[TAS] Genesis Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine by Flip in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/2252M.html. TAS originally published on 2013-01-02.
Sega's equivalent to Kirby's Avalanche gets its own movie. We all know these games by now, clump together alike beans in long combo chains to chuck mess onto your opponent, and win by blocking up opponent’s screen. Just the third column will suffice.

[@thejynxedlynx5570]

I think my favorite thing is the robots leading up to the end being some of the most intimidating looking robots Robotnik's ever created and then there's just Scratch.

[@supersnivy264]

Wdym bro? Scratch is very intimidating. Just look at that face he makes when he’s winning.

[@LokiThePug]

@@supersnivy264 looks like a superiority complex face tbh

[@ninjor1034]

@@LokiThePug It's called a "Shit-eating grin"

[@MattNotFat]

What? You were expecting Mecha Sonic or something?

[@pokelordomega1701]

Also the monkey

[@christopherlopez5134]

This thing OOZES 90's groove.

[@mickeymighty1866]

Course it does what are you from the 2010’s yikes!

[@christopherlopez5134]

@@mickeymighty1866 NAh bruh I was born in 90. Maybe you know, not everything from the 90's embodied the culture of the time, but this sure does! You just embody a failed attempt at sarcasm.

[@lukarikid9001]

@@christopherlopez5134 ooooo gottem

[@Kimarnic]

Heh, the Ooze

[@ERRORDownBad]

It was another reskin of Puyo Puyo so what do you expect?

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

For those wondering. The original Puyo Puyo music is still in the game. They just moved it around to the Vs mode, exercise mode, when you get to Robotnick, the ending where the cast appears, and password screen. The rest of the game uses its own OST.

[@jamiewilliamson9829]

Not entirely true. You're right that some of the original music is still in the game and some of it is still used, like the 2P Vs. mode which comes from the last round of Puyo Puyo. Still, there are still some tracks unused but still in the game's data. Like the Puyo Puyo theme for example.

[@woobgamer5210]

And the music that plays when your board is almost full uses Satan's battle theme.

[@netako]

@@jamiewilliamson9829 Also the respective songs are actually remixed in this game.

[@jamiewilliamson9829]

@@netako Somewhat true. They sound different because Puyo Puyo and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine use different sound drivers.

[@LunaTheStars]

@@woobgamer5210 I can’t find any similarities between them

[@morshumantheshopkeeperrobo6270]

The game has to give itself a promotion!

[@maher7894]

Promotion?! What for?!

[@YYFFZZ]

@@maher7894 search for: I'll have to give myself a promotion!

[@maher7894]

@@YYFFZZ Search for: Promotion?! What for?!

[@Supperdude9]

You're doing it wrong. "A PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROMOTION!"

[@Ephraim225]

@@maher7894 You should have swiped the machine and brought it to me, you PUSSY.

[@Nitroxity]

Imagine being the guy who designed all of those background robot characters for the AOSTH pilot only to find out your quick work that would've been relegated to one episode of a show gets put into the actual games based on said show. Cool shit.

[@toastavalanche8082]

now imagine the characters they replaced being better in every way

[@brolybroly4485]

They could have had potential to be boss characters in sonic games at the end of every zone instead of fighting robotnik over and over and over...

[@N64Mario]

Dr. Robotnik's PINGAS was just not enough for the power of TAS.

[@lamiamekni2802]

Fun fact: Dr. Robotnik's line "snooping as usual, I see?" has become an Internet meme in 2007, due to the emphasis Robotnik puts on the syllables "ping as" sounding like something vulgar.

[@niffuM4205]

@@lamiamekni2802???ok

[@lamiamekni2802]

@@niffuM4205 is something wrong ?

[@k999948]

@@lamiamekni2802 in some LATAM countries “pingas” refers to the penis.

[@josephdecasper7670]

"Aaaaahh Scratch and Grounder! Setting combos as usual I see!"

[@AndrewBlechinger]

Look at how they disrespected my boy Carbuncle. Calling him "has bean."

[@Supperdude9]

Only in America. He's still popular in Japan.

[@renakunisaki]

That's what happens when you eat yourself.

[@iceymonster4675]

Only knew him as Has Bean having played this since release in New Zealand.. Wasn't until years later I even heard of Carbuncle lol >.

[@henrybarton2702]

are you insinuating there is a problem with hasbean?

[@iceymonster4675]

@@henrybarton2702 He was, and always will be, Has Bean to me

[@oswaldoculo]

So I just discovered three things: - how the other robots beyond the third green one look. - my first time seeing this game finished. - I still hate it so much to this date.

[@Christoph8]

I could never get past Frankly.

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

I pride myself in the fact that got to Davy Sprocket as a kid.

[@Iamdead10]

As a kid the game clicked with me after a while and I managed to beat the game, can't do it now as an adult

[@mariogirl8100]

Why? Because it's just a reskin of Puyo Puyo? Or because it was hard?

[@gamursnek]

Thats so valid

[@lemonadogirl4082]

All I'm hearing is that getting any kind of combo over 2 hits is just broken as hell

[@DeenHoward]

Especially since the offset rule in Puyo Puyo didn't exist yet.

[@blueblur98]

If you get a 5-chain or higher, there's _literally nothing_ your opponent can do. Since you can't offset incoming garbage in this game, the amount a 5-chain will drop on the opponent will fill their board immediately. Puyo 1 is janky as _hell._

[@DeenHoward]

@@blueblur98 Shame too, since until Puyo Pop on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, all localized Puyo games were based off of Puyo 1. Though at least Kirby's Avalanche did have a hidden offset feature due to the devs experimenting with it during the SFC conversion, IIRC.

[@lime64skits]

@@DeenHoward super puyo puyo had the hidden offset feature too.

[@bader1708]

It’s sad you support these flags now

[@fatcatbat6357]

I got lucky when I beat this, Robotnik's AI derped and it ended up stacking beans straight upward at the start of God knows how many restarts and I won. I don't think I'll ever beat this game again, but it's nice to play it with friends.

[@superwhatevergamin9634]

Sounds like the AI just dropped dead by the shear weight of your iron will.

[@jackhumphries1087]

Robotnik tired of your pointless retrying and left

[@LilXancheX]

What??? I beaten this game countless of times. If you try enough times the cpu eventually just lets you win. But if you have skill, like me, you can still beat him. It’s a fun game that I like to play, as a mind exercise

[@Knuckles5140]

I remember trying to beat this game on the hardest difficulty as a kid on Sonic Mega Collection Plus. Man... Was brutal

[@Supperdude9]

Why would you do that to yourself?

[@Knuckles5140]

@@Supperdude9 i asked the same thing.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Its not really hard. OG Arcdae Puyo Puyo is much harder the Robotnick Mean Bean Machine.

[@LoraLoibu]

I have that exact game. It's how I found puyo without even knowing it

[@awesomebeast5799]

@@soukenmarufwt5224 People here do not know the pain of regular difficulty Puyo Puyo stages 10-13

[@TheBigMan0706]

The way this player moves and makes combos (I know it’s a TSA) makes me think they could be a nightmare final boss in a Puyo Puyo game

[@YSBunny573]

I agree, this is basically Core AI on steroids

[@LiroRaeriyo]

@@YSBunny573 its better then that, the TAS is able to run while knowing the bean order, not even literal perfect play can account for that.

[@lime64skits]

powerful than satan. (or dark prince)

[@TunaBear64]

​@@LiroRaeriyoAnd the bean order is always one makes an early 5-chain

[@mr.cypher604]

Imagine how this must look from Robotnik's perspective. You have this machine all set up, it's ready to go, and inside of 30 seconds each, every hench-bot you send out suddenly gets rocked by this one person. Doesn't matter the strategy they use; They're deleted in 30 seconds or less. Then they reach you, and in under eight minutes of operation, your entire plan has gone belly-up, your robots are in shambles, your machine is felled. Seriously, Eggman wishes he had a warning.

[@JanusHoW]

"IIIIIIIIIIII haaaaaaaaaate thaaaaaat TAAAAAAAASer! I hate him! I hate him! I! Hate! Him!"

[@mgrjtrraiden9207]

The amount of people who never made it to stage 4 is great. Glad I'm not the only one.

[@Sanicfan9192]

Same here bro

[@Sanicfan9192]

I might have gotten to coconuts once, but I don’t remember

[@CanceltheEat]

God I hope SEGA brings back Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts someday

[@awesomebeast5799]

EXACTLY!

[@zafool4997]

Well, they’re based off actual Badniks, so hope for those to return first.

[@DrRobotnikPingas]

I hope they bring Aosth Robotnik, Coconuts, Scratch and Grounder back

[@KennethMoreland]

They should' been in the sonic movies, instead of that boring ass Agent Stone.

[@Keepcalmandcupcakes]

Seeing this game wreaked like this is so satisfying since I never even got past stage 3 as a kid.

[@maher7894]

This video warms my heart, thanks Flip.

[@WatermelonNinja299]

i love his scream at 7:29

[@awesomebeast5799]

And yet that one voice line resembles AOSTH Robotnik so well

[@ExcaliburDarkspine]

What makes it funnier is when Carbuncle (or Has Bean) mimicks it

[@zarielcolon3126]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@mikekazz5353]

Never thought I'd ever see the staff credits for this game let alone the 4th stage.

[@ImSquiggs]

Probably my favourite game I owned on SEGA, maybe tied with Sonic Spinball. I could never beat it as a kid but finally conquered it on the Steam release like fifteen years later, haha. I still remember as a kid guessing passwords in this game and putting one in that was all B’s and getting warped to Grounders level. That was nuts to me as a young child, that I could guess a password somehow and see a part of a game that was impossible for me to get to at the time. Love this game.

[@AirAjavan1233]

2:04 Coconuts: because I’m going to finish you in a Flash TASVideosChannel: Hold my beer

[@rmzing]

Scratch on the thumbnail is basically my reaction to the TAS.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

"I mean it [Sonic 3] came out three months after Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machin-- There were four Sonic titles in the span of three months?! [Sonic CD, Sonic Spinball, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Sonic the Hedgehog 3] Sure there were. I still believe that Sonic Spinball was just a lucid dream I had once and nothing more... And it gets harder every day to believe that." ~Scott the Woz, Owner of Sonic Jam for the SEGA Saturn

[@Hunkaboy]

He also went to Burger King

[@thatonenerd9252]

@@Hunkaboy he also defeated a Chibi Robo: Ziplash amalgamation with Gex

[@MrMatthias]

I've never been good at Puyo Puyo, so seeing this TAS was somewhat cathartic lol It's a good thing the Continue screen in this game is so darn funny, cause I saw it _A LOT_

[@woofspider330]

You're right that screen of Robotnik basically tapping you out just resurfaced from my memory. Its been awhile, but I just bought the Sonic Mega Collection again, so that will be fun

[@rhomayyann4691]

This game is one of my favorites. It's quick and simple.

[@morshumantheshopkeeperrobo6270]

SnooPING AS usual, I see!

[@UniqueSlug38]

PINGAS! OMG YOU DID THE PINGAS THING! Get it? Pingas? SnooPINGAS usual, I see?

[@ritaandrunt5767]

You did such a Fantastic job on completing this game

[@nayruxie]

stumbled upon this at 3am; this was truly amazing to watch.

[@JeremyMYG]

I always enjoy coming back to this game.

[@danielsiu929]

What a beautiful ending

[@jerppursh7570]

I love the beans devolve into art later in the run

[@CannonBait]

Oh man, I remember this game, I used to play it all the time! Nice video!

[@kongbanana8947]

Ive been searching for this game for ten years. Thank you.

[@-Jest3r-]

I’m glad to see people still play this game to this day and I’m glad this was recommended to me

[@thesparxeffect9734]

The 90's. I never beat Spike as a kid. Would love to see this game remastered in the future. So many multiplayer memories.

[@soouG.]

in Sonic Mania the boss at the end of Chemical Plant Act 2 is basically just mean bean machine and you can unlock a mode in the extras thats entirely just mean bean machine (i forgot when it was unlocked)

[@IvanFranco120]

Holy moly... THOSE DAMN FAST PUYO-PUYO SKILL COMBOS ARE EPIC!!!! 😳😳😂

[@pukllayvoypukllamunay5269]

No lo puedo creer, este juegoestaba buscando hace meses, increible Y lo jugaré despues de 22 años que buena

[@XenoGuru]

I liked this and "Columns" more than Tetris.

[@gamursnek]

Some of these bot designs legit creeped me out as a kid

[@Hugelag]

A new Mean Bean TAS? Awesome!

[@jacobwise6364]

It’s all fun and games until Dr. Robotnik builds his own TAS bot

[@petergriscom3431]

I have the stage 1 theme set as my ringtone for unknown numbers, as it's the theme of "we've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty" piling up in my voicemail.

[@ris8447]

Hm? I vaguely recall playing this game on my PS2.... I still remember the shape of the blob thing. The visuals scared my younger self idk why🗿

[@xiTrapPs]

MAAAAAAAAAAN!! This was one of my favorites I wish I can play it till this day 😂😂😂 I used to make my siblings cry plus I was only 5 when I played this back in the days at my grandmas house 🤦🏾‍♂️ NOSTALGIA! RIP My Granny ❤

[@ObiwanNekody]

I remember this game, and the paper that we noted the level codes on.

[@finalechance7756]

Robots: (has intricate strategies with various degrees of effectiveness) TAS: Dead. All of you. No appeal.

[@TheYellowSignal]

That fake suicide at the end had me dude, and the janking of the yellow bean in the second match was funny. I can tell you had a little fun with this one.

[@user-uv8sw8fm6n]

素晴らしき頭脳バトル😊

[@ssctiyo4735]

And this game became part of the Chemical Plant Zone boss fight on Mania

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

The funny thing is out of all these characters we only saw them all used in the first episode of The Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog and never seen again.

[@Masterhene3]

Robotnics mean bean machine is such a meme name for a legit game

[@mrsonicfan21]

I like seeing the devastating combo setups.

[@mikecraftbro]

I wish I was this good at puyo puyo

[@SleggarLawlz]

The robot designs in this game aways reminded me of capcom creations aka megaman, so charming!

[@superwhatevergamin9634]

I like how the TAS bot goes absolutely nuclear on the combos.

[@fringeelements]

Robotnik's plan always involve some within-system way to defeat them. Pinball fortresses, puyo-puyo based defense systems, or an egg fortress that explodes when... what causes the death eggs to actually explode? Like, Sonic goes in and defeats some robots, and - that causes it to explode?

[@michaelfoote7812]

Ah, i could’ve done that when I was playing Kirby’s avalanche, robotnik’s mean bean machine, and puyo puyo champions.

[@manoftruth0935]

The only game that derives from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.

[@Jombo1]

1st level robot always has the best vibes

[@simplyrenirambus2982]

Shnoo-PINGAS-usual I SEEEE?

[@blukmage19typeR]

Has-Bean _aka_ Carbuncle attacks, translation: 2-Chain» "Fire!" 3-Chain» "Ice Storm!" 4-Chain» "Diacute!" 5-Chain, and so on» "Bayoēn!"

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

What a coincidence that the last robot before each music change in the game ended up having a role in the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog t.v. show.

[@Turnibean]

Well, really, each bot featured in this game is in the show, even if only for a few seconds. Most of them make appearances in the first episode. Uh, whoops..I misunderstood your comment!! You're referring to how Coconuts, Grounder, and Scratch are basically gatekeepers to each level of difficulty..

[@junkosYT]

Mi juego de la infancia :'D

[@RileyNewcomb]

Games like these really helped my problem and puzzle solving skills in life in general, it’s unfortunate our children most like won’t experience this type of gaming gold

[@CoolShot906]

I remember this game😢 I was six and got no depression

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

This my mom favorite game

[@marioguy6486]

Took awhile but I was able to beat this as kid hella fun game

[@jordanpeterson5038]

I wish I could have watched this as a kid. Seeing all those smug faces turn stupid.

[@malrenegade]

oh man i loved playing this on the mega drive for xbox 360 too bad im terrible at it

[@prismaticat]

has bean is my spirit animal

[@WigWoo1]

How can you make a TAS when the next block given to you is random?

[@HelciusCabral]

I suppose at the start of the game a seed is generated and predefines all blocks to come next, in order. Then it's just planning the fastest route in the TAS. Possibly may be some RNG manipulation involved

[@AROAH]

Randomness in computers is always derived from somewhere. In old games like this, it’s usually something like the current frame or maybe certain button inputs will be used to mix things up. When running in an emulator, especially in the case of a TAS, all of those elements can be controlled, so you can guarantee that you get the same RNG every time by always starting on the same frame, pressing the same buttons, etc.

[@m_5373]

Awesome!

[@dancingwalking]

man, flip did smartass mode when making this tas

[@verpler9350]

I had a roller coaster-type experience with this game throughout my childhood. When I was super young, I was stupidly scared of this game for some odd reason. However, before I hit my teens, I brought this game over to a friend's house for summer break and we both got really heated and despised it because we couldn't get past Frankly. I remember it took 2 DAYS of us discussing strategies of how to get passed. When we did beat him, we were ecstatic and something clicked for me. We powered through to where I think was Skweel (who my friend nicknamed dingleberry) before we looked up a guide. That's when I saw people doing chain patterns and where we discovered Puyo Puyo, which I quickly became invested in. I sometimes revisit this game and usually beat it within 40 minutes to an hour.

[@Qnabo]

This guy dominates!!

[@superradrex8652]

I remember one time accidentally skipping to level 10 by just messing around on the password screen

[@Grom8P]

Played this a lot back in the day. I think I was able to beat Robotnik twice? Was pretty awesome.

[@AriochStarr]

This is the reason I don't play with TAS. His level of skill is in another universe.

[@thainsgreatesthits4550]

I know right? TAS is a master at games, a shame he doesn't play that much modern games though

[@lord_berkut2426]

I love how this not only Implies Eggman is a Puyo Puyo fan but canonizes Coconuts into sonic games

[@matthewhahn1132]

Wow new record

[@NegaTheImpmon9508]

the robot death screen at 3:05 always used to give me nightmares as a kid

[@denzelgeorge4339]

here we go

[@EvilMariobot]

And Carbuncle as "Has Bean"

[@MushiTVYT]

0:15 Arms 0:51 Frankly 1:28 Humpty 2:03 Coconuts 2:38 Davy Sprocket 3:11 Skweel 3:43 Dynamight 4:14 Grounder 4:46 Spike 5:17 Sir Ffuzzy Logik 5:52 Dragon Breath 6:28 Scratch 7:01 Dr. Robotnik

[@fataltay1491]

Année 90 belle époque 😍😍🥰😍 meilleurs que tetris

[@skopt7422]

strangely satisfying..

[@bastardluigi]

I've got more sizzle than a rasher of bacon!

[@ArtsyLGStyles]

I'm hungry and it's not meals on wheels I'm after---it's you.

[@Bram25]

I remember playing this years and years ago on the Xbox360 collection. I got to Robotnik the legit way but could not beat him. Got so pissed one day I just stacked and randomly placed those dots. And for some bizarre reason I beat Robotnik and finished the game. 😂😂😂😂😶

[@AdrianGonzalez-sh7qm]

I remember my first time beating this was Dr.Robotnik killing himself by making unnecessary pillars. Every other time he just beats my ass though.

[@Mumutouhou]

8:44 someone finally remembered what game this was ;p

[@jmbmntis]

wait, this WASN'T a fever dream I had?

[@Thelowestofthelowtiers]

I usually play this game on my Sega Genesis portable,and my god does the audio sound so different from this video compared to my Sega Genesis portable.

[@cordellriemer5177]

7:29 me when someone said Hyrule warriors was not canon

[@kenshiro8984]

wait, you cant speed up carbuncle popping up the balloon such as in 1:29? i always thought it made matches start quicker

[@isaacmorales8732]

Guu guu!

[@phonotical]

For some reason I remember getting the red ball drop guy come up but it made a really deep, yeehaw

[@beyondobscure]

u really just said "I'm boutta end this man's whole career"

[@MonamiTech]

Mecha Carbuncle still there.

[@MylstarElectronics]

9:17 Gu! [Carbuncle]

[@malxx125]

ぐぐ

[@dimsword35]

0:16 ooohhh só that's where this music comes from, i heard it in a Peter Kneter Video about Sonic Schoolhouse