Scrambled Egg Zone

=General= Scrambled Egg Zone is the sixth (and potentially final, if you havn't been collecting the Chaos Emeralds) level of the Game Gear / Master System Sonic 2. As with all other stages in this game, Scrambled Egg Zone consists of two standard Acts followed by a shorter, third Act which contains the Zone's boss.

As with its predecessor, Gimmick Mountain Zone, Scrambled Egg appears to be part of a hollowed-out mountain which Eggman has sculpted for his own nefarious purposes. Blue rocks and dark, yawning caverns abound, illuminated by the pitiless blinking of Robotnik's linear light arrangements. The zone is riddled with winding transport tubes, many of which dump Sonic unceremoniously into spike pits unless you have your wits about you.

Unlike all the preceeding zones in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit), Scrambled Egg does not have a Chaos Emerald hidden away in some secret location. To obtain the 6th and final gem, you must defeat the boss...

=Boss= After a lengthy upwards journey by tube and spring in Act 3, Sonic fights one of his first battles against his erstwhile robotic doppleganger. Whatever you want to call him - Metal Sonic, Mecha Sonic, Silver Sonic - this chrome hedgehog puts up quite a fight to prevent his organic counterpart from progressing further. Mecha Sonic flies around the arena with rocket shoes and (oddly non-damaging) spin attacks. Just keep jumping on him when he unfurls, and you can defeat Mecha without too much trouble.

If you've collected the 5 Chaos Emeralds from previous Zones, Mecha Sonic explodes on the final hit, dropping the yellow emerald (which Mecha was presumably using as a power source). This enables Sonic to proceed into the final level, Crystal Egg Zone. But if you don't have the other five emeralds, it's Bad Ending time.

=External Links=
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) page at The GHZ has useful data regarding all the Sonic 2 zones.