Goal Plate



Signposts, also called bonus plates, are signs that serve as the end of an act in the earliest games of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

They first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), in which they are situated at the end of an Act and display the face of Doctor Eggman until Sonic runs past them. This causes them to spin, and the image on the sign changes to a picture of Sonic (or, in later games, the player character). The same format was used in subsequent games such as Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

However, for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, the signposts were no longer situated at the end of the act. Instead, they drop down from the top of the screen following the defeat of the act's sub-boss (and, in most Zones, at the position of the sub-boss when it was destroyed - one exception is the Carnival Night Zone, in which the signpost always drops in the middle of the screen). The player can earn extra points by jumping into the underside of the signpost, knocking it upwards. Knocking the signpost in this way earns 100 points. The act ends when the signpost touches the ground and sometimes they will hop on the ground once, coming up with a monitor that either carries rings or shields, it's not known what causes this to happen.

Game Appearances

 * Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 3
 * Sonic and Knuckles
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)
 * Sonic Chaos
 * Sonic Triple Trouble
 * Sonic Blast
 * Sonic CD
 * Knuckles' Chaotix ( Don't have Robotnik's face on it.)
 * Sonic Pocket Adventure
 * Sonic Advance
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
 * Sonic Generations