The Krondor, also called the Vulture,[1] is an enemy that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced, condor-based Badnik model created by Dr. Robotnik.
Appearance[]
The Krondors share key similarities with condors (hence the name). They have a large gray head with a pointy yellow-green beak and two eyes with red pupils and black sclera. Their body, however, is fairly small in comparison to their head. Their torso is yellow-green with a long thin neck and legs, and instead of wings they have a rectangular cyan hover engine, with two exhaust pipes on the sides, on their back.
Overview[]
In the 16-bit version and 8-bit version of Sonic Spinball, the Krondors are a rarer type of enemy that only appear in The Machine. In the lower section of The Machine, Krondors or Busters serve to block the opening to the high-speed warp tube. Two Krondors also appear in the higher room of The Machine, close to the boss room. Depending on which Krondor the player chooses to destroy, a hatch below the two Krondors will open that will lead to a specific route the player can take; destroying the left Krondor (and then the right one) will open the hatch to a flipper which will shoot the player into the above pipe and into the boss room, while destroying the right Krondor (and then the left one) will lead to a high-speed warp tube that will take the player to the lower animal prison room of The Machine.
Krondors also appear in the boss room of the Veg-O Machine. Here, Krondors will pop out from the bottom hatch of the Veg-O-Machine and will try to block the player's way to the machine's Animal pipes.
To destroy a Krondor, the player either has to hit it while Sonic is curled into a ball by launching him with a Flipper or by using the Spin Jump, which will free the Animal inside of it. In the 8-bit version of Sonic Spinball, destroying a Krondor will reward the player with 45,000 points.
Powers and abilities[]
Due to possessing a hover engine on their backs, the Krondors are capable of flight and can also hover in mid-air.
Trivia[]
- When defeating a Krondor in Sonic Spinball, the player is still given the victory message "Buster Busted".
References[]
- ↑ Sonic Spinball (Sega Game Gear) United States instruction booklet, pg. 12.
| Playable characters | Sonic | |
| Non-playable characters | Tails · Eggman · Animals (Flicky, Cucky, Locky, Wocky) · Sally · Bunnie Rabbot · Rotor · Muttski · Hip and Hop | |
| Stages | Toxic Caves · Lava Powerhouse · The Machine · Showdown · Bonus Stages | |
| Enemies | Buster · Buzz Bomber · Cluckbird · Clucker · Crawl · Ferron · Krondor · Magma Worm · Rexxon · Robohead · Scratch | |
| Bosses | Scorpius · Roboiler · Veg-O Machine · Robotnik's Ship | |
| Moves/techniques | Cliffhanger Flip · Crouch · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump | |
| Gimmicks and obstacles | Balloon · Bumper · Capsule · Flipper · High-speed warp tube · Minecart · Sewer Warp · Triangle Bumper | |
| Items | Chaos Emerald · Drop Target · Ring | |
| Albums | Sonic the Hedgehog Boom · Sonic Spinball (vinyl album) | |
| Other | Life · Mount Mobius · Planet Mobius · Sonic Spinball (LCD game) · Sonic Spinball (Life Savers) · Star Circle · Veg-O-Fortress | |
| Playable characters | Sonic | |
| Non-playable characters | Tails · Eggman · Animals (Cucky, Flicky) · Hip and Hop | |
| Stages | Toxic Pools · Lava Powerhouse · The Machine · Final Showdown · Bonus Stages | |
| Enemies | Cluck · Ferron · Forebot · Magma Worm · Robohead · Vulture · Wasp | |
| Bosses | Toxic Pools boss · Roboiler · Veg-O Machine · Final Showdown boss | |
| Moves/techniques | Crouch · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump | |
| Bosses | Bumper · Flipper · High-speed warp tube · Sewer Warp · Spring Catapult · Triangle Bumper | |
| Moves/techniques | Chaos Emerald · Item Box (1-Up, Continue Monitor) · Drop Target · Ring | |
| Music | Sonic the Hedgehog Boom | |
| Other | Life · Mobius · Veg-O-Fortress | |