Sonic Spinball (Mega Drive)

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Sonic Spinball (Mega Drive)

Developer:	Sega Interactive
Publisher:	Sega
Genre:	Pinball
First released:	November 15, 1993

Achievements

There are 68 achievements worth 500 (5267) points.
Authors: MGNS8M (46), Pereira006 (17), Scott (4), Michael (1).

Sort: Normal ^ - Won By - Points - Title

won by 1172 (593) of 1532 (76.50%)

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

won by 834 (464) of 1532 (54.44%)

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

won by 292 (167) of 1532 (19.06%)

(7)
Get the emerald in the right lane of Toxic Caves.

won by 737 (419) of 1532 (48.11%)

(6)
Defeat Boss in stage 1

won by 474 (223) of 1532 (30.94%)

(3)
Win Bonus Stage 1

won by 663 (375) of 1532 (43.28%)

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

won by 371 (202) of 1532 (24.22%)

(5)
Get the emerald in the left lane of the Lava Powerhouse.

won by 142 (80) of 1532 (9.27%)

(12)
Get the emerald in the right lane of the Lava Powerhouse.

won by 352 (192) of 1532 (22.98%)

(10)
Defeat Boss in stage 2

won by 273 (133) of 1532 (17.82%)

(12)
Win Bonus Stage 2

won by 335 (181) of 1532 (21.87%)

(8)
Get the emerald in The Machine's bottom-right chamber.

won by 278 (149) of 1532 (18.15%)

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

won by 108 (63) of 1532 (7.05%)

(21)
Get the emerald in The Machine's upper-right chamber.

won by 107 (64) of 1532 (6.98%)

(21)
Get the emerald in The Machine's upper-left chamber.

won by 111 (64) of 1532 (7.25%)

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

won by 261 (143) of 1532 (17.04%)

(12)
Defeat Boss in stage 3

won by 206 (102) of 1532 (13.45%)

(15)
Win Bonus Stage 3

won by 252 (137) of 1532 (16.45%)

(12)
Get the emerald in Showdown's bottom-left chamber.

won by 200 (99) of 1532 (13.05%)

(15)
Get the emerald in Showdown's center chamber.

won by 78 (42) of 1532 (5.09%)

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

won by 77 (41) of 1532 (5.03%)

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

won by 80 (44) of 1532 (5.22%)

(34)
Get the emerald in Showdown's top-right chamber.

won by 179 (82) of 1532 (11.68%)

(33)
Defeat Boss in stage 4

won by 163 (77) of 1532 (10.64%)

(36)
Finish the entire game without level select.

won by 1259 (644) of 1532 (82.18%)

(1)
Collect 20 Rings

won by 901 (476) of 1532 (58.81%)

(3)
Collect 40 Rings

won by 249 (130) of 1532 (16.25%)

(10)
Collect 60 Rings

won by 542 (280) of 1532 (35.38%)

(6)
Earn over 20 million points

won by 310 (145) of 1532 (20.23%)

(11)
Earn over 50 million points

won by 235 (101) of 1532 (15.34%)

(27)
Earn over 100 million points

won by 68 (55) of 1532 (4.44%)

(79)
Defeat Scorpius while in FAST mode.

won by 52 (42) of 1532 (3.39%)

(101)
Defeat Roboiler while in FAST mode.

won by 48 (39) of 1532 (3.13%)

(107)
Defeat VEG-O Machine while in FAST mode.

won by 35 (25) of 1532 (2.28%)

(143)
Defeat Robotnik while in FAST mode.

won by 60 (47) of 1532 (3.92%)

(87)
Collect all rings in Toxic Caves to open the bonus round, then enter it.

won by 51 (39) of 1532 (3.33%)

(101)
Complete the Ring Bonus round in Toxic Caves.

won by 52 (38) of 1532 (3.39%)

(39)
Hit all 4 targets above Scorpius when its tail is gone to get the message RADICAL DAMAGE.

won by 33 (26) of 1532 (2.15%)

(150)
Collect all rings in Lava Powerhouse to open the bonus round, then enter it.

won by 31 (24) of 1532 (2.02%)

(159)
Complete the Ring Bonus round in Lava Powerhouse.

won by 53 (42) of 1532 (3.46%)

(40)
Destroy only the bottom Roboiler head first. (wait for it)

won by 30 (23) of 1532 (1.96%)

(411)
Collect all rings in The Machine to open the bonus round, then enter it.

won by 28 (21) of 1532 (1.83%)

(175)
Complete the Ring Bonus round in The Machine.

won by 114 (65) of 1532 (7.44%)

(5)
Hit both targets under the VEG-O Machine to get ball-save.

won by 26 (20) of 1532 (1.70%)

(467)
Collect all rings in Showdown to open the bonus round, then enter it.

won by 25 (19) of 1532 (1.63%)

(193)
Complete the Ring Bonus round in Showdown.

won by 336 (168) of 1532 (21.93%)

(4)
Escape from the jaws of a mechanical beast.

won by 168 (108) of 1532 (10.97%)

(18)
In Toxic Caves, finish the stage with at least 2x Worm Loop Bonus.

won by 206 (135) of 1532 (13.45%)

(9)
Clear both toxic-barrel ramps in the same life in Toxic Caves.

won by 36 (28) of 1532 (2.35%)

(71)
In Toxic Caves, finish the stage with at least 2x Switch Loop Bonus.

won by 29 (24) of 1532 (1.89%)

(437)
Finish Toxic Caves quickly enough to get the full 10,000,000 Time Bonus.

won by 73 (46) of 1532 (4.77%)

(22)
Safely escape from a chain hanging over lava.

won by 55 (30) of 1532 (3.59%)

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

won by 42 (25) of 1532 (2.74%)

(61)
In Lava Powerhouse, finish the stage with at least 2x Pressure Bonus.

won by 79 (47) of 1532 (5.16%)

(34)
Get the 2x Multiplier from Lava Powerhouse.

won by 45 (37) of 1532 (2.94%)

(116)
Finish Lava Powerhouse quickly enough to get the full 10,000,000 Time Bonus.

won by 92 (52) of 1532 (6.01%)

(61)
In The Machine, open all cells to free everyone without dying.

won by 68 (36) of 1532 (4.44%)

(40)
In The Machine, finish the stage with at least 2x Power Chamber Bonus.

won by 89 (51) of 1532 (5.81%)

(31)
In The Machine, finish the stage with at least 2x Piston Lights Bonus.

won by 64 (40) of 1532 (4.18%)

(42)
Get the 2x Multiplier from The Machine.

won by 44 (35) of 1532 (2.87%)

(116)
Finish The Machine quickly enough to get the full 10,000,000 Time Bonus.

won by 70 (41) of 1532 (4.57%)

(39)
Get the 2x Multiplier from Showdown.

won by 79 (46) of 1532 (5.16%)

(20)
Hit all three targets on the left sub-table to get Eruption Bonus.

won by 66 (38) of 1532 (4.31%)

(24)
Hit all three targets on the right sub-table to get Eruption Bonus.

won by 58 (26) of 1532 (3.79%)

(45)
In Showdown, finish the stage with at least 5x Robotnik Bonus.

won by 55 (27) of 1532 (3.59%)

(94)
Finish the whole game having won at least two bonus tables.

won by 32 (21) of 1532 (2.09%)

(387)
Finish the whole game having won at least four bonus tables.

won by 25 (21) of 1532 (1.63%)

(484)
Finish Showdown quickly enough to get the full 10,000,000 Time Bonus.

won by 33 (20) of 1532 (2.15%)

(377)
Finish the entire game without dying.

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Recent Players:

User	When	Activity
Brunei99	2022-01-26 07:00:23	The Machine \| 🔵x1 \| Fast \| 💯 32269500
Frostphoto	2022-01-25 03:23:05	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x4 \| Normal \| 💯 9062500
darkmessia23	2022-01-24 22:22:55	Toxic Caves \| 🔵x1 \| Normal \| 💯 4265000
Clodeledu67	2022-01-24 21:37:07	The Machine \| 🔵x5 \| Normal \| 💯 52589500
lbBIT	2022-01-24 05:12:21	Lava Powerhouse \| 🔵x3 \| Normal \| 💯 14664500
Aluzette	2022-01-23 13:36:38	The Machine \| 🔵x4 \| Normal \| 💯 36874000
Lightofdark	2022-01-15 22:44:59	Playing Sonic Spinball
Xolmnar	2021-12-27 12:56:36	Lava Powerhouse \| 🔵x2 \| Normal \| 💯 22519000
Deadangel	2021-12-26 21:35:14	Lava Powerhouse \| 🔵x2 \| Normal \| 💯 16945000
newberbed	2021-11-29 01:31:38	The Machine GAME OVER 💯 53479500

Recent comment(s):

14 Feb 2021 14:29		In case of more people still get confused about how to beat Robotnik in Showdown while pressing the lower button of his spacecraft a lot of times, take a look here for explanation: https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=164&c=79181#79181
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

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Achievement Distribution

High Scores

Pos		Mastery Date
1	sittaman	2021-12-01 00:56:07
2	RearviewMirror	2021-10-11 02:04:10
3	SamsamDaGameMan	2021-09-25 03:38:56
4	Stixil	2021-09-22 01:50:06
5	wolfman2000	2021-09-16 22:09:18
6	D3ster	2021-08-17 12:51:22
7	TindalosKeeper	2021-08-12 00:30:13
8	Sylrifaide	2021-05-07 20:05:50
9	hardcoregamertop	2021-04-14 21:45:19
10	Warbler	2021-03-08 05:52:59

Pos	Points
1	Alexdatadestroyer	1000
2	AxelViex	1000
3	DarknessZedzi	1000
4	MGNS8M	1000
5	danilofent97	1000
6	Sarconius	1000
7	Shianderu	1000
8	Arekdias	1000
9	Warbler	1000
10	hardcoregamertop	1000

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.
Alexdatadestroyer	535
Showdown Time Bonus Score Time Bonus Score awarded when defeating Robotnik.
sittaman	506
Jackpot Bonus How many bonus boards can you clear?
danilofent97	5

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