Red Volcano Zone

Red Volcano Zone is the third stage from the game Sonic Blast. It follows Yellow Desert and precedes Blue Marine.

As the name suggests, this level takes places within the caves of an active volcano. It contains Sol and Rexon badniks, both of which previously appeared in the Hill Top Zone of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It also possesses gadgets, such as Spin Dash-powered elevators (resembling those from the Lava Reef Zone of Sonic & Knuckles). READER'S TIP:a good reason to play as Knuckles the Echidna: for the part of this zone shown in the top right corner, you should probably play as Knuckles so you can climb the wall to the left so you can easily avoid the Rexons' laser dots. Some would get to the wall to the right so they could get them out of the way fast. Climbing the wall would be a better idea, though. With shortcut number two, you would certainly get hit by one of the rexons' lasers. It's an especially bad idea if you have ten or less rings(especially no rings)! If you do have any rings, be careful not to lose them. If you think defeating this zone's boss is usually hard, try doing it without any rings, although you beat the last two bosses of sonic 2, THAT will still be a challenge. Try to stay away from the sols until after they fire all four of their flames. This zone somewhat resembles the lava reef zone from sonic and knux. They both take place in the caves of an active volcano, for example. Here's one diff, though: the lava reef zone has some parts that seem like they will just lead you in a circle, the red volcano zone doesn't have any of those. READER'S TIP: reason to play as sonic the hedgehog: the zone contains lava pits, and you might be able to jump them with sonic's, double jump. There are many more perks to playing as knuckles, though. For example, he can glide over the zone's lava pits if you practice it enough. There is a part where you must get past rock tubes. It's not that easy though! You have to figure out what order to press the buttons in or you can't pass the act! Or maybe that's the yellow desert zone. In one of the acts, there will be a shield barrier. It's a good idea to pick it up, because shortly afterwards, you will run into a sol(unidus) badnik. If you play as sonic, you can double-jump right over him. The shield will also have further use.