SONIC 3D FLICKIES ISLAND SCREENSHOTS

Green Grove Zone

The tropical area of any Sonic game with greenery and waterfalls where the chequered gameboard harks back to Green Hill Zone.

The Saturn/PC versions sport some wildlife and the bridges creek as you walk over them.

There are a few cannons around which will blast you to different areas. For example, a hidden canon behind a weak wall in act one will land Sonic right by Knuckles.

Sonic 3D Flickies Island Screenshots

Act 1	Act 1
Act 2	Act 2
Act 3 Robotnik	Act 3 Robotnik

Robotnik attacks from above by dropping a spiked ball that bounces. A hit can be made as he lowers himself down to pick it back up.

Rusty Ruin Zone

Rusty Ruin is an Atlantis type level outfitted with newer booby traps. Spike balls on chains are probably the most common obstacle. There are broken pillars around that must be completely destroyed and only way to do this is to turn Sonic into a spinning top by standing on the green fans. The Saturn version adds some fog and rain randomly throughout the zone.

Sonic 3D Flickies Island Screenshots

Act 1	Act 1
Act 2	Act 2
Act 3 Robotnik	Act 3 Robotnik

Robotnik is inside a wall. He has two blocks for hands which smash on the floor while the board is filled with projectiles. Damage is done by hitting face on. This is done by getting on one of these hands, getting some height and striking him.

Spring Stadium Zone

Plenty of sharp instruments are the main danger in this zone. Any red holes in the ground will have spikes shoot out of them fairly instantly. When jumping the spikes will go back in. Lone holes in the floor are indicators of spear traps. Both of these can be a good test your reactions.

Balloons will give you that extra boost across the screen to remain off the perilous floor. Some are in chains to aid reaching better routes.

There are plenty of springs around but only some of them actually work.

Sonic 3D Flickies Island Screenshots

Act 1	Act 1
Act 2	Act 2
Act 3 Robotnik	Act 3 Robotnik

Robotnik is fairly straight forward in this encounter. He travels around the board waving two electrical plugs. He can only be damaged through a direct hit from the top.

Diamond Dust Zone

As with every ice level there are those parts were you slide around uncontrollably. Large snow rivers travel fast and usually end up at icy spikes. Run against the flow and jump frantically to escape. There are icy barricades that will block progress and these can be destroyed by Spin Dashing them as jumping on them will result in a hit on Sonic.

Sonic 3D Flickies Island Screenshots

Act 1	Act 1
Act 2	Act 2
Act 3 Robotnik	Act 3 Robotnik

Robotnik is surrounded by snow puffs which will freeze Sonic in a block of ice should he come into contact with them. Again, damage can be inflicted from the top. When you score a direct hit one of the puffs becomes an exploding snowman.

Volcano Valley Zone

A zone seething with lava and probably a good amount of time will be spent falling on it thus taking damage or dying. Obstacles mainly include flame throwers in the floor. You can get past by risking a jump or waiting for the spurt to end. Flat rocks can be broken by jumping onto them. Some have tunnels behind them which will lead to areas on the gameboard.

Sonic 3D Flickies Island Screenshots

Act 1	Act 1
Act 2	Act 2
Act 3 Robotnik	Act 3 Robotnik

Robotnik is pretty tricky this time round. He's stationary on a small platform surrounded by lava. There are pipes connecting his platform to something else. To damage him, quickly jump onto one of these pipes and dash up to the centre to score a hit. More problems arise as the pipes spit out flames regularly. Robotnik ejects caterpillar-type streams of flames that will chase Sonic around the small arena. Not pleasant.

Gene Gadget Zone

The beginning of the electronic frontier usually meaning approaching the end. The floor is charged and electrical blasts fry Sonic. Fans embedded into the floor levitate Sonic into a twirl. Beware that during this flight Sonic is vulnerable to attack. There are pipes around which give trips around the gameboard.

Sonic 3D Flickies Island Screenshots

Act 1	Act 1
Act 2	Act 2
Act 3 Robotnik	Act 3 Robotnik

Timing is the essence with this Robotnik fight. You are on a conveyor belt with Robotnik at the end distributing spiky objects at random. Run against the flow of the belt, avoid the spikes and strike when Robotnik is low enough.

Panic Puppet Zone

This zone can be remembered by the weird name, the fact that it's a massive Robotnik structure or for it's difficulty which is most likely.

As in Gene Gadget fans populate the floor along with conveyor belts which are reversible when the correct switch is located.

The Flickies have to be rescued from glass containers but there are still Badnik's to defeat.

Sonic 3D Flickies Island Screenshots

Act 1	Act 1
Act 2	Act 2
Act 3 Robotnik	Act 3 Robotnik

Your encounter with Robotnik takes place in a diamond shaped arena. Robotnik is resident in a large clear tube in the upper right. Two units of weapons placed on arms are at both sides. First off the arms try to squash. After moving out of range, those balls rain all over the board. To do damage you must move away at the last second when one of the arms smash down on the game board, then run up and hit the joint where the arm connects to the tube. Each arm requires four hits. Once destroyed they become replaced with flame-throwers. Flame trails are spat out and pursue you on the board. Again attack at the joint. When destroyed the attack then becomes laser blasts.

The Final Fight

This zone is just a final confrontation with Robotnik. The fight takes place on five transparent gameboards (on both versions) with a slightly different method of attack from Robotnik on each one. The gameboards repeat until Robotnik is defeated.

First off is an attack with metallic arms. As he lunges forward land a hit on the arm.

The second assault is from the nose. Annoying flames pursue around the gameboard.

Round three is fought on a narrow pathway. The hands come from the rest of the robot and follow around. Keep moving to avoid a smash. After that they will zip down to the other end of the pathway and dash through the middle. Robotnik now moves in and is vulnerable.

The next round is simplest but not easy. The robot fires missiles that rain down and hit randomly on the gameboard.

The final round is the takes place on a U-shaped floor. Robotnik is in the middle where he lets rip with dozens of laser blasts.

Sonic 3D Flickies Island Screenshots

	Final Fight

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