Metallic Madness


 * Not be confused for the final boss battle in Sonic Heroes, see Metal Madness

Metallic Madness is the final stage from Sonic CD. A technologically-ruled base owned by Doctor Robotnik, so practically everything is metal The floor has built-in turbines, be sure to watch out for death traps such as moving buzz-saws and spinning blades on wheels, one on top and on closer to the wheel on the bottom. The rotation of the blades alternate, when the blade on the bottom stops, run on through, but when the top stops you can jump over it. There are also springs on moving wheels, which can make it tricky to reach higher places. Cages with spinning bars trap you, shift outside or inside with a spinning capsule at the entrance to the cage, once you're outside you can move on. Towards the end of Act 2, Sonic gets shrunk down to 25% of his original size when passing through a laser, this allows Sonic to fit in smaller passages and jump higher. At the end of the shrinking mini-maze Sonic returns to his normal size. Act 1 and Act 2 have different backgrounds.

Sonic the Comic
The cyber-formed appearance of the Miracle Planet from "The Sonic Terminator" story arc (Sonic the Comic #24 to #28) was based on Metallic Madness, as revealed in the script for issue #26 (here). In particular, the concept of Sonic being shrunk in size to fit through a small hole is based on an obstacle from Zone 2 of this level. Writer Nigel Kitching provided a video reference of the level for artist Richard Elson to work on.

Trivia

 * In Man of the Year, the Present theme of this level from the Japanese version of Sonic CD is used for when Robotnik wreaks havoc.
 * The same theme is also the theme of Metal Sonic's All-Star move; Maximum Overdrive.
 * In the Japanese version of the bad future theme, phrases like "Sonic, dead or alive, is mine," and "you can't do anything, so don't even try" and "dont do what sonic does" can be heard.