Catapult (runway)

The Catapult,^[1]^[2] also known as the runway,^[3] is a gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a ramp-like object exclusive to the Sonic Riders series that initiates Air Riding for those capable of performing it.

Description[]

Catapults take the form of ramp-like objects, although the details of their design differ from game to game.

In gameplay, launching off a Catapult will result in the playable character automatically initiating the Air Ride maneuver, allowing them to fly through midair and through Dash Rings/Accelerators for a short time. However, the Catapult only works for the characters who are capable of using the Air Ride maneuver.

Game appearances[]

Sonic Riders series[]

Sonic Riders[]

In Sonic Riders, the Catapult is referred to as the runway.^[3] In this game, they are simple ramps in the road. Although the Catapults' design and color scheme vary slightly between each course, they are all marked with a distinctive yellow arrow symbol that is made up of thin lines.

In Sonic Riders, Catapults can only be utilized by Flight Type characters or characters riding on certain Extreme Gear are able to perform Air Ride.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity[]

In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, this gimmick is referred to as the Catapult for the first time.^[1] In this game, they are transparent ramp panels that raise up from the ground whenever an eligible playable character approaches them. These panels have yellow frames with black recesses, white triangular arrow marks with red outlines on top of their panels, a red front edge, a gray foot edge, and a vertical split down the middle.

In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Catapults can only be utilized by SCR-HD and racers that ride on Air Ride or Yacht type Extreme Gears or Board type Extreme Gears with the Air Ride or Yacht Gear Part activated.

Sonic Free Riders[]

In Sonic Free Riders, this gimmick is referred to as the Catapult once again.^[2] In this game, the Catapults look and behave exactly like they did in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. This time around, Catapults can only be utilized by those with the active Air Ride Skill Gear Part equipped to their Extreme Gear.

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (Wii) United Kingdom instruction booklet, pg. 16.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Sonic Free Riders (Xbox 360) United States instruction booklet, pg. 15.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sonic Riders (Nintendo GameCube) United States instruction booklet, pg.21.

Sonic Riders

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Jet · Wave · Storm · Eggman · Cream · Rouge · Shadow · AiAi · Nights · Ulala · E-10000G · E-10000R
Non-playable characters		Babylon Guardian · Jet's father · Omochao · Stolen
Courses	Main	Metal City/Night Chase · Splash Canyon/Red Canyon · Egg Factory/Ice Factory · Green Cave/White Cave · Sand Ruins/Dark Desert · Babylon Garden/Sky Road · Digital Dimension/Babylon Guardian · Sega Carnival/Sega Illusion
	Survival	Dual Towers · Snow Valley · Space Theater
Moves/techniques		Air Ride · Air Slide · Attacks · Grinding · Kick Dash · Super Sonic Boost · Tornado · Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Air Pit · Automatic Trail · Barricade · Bomb · Car · Catapult · Dash Panel · Dash Ring · Grind Rail · Slipstream · Trick Zone
Items		Air · Item Box (Air, Explosion, High Speed, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Random, Rings, Speed Down) · Ring
Extreme Gear		Accelerator · Access · Advantage F, Advantage P, Advantage S · Air Broom · Air Tank · Auto-Slider · BANANA · Beginner · Berserker · Blue Star · Blue Star II · Cannonball · Channel5 · Chaos Emerald · Cover F, Cover P, Cover S · Darkness · Destroyer · E-gearG · E-gearR · E-Rider · Faster · Fastest · Gambler · Grinder · Hang-On · Heavy Bike · High Booster · Hovercraft · Legend · Light Board · Magic Carpet · Night Sky · Omnitempus · Opa Opa · Pink Rose · Power Gear · Powerful Gear · Red Rock · Rengoku · Slide Booster · Smile · Speed Balancer · Super Hang-On · Temptation · The Crazy · Trap Gear · Turbo Star · Type-J · Type-S · Type-W · Yellow Tail
Voice actors	English	Jason Griffith (Sonic, Jet, Shadow) · Amy Palant (Tails) · Dan Green (Knuckles, Storm) · Bella Hudson (Wave, Babylon Computer) · Lisa Ortiz (Amy) · Mike Pollock (Eggman) · Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) · Rebecca Honig (Cream) · Maddie Blaustein (E-10000G, E-10000R, Babylon Guardian) · Liza Jacqueline (Omochao) · Kaoru Morota (AiAi) · Apollo Smile (Ulala)
	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) · Daisuke Kishio (Jet) · Chie Nakamura (Wave, Babylon Computer) · Kenji Nomura (Storm, Babylon Guardian) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) · Kaoru Morota (AiAi) · Apollo Smile (Ulala)
Music	Songs	"Catch Me If You Can" · "Sonic Speed Riders"
	Albums	Speedbeats Grand Prix: Sonic Riders Original Soundtrack
Other		Air Tank · Babylon Garden · Babylon Rogues' ship · Babylonians · Bashōsen · Chaos Control · Chaos Emerald · Fly Type, Power Type, Speed Type · Eggman Empire · Emerald Detector · Freeze · Key to Babylon Garden · Loop · Mission Mode · Rank · Robotnik Corp. · Sonic Riders: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide · Shop · Sonic Extreme · Sonic Extreme (Game Boy Advance) · World Grand Prix · Time Attack

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Non-playable characters		Master Core: ABIS
Courses/Fields	Main	Megalo Station/Nightside Rush \| Botanical Kingdom/Snowy Kingdom \| MeteorTech Premises/MeteorTech Sparkworks \| Aquatic Capital/Tempest Waterway \| Gigan Rocks/Gigan Device \| Crimson Crater/Security Corridor \| Astral Babylon/Mobius Strip \| '80s Boulevard/'90s Boulevard
	Survival Battle	Gravity Pit \| Labyrinth \| Square Quartet
	Survival Ball	MeteorTech Arsenal \| Botanical Cave \| Megalo Junction
Moves/ techniques		Air Ride \| Attacks \| Gravity Control \| Gravity Dive \| Grinding \| Meteor Burst \| Slide Turn \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick
Gimmicks and obstacles		Barricade \| Car \| Catapult \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Ring \| Grind Rail \| Trick Zone \| Wall Route \| Wide spring
Items	General	Gravity Ring \| Item Box (Attack, Colorball, Explosion, GP Boost, High Speed, Magnetic Barrier, Missile, Parts Lock, Rings, Shield, Speed Down) \| Ring \| Time item
Items	Gear Parts	Air Ride \| Angel/Devil \| Attack Time UP \| Auto Wall-Run \| Base Stats UP \| BGM Change \| Bike \| Durability UP \| GC Boost UP \| Ghost \| GP Gain UP \| GP Gauge UP \| GP Usage UP \| Grind \| Item Rank +1 \| Magnetic Barrier \| Max Speed UP \| Parts Lock \| Ring Cap UP \| Starting Speed UP \| Status Trap \| Tank \| Throttle \| Trick Rank +1 \| Vision Trap \| Wheel \| Yacht
Extreme Gear	Board	Airship \| Beginner \| Black Shot \| Blue Star \| Chaos Emerald \| Faster \| Fastest \| Flame Lance \| Gambler \| GC Booster \| GC Master \| GP Accumulator \| G Shot \| Hyperdrive \| Legend \| Light Board \| Mag \| Night Sky \| Omnitempus \| Pink Rose \| Power Egg \| Psychic Wave \| Rainbow \| Red Rock \| Rhythm Machine \| Road Star \| Skill Booster \| Shooting Star \| Smile \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Throttle \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Untouchable \| Wheel Custom \| Wind Star \| Yellow Tail
	Skate	Advantage S \| Cover S \| Rail Linker \| Shinobi \| Wanted
	Bike	Advantage P \| Cover P \| E-Rider \| Hang-On \| Master Off-Road \| Reserve Tank
	Air Ride	Advantage F \| Cover F \| Angel • Devil \| Kunoichi
	Yacht	Bingo Star \| Magic Broom \| Wind Catcher
	Wheel	Big Bang \| GP Tank \| Money Crisis
Music	Songs	"Catch Me If You Can" \| "Un-Gravitify"
Music	Albums	Zero Gravity Tracks: Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story Original Soundtrack
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Jet, Shadow) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Dan Green (Knuckles, Storm) \| Bella Hudson (Wave, Mother computer) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Pete Capella (Silver) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Andrew Paull (SCR-HD, SCR-GP, Master Core: ABIS)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Daisuke Kishio (Jet) \| Chie Nakamura (Wave, Mother computer) \| Kenji Nomura (Storm, SCR-HD, SCR-GP, Master Core: ABIS) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze)
Other		Ark of the Cosmos \| Babylon Garden \| Babylon Rogues' ship \| Babylonians \| Bashōsen \| Black Market \| Crimson Tower \| Eggman Empire \| Gravity Band \| Gravity Point \| Loop \| Monopole \| Mother computer \| Slipstream \| Rank \| Time Attack \| World Grand Prix
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Main article | Scripts (Introduction, Team Heroes, Team Babylon, Team Dark, Team Rose, Final Race) | Staff | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters	Team Heroes	Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles
	Team Babylon	Jet \| Wave \| Storm
	Team Dark	Shadow \| Rouge \| E-10000B
	Team Rose	Amy \| Cream \| Vector
	Misc.	E-10000G \| Silver \| Blaze \| Eggman \| Metal Sonic \| Xbox Live Avatar
Non-playable characters		Cheese \| E-10000 A \| E-10000 C \| E-10000 N \| E-10000 O \| E-10000 S \| E-10000 P \| E-10000 Y \| Omochao
Courses		Dolphin Resort \| Rocky Ridge \| Frozen Forest \| Metropolis Speedway \| Magma Rift \| Forgotten Tomb \| Final Factory \| Metal City
Moves/Techniques		Air Ride \| Attacks \| Grinding \| Kick Dash \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Barricade \| Bobsled \| Car \| Catapult \| Dash Ring \| Grind Rail \| Minecart
Items	General	Air \| Item Box (Air, Bowling Strike, Free Throw, Octo-Boost, Octo-Ink, Question, Ring Can, Rings, Special Item, Soda Rocket, Target Torpedo, Tee Shot) \| Ring
Items	Gear Parts	Air Plus \| Air Ride Skill \| Air Saver \| Big Air \| Cornering UP \| Durability UP \| Extra Air \| Grind Skill \| Invisible \| Item Lock: Air \| Item Lock: Rings \| Max Speed UP \| Music Change 1 \| Music Change 2 \| Power Skill \| Rapid Dash \| Rapid Stream \| Ring Eater \| Start Speed UP \| Trick Boost
Extreme Gear		Angel • Devil \| Auto-Slider \| Avatar-F \| Avatar-M \| Beginner \| Black Shot \| Blue Star \| Chaos Emeralds \| E-Gear \| E-Rider \| Explosion \| Fastest \| Flame Lance \| Fortress \| Gambler \| Hang-On \| Hard-Boiled \| High Booster \| Legend \| Metal Star \| Omnitempus \| Pink Rose \| Potential \| Professional \| Psychic Wave \| Red Rock \| Reserve Tank \| Smile \| Steel \| Super Hang-On \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Wanted \| Yellow Tail
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails, Wave) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Storm) \| Mike Mycheck (Jet) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Wally Wingert (E-10000B, E-10000G) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Michelle Ruff (Cream) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Laura Bailey (Blaze, Omochao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Daisuke Kishio (Jet) \| Chie Nakamura (Wave) \| Kenji Nomura (Storm) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze)
Music	Songs	"Free" \| "Theme of Dolphin Resort" \| "Theme of Rocky Ridge" \| "Theme of Metropolis Speedway"
Music	Albums	Break Free: Sonic Free Riders Original Soundtrack
Other		Air Gauge \| Bat Cracker \| Bashōsen \| Relay Race \| Rank \| Time Attack \| World Grand Prix
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[SRZG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (Wii) United Kingdom instruction booklet, pg. 16.

[SFR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sonic Free Riders (Xbox 360) United States instruction booklet, pg. 15.

[SR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Sonic Riders (Nintendo GameCube) United States instruction booklet, pg.21.

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Catapult (runway)

Contents

Description[]

Game appearances[]

Sonic Riders series[]

Sonic Riders[]

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity[]

Sonic Free Riders[]

See also[]

References[]

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