Sonic CD - Maniacs Galore

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Creepypasta by MaxamireOfCookington

Part 1 - Time Stone Terror
Sonic CD, that was one weird game indeed...

Sonic CD was one of my favourite games as a child, although I never owned a Sega CD. When I was about 8 I received a PS2 on my birthday, along with a copy of Sonic: Gems Collection. I enjoyed playing Sonic The Fighters and games like Sonic Triple Trouble. Sonic R was one of the games I couldn't stand, even back then. But, Sonic CD, that was a different story.

One night before bed (I was around 16 then), I was searching on eBay for some random Sonic merchandise, when I saw it. A Sega MegaDrive and a Sega CD with a copy of Sonic CD on auction with the starting price of £6.99 and with only 2 minutes left in the auction. I called Mum and she agreed to let me bid on it, and I waited for the end to snipe it, but no one else bid. I didn't understand why as it was a classic piece of gaming memorabilia. But I was happy to have won it.

The next day I got so hyped that I went to the local car boot sale to purchase some MegaDrive games for the MegaDrive that came with it. I got a copy of Zool, Sonic 2 (Fuck Yeah) and Mortal Kombat. I also got one extra controller for 50 pence and a Sega 32X with Knuckles Chaotix for about £10.

Once I got home, I was surprised to see it on my doorstep, but strangely enough, today was Sunday (because creepy, that's why). I was still excited to see it had arrived, so I unboxed it, plugged it in to my TV and put in the Sonic CD Disc and proceeded to play. Everything was fine until I saw that there was already save data on the disc. The previous owner had completed the game, but forgot to get the last Time Stone. I then went onto Palm Tree Panic Zone and aimed to complete the level with 50 rings so I could get the last time stone, But Sonic refused to move. When I tried moving right he stared at me and shook his head. I tried using the Spindash and Figure-8 Dash, but he still wouldn't budge.

Part 2 - Stop Stalling and Start Moving!
I waited for about 2 minutes for him to move, but he kept making impatient gestures at me, and after about 30 seconds, he said "I'm outta here" and jumped off the stage. Then that creepy game over music was playing (strangely enough, it was playing the US Game Over theme, and I was playing on the EUR version). However, it was slowed down and reversed so it almost sounded demonic.

I just thought that the controller had a broken D-Pad, so I plugged in the other controller and restarted the game. This time, I had finally got him moving. The stage played out as normal, but one thing was different about the stage, Amy was missing (I wasn't in Palm Tree Panic Past, so this didn't make sense). I proceeded to Collision Chaos Zone, and Amy was present this time, but the US Music was playing for the stage instead. I went over the to the area that was blocked off by the spikes, and once Sonic and Amy had gotten there, Metal Sonic came out of the passage and grabbed Amy, but he killed Sonic in the process. The Game Over music was playing again, and Metal Sonic was floating in the air during it, laughing at me with Amy screaming in his arms.

I restarted the Game and went to Tidal Tempest Zone, but there was no water, and no badniks around. The Future/Past signposts were missing too, and Sonic looked worried, as he kept making frantic gestures at me. At the end of Act 3, once I had defeated the boss (Which was easy since there was no water, ergo, no bubbles to break) I was taken to the end, but there was an invisible wall, preventing me from destroying the flower seed capsule. At that point, the ground gave way and Sonic fell for about 30 seconds, before landing in a spiked bed at the bottom.

Once Sonic had died, the game over music triggered again, and Metal Sonic flew over and laughed at me once again. I still see that goddamn robot in my sleep, taunting me...