Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive)

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Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive)

Developer:	Sega Technical Institute
Publisher:	Sega
Genre:	Pinball
Released:	November 15, 1993

Achievements

There are 68 achievements worth 500 (4641) points.
Authors: MGNS8M (46), Pereira006 (17), Scott (4), Michael (1).

Sort: Normal ^ - Won By - Points - Title

won by 1351 (686) of 1864 (72.48%)

(3)
Get the emerald in the center of Toxic Caves.

won by 1003 (554) of 1864 (53.81%)

(3)
Get the emerald in the left lane of Toxic Caves.

won by 483 (270) of 1864 (25.91%)

(5)
Get the emerald in the right lane of Toxic Caves.

won by 877 (487) of 1864 (47.05%)

(6)
Defeat Boss in stage 1

won by 561 (261) of 1864 (30.10%)

(3)
Win Bonus Stage 1

won by 739 (415) of 1864 (39.65%)

(4)
Get the emerald in the center of the Lava Powerhouse.

won by 419 (226) of 1864 (22.48%)

(6)
Get the emerald in the left lane of the Lava Powerhouse.

won by 204 (115) of 1864 (10.94%)

(11)
Get the emerald in the right lane of the Lava Powerhouse.

won by 394 (211) of 1864 (21.14%)

(11)
Defeat Boss in stage 2

won by 313 (149) of 1864 (16.79%)

(15)
Win Bonus Stage 2

won by 370 (198) of 1864 (19.85%)

(9)
Get the emerald in The Machine's bottom-right chamber.

won by 314 (166) of 1864 (16.85%)

(11)
Get the emerald in The Machine's bottom-left chamber.

won by 147 (83) of 1864 (7.89%)

(20)
Get the emerald in The Machine's upper-right chamber.

won by 140 (81) of 1864 (7.51%)

(20)
Get the emerald in The Machine's upper-left chamber.

won by 149 (83) of 1864 (7.99%)

(20)
Get the emerald in The Machine's center chamber.

won by 288 (155) of 1864 (15.45%)

(14)
Defeat Boss in stage 3

won by 225 (109) of 1864 (12.07%)

(19)
Win Bonus Stage 3

won by 268 (142) of 1864 (14.38%)

(15)
Get the emerald in Showdown's bottom-left chamber.

won by 216 (105) of 1864 (11.59%)

(20)
Get the emerald in Showdown's center chamber.

won by 101 (52) of 1864 (5.42%)

(38)
Get the emerald in Showdown's bottom-right chamber.

won by 97 (49) of 1864 (5.20%)

(40)
Get the emerald in Showdown's top-left chamber.

won by 106 (56) of 1864 (5.69%)

(35)
Get the emerald in Showdown's top-right chamber.

won by 195 (86) of 1864 (10.46%)

(47)
Defeat Boss in stage 4

won by 176 (81) of 1864 (9.44%)

(50)
Finish the entire game without level select.

won by 1496 (763) of 1864 (80.26%)

(1)
Collect 20 Rings

won by 1064 (562) of 1864 (57.08%)

(3)
Collect 40 Rings

won by 273 (140) of 1864 (14.65%)

(12)
Collect 60 Rings

won by 615 (320) of 1864 (32.99%)

(6)
Earn over 20 million points

won by 340 (158) of 1864 (18.24%)

(14)
Earn over 50 million points

won by 255 (107) of 1864 (13.68%)

(39)
Earn over 100 million points

won by 96 (74) of 1864 (5.15%)

(54)
Defeat Scorpius while in FAST mode.

won by 65 (48) of 1864 (3.49%)

(80)
Defeat Roboiler while in FAST mode.

won by 58 (44) of 1864 (3.11%)

(86)
Defeat VEG-O Machine while in FAST mode.

won by 43 (29) of 1864 (2.31%)

(128)
Defeat Robotnik while in FAST mode.

won by 83 (63) of 1864 (4.45%)

(63)
Collect all rings in Toxic Caves to open the bonus round, then enter it.

won by 72 (53) of 1864 (3.86%)

(73)
Complete the Ring Bonus round in Toxic Caves.

won by 75 (53) of 1864 (4.02%)

(29)
Hit all 4 targets above Scorpius when its tail is gone to get the message RADICAL DAMAGE.

won by 40 (30) of 1864 (2.15%)

(124)
Collect all rings in Lava Powerhouse to open the bonus round, then enter it.

won by 36 (27) of 1864 (1.93%)

(137)
Complete the Ring Bonus round in Lava Powerhouse.

won by 72 (57) of 1864 (3.86%)

(28)
Destroy only the bottom Roboiler head first. (wait for it)

won by 37 (27) of 1864 (1.98%)

(344)
Collect all rings in The Machine to open the bonus round, then enter it.

won by 35 (24) of 1864 (1.88%)

(154)
Complete the Ring Bonus round in The Machine.

won by 155 (86) of 1864 (8.32%)

(4)
Hit both targets under the VEG-O Machine to get ball-save.

won by 32 (23) of 1864 (1.72%)

(401)
Collect all rings in Showdown to open the bonus round, then enter it.

won by 31 (22) of 1864 (1.66%)

(167)
Complete the Ring Bonus round in Showdown.

won by 532 (265) of 1864 (28.54%)

(3)
Escape from the jaws of a mechanical beast.

won by 274 (165) of 1864 (14.70%)

(13)
In Toxic Caves, finish the stage with at least 2x Worm Loop Bonus.

won by 340 (206) of 1864 (18.24%)

(7)
Clear both toxic-barrel ramps in the same life in Toxic Caves.

won by 50 (35) of 1864 (2.68%)

(53)
In Toxic Caves, finish the stage with at least 2x Switch Loop Bonus.

won by 41 (32) of 1864 (2.20%)

(293)
Finish Toxic Caves quickly enough to get the full 10,000,000 Time Bonus.

won by 90 (57) of 1864 (4.83%)

(21)
Safely escape from a chain hanging over lava.

won by 76 (39) of 1864 (4.08%)

(49)
In Lava Powerhouse, finish the stage with at least 2x Cool Loop Bonus.

won by 59 (31) of 1864 (3.17%)

(60)
In Lava Powerhouse, finish the stage with at least 2x Pressure Bonus.

won by 115 (65) of 1864 (6.17%)

(30)
Get the 2x Multiplier from Lava Powerhouse.

won by 56 (41) of 1864 (3.00%)

(95)
Finish Lava Powerhouse quickly enough to get the full 10,000,000 Time Bonus.

won by 116 (62) of 1864 (6.22%)

(65)
In The Machine, open all cells to free everyone without dying.

won by 82 (43) of 1864 (4.40%)

(44)
In The Machine, finish the stage with at least 2x Power Chamber Bonus.

won by 112 (62) of 1864 (6.01%)

(32)
In The Machine, finish the stage with at least 2x Piston Lights Bonus.

won by 81 (51) of 1864 (4.35%)

(37)
Get the 2x Multiplier from The Machine.

won by 56 (41) of 1864 (3.00%)

(97)
Finish The Machine quickly enough to get the full 10,000,000 Time Bonus.

won by 90 (48) of 1864 (4.83%)

(40)
Get the 2x Multiplier from Showdown.

won by 100 (56) of 1864 (5.36%)

(21)
Hit all three targets on the left sub-table to get Eruption Bonus.

won by 82 (44) of 1864 (4.40%)

(26)
Hit all three targets on the right sub-table to get Eruption Bonus.

won by 76 (30) of 1864 (4.08%)

(64)
In Showdown, finish the stage with at least 5x Robotnik Bonus.

won by 74 (32) of 1864 (3.97%)

(120)
Finish the whole game having won at least two bonus tables.

won by 39 (24) of 1864 (2.09%)

(385)
Finish the whole game having won at least four bonus tables.

won by 34 (26) of 1864 (1.82%)

(357)
Finish Showdown quickly enough to get the full 10,000,000 Time Bonus.

won by 47 (26) of 1864 (2.52%)

(357)
Finish the entire game without dying.

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Recent Players:

User	When	Activity
doubleak	2022-08-03 22:25:47	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x3 \| Normal \| 💯 830000
EliDoesStuff	2022-08-03 03:49:33	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x2 \| Normal \| 💯 3277500
jurameshi	2022-08-01 01:37:33	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x2 \| Normal \| 💯 0
KingTaco	2022-07-31 02:37:49	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x2 \| Normal \| 💯 5117500
GSK	2022-07-25 18:38:20	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x3 \| Normal \| 💯 0
1nfinite	2022-07-25 17:33:47	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x3 \| Normal \| 💯 3570000
mesamunefire	2022-07-11 05:31:38	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x3 \| Normal \| 💯 920000
Noltails6	2022-07-06 01:28:06	The Machine \| 🔵x5 \| Normal \| 💯 44242500
demoninu	2022-06-21 14:04:12	Playing Sonic Spinball
EvilTeron	2022-06-17 21:10:34	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x3 \| Normal \| 💯 1840000

Recent comment(s):

27 Feb 2021 10:37		OH MY GOD! I can't believe it! I finally mastered! Wow, it's a very hard set! Finally I did it! Thx for revision. :D
20 Mar 2021 23:28		Not getting the 100m achievement and mastering this before the onslaught of new achievements hurts now
14 Jun 2021 21:30		The demo gives you an achievement for escaping from the the level 1 beast. Otherwise this is awesome. Also an awesome title.
17 Jun 2021 1:50		I did fix that as I mentioned.
31 Jul 2021 22:16		Sorry, but games that rely on randomness over skill are going down on my list of games that need completion. Do better next time. Specially when you want people to complete the whole game without dying once, and seeing reports of people not being awarded the achievements while using Level Select makes it even crazier.
1 Aug 2021 1:32		This list is perfectly fine dude. If you don't like randomness don't play games heavy with it. It's not the achievement list issue that you don't see the skill in the title.
1 Aug 2021 2:02		I never said I wasn't going to play on it, I'll have a look at it eventually, but I find this type of games on the bottom of my list of to-do achievements because I'll take a lot of energy when I could do something more fun and manageable and within my control, with little bullshit in the middle, the type of bullshit that I'd say "Oh, that was my own fault, I did a mistake and was punished for it", not "Oh, you hit your character in the exact same kill spot but didn't registered? And you reached this far? That's too bad, try again next game!". There's a limit in how my skills come to play when it comes to randomness, and worse of all, you gotta pass the entirety of the game again for a certain achievement since Level Select makes maybe ALL achievements void (Not a peep in the description says it's disabled, even one achievement mentions that Level Select, so one would assume it's ok with the rest, right? Wrong!).Still, going to the bottom of my list. The very, VERY bottom, the abysmal one.
11 Aug 2021 4:42		Whoa! Retro Achievements is really evolving! Now the character limitation is gone from game/user walls. Gonna read that above xD
11 Aug 2021 4:45		Yeeeeeah, let's say I wasn't very "gitting gud" when I did that wall of text... :PI guess some practice and you can do the impossible, right? :)
11 Aug 2021 4:48		This game is a pinball and it's a fact that pinball are a lucky based game in real life, but Sonic Spinball doesn't rely totally on randomness. Maybe on 3 Bonus Stages and on 4 Multiballs. However you can use the TILT feature to try to control your playthrough on it. For normal gameplay, it doesn't involve too much of luck and some situations can be completely manipulated. The game is indeed hard, but not impossible at all xD
11 Aug 2021 4:53		Yep, practice leads to perfection. I used to play this game a lot in my childhood and even recently I used to die on Showdown. After this set revision, I kinda evolved my skills to the point to compete on its leaderboard at that time. Now, I was overwhelmed there, but made my best... At least, I don't die by bogus reasons there anymore :v
11 Aug 2021 5:01		I still die a lot on Showdown, I guess I got really, REALLY lucky with that golden run I did!So grateful it happened, lifted a giant weight off me!
12 Aug 2021 0:32		And that's that! Mastered at last! Wow! Can't believe I pulled it off, lmao. Truly a pretty hard set for the non-pinball savvy.
13 Aug 2021 16:40		Damn, and I thought Mario Pinball's achievements were a trial. This is like a trial TIMES TEN!
23 Aug 2021 7:51		I'll say! I gotta say though, I'm proud enough just for getting so close to the top of the Fast leaderboard. For many years I've been DREAMING of clearing the game on both speeds... That day is here. Whew.
26 Nov 2021 14:22		PRO TIP #1 - Use the Fast setting always. It's better and most achievements here required this option to be on. Also make sure your emulator clock setting is not set higher than default as it would render the game so fast it's unplayable.
26 Nov 2021 14:23		PRO TIP #2 - No Level Select code. No achievements will unlock if you do the level select code, so don't waste your time trying it.
24 Dec 2021 0:05		Well, a few legacy achievements allowed level-select for years, so I went ahead and allowed those to continue(but at lower points). Otherwise yes, the others will remain locked against cheat-codes.
12 Jan 2022 2:59		Challenging game but very fun once you get the hang of it, worth a try at the very least, but don't expect free points from this one
14 Feb 2022 0:28		Having played this game for 25 years, going through this set has been a blast. You always have a surprising amount of influence in Sonics air movement with the D-Pad, use it constantly and youll find a lot of the randomness is taken away.

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	[Developer - Sega Technical Institute]
	[Meta - Language - English]
	[Misc. - Mega Drive Mini \| Genesis Mini]
	[Misc. - Nintendo Switch Online - SEGA Genesis]
	[Publisher - Sega]
	[Series - Sonic the Hedgehog]
	[Subgenre - Pinball]

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Achievement Distribution

High Scores

Pos		Mastery Date
1	Nevanos	2022-08-09 22:45:30
2	TehCupcakes	2022-06-11 04:25:22
3	Nanashi	2022-04-06 17:47:57
4	MeV3Ker	2022-04-06 16:21:48
5	sittaman	2021-12-01 00:56:07
6	RearviewMirror	2021-10-11 02:04:10
7	SamsamDaGameMan	2021-09-25 03:38:56
8	Stixil	2021-09-22 01:50:06
9	wolfman2000	2021-09-16 22:09:18
10	D3ster	2021-08-17 12:51:22

Pos	Points
1	Alexdatadestroyer	500
2	AxelViex	500
3	DarknessZedzi	500
4	MGNS8M	500
5	danilofent97	500
6	Sarconius	500
7	Shianderu	500
8	Arekdias	500
9	Warbler	500
10	hardcoregamertop	500

Leaderboards

Spinballin Highest Score when finishing the game on Normal.
D3ster	225912892
Speedballin Highest Score when finishing the game on Fast.
D3ster	155798892
Toxic Caves Time Bonus Score Time Bonus Score awarded when defeating Scorpius.
Alexdatadestroyer	303
Lava Powerhouse Time Bonus Score Time Bonus Score awarded when defeating Roboiler.
Alexdatadestroyer	414
The Machine Time Bonus Score Time Bonus Score awarded when defeating VEG-O Machine.
BigJ	544
Showdown Time Bonus Score Time Bonus Score awarded when defeating Robotnik.
Nanashi	534
Jackpot Bonus How many bonus boards can you clear?
danilofent97	5

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