The switch's regular look, from Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

These dark blue and grey colored switches can be found at Electric Egg Zone. These laser cannons start shooting downward the player, who's on the switch, which is recommended to run forward while destroy enemies on the way and never stop until the player is on the more safe place. Switches in Sonic Chaos are traps, which activates lasers automatically. This blue and grey colored switch can change a Super Ring monitor into one with extra life. Only certain switches appear in the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog, that can be found at Labyrinth Zone. However it blocks the lower route, if the player isn't quick enough to move there. The last specific switch can be found at third Act, which makes the large platform slide down. Robotnik presses a switch to destroy bridge under Sonic's feet, which makes the hedgehog fall down, which is something that becomes tradition in later games. Some of them also open roofs for limited time. In Scrap Brain Zone Act 1, Switches are able to alternate the revolving wheels' rolling direction, thus making it able to move downward section of the zone. On several occasions, switches normally open doors (some of them hide under monitors). Sonic interacting with a switch that opens a hatch in Labyrinth Zone Act 3, from the 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991). Some switches also open doors and move light gray blocks to forward away, while the player has to race to the other side of the inside area before the block clogs up the hole on the right side of the area. By pressing the button and jumping to the platform makes it to move upward. In the first Act of Spring Yard Zone, blue and grey switches can be found on the open area with a solid platform on side of it. Another one in Mable Zone Act 2 moves green tubes, which opens more routes throughout the Zone. The first switch can be found at Marble Zone Act 1, where the player has to push a movable box onto a switch in order to move a large crusher with spikes at the bottom out of the player's way. Sonic pushing a block towards a switch, from the 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991).įirst appearing in the 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), switches are illustrated as simple grey buttons with a blue or purple plate around it. Game appearances Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

1.12 Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure.

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