A few theories for the Theory Bin....

Ok.. Mass-o-theories-and-things-I-noticed-out-of-nowhere.

1: This covers Sonic Crackers... Ever notice that there's a date on the
(albeit EXTREMELY detailed ::sarcasm abounds::) title screen? 04011994 or
something like that? (Might be a different year).. Now everyone tell me..
What's april 4th notorious for? Pranks. this might be going out on a limb,
but it's what I know.

2:  Still on Sonic Crackers.. Did anyone notice that Tails has new balancing
animations in said game? I think there's 2 of them, but he has them. And
they're new. This could either break my prank theory, or be a group of people
with alot of time on their hands to animate new balance animations for almost
everyone's favorite 2-tailed fox. o.o;

3: While I'm on balancing animations.. this is just a non-theory-related
nuance that caught me.. Isn't Tails' balancing animation in Sonic 2 alot like
Sonic's original balance animation? Kinda like Tails is mimicking his hero?
(Hey... Wait.. that might rule out the theory of tails being from another
time.. Wouldn't he need to know sonic for awhile to get to know how he'd
balance?)

4: Ok. I had to get onto the Sonic 2 beta. You all saw it coming, so I'll get
it over with quickly and painlessly. Having just gotten sound in DOS, (It's
kinda frightening when you open Sonic 2 expecting no sound, and your comp
screams "SEGA!!!" at you. o.o;) I've finally heard HPZ's music, along with
the odd Death Egg Music glitch... Most of the in-game music was complete for
Sonic 2 beta, except for a few songs.. Hidden Palace leaps furthest to the
front in my mind in this area, because I don't think the music in the beta
suits it at all. Kind of like Wood Zone using Metropolis' theme... But now
I'm leaving subject. I think the music in HPZ in the beta was just placed
there to fill the void. It kinda sucks playing sonic in silence, I know from
experience....

5: Still on the beta...Though I haven't tested this theory, what if they
meant to have different sounds for Boxed 1-ups and 100-ring 1-ups? I'm not
sure how it'd link to using the Death Egg Music, but it might somehow be
related.

6: What sort of long list would this be without a 6?

7: Wow.. I've gone from The Unknown, The Beta, and now the original. In sonic
1, in the bonus stage, with debug, you can paste a whole bunch of odd glitchy
boxes.. some bounce you like the bouncers, others behave like flickies, and
others are uncollectable rings.. Or more accuratley, rings that are part of
the background and stationary.. Now... leave the bonus stage and start
placing things in the ending sequence.. rings, flickies.. THINGS THAT BOUNCE
YOU. Yes, the odd rose-thing wasn't a rose at all. It's a bumper from the
bonus stage.. This isn't a theory, but more of something I know from
experience.

Well.. I think that's all I can lump together for now.. I'm exhausted and
can't think of anything else. Until next time the urge to write strikes me..
Iaru
*Cough-shameless-plug-writing-fic-based-on-beta-Cough*