( Italics means a character is not selectable from the character select shown upon starting a game.) The character select also shows the internal order that characters were added in, which differs from the final order.

The player can choose to control any character, including Bomb and Heavy (who normally can only be controlled by a second player or with the 'Swap' monitor), or have the playable character and partner be the same character. Knuckles and Mighty are the default Player and Combi selections, respectively.

The stage select also features a character select 'Player' is the player-controlled character, while 'Combi' is their partner. World Entrance Level 0 is the normal world lobby, 1 is the penultimate boss, 2 is the final boss, and all others crash the game. For the Special Stage, 0-5 are the six normal stages and 6 is the first wireframe stage. There are three numerical values shown: the X coordinate of the crosshair (which is always at the center of the main character sprite all sprites are drawn relative to their centers in Chaotix), Y coordinate of the crosshair, and a value that indicates the Zone, the Act, and what time of day it is.įor the five 'attractions', the level numbers should be between 1 and 5 0 is the same as 1, while 6 will crash. Use the D-Pad to move and combinations of A, B, and C to move faster. Choosing a stage and configuration also enables a free movement debug mode, activated whenever the game is paused. And that's only just the beginning.Ĭonfiguring the Color Test to look as it is on the left activates a stage select in the main menu. Even more unusual is the game's development history, with a massive amount of digital archaeology to comb through (and not just unused graphics) and several prototypes for this site to sink its teeth into. Once the only 32X title people could name off the top of their heads, Knuckles' Chaotix is a very quaint game in the Sonic series.Ĭonsidered the calm before the storm right before Sonic X-treme's development, Chaotix is an 'anything goes' game consisting of bizarrely-constructed levels, claw machines, occasional 3D, a giant dose of the Memphis aesthetic, and a plot involving Knuckles being literally shackled to various people with magic rings while trying to stop Eggman/Robotnik from trying to induce disaster with his Chaos Rings.Ĭuriously for a Sonic-type platformer, Sonic is almost completely absent. This game has unused playable characters.

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