Robotnik's Ship


 * For the final boss in Showdown in the the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, see here.

Robotnik's Ship is the final boss of Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball. The ship is located above the Showdown, as the player has to gather all five Chaos Emeralds from the stage in order to enter the final section of the Showdown.

It is large orange colored starship that Dr. Robotnik uses for escaping from crumbling Veg-O-Fortress. Robotnik's Ship itself contains pinball table inside the starship, as Robotnik himself is located at the large cockpit with large glass dome, that is armed with two grabbing claws and rubber Smelly Socks.

Overview
There are three ways to enter the Robotnik's Ship. The player can launch himself above the starship side wings and utilize the Spin Dash to break round windows three times. The player can also get caught to the moving handle below both side wings, which open small hatches and Sonic can enter the starship. The player can also use slowly falling, flat missiles as platforms to reach at the bottom hatch of the starship. This bottom hatch also functions as down hole for the player, if Sonic manages to fall out the starship during the final battle.

Robotnik's Ship is the small pinball table with flippers and sling shots. Small side routes around the starship's cockpit can lead to above the glass dome. However Robotnik has two different attachments on each side of the cockpit, which he uses rather get Sonic out of the starship than defeating him. When Robotnik activates two grabbing claws, he is able to snaffle Sonic into claw and move him to to the side hatch tunnel. If Robotnik activates Smelly Socks (which functions similarly like at the Showdown), he's able to shoot Sonic to the round window when he slides in. The round window will be broken after three hits and the player flies out of the Robotnik's Ship and the player has to reach back to the starship. When the battle begins, Robotnik can also be seen using both attachments as well.

The only known way to make attachments disappear these is to press the bottom switch under the cockpit and between rocket engines three times. Despite how randomized the rallying cries are at urgent orders at upper part of in-game screen, they will not suggest, when attachments are removed or not. After pressing three times, the player has to launch Sonic from side routes to hit the glass dome of the cockpit ten times to finish the battle. However if the player manages to accidentally press the switch again or falls out of the starship, attachments will appear again and the player has to press another three times to make them disappear.