Locked on with S&K?

[Lodmot]

Has anyone tried locking Pier Solar with Sonic and Knuckles? Im not home to try it right now, so I was wondering if it actually worked. I heard that every game for Sega Genesis has its own special stages when locked on with S&K, but considering the fact that this is a new game, is it still compatible? 0: Just curious.

[The Cass]

Huh? Where did you hear that? You get an error screen if anything that isent Sonic 2 or 3 is plugged in.

[synapse]

Huh? Where did you hear that? You get an error screen if anything that isent Sonic 2 or 3 is plugged in.

Not true. You get like a gazillion "blue spheres" extra levels when you connect it with Sonic 1

[silverf0x0]

Huh? Where did you hear that? You get an error screen if anything that isent Sonic 2 or 3 is plugged in.

Not true. You get like a gazillion "blue spheres" extra levels when you connect it with Sonic 1

Yup. I remember that I used to get the blue spheres extra levels even with any other genesis cartridge. Now moved by curiosity I've discovered that my S&k cartridge doesn't accept anything expect sonic games. Well I may assume that my cartridge is a faulty one or I just need to clean and I allign all the pins on the top.
I'm sure S&K should generate extra bonus level with any genesis game.
Anyway hasn't someone tried with PS yet?

[Joe Redifer]

Why don't YOU try it?

[incrediblehark]

just tried it and got a red and black flashing screen with the WM logo, then all my saves were erased!



just kidding... Sonic & Knuckles didn't even recognize the cartridge was inserted, and started normally.

[silverf0x0]

Why don't YOU try it?

If you are talking to me, as I said any cartridges except sonic games are not working. Just as incrediblehark said the game is simple not recognized. I'm sorry but I didn't touch S&K cartridge in years, so I've just thought that mine wasn't working well...

[The Cass]

I could of sworn I could not get Sonic 1 to work on it, hell I'll try it now.

[Lodmot]

Why don't YOU try it?

As I said before, I wasn't home to try it when I thought of the idea and made this topic. And now Im at work, so I have to wait until tonight to try it. XP

For the person who did try it, Im guessing the cartridge wasn't even noticed by S&K because probably the way its circuitry is made is probably different or something silly like that. The PS cart is also a different species because its 64 mb, so its not like any other Genesis game. Im no expert, but Im guessing the technology in the PS cart used is different from the technology that original Genesis cartridges used when they were still making licensed games for the console, and the S&K cart doesn't respond to that new technology...? Just a guess. XD

[Flygon]

Sonic 3 and Knuckles won't recognize any Mega Drive games larger than 2 megabytes. This'd have to do with the fact that, without special mapper hardware, the Mega Drive can't access more than 4 megabytes of data (Guess what size Sonic 3 and Knuckles is ). This is why games such as Phantasy Star IV and Sonic 3D Blast don't work with Sonic and Knuckles, they're 4 megabytes.

I can't say I've tried testing with Super Street Fighter II or Pier Solar at all yet, however (Both use special mapper hardware). Mostly because I actually lack a Sonic and Knuckles cart, I just roughly know the technical explanation.\

Now if you excuse me, I'm going to continue venting my frustration at Sand Worms.

[Jorge Nuno]

S&K can't see the "SEGA" string from PS, it boots as if there was no cart.