Unlike the Genesis version of the game, Sonic the Hedgehog for the Master System and Game Gear had Chaos Emeralds hidden within the stages themselves.
So what did you get for finishing a stage with 50+ rings? A more traditional Bonus Stage where you had a limited amount of time to collect as many rings as you could to earn more points as well as chances to earn an extra life and a continue. The stage was the first Bonus Stage to appear in the Sonic series until Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball. (It would've been the third had Sonic CD's Bonus Stage hadn't been scraped.)
The music in the Bonus Stage was nice and... um... "bouncy?" To fit the theme of the stage. :P
Yeah, the smaller screen was the problem, you had much less look ahead space. They did try compensating by making the screen scroll sooner when you moved, and by adding signs in a few areas to tell you where to go, even allowing the screen to scroll downwards in Jungle Zone Act 2 so if you fell you wouldn't die, but most of the stages where still not meant for the smaller screen of the Game Gear.
Yeah, the smaller screen was the problem, you had much less look ahead space. They did try compensa
I don't remember the screen issues as well since it was my cousin who owned a Game Gear and not me. It wasn't until I rented Sonic Adventure DX that I had a chance to play the game again and be more familiar with it.
...And of course, PC emulators once I discovered them. :P
I don't remember the screen issues as well since it was my cousin who owned a Game Gear and not me.
