Sonic & Knuckles LOST BITS | Unused Content & Debug Features [TetraBitGaming]

[@TetraBitGaming]

________ & Knuckles ?

[@chewybot685]

Tails

[@flyingsquirrel64]

Sanic

[@josefinachavez6303]

Wut

[@greenboi6424]

MegA man

[@SonicTheDutchHedgehog]

No

[@NathanielBandy]

Leave a comment about the siivagunner rip, trust me it was done on purpose

[@connectionterminated9740]

Ok ydnaB leinahtaN

[@SrIgort]

What rip?

[@spiritmanderthecharmander5666]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- Also, RIP

[@Chipmunkboy]

They sure must have had a *gay old time* making that * high-quality rip*.

[@spiritmanderthecharmander5666]

@@Chipmunkboy You just had to bring that up?

[@someguywithinternetaccess8757]

A kid: literally dies The Oompa Loompas: 16:03

[@soniccity3307]

Guy with internet acces do you want to be my 8th subscriber?!

[@Matsu_Suzuki16]

@@soniccity3307 i subbed to you

[@soniccity3307]

@@Matsu_Suzuki16 thank you so much!

[@Matsu_Suzuki16]

@@soniccity3307 your welcome.

[@omeralenzi3984]

I just died when I see it 😂😂😂

[@justsomeguywholikeswater3566]

"What are you watching Dad?" "A video son. One I've been waiting for before you were born."

[@margaretclifton157]

F

[@_delta_music_]

F

[@shalt-the-gay-homosexual]

F

[@rancidmoldybacon]

F

[@Fantastickyle-e7f]

Me When I Have Math Problems: 16:30

[@TheMan-Man]

15:42 I did discover it by myself, I was messing around with debug and I noticed that the ring count now had random letters in it, I kept collecting S monitors to see how many letters I could get until I forced myself into Sonic & Knuckles.

[@bsharpmajorscale]

It's fun to break S3&K, especially getting red Sonic or blue Knuckles. I remember doing fun stuff with the PC collection too.

[@elenarosales145]

@@bsharpmajorscale & knuckles

[@Amsel_616]

@@bsharpmajorscale i know you can bug yourself into Blue Knuckles but i thought Red Sonic was Game Genie only

[@bsharpmajorscale]

@@Amsel_616 Just use debug and force Sonic to fight Knuckles' final boss at Sky Sanctuary 2. Once the plane's gone, you can switch to an item to stop yourself from dying and place some platforms. I can't remember which is which, but trying to go super will change you from light blue Sonic to red Sonic. Or possibly vice-versa. I'd have to check to remember.

[@noahgardner6296]

Nice profile

[@theharvardyard2356]

I remember finding that row of monitors in hidden palace with tails! I loved exploring every corner of these levels and like to see devs put in these very hidden secrets.

[@herksku9051]

You should do lost bits on my life, you might find my dad

[@notevenusingthisanymorelol]

Oof lol

[@gamingnubs7628]

This is a pretty creative comment. Its also funny. Good job.

[@herksku9051]

@@gamingnubs7628 wish my dad liked me as much as you do my comment

[@gamingnubs7628]

@@herksku9051 OOF

[@robocatssj3theofficial]

Or your girlfriend!

[@alphamakesstuff]

9:47 the S ball graphics are still technically used, the gumball machine has a non glowing 'S' ball in it, but it never comes out

[@KewelsBri]

Isn't that technically a different graphic, though? Afaik, that graphic seen in-game is all one sprite, so the individual graphic still isn't used.

[@lewiskarma797]

So frame 1

[@Ms_Firekin]

I was thinking the glowing yellow one would have something to do with super sonic or something, like giving the player fifty rings or something

[@TuxerTuxar]

Ikr

[@YashaMikage]

Is the ball blue? There are a few things that are programmed to match Sonic's color/state so if it was it would only glow if using Super/Hyper Sonic. Since this can't happen in a special stage, it could be a likely reason for it being cut? Unless it was a test item like the "S" Monitors or something... I'm legitimately intrigued now.

[@orangecrust8002]

16:03 mfw trying to explain to my best freind how ronald mc donald split sonic 3 in half

[@KoopalingMayhem]

Lol

[@orvarbessason9305]

Yea I know

[@corruptedleaf3282]

16:03 Me trying to explain what a seizure is

[@sweet9062]

seizureeed

[@rosebud6116]

@@sweet9062 You’ve been Seizureeed

[@loafyleoo]

LMFAO-

[@Fantastickyle-e7f]

16:03 Sonic Be Like JGSUZHZJSHAHSJSHKSHAHSGKS

[@BobThebuilder-b4f]

16:03 sonic 1 in a nutshell

[@Omega_2]

15:40 I've been using that since forever. I find it works better for me in a smaller area than a wide one, you need as many sprites as possible. You can get back into S3&K by doing the same thing. I got something you'd probably be interested in too You know you can fight 3 Mecha Sonic at once? Just debug mode, no cheat devices. BOTH Sky Sanctuary zones.

[@KaiganGhost]

I legit never thought this would happen with the “eventually” in the sonic 3 vid

[@SonicTheFantastic]

Oh god

[@SonicTheFantastic]

Super Releasio 64!

[@joeyreinhart8820]

Cybershell's bonus video took a long time too

[@FNBurgerMan3395]

BUP!

[@alianpoop2503]

BUB!

[@aquadrake389]

my dad: wondering where his magic sugar is me in the other room: 16:03

[@kennygamr]

You mean crack

[@Taha632RMF]

@@kennygamr no, magic sugar

[@Itsyebyebbybro]

The magic chalk dust

[@lacksonrackson]

@Sans the Skeleton no he means he like eat the magic sugar

[@rileyjohnc7831]

@Pablo magic surgar idiot

[@plasterchief9582]

16:03 8 Year old me when I take a sip of monster energy:

[@csonicandredcrewmatefilms5339]

Gacha kids explaning that there not gay

[@NotJohnTanner]

Goldfish be like: 16:03

[@NHSDE53]

At 3:02 I think the static monitors might be markers for where the monitors would pop up when the sign hits the ground.

[@Jimmietruck28]

Why have I never thought of that?

[@masonjesse24]

Dang that’s pretty smart and probably Right

[@nataliecurare]

In response to 15:39 "How could anyone ever discover this?" I did accidentally as a curious kid, and possibly many others did too. The way it happened for me was when I first discovered playing around with debug mode, I noticed when you get an S TV, it also gives you 50 rings. The natural response was oooo let's just give myself tons of rings. Then I found out if you get an S TV when it would cause you to go over 999 rings, it changes the ring numbers into letters or weird number symbols. Curiosity brain wonders how far does it go, does it turn into even more weird stuff the more and more rings you get? How high can it go? What happens when it runs out of letters/numbers to use? I COULD just hit one TV at a time, but I could probably see how weird it gets even faster if I lined up a bunch of TVs and spin dashed them. So I did. The first few times, I only used a few TVs, it severely lagged the game but didn't crash it. Oooooo I wonder what happens if you line up even more! Boom, game crash, back to sonic and knuckles, wow that's cool! And that's how it's possible to discover that. I never posted about it or anything back then, it's just a fun thing I did myself, so if knowledge of it is online, I guarantee was discovered separately, possibly even this same way, by multiple curious people.

[@stardmg]

The reason is actually because the game tries to run the super transformation for *every* monitor you just broke, which causes it to overflow and destroy other important areas of code.

[@stardmg]

more specifically, the code for making Hyper Sonic's stars appear. The game is trying to make stars for each monitor broken and it overloads the sprite limit

[@spaderhavoc4432]

Lmao I did this too, wondered what happened

[@Fluxuation]

@@stardmgmy question, how does this make the game boot up S&K?

[@stardmg]

@@Fluxuation I'm not a total whiz on it but to my understanding when the game resets improperly like that it fails to check the flag that tells the game whether Sonic 3 is locked on or not.

[@dukecherry5169]

11:04 did you accidently fall for a silvagunner edit when getting songs for the video?

[@stargazersdance]

God I hope he did.

[@fieratheproud]

Whichever it is, I love it

[@Mr_Movement]

Get Silvagunner-ed lol

[@ashisharky]

This man really just said “Ima do part 2 first”

[@shirleyrivera8290]

OK BIG BRAIN TIME CUS TETRA SAID HE DO PART 2 FIRST

[@Sonictheoofhog4]

Then it's actually part 1

[@shirleyrivera8290]

@@Sonictheoofhog4 HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@DafineDesign]

Fun fact time: At 10:15 for anyone wondering why it's written in katakana and not hiragana. Katakana is used when robots talk (in comics, etc.) and was historically used for things like telegrams, etc. Think of it like seeing digital LED display letters vs handwritten ones. Side note: Katakana is also used for foreign loan words & names, sound FX and when foreign speakers talk. Also used to amplify native words that are usually written with kanji/hiragana, to make them stand out & pop (have impact)!

[@n.d1282]

Fun fact: if you turn itnto 0.5 speed on 16:03 it will be normal green hill zone music.

[@cyberknightgaming2094]

if you put it to 0.75 speed, it kinda sounds like speed sneakers green hill

[@RatchetAndClank14]

Everyone knows that

[@ZeroFusion28]

16:08 "Someone make a meme of this" *_It's showtime_*

[@yaboiocto]

Does anybody else notice that around when he starts speaking about how tails is kind of playable, the music changes into the flinstones theme, and then the mario theme?

[@gavinsanchez7442]

Grandad

[@steveluvscows2490]

SiIvaGunner

[@yeet830]

What part?

[@epicwubbox-earthisland1236]

Weird

[@miwiki6]

15:40 i actually had discovered this by myself a long time ago, i was messing with the S monitors to see how many rings i could get, then i had put A LOT of monitors, after that, i spindashed in them, and boom.

[@dirtychains]

Same

[@mariois5stepsaheadofyousoh667]

IN A BIG FAN

[@miwiki6]

@@mariois5stepsaheadofyousoh667 uh

[@mariois5stepsaheadofyousoh667]

@@miwiki6 I'm a big fan regitt

[@miwiki6]

@@mariois5stepsaheadofyousoh667 you're a big fan of... me? thanks i guess

[@MakriaMicronation]

15:57 knuckles and sonic genuinely tweaking after they find out they have to take down yet another death egg

[@WMAVZ]

me waking up early: Ugh, as soon as I get a chance I'll fall asleep right away... Me at 5 pm: 16:03

[@Sonikks]

This game was my literal childhood. I still have my Mega Drive and original cartridges all working and displayed. Really enjoyed this video dude. Thanks for the upload!

[@pytha7]

"I promise I won't make you wait another year" ok cybershell 2.0

[@coolbob863]

True

[@pompuyoytspunbytails9907]

5 months later. Still no Sonic 3 video.

[@bewearstar9462]

Only 7 months

[@luginess0]

@@pompuyoytspunbytails9907 It happened

[@pompuyoytspunbytails9907]

@@luginess0 I know. But thanks!

[@ultra_magikarp3880]

11:04 listen closely to the music

[@alphamakesstuff]

FLEENSTONES

[@CatacombSaint]

Get Silva Gunner'ed

[@crab_gamin]

7GRAND DAD

[@YourFavoriteHeeler]

16:03 when you be spitting facts

[@TuxerTuxar]

Fun Fact: At 16:03 There's a crazy Sonic Spinning trough frames, this is accessible with Debug mode and it's called «Animation Test», the most interesting thing is that there are some unused Sprites.

[@braydenn-mexe]

15:41 I actually discovered this a few years back. I wanted to see how high I could get my ring counter so I spammed some S-Monitors, spin dashed through them, and boom, Sonic & Knuckles time. Also great video as always!

[@Revermb]

So nobody gonna talk about the bgm chaning to the Flintstones at 11:09

[@gdemerald581]

Silvagunner rip, I'm sure of it.

[@gooburr411]

@@gdemerald581 someone give me the link to the siIvagunner vid containing the OG song

[@psirensongs]

​@@gdemerald581 Considering it also turns into the Mario Bros. theme, and the overworld theme from Metroid 2, I'd say that's exactly what happened 😂 I'd love to think it was on purpose to catch people not paying attention tho lol

[@EmoryIllustrated]

GRAND DAD

[@jibronyasein947]

@@psirensongs I only just paid attention to the flintstones/grand dad theme

[@jimshady26]

03:12 I'm a little late to the party but I really appreciate that transition. neat little touch there!

[@RawIsWisWWF]

Me: drinks cold drink in 50 seconds my brain: 16:03

[@nicholasgawler-collins5754]

I'd imagine "iroha" to be more like "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".

[@labproductions06]

11:04 did you use a siivagunner rip?

[@Kapin05]

me: _eats one too many gummy vitamins_ my brain: 16:03

[@Kakashi_429]

11:30 why is mario music playing in the background 💀

[@stormcooper]

13:27 ah yes my favorite sonic and knuckles zone: “ILO\R |R S R S UH ME”

[@Chilled-Mocha]

Its funny that the unused song actually replaces the Sonic 3 final victory, the one you hear when beating Launch Base Act 2 aka Big Arms, in Origins.

[@greenknight9000]

18:53 Actually, there *_IS_* an S-Monitor there......in the Betas!

[@gooolixx]

11:03 yoooo grand dad

[@an0therm1nute]

?

[@gooolixx]

its siiva

[@gooolixx]

@@gorilla_gorl yes

[@XavTag_7]

I get that reference

[@vap1777]

This was my first game ever, and you're finally done it.

[@pockalock4764]

Same

[@JojoJere]

* yOU

[@jaaaayce]

@@JojoJere *you've

[@DimonKILL]

"Pressing B and C together will cause either Sonic or Knuckles to cycle through all of their animation frames" 16:03 **sped up version of Green Hill from Sonic 1**

[@GlitchOnePlus]

16:08 You’ve got it chief. POV: Me pulling up to your moms house 💀 16:08

[@clonefighter1996]

*plays Sound ID 32* Oh hey, it's the S3 outro. "two of the Special Stages-" 1. Go into Level Select and into Special Stage Act 2 - Special Stage 1 from SK 2. Return to the Level Select 3. Play #6 in the Sound Test 4. Go into Special Stage Act 2 - Special Stage *7* from SK???

[@bgamer5124]

TBG: Sombody meme this *My brain cells trying to figure out how to meme it* : 16:03

[@bgamer5124]

@@Sans-xg7lm thats the point

[@nicholasgawler-collins5754]

11:04 "Homer, Homer Simpson, is the greatest man to ever be!" "From the town of Springfield, he's about to hit a chestnut tree." *"AAAAAAAAAGH!"*

[@noahbillyproductions880]

i don't get it

[@redvibes9949]

I actually discovered the S monitor debug mode trick when I was a kid. Even managed to get back to normal S3&K by doing the same thing. Didn't find any documentation at the time.

[@adjacent_dollar]

0:26 best friends forever

[@MadMunky20k]

Definitely heard some fleenstones at 11:04

[@zanehankins7500]

11:03 I heard that!

[@Crissley10]

15:40 I actually discovered and used this multiple times years ago, and if I managed to do this I'm sure many different people before me did too

[@lxchristhebuff1303]

So did I. It's almost impossible not to have accidentally done this trying to get a bunch of rings in debug mode

[@bsharpmajorscale]

GRAND DAD?! FLEENSTONES!? auuuuh. GRAND DAD! If you get the emerald in the eighth blue spheres stage, it switches you into a 2D Sonic the Fighters. Trust me, my dad own Sega. I did all sorts of fun breaking between games on the one PC Sonic and Knuckles compilation.

[@Despon]

Sound 32 seems to actually be used in the Sonic Classics Collection for the Nintendo DS (all retro sonic games in one bundle), it plays at the normal ending of sonic 3&K once you beat Mecha Sonic. (Bare in mind this is distinct from the ‘End Credits’ theme). I can always remember it playing once the credits end, that lovely feeling of accomplishment.

[@frost_sprite]

15:35 I actually discovered this when I was playing Sonic 3 CZ and I was fucking around with the S monitors, eventually it just dipped to S&K and I just kept doing stuff as usual.

[@Umbruh_Prime]

16:40 "is that a shesez reference?"

[@TetraBitGaming]

Yup!

[@T.r.a.i.n]

11:23 i just heard the flinstones theme song in the background why

[@RaphielShiraha64]

GRAND DAD

[@T.r.a.i.n]

@@RaphielShiraha64 FLINTONES?!

[@XavTag_7]

@@RaphielShiraha64 yep

[@AJES-ky2zk]

16:01 me and the boys at 3am looking for food

[@poink1777]

15:41 I remember a while back I was messing around with debug mode on sonic and knuckles 3 and booted up sonic and knuckles through the same glitch. I was playing on a emulator on my wii, so I thought it was just a glitch of the emulator. Its awesome to know that I found something like that without doing any research on it, previously discovered or not.

[@ShinoSarna]

11:05 Fleentstones? Is this a Grand Dad reference?

[@leventefeher6656]

Y E S

[@paperysmm1759]

With every Lost Bits episode the MULTIPLE requests in the comments section become Lost Bits themselves. And for the heck of it: #everysonicgameshouldhaveaandknucklesmode

[@TheWaluigiWare]

#everysonicgameshouldhaveaandknucklesmode

[@Mizu2023]

KZbin Lost Bits lmao

[@celinaaleyda3911]

(16:03) ROLLIN AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND

[@ilicporodica1508]

16:03 Me: Doctor my brain is fine Doc: Let's see the clip of the brain My brain:

[@luigiboy9714]

Me trying to time travel in Sonic CD: 17:02

[@awesomeguy2009]

Last time I came this early, my ex was severely disappointed LOL

[@Yak0666]

Wow. Just...wow. And I thought my Jokes were bad. (Well they still are but at least I have a worthy rival now lel)

[@awesomeguy2009]

@@Yak0666 I haven't made anyone laugh in months. Try me lol

[@haha_funny_pizza_man]

WAIT HOLD ON JUST BACK IT UP FOR A MINUTE WOAH DUDE

[@pchs]

i laughed so hard🥱

[@dashw]

I've ordered a laugh and they said it'll arrive in 4-5 days

[@DarthCrust66]

Imagine a game being delayed because of McDonald’s

[@shirleyrivera8290]

McDonald's: yo sega come here to do tha sanic toys- sega: but I'm dev- McDonald: now - Sega: bu- McDonald's: NO BUTS

[@noahcool11kid68]

IMAGINE

[@something8267]

Meet Sonic and knuckles

[@leventefeher6656]

16:02 7 Year old me when i accessed the secret creepy text in Sonic cd

[@STC161]

Tetra: Someone make a meme Get real makers: It's a free real estate

[@KizulEmeraldfire]

17:04 - "Anyways: with the ability to fly around *basically* anywhere we want, we can find some secret, normally-inaccessible areas." I think you mean that you can "take the camera *basically* anywhere we want, and try to find secrets in some of our favorite games!" :p Alternatively: *Shesez wants to know TetraBitGaming's location.*

[@jj8703]

Me after drinking the special potion I made using all the shampoos 16:02

[@sunshinex2012]

I’ve been watching you for literally years and I just realised I wasn’t subscribed lol

[@TetraBitGaming]

I'm sure that's the case for many people! That's why I add the reminders every now and then :)

[@Cool_Dude2015ComicStudio]

Is that....😍😍😍😍😍(collets ring)

[@KalokesMysteries]

17:05 Feels like a Boundary Break reference

[@Rebecca-fq6jj]

um

[@KalokesMysteries]

Uhmmmmmm 🎵

[@autosaver]

15:40 Most likely is related to the game resorting to debug mode after crashing and completely unrelated to stacking S monitors. It’s just that you forced a crash by opening so many of those monitors at the same time. Seems to be the same logic used by 3D Blast, where the game crashing causes level select to appear.

[@namesurname1554]

18:49 I remember that in some beta version S monitor is actually here. So I thought they left it here because this area is sort of 'super secret' (so even S-monitor here!) but now I undestand that probably it WAS a test area for developers.

[@Elyboi_IsYes]

I think you got a siivagunner song bud, I could hear both the flintstones theme and overworld theme from smb when he was talking about cut sounds for all of you wondering.

[@toondreamer4438]

0:48 the comment at the top

[@JarekTEK]

11:04 grand dad

[@an0therm1nute]

What? Lol

[@JarekTEK]

@@an0therm1nute listen to the music

[@an0therm1nute]

Ok but it's flintstones?

[@JarekTEK]

@@an0therm1nute nobody cares the meme is better nowadays

[@an0therm1nute]

Ok I guees

[@nmhardegree]

16:03 me explaining the lore behind the scenes of sonic 3

[@roygultiano6333]

When my brain in the exam: 16:03

[@Rebateman]

Before the playing of sound 32 I heard Flintstones & Knuckles.

[@nthgth]

11:05 Flintstones chiptune theme for sure

[@joeyreinhart8820]

Now that we are or fulfilling old promised videos, where is the Minecraft bedrock edition lost bits?

[@jtaster6002]

am I crazy or am I actually hearing flint stones music about at 11:10 ish area...grand dad...is that you?

[@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

Yes, you are hearing the Flintstones theme

[@Ambedge]

16:03 he just have tilt his s and k cartridge

[@BestBeastWarrior]

I love this music 11:14

[@ake_kvarta]

Who’s watch it after sonic movie 2

[@Classic_sonic1991-iv8]

Bro im watching after sonic movie 3😭😭💀💀

[@gforce7237]

16:03 me when my energy is fully charged

[@EnforcerX71]

13:27: ILONRSSUHME.

[@IronSK]

15:24 I think this happens because the S&K cartridge gives up on the S3 cartridge after the crash I don't know how the rest works but that's probably what happens

[@1043Z]

Knuckles is overpowered! -speedrunner

[@speedfan05]

16:03.

[@warrenpietryka3345]

sonic 4 lost bits?

[@ZombieAttack79]

Basically sonic.EXE?

[@CrazyAceofHarts]

I actually had the Sonic 3 and knuckles debug mode in Sonic and knuckles glitch happen to me when I was messing with debug mode! 😂

[@Cloud67TR]

18:30 in the prototype version there actually was an S monitor in there

[@jaydenthezoahking8473]

Pause the video, click this time stamp 12:42 or go to 12:40, set this video on the lowest speed, and u can see Sonic die

[@nickthesplatoonfanboy6698]

16:03 Sonic break-dancing for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

[@OneTrueNobody]

Tail's graphics being absent except for a few specific places is interesting. It makes me think that Tails's graphics are mostly pulled from the Sonic 3 cart, but that certain sprite animations were added in S&K for stuff like the elevator poles in Sky Sanctuary, and those are pulled from the S&K cart. So the prototype only contains data for the aspects of Tails that are new and not recycled from Sonic 3. Fair enough: the game is probably just programmed to seek data from the Sonic 3 file sets and comes up blank when it doesn't find them.

[@CerealNumberWDW1984]

You: there is a leftover room Sonic Team: what leftover room?

[@TheMamaluigi300]

9:37 It was probably your Sonic 2 lost bits video (if you ever made one for Sonic 2)

[@TotallyTails]

16:03 Sonic really been taking enough mushrooms for one day