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Stardust Speedway (星くずのサーキット[1] Hoshikuzu no Sākitto?, lit. "Stardust Circuit") is the sixth and penultimate Round in Sonic the Hedgehog CD. It consists of a massive urban area full of lights, roads made of instruments, and colors, located on Little Planet. As with the other Rounds in the game, Stardust Speedway consists of two Zones and a third, shorter Zone that features the Round's boss.
Description[]
Present[]
In the present timeline, Stardust Speedway is a highway adorned with brass instruments above an enormous city, which glows with many lights during mid-night. A statue of Dr. Eggman can be seen undergoing construction in Zone 2, adorned with girders and incomplete sections.
Past[]
In the past, Stardust Speedway's background features a Greco-Roman-style city, complete with an acropolis, pantheons, and surrounding towns. Due to the lack of technology, the urban sprawl is dark and sparsely dotted with lights, but some stars can still be seen in the night sky. The Zone is seemingly entangled by vines as well. It also has a Gothic-styled building in the center of Zone 2.
Future[]
Bad[]
In the bad future, Stardust Speedway has become a corrupted, polluted dystopian city underneath a foreboding, stormy red sky with a completed statue of Dr. Eggman in the center of Zone 2. The cityscape has taken on a harsh neon-pink hue, while the roads and instruments have become corroded, broken-down and discolored, and are now an unsightly shade of oxidized pale-green. The thick red storm clouds brewing in the skies above make it so that no stars can be seen at all.
Good[]
In the good future, Stardust Speedway is a giant amusement park, with bright pink and green colors dominating the landscape. It looks upon a vast bay with bright cities and boats in the distance, and the Dr. Eggman statue has been replaced by a giant glowing castle in Zone 2. More stars can be seen in this time period's dark-green sky than in any other.
Story[]
Having invaded Little Planet, which includes Stardust Speedway, Dr. Eggman would install robot teleporters in the past and infest the region with Badniks. He would also put up some Metal Sonic holograms to terrorize the Animals that live there. Using these elements, Eggman managed to conquer the future of the planet and rewrite history in his own image. As such, Stardust Speedway's city would be ruined as a result of the constant storms there caused by the pollution on the planet in the future.
Sonic racing against Metal Sonic in the good future of Stardust Speedway, from the 2011 remaster of Sonic the Hedgehog CD.
After Sonic the Hedgehog arrives in the region, he manages to re-write Stardust Speedway's history and revert Eggman's effects in the region, thereby turning Stardust Speedway into an amusement park. In the meantime, Sonic comes across his robotic doppelganger and Eggman's newest henchbot: Metal Sonic. With Eggman arriving on the scene in his Egg Mobile immediately after, Metal Sonic challenges Sonic to a race, which Sonic readily engages in with his new rival. As they race, Metal Sonic pulls out all the stops while Eggman tries to fry those that fall too far behind. Ultimately though, Sonic crosses the finish line first, and Metal Sonic crashes into the wall that closes up behind Sonic as he crosses the finish line, leaving Metal Sonic in pieces. At the finish line, Sonic also finds Amy Rose tied to a mast, and Sonic promptly frees Amy before proceeding to Metallic Madness.
Gameplay[]
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Overview[]
Zone 1[]
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Zone 2[]
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Zone 3[]
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Boss[]
The boss of Stardust Speedway is Metal Sonic, Sonic's robotic copy, who has to be beaten in a race. Dr. Eggman will appear in his Egg Mobile throughout said race, shooting a deadly laser that will kill the player instantly. Metal Sonic will also use some attacks against Sonic. The objective of the battle is to reach the goal of the race, this being a room with Amy Rose inside of it, before Metal Sonic does.
Robot transporter locations[]
- Zone 1: The robot transporter is located near the start of the Zone, in the bottom part of it. It should not be a problem for the player to find it and destroy it, although it is protected by some Badniks.
- Zone 2: A robot transporter is located in the very start of the Zone, in the bottom part of it. It is found near the first "Past" Time Warp sign, as well as a Shield monitor. It is surrounded by two sets of spikes.
Trivia[]
- Stardust Speedway is the largest Round in Sonic the Hedgehog CD. This is likely because such a speed-oriented Round would be cleared too quickly if it was normally sized.
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
Sega CD[]
Present[]
Past[]
Bad future[]
Good future[]
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2011 remaster[]
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Bad future[]
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Music[]
| Name | Artist(s) | Length | Music track |
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| "Stardust Speedway" (JP) | Naofumi Hataya | 1:18 | |
| "Stardust Speedway "P" Mix" | Naofumi Hataya | 2:30 | |
| "Stardust Speedway "B" Mix" (JP) | Naofumi Hataya | 1:05 | |
| "Stardust Speedway "G" Mix" (JP) | Naofumi Hataya | 2:48 | |
| "Stardust Present" | Spencer Nilsen, David Young | 3:20 | |
| "Stardust Speedway "B" Mix" (US) | Spencer Nilsen, David Young | 3:52 | |
| "Speedway To Good Future" | Spencer Nilsen David Young | 2:10 |
Video[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 28.
