Sky Base Zone

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Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) Sky Base Zone

Sky Base Zone
Overview
First appearance	Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) (only appearance)
Description	Robotnik's airship that hides at the smog-covered roof of Scrap Brain Zone as the final level in Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit).
Location	The sky
Stage theme(s)	Sky theme
Statistics
Players (story mode)	Sonic the Hedgehog
Level number	6 (final level)
Number of acts	3
Enemies	Badniks
Boss(es)	Sky Base Zone boss
Level order
Previous level	Scrap Brain Zone

Fend off deadly laser beams and lethal missile shots. Now you've reached Dr. Robotnik's hideout — the blimp. Face him and erase him!

— Description from the Instruction manual.

Sky Base Zone is the sixth and final zone of Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) for the Master System/Game Gear. As with all other stages in the game, Sky Base consists of two platforming Acts followed by a shorter, third Act which contains the boss. The unusual feature here is that the distinct Acts have completely different backgrounds and level designs.

Description

File:S1-8bitSkyBase2.png

Act 2, aboard the airship

At the end of the previous level, Robotnik fled to an airship hidden in the smog clouds of Scrap Brain Zone. Sonic, obviously, pursues. Sky Base Act 1 sees the heroic hedgehog navigate his way through the exposed gantries and electric fields of the airship anchorage above Scrap Brain, speeding to catch the fat man's massive escape vessel before it departs. In Act 2, Sonic, without any rings to protect him throughout the level, must brave the fearsome defenses on board the zeppelin itself; cannons, propeller blades, and of course the ever-present threat of falling thousands of feet to hedgehog-y oblivion.

Boss

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Last boss

The final fight of Sonic the Hedgehog(8-bit) takes place in some sort of electric chamber within the bowels of the airship. Robotnik observes proceedings from inside a glass case, while Sonic must dodge scrolling pillars of electricity and the occasional energy sphere which the Doctor fires in his direction. Simply dodge the attacks and wallop Robotnik's position when the lightning generator deactivates. The boss is different on Game Gear, utilizing flamethrowers, and the pattern does not change when it is close to defeat.

Music

• Sky Base Zone

Sky Base Zone

Video

Sonic the Hedgehog (MS) Final Zone Sky Base

Trivia

• In Shadow the Hedgehog, the Egg Balloon resembles Sky Base Zone.

External links

• Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) page at The GHZ has in-depth data regarding all the Sonic 1 zones.

Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)

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