There's uppy and downy arrows on the red thingy so I should press up and down."

[@enriquelescure9202]

You don't get it. When game developers did things like these in the 1990's, it felt like they were driven by a sadistic impulse to cause problems for the gamers. That garnered a sense of pride and accomplishment when one passed the obstacles.

[@Nnutthowze009]

Sonic adventures and adventures 2 are probably my favorite of all the sonic games alot of nostalgia to as I first played them on the Sega dreamcast . Oh and sonic shuffle now that's some good memories there ...