Green Chaos Emerald

[SpinDashMaster]

Once and for all, the SCD Emerald challenges have been redesigned and remixed to be the most awesomely fun hedgehog torture you'll ever lay eyes upon. But, before we get started, I have a list of special thanks to a handful of people to whom I owe major credit for helping get this off the ground. Without them, this project would have been dead.

m1ke - Super-awesome PHP support, and creating a system for streamlining emerald awarding. You just made everyone's life 100 times easier with your sacrifices and efforts.

SpinDashMaster - For being so supportive in the last 48-72 hour, and for giving us some great challenge ideas. Your help is invaluable and has come as such a great point in the process.

Elratauru of Sonic Retro - For being kind enough to lend us the base images for these emeralds. You gave us an exceptional design concept which grew to dynamic proportions.

Louis - For taking the base images and applying the dynamic glow effect they have now. I couldn't have designed these better myself!

Well, enough rambling; let's move onward to what's new and different about the series.

First and foremost, Emerald awarding is as easy as receiving an award from the other challenges here on SCD. They'll be posted straight to your awards collection. And soon, m1ke will have an even more awesome place for you to show them off!

Next, some of the emeralds' challenges will be either the same as or based on challenges you've seen before that were super-popular and deserve to be revived as classics. You'll love (and loathe!) seeing these epic challenges rear their ugly head again.

Also, almost every emerald in this Chaos Emerald series is choice-based. You'll once again get to pick the level that suits your style best for completing the challenge.

There's loads more of surprising twists and turns in this series, but you'll have to wait and see to find out what we have in store!

To keep you busy for now, we're going to release two challenges this week: one tonight, and one on Wednesday. Here comes your first test; the Green Chaos Emerald Challenge!

Green Chaos Emerald Challenge: Choose one of the following:

• Complete Sonic the Hedgehog's Star Light Zone, Act 3 before the timer strikes 1:30.
• Complete Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Casino Night Zone, Act 1 before the timer strikes 1:00.
• Complete Sonic 3 and Knuckles' Marble Garden Zone, Act 1 before the timer strikes 1:20.

You may use any character.

Before starting this challenge, be sure to check our Orientation & Help Forums, if you have questions about rules, or if you need guides on how to record and submit your videos to the Sonic Cage Dome Forums.

Also, to download the Emulator and the ROMs you might need for this challenge, click here.

Remember, successful challenge entries will also receive 20 Rings awarded!

[hedgehogsamurai]

Thought the 1 minute thing in CNZ1 looked intimidating but after a few tries I got it done.

Played with Sonic in 53 seconds. Lol for 6th done

<Well done, HS ^^ You're not too fond of springs, are you? XD - NelspikeTX>

[SonicAD]

And now that I see these have started again, here's a Star Light 3 run in 1:20... the exact same time I did two weeks ago, but I really really should've been faster this run, I did terrible on the boss.

<Well Done. -SDM>

[Overij]

Well here's my Casino Night Zone Act1 run, took me 40sec.

Gotta try doing those other two next and see how they go ;)

(Congrats! -SDM)

[Cinossu]

First post here, found out about this via TSSZ. I thought 'why not'. :P

Here be Star Light Zone Act 3, done in 1:26.

<Sweet run! Your emerald should show up in a few minutes. -SDM>

[FuzZerd]

I decided do all three and kind of wish I hadn't because mg1 was so hard. but anyway I think the times were ~1:06 sl3, 43 cn1 as sonic, and mg1 1:16 as knuckle. tails was just glitching on me way too much.

<Watched MG1 because as you know, I'm partial to S3. >_> -SDM>

[m1ke]

Give me mah Emeraldz!!! LOL. CNZ in 0:56. Would've been shorter time but took a different root by mistake. Oh well.

<Congrats. -SDM>

[Omega Knuckles]

Eh?!
Oh great, more challenges to test my levels of skill and paranoia.
Thank god I already knew the route.
Rom used is Sonic the Hedgehog(1)

I...HATE...THAT...RRRROBOTNIK!

This is the first challenge I've done where I didn't have to put my initials. Time to put the --> <-- to rest.

<Congrats! -SDM>

[Shonumi]

Lol, messed up big time. Shoulda been 10 seconds less. But yo man, last second finish, ha!

[Riku]

Oh My Gawsh. This took me forever to find a good route. I had to cheat and watch someone's video >_>

CNZ Sonic 2

<Hehe, yah. I'm still recording my MGZ1 attempt as Sonic. D= - NelspikeTX>

[Terry_Tibbs]

Here's Casino Night Zone Act 1 in 30 odd seconds.

<Now, that's some run. XD - NelspikeTX>

[Mike29]

I got passed CNZ act 1 sonic 2 with sonic in 55sec.I could have done better if i had not have hit those bumbers

[Hyperknux]

That was pretty hard, I only barely just completed Star light Zone act 3 in 1:29

[SSFM]

Nailed 0:59 on Casino Night Zone Act 1, but it could be even better.

What he said. Lol, here it is:


<Rofl! XD - NelspikeTX>

[MarkoManX]

Casino Night, 46 seconds. Now if only I could get it done 2 seconds faster, I'll get that other award in the Sonic 2 Challenge section.

[Darksonic91]

Finally got back round to continuing the emerald challenges.... been playing final fantasy V and it got me sidetracked from the emerald challenges

[Fila The Rabbit]

I have done the challenge i did it on Sonic 2
Great for the challenges are back nw

[Cruizer]

Meh. Didn't take that long.

[Nicholas Onimura]

To any member who is or is planning to post recordings, there is something that I'd like to stress:

Please, PLEASE say what game you're using when you post a recording. I have lost count of how many times Sonic 1 illegal op'd because I loaded a Sonic 2 recording into Gens+.

Thank you, have a nice day.

[werster]

Marble Garden 1 Knuckles in 0:58. S3K rom.

<No Good. Screenwrap. -SDM>

<Oh sorry, re done with Knux in CP1. -werster>