Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Additional Resources

Tutorial

• TimpZ has put together an exhaustive tutorial for new players, available to watch here.

Physics information

• Sonic Retro's Sonic Physics Guide is a fantastic resource for understanding how speed works in the Sonic games.
• TASvideos has a much more in-depth analysis, mostly dealing with the way the engine works. It can be found at http://tasvideos.org/GameResources/Genesis/SonicTheHedgehog.html (this covers all three games in the classic series).

Maps

• The Sonic Center hosts very detailed maps of all the stages. Legend: green = solidity from the top, red = solidity from the bottom and sides, blue = solidity from all sides.

Tool Assisted Speedrun

• The TAS of this game shows everything done with utmost precision, including some theoretical strategies not yet implemented into real time runs.

IRC Channel

• Join #sega on irc.speedrunslive.com to chat to other Sonic speedrunners!