Story: "‘Sonic, where are you going now?’

Sonic the Hedgehog looked over his shoulder at Amy Rose, the young hedgehog who was racing hot on his heels.

‘To Never Lake,’ he called back.

‘Why Never Lake?’

Sonic slowed down a little so he could explain. ‘Ever heard of the Little Planet?’

‘Isn’t that the tiny world that orbits Mobius?’ Amy asked. ‘The one with the special stones that alter time and change everything around them? I hear that the planet’s full of places that are completely ignored by the passage of time!’

‘Yeah. On the last month of every year, the Little Planet appears over Never Lake. It’s that time now, and I’m going to check it out. I bet space travel will be exciting!’

‘With all those Time Stones, I bet you’ll try to outrun time itself!’ Amy sighed in adoration.

Sonic didn’t reply. He just smiled, eyes gleaming.

When they arrived at Never Lake, the Little Planet was there as expected. But something was wrong. Where there should have been tall trees and bright flowers, there was nothing but dry sand and jagged rocks. The Little Planet was tethered to a rock with a rock with a huge chain, and its surface was covered with twisted, gleaming metal.

‘What happened?’ Amy wondered.

Indeed it was! Upon discovering the location of the Little Planet, the evil Dr. Robotnik and his robot cronies had immediately set about converting it to a giant fortress. When Robotnik saw Sonic approaching, he had dispatched his prize creation, the Metal Sonic, to grab Amy and lure his arch enemy into danger.

‘How convenient!’ Robotnik crowed, bouncing about like a malicious rubber ball. ‘This time my scientific expertise will crush you! Once all the Time Stones are in my hands, I’ll be able to manipulate time and conquer the world! HO, HO, HO, HO!’

Sonic stood on a rock and thought. Robotnik has control of the Little Planet. He had Amy, and soon he would have the Time Stones…but not if Sonic got to them first!

His adventure on the Little Planet was going to be more exciting and dangerous than he’d planned. It was time to get a move on!"


**You cannot hold the buttons down for more then one millisecond if playing on Sonic Gems**

Level Select
To quickly jump to any point of the game enter Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, and then press B. Here you can choose any level. However, after the level is completed you will be taking back to the title menu.

Sonic Team’s Best Times
Think you can beat the game designers’ score? Find out by entering Right, Right, Up, Up, Down, and then press C at the title screen to view the high scores.

Sound Test
To get to the sound test area, at the title screen enter Down, Down, Down, Left, Right, and then press A.

Sound Test Codes
FM 44 PCM 11 DA 09: Picture of Sonic in manga form
FM 42 PCM 04 DA 21: Picture of a Humanoid Sonic
FM 07 PCM 07 DA 07: Play a secret special stage
FM 46 PCM 12 DA 25: View a secret Japanese message
FM 40 PCM 12 DA 11: Picture of Tails next to a green jeep. After this, start the game and you will be in debug mode.
FM 42 PCM 03 DA 01: View artwork of Sonic, Metal Sonic, and Dr. Robotnik "DJ'in"

Debug Mode
To enter debug mode you first must enter the Sound Test cheat. After that enter FM 40 PCM 12 DA 11, press start and a picture of Tails will appear next to a jeep and the words “See You Next Game” will appear. When you press start again you will be taken to the main menu screen. Once you’re actually in the game press the B button to place any character in the sprite sheet for that level in the game. By pressing the C button you can change to a different sprite character.


Time Bonus Points
Here are the set times for the Time Bonus.

Time	Points
0:30 0:45 1:00 1:30 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00	50,000 10,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 500

DA Garden/Music Demo
If you feel the need to listen to Sonic CD and rotate, move, or zoom effect a planet, while Tails flies by in a biplane to a setting and rising sun, then you will enjoy this. To get this classy feature just beat the total time 37’27”57 in Time Attack mode.

Special Stage Time Attack
If you wish to destroy some more UFOs in your spare time, just beat the total time 30’21”05 in Time Attack mode.

Visual Mode
To see some hidden artwork on the CD just beat the total time 25’46”12 in Time Attack, and Visual Mode will be available from the title screen.

True Ending
To get the true ending of the game, just collect all seven time stones, and create a good future for each level. Hint: Once you collected all the time stones you will automatically start with a good ending for the remaining levels.

“I’m Outta Here!”
Boredom comes quick for our blue ADD hedgehog. If you level the game running during a level without pausing it or touching it for three minutes, Sonic will say “I’m Outta Here!,” and then commit suicide by leaping off the ledge taking all of his lives with him.