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Under Ground Zone (not to be mislabeled "Underground Zone") is the first Zone in the Master System and Game Gear game Sonic the Hedgehog 2. As with all other stages in this game, Under Ground Zone consists of two standard Acts followed by a shorter, third Act which contains the Zone's boss.
Description
It is a hot, rocky zone filled with rail carts which Sonic can ride, and magma pits which the rail carts invariably dump you in. Craggy mountains rise in the background and there are a number of spin-dash-able walls leading to hidden goodies such as extra lives.
Boss
The boss, 'Antlion Mecha'
During Act 3, and in a rather unlikely turn of events, Sonic is saved from a fiery death by Dr. Robotnik in his Egg Mobile, who decides he'd rather watch his spiked adversary die at the mandibles of his latest creation, known as the Antlion Mecha.
Sonic has to dodge a variety of fatal bouncing rubber balls, while simultaneously avoiding the robotic claws that lie in wait at the bottom of the pit.
This boss is generally considered to be a lot more difficult in the Game Gear version of the game, as the smaller screen size for that system drastically reduces the time a player has to get out of the way of the descending kill-balls.
In other media
Sonic Underground
In Sonic Underground, the Under Ground Zone appears in the episode "To Catch a Queen". Dingo (disguised as a man) told Sonic that the Queen was there, however it was a trap.
Archie Comics
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, the Under Ground Zone (here spelled Underground Zone) is a region on. It was here where Sonic the Hedgehog first met Breezie the Hedgehog in his mission to save Tails from Dr. Eggman.
Music
BGM
Gallery
External links
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) page at The GHZ has useful data regarding all the Sonic 2 zones.
| Playable characters | Sonic | |
| Non-playable characters | Tails · Eggman · Animals (Flicky, Ricky, Pocky, Rocky, Pecky, Cucky, Picky) | |
| Zones | Under Ground Zone · Sky High Zone · Aqua Lake Zone · Green Hills Zone · Gimmick Mountain Zone · Scrambled Egg Zone · Crystal Egg Zone | |
| Enemies | Bomb · Buton · Burrowbot · Flying Chopper · Game-game · Newtron · New Motora · Taraban · Zaririn | |
| Bosses | Pit Master · Hiyoko Master · Balance Master · Dohyo Master · Charge Master · Mecha Sonic · Crystal Egg Zone boss | |
| Moves/techniques | Crouch · Spin Attack · Spin Jump | |
| Gimmicks and obstacles | Capsule · Goal Plate · Flywheel · Hang Glider · High-speed warp tube · Minecart · Spring | |
| Items | Air bubble · Chaos Emerald · Item Box (1-Up, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Super Ring) · Ring | |
| Other | Life · Loop · Master Robots · South Island · Teleporter · Water | |