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============================Metropolis Zone=====================================
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This zone has three acts in it rather than two. The ones ahead have only one
act. I like this zone, its okay. The music is pretty good, and while the
background could use some work, its not terrible. However, music and
background score well, the levels are way too long.

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| Act 1 |
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Get the three rings at the start and head right. Youll see some exhaust
vents or something that releases deadly polluted gas. Dont touch it, but
rather jump on top of the vent. When it goes down then raises itself up it
will bounce you up like a spring. Take the first one and bounce onto the
platform to the left. There will be a Super Ring Capsule guarded by a new
enemy, an Asteron. These starfish separate into five different spikes and
explode, sending each spike in a different direction. This one is easy to
avoid, so get the Super Ring and fall back down. Jump over the Exhaust Vents
and keep moving to the right.

Youll see a Rotating Tunnel, these are great fun. Run in and spin around;
you can still move left or right. Keep heading right and Spin Dash up a
half-loop. At the top, get the Super Ring Capsule and avoid the Asterons
spikes. Press the gray switch and a platform will appear to the left. Get
on and jump onto the real platform. The platform will disappear after a
while, so be quick. Get on the Exhaust Vent and bounce up. Youll see a
weird enemy called a Shell Cracker (Crabmeats were there name-o) that send a
huge claw at you. Roll into them on the opposite side of their huge arm to
beat them. Head right after the enemy and youll see what I call Crushers.
When they lower, Spin Dash. This is an Instant Death Peril, and should be
avoided. After the Crushers, there is an Asteron guarding a switch. There
are three Asterons near the switch so a hit is almost guaranteed.

Luckily there is a Super Ring Capsule below. Anyway, press the switch and
youll open an entrance to the lower level. There is another switch below
that one; press it and drop below one last time. Move to the right, jump
over the switch so youre on the platform and jump into the yellow triangles.
Youll bounce up and onto the upper level. You may crash into an enemy
called a Slicer, green robots with sickles. They toss the sickles, which is
when they are vulnerable. Beat it and keep going. Youll see brown blocks,
out of which spears come. Wait for when the spears lowers and then cross
them. On the fourth block, jump into the yellow triangles above and bounce
into the first checkpoint of the first act.

There is a Slicer and three Asterons right to the right. There is also a
Screw and to get down Spin Dash to the left (If you go to the right youll
crush and kill yourself). There is another one to the right of the bottom of
this one. Dont Spin Dash down however, fall down in line with the line of
the screw (the spikes make it impossible to get on). Youll land in the
center of some spikes; jump out and head left. Run up the half-loop and beat
the Shell Cracker, go down the elevator to the left and head to the right.
Follow a trail of rings down into a tube and then go through a Rotating
Tunnel and up a half-loop. Jump into the yellow triangles to bounce up.
Head to the left, and go up the screw. Dont go all the way; there are
spikes at the top. Jump to the next one and go up this screw. The Asterons
probably wont attack; you are too far away.

Press the switch to the right of the top and get on the new platform. Jump
to the platform with the spring on it and bounce to another gray switch, then
get on the platform and press the switch to get up to a new platform. There
is a screw to the right, get on and go up. At the top, go to the other end
of the ledge youre on and go down. There are two brown blocks to jump from.
After passing them keep going right. Fall through the pit (Dont hit the
yellow triangles). Get the Super Ring Capsule to the right and head left.

Youll enter a tube, from where you exit head left. Go down on an elevator
and head right on some brown blocks (The spear ones). Travel across them and
press the switch to the right, and enter the opening to the left. Fall down
onto a brown platform that moves to the right. Ride it to the right and beat
the Slicer. Jump over the pit with the yellow triangles. Youll encounter
one more pit, jump over it and run to the right. Youll finally reach the
Robotnik Sign.

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| Act 2 |
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Collect the six rings at the start and press the switch to the right. Get on
the platform and jump onto one of the blocks on the Conveyor belt. Jump off
at the bottom and onto the sinking platform. Get off before it sinks and
jump to the next Conveyor Belt Block. Jump to the new ledge, defeat the
Shell Cracker and enter a tube to the left. Youll race through a few
obstacles and into a pit with giant sprockets above. Go all the way to the
left and Spin Dash up the half-loop. Get the Super Ring Capsule, and then
jump onto another Giant Sprocket to the right. Ride up to the rising
platform and jump to it.

Jump to the right and continue to the right. Youll enter another tube that
will deposit you at a Super Ring Capsule. Get the rings and head right.
There is a Crusher/Conveyor Belt combo ahead, and its instant death. When
it raises, Spin Dash under it, you should be going so fast youll sprint over
the pits. Fall into the pit onto the platform. Duck so you dont hit the
spikes and jump to the other side. Directly to the right are a checkpoint
and a tube.

Go up the tube and head right. Youll find another conveyor belt; pick a
block, any block, and use it to get across to a ledge on the other side.
Avoid a few Asterons and youll reach another conveyor belt. Ride it down
and onto a sinking platform, and then jump to the right onto the platform.
Head right until you reach an Exhaust Vent.

Use it to bounce up and into a new section of the level. Head left and
defeat a Shell Cracker. Use the Exhaust Vent to get up to a higher level and
head right. There is another Shell Crusher and a Sprocket over some lava.
Ride it up to a brown block, jump onto it when the spear isnt up and jump
onto a sprocket to the right. Use it to hit some yellow triangles above and
bounce yourself up to the checkpoint.

There is a switch to the left of the checkpoint; jump onto it to make a
platform appear below you. Use it to get across and enter a Rotating Tunnel.
Go through it and run up a half-loop. Keep running and youll see a screw.
Go up and take out a Slicer. There will be another screw on this level,
above which is another Slicer. Keep heading right and youll find a Slicer
and a Conveyor Belt. Jump to the side against the left wall of the pit and
youll find a 1-Up as well as a spring to spring you back up. Spring back up
and ride the Conveyor Belt up. At the top jump from Brown Spear Block to
Brown Spear Block until you reach a tube. Enter it and head right.

Youll soon reach a half-loop; Spin Dash up and get onto a rising platform to
the left. There is a switch in an alcove to the left of the platform; press
it and jump to the right onto the newly extended platform. Jump up and head
right. Youll find some yellow triangles; bounce up and onto a Shield
Capsule. Get the shield and jump up to hit more triangles. Head right from
the top and youll reach a conveyor belt; ride it and another one to the top.

Youll exit at a half-loop; Spin Dash up and jump off of it and onto a rising
platform to the right. Take it up and jump onto a yellow spring to the
right. Get on the new platform, avoid a Slicer and run to the right. Youll
soon reach the Robotnik Sign.

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| Act 3 |
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Almost out of the city Theyre just right to the point in this one. There
are three rings and a Slicer at the start. Destroy it and head to the right.
Wait on the platform (It will jerk to the right and left violently) and jump
to a huge moving platform to the right. Get the rings in the center and then
jump into a hallway guarded by a Shell Cracker. Enter the tube to the right
and upon landing head to the right. Youll soon reach a Giant Sprocket. Hop
on and fight your way off. There is another below; get off that one too so
youre on the main platform. Keep going right until you see some Crushers.

Spin Dash over them and keep going. Youll soon reach a half-loop. Spin
Dash up and jump to the left onto either the main platform or a rising
platform to the right of it. Dont charge up a lot because there are spikes
overhead. When on the main platform there is a Screw guarded by some
Asterons. Let them explode and then get up the screw. At the top jump to
the left and avoid a barrage of Asteron spikes. Jump onto the platform above
and from there onto the moving platform above. Use it to jump to a platform
to the right and bounce on the red spring there. It should send you through
some loops and half-loops and into the checkpoint.

Bounce on the yellow spring to the right. Go to the platform to the right
and keep going right (Did you know that in England the left side was
considered wicked or evil, whereas the right was noble? I wonder if they
were right? That was a pun, they were right or right-handed, see? I hate
puns). Youll enter a Rotating Tunnel. Go quickly so you are sent onto a
hovering platform. Jump up and into a tunnel to the right. Keep to the
right and youll see an Exhaust Vent. Bounce up with it and hit the yellow
triangles it sends you to. Youll land on a platform, above which are
spikes. Jump to the Conveyor Belt and keep going. Youll cross over two
more; reach the end and head right.

There will be an Exhaust Vent to bounce up. Head right from the upper level.
Youll reach some yellow triangles. Bounce up and head right. You shall
find a lava pit above which are Brown Spear Blocks. Make your way up (Keep
to the left) until you reach a platform. Head right from there and youll
find a Sprocket. Ride them up until you reach a tube guarded by a Shell
Cracker. Enter the tube and go down the slope. There will be Slicers on the
roof and on the floor. Take them out and go up the Screw to the right.
Asterons will be around this particularly long Screw. At the top youll
reach another Screw. At the top of that one youll reach a tube to the left.
Go up and head right. Run forward to avoid the Asterons and hit the
checkpoint.

Jump onto the platform to the right. Ride it to a platform on the other
side. Head right here until you reach the boss. This boss is pretty hard.
You have some rings at least, but it wont help. Hell lower himself and if
you time it just right you can hit him. He has a layer of stones orbiting
him and Decoy Robotniks he releases from the stones. Destroy all the Decoys
and hell start sending lasers at you. Hit him one more time and youve won.
Head right and release the animals. You beat Metropolis Zone!