Glitches

Glitches are mistakes in games caused by overlooked data. While some are useful, others may be harmful to your game or console. Here is a selection of them.

Game Crash Glitch
If you roll past the finishing sign in Labyrinth Zone Act 2 the game will crash.

Marble Zone "Go through blocks" glitch
Some of the blocks in Marble Zone Act 3 allow you to crouch through them, however you will die if you attempt to stand up while crouching in the blocks.

Impossible to defeat Dr. Robotnik
If you hit Dr. Robotnik two times on the last hit, you will have to hit him another 255 times to defeat him.

Die after defeating Dr. Robotnik
If you hit Dr. Robotnik once more when he is trying to escape, it is possible to jump really quickly as far as you can and die.

Wierd Background Glitch
In any level in this game, first enter debug mode on any level, kill yourself, and then right before you fall out of the screen become one of the debug mode rings or any other object and take yourself back to the top and place yourself down. Then the screen will mess up (works with Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and Sonic 3 & Knuckles)

Ashura Glitch
To do this glitch you must enter the level select and debug mode codes and be four Rings press the switch button one more time and you'll be nothing press the set down button and and your a big water fall at the first hill in Emerald Hill Zone 1 or 2 only and set them down next to the first hill and you should be Ashura.

Emerald Hill Zone scrolling glitch
The bottom two foreground layers of Emerald Hill Zone do not scroll properly, meaning that they are permanently misaligned.

Stuck in Mid-Air Glitch
To do this you must enter the level select code and Super Sonic code and at the end of any level jump and transform into Super Sonic if you have enough Rings if you don't add the debug mode to get more Rings to do this glitch.

Confused Tails glitch
Play Sonic 2, any level it just has to have a spring were you can stand on it. First, you and Tails must run towards it and right before you hit the spring jump on it while Tails tries to get to you in a couple seconds Tails will try to do a spin dash to get to you but this glitch disallows him.

Lay Down in Mid-Air Glitch
Okay you need to be in the debug mode to do this when your in the level of any level get a little ways away from the goal and set two monitors (TV) and set one on the right and one on the left with a little space in between the boxes and get up between the boxes and jump on the one on the left and when it goes all white and blue hold down then you should hear yourself spindashing but you might go two the end of the level or you will be where you were but in the air standing up if you do it wrong you'll be at the start of the level.

Out of bounds in Sky Chase Zone
If you spin dash really fast it is possible to fall of Tails' plane and die.

14 continue cheat code glitch
Activating the 14 continue cheat code in the options menu (by playing the sounds 01, 01, 02 and 04 in order while in the sound test option) will result in non-stop Oil Ocean Zone music.

Boss corruption
If you go below where the boss is mean't to be using debug mode and then you approach back towards the boss Dr. Robotnik might use corrupted sprites (note that this glitch does not always work, sometimes his sprites are only glitchy for a few frames before they correct themselves)

Sprite corruption
Once you get on to Tails' plane quickly enter and exit debug mode. All of Sonic's sprites (except for his standing and looking up sprites) will be corrupted, but they will correct themselves once Tails' plane starts approaching towards the left.

Walk in Mid-Air Glitch
Once Sonic latches on to the Death Egg quickly enter and exit debug mode and Sonic will be using his walking animation.

Super Tails glitch
This glitch requires the use of debug mode. You must also be Sonic and Tails. First, turn in to Super Sonic. Then place a position switch monitor using debug mode. Finally break the monitor and, while Sonic loses his super form, Tails should turn into Super Tails. This form is speculated to be incomplete however as there are no flickies surrounding him unlike Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

Another Walk in Mid-Air Glitch
If you attempt to transform into Super Sonic after touching the end-of-level signpost you will be walking in mid-air and you'll need to reset the game.

Climb in Mid-Air Glitch
When Knuckles defeats Dr. Robotnik in Casino Night Zone a wall will disappear. If you are on the wall while it disappears you'll be climbing in mid-air.

Get out of the Barrier
In a very rare and hard case, it is possible to glitch out of the barrier for the Barrier Eggman in Flying Battery Zone. This glitch can only be performed with Hyper Sonic. After you hit the "eye", you have to perform the Hyper Flash/Sonic Boom. This move is extremely hard to perform but if performed correctly, Sonic will glitch out of the left side.

Endless Spin Dash
This glitch can only be performed in Sandopolis Zone and Carnival Night Zone. When the player is performing a Spin Dash charge on one of those break away platforms, the player may fall into to sand. When you manage to get on land, the character will automatically spin dash and will continue for some time. In Carnival Night Zone, the player has to perform a spin dash on the ledge next to a spinning barrel. If the barrel comes to the player while charging the Spin Dash, the dust will stay behind the character and the same thing from Sandopolis will occur.

Knuckles fights the Carnival Night Boss
If the player doesn't go through the hidden path and takes the default path, the Egg Capsule will not appear and the end of Knuckles' level and the player can't go through the teleporter and advance to Ice Cap Zone. If this happens, the player will be forced to climb up the tunnel that Sonic and Tails take and has to fight the Graviton Mobile, piloted by the EggRobo. After the boss, the player can just jump into the cannon and is blasted into Ice Cap Zone, but Knuckles enters the stage through the teleporter.

Doomsday Zone with characters other than Super Sonic and Hyper Sonic
This glitch can only be performed using the level select cheat code. It is possible to enter Doomsday Zone as Super Tails or Super/Hyper Knuckles, however their sprites will be corrupted, and Super Tails will not lose rings. The only way to avoid the sprite corruption other than hacking is to enter and exit debug mode rapidly (by pressing B twice).

Vulnerable Super Sonic
Super Sonic is vulnerable against spike balls. This causes him to lose all of his rings and turn back to normal Sonic.

Ancient Light Glitch
To do this glitch you must not have yet got the Ancient Light. Go over to where the Ancient Light is and stand in front of it. Spin Dash so you hit it but still fall off the cliff, you will hear Sonic say "NO!" then it goes up top to the scene where Tikal's spirit is telling you about the Ancient Light.

Knuckles destroys the capsule
In Knuckles' section of the Lost World, if the player performs a triple punch on one of the fire blocks that push out of the wall, Knuckles will glitch through and land on the under loop section for Sonic's section. After going through the wall, the player can jump on the capsule and Knuckles' objectives will automatically be complete.

Fall in Metal Harbor
Do the glitch to have the street board anywhere. Then go through the level (not on the board of course since there are areas you can't get past) and after you hit the ring and Sonic starts his winning pose, press Y on the controller. Sonic will slide off into the water as the statistics pop up and just fall forever in the Abyss.

ARK Wall Jump Glitch
In any level aboard the ARK, home attack any wall near a automatic door. Now wall jump towards the automatic door. The door will open before the player can touch it and Shadow will preform an extra long wall jump.

Spotlight Glitch
In Digital Circuit, find any spotlight that points down into an abyss. In a rare and difficult to preform instance, if you jump into the abyss, and the spotlight shines on you while Shadow says:"Damn, not here." you will fly back upwards, but you still lose a life.