The Never Ending Sonic Game
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Today I wanted to talk about Blue Sphere.
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"Yknow, there's probably some guy out there who really, *really* loves this game. Like it's his favorite game in the world. Like he wakes up everyday excited to play new Blue Sphere levels. Wherever you are Blue Sphere Guy, I salute you." -Cybershell, 2017
👍
I'm that guy 😭🤚
It's patrika Bob he is blue sphere guy aswell as me exept I don't film it
man
That would be me! I freaking love Blue Sphere! And I intend to beat the whole game, plus the Sonic mania ones too. Not sure about Origins, can't get over how they ruined Sonic 3 music. Oh well. Go figure.
When I was a tiny lad, I had the amazing idea of trying to finish all of blue spheres. I managed to get around level 50 and then rage quitted xD
I toyed with the idea too lol but after doing the math (~2 minutes per stage), I found out that it'll take me a few hundred years to beat them all soooo nope 😂
@@kirotalksyt Each stage has a code. Find the codes and split up groups of levels into manageable chunks. Give different youtubers different sets of levels to beat and record. Upload the videos into an in order playlist. If you get enough people to work on it, them eventually, maybe in a single lifetime we could collectively beat every stage and leave a record for people to marvel at for generations to come. A playlist with hundreds of years worth of content. To fully document all that blue spears has to offer.
@@samtheweebo I'm down for it. This video reminded me of my list of levels I've beaten and I wouldn't mind doing it again
I tried to do that too and got to around level 650 (mostly with perfect clears). Shortly after, I found out there were millions of stages, and I stopped haha
@@samtheweebo What an amazing idea!! A big blue spheres collab!
In theory, if you changed Sonic 1/2's serial number to Sonic 3's the Sonic 1/2 would either
1: Be broken
2: work with broken textures
3: Load Sonic & Knuckles
4: SEEEEEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Cereal number
Sonic 2 works thanks to Sonic 2 and Knuckles, but as soon as you get into the prototypes, aside fron the earliest ones which had S1's serial number and Beta 7 (Which had its serial number corrupted for some reason, giving you a new Blue Spheres stage) the Sonic 2 and Knuckles will try to apply itself but the first few different pointers will throw it off and cause it to get stuck in a boot loop. (Redhotsonic already made a video testing the S2 prototypes's compatibility with S&K. None of them worked, although the noise it made when resetting gradually slowed down as the prototypes advanced, probably due to more of the patch being able to be applied before the game would reset.)
So no, forcing the S3 or S2 patch on the wrong game wouldn't work.
what the heck is sonic half
from what i understand compatibility with 1 was in the works but got axed early enough for nothing usable to remain, someone has recreated it but thats a modified rom so it doesnt really answer your question
I'm still waiting for someone to stream beating ALL of the Blue Sphere stages. It would be an event
The only person i can think crazy enough to do this would be Charriii5
just take a minute to see HOW MANY sonic games he has played!
@@AltKaxREAL I'm kind of upset I didn't see him get to unleashed live on stream today
There is. Theres a guy who posts 1 video a day of himself beating a special stage. Hes done it for a long time, I cant remember the person atm I dont watch it, I dont sub to them, I found it randomly and thought it was hilarious
@@Moneytakerbaby please tell us! There is a way you can look up videos that you have watched in the past
@@Moneytakerbaby poptropica bob. He is up to Level 214!
Blue Balls, let's gooooooo
Seriously though, I think this is my favorite bonus stage. Having it as a "secret" minigame to handle incompatible carts linked to S&K was fun, and maybe good practice to get Chaos Emeralds. My cousin, ever the liar to gullible young me, told me that attaching Comix Zone let you play as Archie Sonic.
Sally mod for Comix Zone when
Fun fact : the blue spheres you saw were actually called "blue balls" but got changed for some reason
What the fuck furry?
GET BLUE BALLS!
big 🔵🔵
Imagine keeping it
my favorite part is when the blue sphere says "it's spherin time" and then blue sphered all the blue spheres
truly one of the sonic games ever made
This is why I never watched morbius.
@@therealestcupheadonyt silence jellymid pfp
@@jaxolon333 *UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
what the hell is the obsession with morbius, i don't like it, fight me.
Morbius isnt bad
Blue Sphere is unironically one of the best Sonic games ever, and I'm glad it's getting the love it deserves.
And before you ask, yes, I am addicted to it.
How many levels have you beaten? 🤔
@@SonicandHighwayDude401 I'm in the 200-300 range going by the level counter but that's including all the times I've gotten perfects, so I'd say it's probably closer to about 50 unique levels
@@yeahitsscott On my Channel, I've celebrated hitting 1,000 unique levels and 1,342 unique levels respectively. After that, I've lost count. I'd say I'm somewhat close to 2,000 unique levels. (I've been playing since 2019).
@@SonicandHighwayDude401 ah, see I just started this year
We found him cybershell
I love how a little Easter egg from the 90s has so much history and lore
Well, SEGA does have the bragging rights of releasing the first ever commerical backwards compatible console. The Mark III (otherwise known as the Sega Master System outside of Japan) had backwards compatibility with Sega SG-1000 games. When it was brought over to the US though, they were marketed as budget titles. They were really ahead of their time back then.
Cool!
@@omocahofan1746 ikr
Genesis is also backwards compatible with Master System games but it needs an adapter for cartridges.
Sega was always a pioneer. they just ended up taking too many new steps in wrong directions.
@@YouShisha1393Unless you get the Phantasy Star rerelease in a Mega Drive cartridge shell.
Quite a few "Game Gear" games were also just Master System games in a Game Gear shell.
When I was a child, I always hated the blue sphere in Mega Collection, simply because I had no idea how to start the game. The title screen always catches my attention whenever I see it, and it really annoyed me because I didn't know how to start it, and I felt like the title screen was just taunting me because of it...
I had that same issue as well.
yes me too!
NO WAY? NO WAY! NO WAY! NO WAY? NO WAY! NO WAY!
Because it repeated “NO WAY!”, right?
@@marsoulini no way! No way! No way! No way! No way? No way! No way! No way!
I once screwed up a science experiment using this game.
Back when I was a kid, some of my classmates were trying to prove that video games stress people out. They tested resting pulse, and pulse after playing for a while in order to prove their thesis.
I was the only one whose pulse was lower after playing a few levels than before. They had to retest me after my heart rate normalized to make sure they didn't mess up somewhere.
Got to miss a bunch of class for this, it was great
I remember having Blue Spheres running on Sonic 1 for days as I tried to beat all the levels. Little did I know there were 134,217,728 levels at the time...
Technically there's only 128,016,000 levels but there are 268,435,455 stages.
No way! No way! No way? No way! No way! No way! No way? No way! No way! No way! No way? No way! No way! No way! No way? No way! No way! No way! No way? No way! Is my favorite game!
No way!
No way?
No way!
No way!
No way!
"There is one more thing it needs..." AD PLAYS. Me: God, that's terrifying.
Okay, That's Good!
Ad:Tasty chicken
OK
i got a cheetos ad
I got Subway ad
Mines was reeses
It's me...I am the Bluesphere guy.
Hi🤯
Ohhh if I touch you you’re Redsphere guy….
ITS HIM, ITS ACTUALLY HIM!
*AAAAAAAAAAAAA-*
The legend has graced us with his presence.
T o u c h🫵
You can also play all the blue sphere games by plugging in Sonic Classics. It’s a compilation of Sonic 1, Sonic 2, and Dr Robotnik Mean Bean Machine. The reason is because the game is actually bigger then 2 megabytes. But the compilation has each game individual rom. Sonic 2 is the first rom on the cartridge, and it takes up half of the total compilation rom. Sonic and Knuckles reads only the second half of the room when a rom size is too big. But the next rom file after Sonic 2 is Sonic 1. So it see the Sonic 1 rom header. Basically, it recognizes it as Sonic 1.
I'm surprised he didn't mention that in the video
@@craigtheduck I actually expected him to mention this as he just gave all of the explanation required to properly mention it, but then he just starts talking about Blue Spheres itself.
The best part is if S&K read the first 2 MiB, it would play Knuckles in Sonic 2 just fine.
The only thing better would have been if you could switch banks to play either option.
11:48
Me: Oh so Sonic Lost World called them blue orbs, oh well.
Also me: Wait SONIC CAN FLY?!
"gazes into his blue orbs"
nothing perks me up more than the line *GET BLUE SPHERES*
I remember during my summer vacation, I took one humid night to binge on blue sphere after playing the other locked on carts to death. It was challenging and sometimes frustrating to get through levels. Upon playing so much i was thinking when is the last level. Now over 30 years i find out from this video. Really mind boggling stuff.
"Blue Sphere with no S"
Oh yes, my favorite, Blue Phere.
blue fear
@@extraz6765 fear the blue
I'm sad that I'm only just learning that the "& Knuckles!" meme is actually real. A special cartridge adapter that modifies the original games? Incredible. Technology has come so far since then, with game mods having become so much more accessible.
Wanna get drunk in 5 minutes? Take a shot anytime “blue sphere” is said
That’s why every loves blue sphere, it’s a randomly generated special stage
Actually, the Levels aren't randomly generated. There is a set equation for the 4 chunks on the map. And there are 128 Quadrants numbered 0-127. In fact, The Top Right is the only slot to feature all 128 Quadrants. The Bottom Right only features up to 127 Quadrants (0-126). The Top Left only features up to 126 Quadrants (0-125), and Bottom Left only features up to 125 Quadrants (0-124). Here are the Equations:
TR: (N-1)%128
BR: (3N-2)%127
TL: (5N-3)%126
BL: (7N-5)%125
This was the first Kiro talks vid that i watched I luv this channel
Blue Sphere is one of the most game ever created. When the game said "It's Blue Sphere Time", it's really the moment ever. This game is just really.
When you said blue balls I now realize that sonic is losing his ability to roll around
I love this channel so much. This channel is like the definition of a good sonic-tuber seriously Krio keep these amazing videos up
Now we need to wait for the full release of kiro: the best game eva made
Props to Blue Spheres No Way Screen for having the most worst looking Tails I’ve ever seen.
Makes Bench Tails and Trolled Tails look like official art.
Bro never bring that up ever again
Brittany Bluesphere's favorite game of all time
I would spend HOURS playing Blue Spheres just out of curiosity to see how far I could go. Back before online information was widespread, it felt like something of an adventure.
BLUE SPHERE
How far did you get? And do you still have some levels I can play?
@@SonicandHighwayDude401 I got into like... the level 100+ range. Maybe as far as 300 even. But there are password generators you can find online to go to any level you want!
@@MowseChao Yeah, I know that. It's just I'm in a phase where I'm taking suggestions so I can personally play them, and give shoutouts to whoever suggested the level(s).
Fun Fact: One of the achievements in Sonic Mania is called “No Way? No Way!” and the way you get that achievement just so happens to be to collect gold medallions in every Blue Spheres bonus stage.
The many times i beat sonic 3&K(6 times), this never gets old.
I've beaten the game 11 times!
@@SonicandHighwayDude401 wow!
I have beaten it a countless times but I lost count.
how dare sega and sonic team name their spheres "orbs" and "balls".
unacceptable.
The Knuckles Chaotix special stage reminds me of the flash game called Run. Wouldn't be surprised if that's where they got the inspiration
I'm so happy I woke up to a new kiro talks video because I was just watching the awkward era sonic video and I had watched every video on your chanel, so I'm happy I can watch this today
“So you have to collect blue balls if you will.”
“Oh really? Guess I’m getting freaky on a Friday night then.”
NO.
aaahahah... please dont
you're underrated as heck honestly, I love your videos
I really do learn a lot from this channel! Never knew how deep this game went.
I'm glad you got something out of it. The more people that know weird Sonic trivia, the better!
@@kirotalksyt I can explain the algorithm of how each level is generated and the math behind how to get the Difficulty.
Basically, I can go in deeper in the game development.
"blue sphere" really hurts my ears
same
Yes, you're collecting multiple, why would it be in singular on the title
3DS Generations also has Blue Sphere(s) based on the Heroes special stages- Surprisingly, it isn't with the touch screen like most other DS Family special stages.
He mentioned them.
Take a shot every time Kiro says "Blue spheres"
Good video bro
Lol
20years ago randomly seeing this screen and NEVER ONCE did I press the buttons at the same time.
the moment i saw the knuckles chaoticx special stages i teared up in nostalg for the good old flash game
I played blue spheres all of the time and loved it when I was younger. Lol that intro
1:29 GET BLUE SPHERES!
Man I can't wait to lock on doom eternal to my mega drive,
Great video
THE FUN NEVER ENDS
FUN IS INFINITE
YOU NEVER STOOD A CHANCE
2:43 that latter requirement probably explains how no one knew this existed
Love your content a lot, really consistently high quality shit. Keep it up.
Hey, appreciate the support, thanks!
I love collecting these *BLUE BALLS* ...
i hope someone, someday does a whole stream marathon where they attempt to beat every single blue sphere level, new blue sphere and mania blue sphere included. it sounds like absolute insanity but also kinda interesting
500+ years later...
"guys I did it!"
everyone is fucking dead
Would be impossible...
be the change you want to see
Awesome video 🔵💥💪💙
The fun with this game is ENDLESS
fun is infinite!
Never did I think I'd see the day where a Sonic game proceeds 6 digits in terms of levels. Thx for the assessment on the game!
We need a download for your masterpiece genesis game
" In the japanese manual they are called *balls* , so you have to collect, *blue balls* "
- kiro talks 2022 / august 16
I went all in on this game as a kid!
me and my brother played to stage 458 before we took a break... sadly the break never ended
Not only does the Japanese manual call the spheres balls, but old prototype versions of Sonic 3 *also* say "Get the blue balls!"
get blueballed
"get millions of sonic balls"
11:12 ahem (sonic mania special stages make you collect blue spheres)
oh my god I didn’t watch the rest
I remembered back in my day, curiously putting the Sonic 1 in the S&K cartridge!!!! 😆
Ah Yes, I Like My Favourite Mini Game *Blue Balls*
6:16 *SSEEEGGAAAAA!!!*
5:17 Now I want you to be a Game Developer. That was amazing.
Atari was the first I know of being backwards compatible. I had an atari 7800 and could play 2600 games. Showing my age BTW 🤣. Enjoyed the video.
nice to see someone make a video on blue spheres
I've made multiple videos based on the game.
Best special stage, period. People say Mania’s is the best but Sonic feels frustratingly slippery, and it’s just too much like CD’s special stages (which I despise) for me to enjoy.
honestly yeah, i hate mania special stages.
I'm glad someone knows what this is. I really miss my Genesis.
I've been playing this game for almost 5 years now. I've only beaten 2,000 Levels.
@@SonicandHighwayDude401 I am sad that I don't know where to play it now, I only have a laptop nowadays. The anxiety I get when I play a special stage is better avoided for now. I play Sonic Mania sometimes but the controller was acting up so I failed three special stages in a row and quit. 😂🤣🤣🤣😅🤦🏾♀️🤷🏽♀️ Once I get over my sinus infection, I need to get into it. It's been far too many years. SMH and there's nothing quite like that original Sega Genesis' controller D-Pad. 🥲 I really wish I could see your playthroughs.
get blue balls
"I did everything correctly so it would be fi-" (Sonic and Knuckles screen pops up) "Wait what?"
Orbs: 🥸
Blue Sphere: 😀
Blue Spheres:😎
Blue balls:🍷
Fun Fact: Blue Spheres are also present in the DS version of Sonic Colors. It's basically a more refined version of the special stages in Knuckles Chaotix. Unfortunately, it is also called Orbs in this version.
5:25 why do I actually want to play this
Man I love you channel since the first video, keep it up 👑
Thanks for sticking around and supporting for so long, it means a lot 🤗
VECTORMAN MENTIONED
Are you saying that the Sonic Team members did REALLY take the time to design and test more than 100 million of Blue Spheres stages during S3&K development??? That's crazy!! even for the period it was made!
Me: puts super mario 64 in
Me: also puts sonic mania in
The console:SONIC AND MARIO AT THE OLYPIC GAMES.
Me:puts in 3d runner game
Me:also puts bloody vents
The console:POPPY PLAYTIME
I'll edit it if u want the more likes I'll mix more games
what about 7 GRAND DAD and SMB1?
@@Austinkeith2010 I don't think I ever played 7 grand dad
@@AnimatedPizzaeater its a bootleg game
look it up
@@Austinkeith2010 fleentstones?!?!?!?!?!?
Hey! I've been enjoying your videos since the first one, and i decided to subscribe!
I remember being there when there were only 53 subscribers!
The waffle house has found it's new host
so funny
GJFHKG,H,SGJGH,SJG,HSHGSGYJ,S SHUT UP
⚠️ the waffle house has lost its old host. ⚠️
These vids are so entertaining for me for some reason.
“So, you’re probably thinking ‘Hey, if blue sphere’s so good why isn’t there a blue sphere’
Well there is actually!”
*Gets a sonic forces racing ad*
they finally made a new version of this in sonic origins, I’m glad that happened!
He's probably blue spheres guy, he knows so much
No…I am Blue Sphere guy. I know much more…
What a great video. I love this!
Alternate title: I pirated Blue Sphere in the most complex, convoluted, complicated way imaginable.
Fun drinking game: Every time he says "Blue", "Sphere(s)", or "the" take a shot.
As a kid, i was obsessed with these special stages in the full game and wanted to play more. I played over 200 or 300 levels before i finally realized it was endless.
I've played 2,000 and I'm still going. I have an entire channel dedicated to the game.
@@SonicandHighwayDude401 Awesome.
This reminds me of the "to answer that we need to talk about parallel universe" quote
I have a feeling they probably named the sub-game “Blue Balls” first and then stood back for a second.
really great video, love your style!!!! so silly!!!
you blew up over night bro! i subbed when you were at around 600 subs
The amount of time to beat all blue spheres stages is older than the USA itself.
This is the greatest video about blue sphere I’ve ever seen
If each level takes 2 minutes, the entire blue shpere game will take a whole 5.1 centeries to finish which is kinda crazy impossible to complete because that's 5 times longer than you can live the entire life
If Mania and Origins have both the original Blue Sphere and the Remixed "Blue Spheres 2" mode with new sphere types and features, then you can think of Blue "Spheres" as plural. There's multiple Sphere
As a kid I kept a notebook with all the levels codes I've defeated and I've got into the 1000s... I got obsessed
Roses are red violets are blue he hasn't clickbaits NOW GIVE HIM MORE VIEWS
"Wherever you are, Blue Sphere Guy, I salute you"