Alternate Chao copying
To copy a single Chao you have to have at least one VMU and one memory card You have to chose the memory card to save your game onto and not the VMU Go into any of the gardens and pause game play Then remove the memory card from the controller Pick up the Chao you want to clone and put it into the VMU After it is in the VMU do not put the memory card back into the controller Instead just shut off the game so it cannot save it When you start the game again the Chao should be in the garden and in the VMU
Alternate Twinkle Park Race views
Press Up during the Twinkle Park Race level to change views
Black and blue Chao egg
Go to the egg carrier Then go the jail area where Amy was kept In the cell next to where she was held is a black and blue egg Step on the switch to open the door Take the egg to the garden When it hatches it will be a dark grey and dark blue Chao
Bonus NiGHTS area
Drop in the top hole while playing in the pinball section of the casino level to reach another pinball machine Place the ball into the middle hole to fly through a warp and reach an area based on NiGHTS
Bronze Chao
Your Chao must first be evolved Mate a silver and black Chao and hatch it Only one ne out of three eggs will be bronze
Casinopolis Ring room
Play as Sonic until you get to Casinopolis Enter the slot machine pinball the blue pinball room Make sure that every time you lose a ball it goes behind the flippers You will end up in a room with many rings
Casinopolis Unlimited rings
When you get to Casinopolis level 3 go to the Night Pinball Try to get five cards You have to get one pair two pair three of a kind full house four of a kind or five of a kind to get rings Note This is the best way to complete the level
Change Station Square appearance
Connect to the Dreamcast Network through the Sonic Adventure disc and download the new file
Clone characters
Play through the game with all the characters until Super Sonic is unlock In Super Sonics Adventure go to the crashed island You will see Knuckles and Eggman Robotnik After the FMV sequence press A B X Y Start Then choose Knuckles Return to the same place to find two Knuckles Note This also can be done with other characters
Continuing with a bad disc
If you have a scratched disc the game may freeze at certain points when a character speaks and they must finish for you to continue If this happens simply switch the voices to another language and you should get past that point
Copy Chao
Place the VMU with the Chao in socket 1 and the destination VMU in socket 2 Enter the Chao Garden then leave the Chao Garden After the quotNow Savingquot message look at the data on the VMU If done correctly it will have Chao data Note The VMU will not have the Chao Game on it This can be fixed by taking your copied chao out of the VMU and putting it in the Chao Garden Then put the Chao back in your VMU
Copy up to 24 Chao at once
Note A mega memory card is required for this trick Choose the game on the MMC with the Chao you want to copy all twenty four in the three gardens Go into any garden and pause game play Switch the port on the back of the MMC to the game that you want to put the Chaos in Caution The copied Chaos will remove any of the other Chaos in the game you switched it to After switching the ports resume the game and exit the garden After it finishes saving you should turn off the game The copying of Chaos does not affect the game itself only the Chaos in the gardens
Defeating Chaos 6
Wait until Eggman drops his freeze bombs Then use the homing signal to turn his bombs into eggs and throw them into Chaos mouth He should freeze When he does attack him Repeat this as many times as needed When playing as Knuckles get the Fighting Gloves then go to the trial if you have already completed the game If you have not completed the game you can find the Fighting Gloves behind Bigs house climb the wall then go right until you find a ledge When you fight Chaos 6 freeze him power up then get close to him and release the button Repeat this two times
Defeating Perfect Chaos
When starting get as many rings as possible Then go over one of the speed tracks to gain speed Once you are glowing blue speed straight for Perfect Chaos and you should hit him Repeat this as many times as possible
Defeating the whale
When on the whale stages run over a speed ramp as soon as it appears Then do not press anything on the controller the CPU will do the rest
Easy coins and lives for Big
Go to one of the Chao gardens as Big You can fish out coins or even lives from the water areas Keep trying if you did not get anything the first time
Easy coins with E102 in Adventure Field
Go to station square and in the hotel go up the stairs to the second floor Stand at the very top step Shoot your laser at the second button on the floor Keep shooting to get coins
Easy coins with Knuckles
When inside the hotel go upstairs to the switch to make coins appear Then stand on it with Knuckles and repeatedly press X Go to almost any spot of dirt or grass then press A B to dig down and come up with many coins
Easy coins with Tails
Find a patch of dark green grass Move over and stand on it then twirl your tail around A group of coins will appear out of nowhere
Easy rings for Knuckles
Go into to the entrance for Red Mountain but do not go in all the way inside Dig at the entrance and many rings will almost always appear
Easy rings for Tails
As Tails fly up and ring the bell which appears around the halfway point of Speed Highway About 40 rings will pour out of the bell
Easy rings with Amy
Play through until you defeat Hedgehog Hammer Go near some grass and do the Revolving Hammer Attack X rotate Analogstick Sometimes rings will appear
Easy rings with E102
When you complete the game go to the Egg Carrier by taking the boat from Station Square or the lower level of the Mystic Ruins train station The boat is available when Egg Carrier crashes Go to the place where the pool used to be located then jump hover press X and release If done correctly you should get some ring capsule shot There are some on top of the pool by the emblem The pool room is by the Golden bridge
Easy rings with Sonic
When you are at Casinopolis go to the slot machines and press Jump twice This will make rings appear from the slot machines
Emerald Coast More rings
On Emerald Coast level 1 go back when you are at the beginning and then gi to the right You should find three capsules Hit all of them and you will get 30 rings When you are at the green hill around the middle of the level do not go up it Instead go around to find three capsules Break them all to get 1 5 10 20 or 40 rings
Get all five Chaos Emeralds with the Chao
To get all five of the Chaos Emeralds that you can get with the Chao you need to log on to the Dreamcast Network and go to the Chao Daycare Section Download one of the Chaos that are 999 in all four categories Return to your Chao Garden and race him in a Chao Race He will leave easily defeat all the other Chao Repeat this on all five races to get the five possible Chaos Emeralds
Get to Sky Deck in adventure mode
Choose either Sonic or Tails then go to the Egg Carrier Go to the top to get to the control room outside Then switch the ship to first mode After that go down to the bottom of the Egg Carrier and catch a train ride back up The ship should change modes From there head up You should see a door that leads into Sky Deck
Glass Sonic
Get the shoe and the ring powerups then find a location where you can see Sonic up close without using the Dpad Hold B or X to start spinning and Sonic should look like glass
Go up the mountain as Tails
It is possible to go up the mountain as Tails in level 3 Aim Tails up and keep pressing Up while jumping It is difficult to tell what Tails is doing but this is a good way to pick up arches that were missed
Golden Chao egg
Go to the Station Square area Then go to the area when you fought Chaos for the first time Look to the side of the City Hall entrance to find egg shaped rock Take the rock to the building to the left from City Hall Walk to the window to see a golden Chao egg However if you try to take it the front door will lock Replace the egg with the rock and the door will unlock allowing you to leave with the egg When the egg hatches you will have a golden Chao
Hidden Puzzle VMU Game
Connect a controller with a VMU in its first slot to port D before turning on your Dreamcast with Sonic Adventure in the drive You will be able to play a hidden VMU game called Chao Puzzle on that controller when you start a game
Hitching a ride
To get a ride stand in front of the car then jump on top of the car You can go anywhere in Station Square except for the hotel parking lot
Hurt Perfect Chaos at less than maximum speed
You can hurt Perfect Chaos without going top speed although you have to be fast Go onto the road and speed up Stop moving during that until you are not in a Blue Shock ball then quickly move into Chaos If done correctly you will hurt him without going at maximum speed
Iron Chao
Your Chao must first be evolved Mate a Gold and a Black Chao and hatch it Only one out of three eggs will be iron
More than one Gold Metallic or Black Chao with one memory card
First get a Chao that you want more than one of whether it is the gold or silver Then bring the Chao to a Chao Garden and put it into your memory card After it has saved turn off your Dreamcast then turn it back on Go to the Chao Garden and take it out Go back to the place where you got the Chao and repeat this until your Chao Garden is full or you do not want any more of them
Mystical Ruins extra life
Tails workshop is located all the way at the top of the mountains in the Mystical Ruins Go to the very top and look around to find an extra life Use the spin attack to zoom over and collect it
Perfect Chaos face smash
As Super Sonic go to the fight with Perfect Chaos Instead of hitting Chaos head on go to either side of him Try going into Chaos through his arm If done correctly Super Sonic will fly up and smash Chaos on his chin Note This does not do any more damage than the usual attacks
Powerup locations
Sonic
Light Speed Shoes Sewer in Station Square
Crystal Ring Elevator on second floor of hotel
Ancient Light On rock near bridge to Angel Island
Tails
Rhythm Badge Follow Tikal to past it is on a pyramid
Jet AnkletIn the sewer behind Twinkle Park
Knuckles
Fighting Glove In the cave near Angel Island
Shovel Claw On a cliff behind Big The Cats house Go to the Mystic Ruins and go to the ledge where you entered the level Turn to your right The Shovel Claw can be found right above Big The Cats house They allow Knucles to do an attack similar to Sonics Homing attack
Amy
Warrior Feather Defeat Hedgehog Hammer for the first time
Long Hammer Defeat First Place score again
Big The Cat
Life Belt In the lake in the cave leading to Angel Island
Power Rod In Forest under Bigs bed
Lure 1 In Sewer Behind Twinkle Park
Lure 2 In a cave in the Forest
Lure 3 In the Icecap level
Lure 4 In a prison cell on the Egg Carrier
E102 Gamma
Jet Booster In the Ammunition Room of the Egg Carrier
Gun Upgrade In the room opposite the Ammunition Room
Silver Chao egg
Go to the Mystic Ruins Go to the water fall located in the middle of the Adventure Field Push the stone that is jutting out of the wall to the right of the water fall A silver egg will fall from behind the waterfall and float to shore When it hatches a silver Chao will be born
Sonic Stage 1 shortcut
On Sonics first stage when you are propelled upward by a booster at the base of the levels highest ramp towards the end of the level spin dash up to gain extra air You should see a later part of the level While falling go towards there If done correctly you should make it cutting ten seconds off your time
Sonic The Armadillo
Go to the past when the Master Emerald altar is on fire Move the camera so Sonic is facing the screen head on In the red light he looks just like Mighty The Armadillo from Knuckles Chaotix game on the Sega 32X
Super Chaos
There are four special evolutions possible for the little Chao creatures the Sonic NiGHTS Alien and the Dragon After giving a normal Chao so many certain colored animals it will evolve into one of these After the first evolution keep giving it more of the same colored animals Its new features will continue to grow If you give it different colored animals they will shrink
Super Sonic Chao
Raise a Golden Chao and give him all the animals to make the Chao look like Sonic The Chao should look like a Golden Sonic which is Super Sonic To make him like a real Super Sonic raise all of his stats to 999
Take a shower
Go to the Casinopolis zone as Sonic and enter the shower area Get into one of the stalls and push against the wall to give Sonic a shower
Two employee cards
As Sonic after beating Twinkle Park for the first time an employee card to get into the Speed Highway will appear in Station Square Carry it into the hotel Put it down Go back to where you first found the card The card will be there and a copy of the card will fall from the sky The copy will also open Speed Highway but if you do not touch it for a while it will disappear However you can recreate it
Upsidedown Knuckles
When playing as Knuckles fly in a circle by rotating the Analogstick counterclockwise Do this as many times as possible until Knuckles turns upsidedown