For the obstacle in Sonic Drift 2 , see Reverse (Sonic Drift 2) .
Reverse (リバース , Ribāsu ? ) is a black circular block with the letter R on it which can be found in Special Stages and Bonus Stages . They are found for the first time in original 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog and later in Sonic & Knuckles .
Overview
In Special Stages of the original Sonic the Hedgehog , Reverse blocks are usually found at corner parts. By simply touching it, the block is able reverse the camera rotation direction, that can be useful on navigating.
Reverse blocks later repeat their role in the slot machine -themed Bonus Stage of Sonic & Knuckles , where they are found on small gaps in side walls.
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic *) | Tails (Super Tails *) | Knuckles * (Super Knuckles *)
Non-playable characters
Dr. Robotnik | Animals (Flicky , Pocky , Pecky , Cucky , Ricky , Picky , Rocky )
Zones
Green Hill Zone | Marble Zone | Spring Yard Zone | Labyrinth Zone | Star Light Zone | Scrap Brain Zone | Final Zone | Special Stages
Enemies
Ball Hog | Batbrain | Bomb | Burrobot | Buzz Bomber | Caterkiller | Chopper | Crabmeat | Jaws | Moto Bug | Newtron | Orbinaut (Uni Uni , Unidasu ) | Roller | Spikes | Splats
Bosses
Egg Mobile-H | Marble Zone boss | Spring Yard Zone boss | Labyrinth Zone boss | Star Light Zone boss | Final Zone
Moves/Techniques
Crouch | Spin Jump | Spin Attack | Spin Dash * | Insta-Shield * | Propeller Flying * | Glide * | Climb *
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bomb | Bumper | Capsule | Chaos Emerald | Color Block | Conveyor Belt | Crusher | Electric Generator | Fan | Fire Statue | Fireball Cannon | Flywheel | Giant spear | Goal | Goal Plate | Giant Ring | High-speed elevator | Iron ball | Jump Stand | Lamppost | Reverse | Rotating platform | See-saw | Spikes | Spring | Switch | Up and Down
Items
Air Bubble | Movable box | Ring | Video Monitor (Aqua Shield *, Extra Life , Flame Shield *, Invincible , Power Sneakers , S *, Shield , Super Ring , Thunder Shield *)
Music
Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack
Other
Bonus Point | Continue | Blue Sphere | Debug Mode | Madonna | Shuttle loop | Sonic the Hedgehog Band (Max , Mach , Sharps , Vector ) | South Island | Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic) | Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic | Time Attack * | Time Over | Totem Pole | Winding Tunnel
*Exclusive to the 2013 re-release of Sonic the Hedgehog .
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Characters
Sonic (Super Sonic , Hyper Sonic ) | Tails (Super Tails ) | Knuckles (Super Knuckles , Hyper Knuckles ) | Dr. Robotnik | Mecha Sonic (Mecha Sonic's Super State ) | Animals (Flicky (Flicky's Super State ), Pocky , Pecky , Cucky , Ricky , Rocky )
Badniks
Batbot | Blaster | Blastoid (Carnival Night Zone) | Blastoid (Hydrocity Zone) | Bloominator | Bubbles | Bugernaut | Butterdroid | Catakiller, Jr. | Chainspike | Clamer | Cluckoid | Corkey | Dragonfly | EggRobo | Fireworm | Flybot767 | Hyudoro | Iwamodoki | Jawz | Madmole | Mantis | Mega Chopper | Monkey Dude | Mushmeanie | Orbinaut | Penguinator | Pointdexter | RhinoBot | Ribot | Rock'n | Sandworm | Skorp | Snale Blaster | Spikebonker | Spiker | Star Pointer | Technosqueek | Toxomister | Turbo Spiker
Zones
Sonic 3
Angel Island Zone | Hydrocity Zone | Marble Garden Zone | Carnival Night Zone | IceCap Zone | Launch Base Zone | Special Stages | Bonus Stages
Sonic & Knuckles
Mushroom Hill Zone | Flying Battery Zone | Sandopolis Zone | Lava Reef Zone | Hidden Palace Zone | Sky Sanctuary Zone | Death Egg Zone | The Doomsday Zone | Special Stages | Bonus Stages
Competition
Azure Lake Zone | Balloon Park Zone | Chrome Gadget Zone | Desert Palace Zone | Endless Mine Zone
Bosses
Sub-bosses
Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft | Doctor Robotnik's Whirlpool Machine | Tunnelbot | Self D-Struct Machine | Iceball | Swing'm Spikez | Hei Hou | Gapsule | Barrier Eggman | Guardian | Heat Arms | Egg Mobile-H | Flying Eggman | Red Eye | Death Ball
Zone bosses
Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft | Doctor Robotnik's Waterspout and Depth Charge Machine | Doctor Robotnik's Jet Drill Pod | Doctor Robotnik's Energy Ship | Doctor Robotnik's Freeze-O-Matic | Ball Shooter | Beam Rocket | Big Arm | Jet Mobile | Hang Mobile | Egg Golem | Hot Mobile | Knuckles | Mecha Sonic | Mecha Sonic's Super State | Great Eggman Robo | Final Weapon
Moves/Techniques
Bound Jump | Crouch | Double Jump | Fireball Spin Dash | Glide | Gliding Knuckles Attack | Hyper Flash | Insta-Shield | Propeller Flying | Spin Jump | Spin Dash | Spin Attack | Wall Climb
Items
Air Bubble | Balloon | Banana | Bomb | Booster | Bumper | Bumper wall | Cannon | Capsule | Change | Chaos Emerald | Cloud | Continue | Fan | Jump Stand | Monitor (Water Shield , Flame Shield , Invincibility , Lightning Shield , Super Ring , Super Shoes , Extra Life , S , Eggman ) | Movable box | Mushroom | Pulley | Ring | Signpost | Self-Propelled Bomb | Slow-Down Shoes | Snowboard | Sphere | Spikes | Spring | Spinning Top | Star Post (Star Circle ) | Super Emerald | Switch | Transport | Vine | Zip Line
Other
Angel Island | Barrel | Conveyor Belt | Corkscrew loop | Crusher | Death Egg | Debug Mode | Fireball Cannon | Flipper | Flywheel | Freeze | Giant spear | Goal | Gravity Control Switch | Gumball | High-speed elevator | High-speed warp tube | Icicle | Iron ball | Jewel Radar | Perfect Bonus | Platform-raising Wheel | Pole Elevator | Relief | Reverse | Ring Shooter | Rock Drill | Seesaw | Shuttle loop | Slot machine | Snowblower | Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Strange Relief | Time Attack | Tornado | Warp Point | Winding Tunnel | Wonderman