Star Light Zone

Star Light Zone (not to be mislabeled "Starlight Zone") is a level from the original Sonic the Hedgehog game. It follows the Labyrinth Zone and precedes the Scrap Brain Zone.

It is a rather peaceful zone set in an urban environment at night, under the stars, and containing many loops, accompanied by beautiful music. This stage contains many roller coaster-like sections in which Sonic is hurled along paths at great velocity; it is possibly the game's strongest showcase of Sonic's speed. Other city-based levels took similar roles in later games, such as Stardust Speedway in Sonic CD and Speed Highway in Sonic Adventure.

There are few enemies here, most of which cannot be destroyed by Sonic. The most prominent foes are smart walking bombs that will explode a short while after Sonic approaches them. The greatest hazards are the "bottomless pits" into which Sonic can fall to his death. Fans, descending stairways and see-saws hanging in thin air make navigation harder.

Act 2 of this zone is also Sonic's last chance to get a Chaos Emerald.

Boss
At the end of Act 3, Dr. Robotnik shoots spiked mines onto three see-saws. The mines detonate soon after, but Sonic can use the see-saws and the mines to either shoot the mines at Robotnik or use them to propel himself towards him.

Music
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Sonic Drift
Star Light appears alongside the other Sonic 1 Zones as a racetrack in the game Sonic Drift.

Trivia

 * Gigalopolis Zone, a level in Sonic Chaos, bears some resemblance to Star Light, but with blue metal plating rather than green. Since both zones are sited on South Island, it is not unreasonable to suppose that they may be geographically adjacent.
 * This is the only zone to feature scenery in the foreground as well as the background (the white metal pillars seen in the screenshots).
 * In the DreamCast version it sounds similar to the Master System but different.
 * Although Star Light Zone didn't appear in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog but Scratch said their stuck at the Star Light Zone which it was a reference to the stage. Although the designer of Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) Naoto Oshima said part of the stage looks something like outer space.
 * In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Princess Daisy has the one of the Sonic songs that is the same as Star Light Zone once she got it.
 * Act 1 of Star Light Zone appears in Sonic Colours/Colors' Sonic Simulator: 4-1.
 * Confirmation is somewhat sketchy on it, but rumors persist that Star Light Zone was initially going to go -before- the Labyrinth Zone to set up the Scrap Brain Zone as having been built on top of it (hence Act 3's palette swap colors of the Zone). However, it was switched to make it bit of an easier lead in as opposed to six back-to-back hard Zones.