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Conquering Time achievement in Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Conquering Time

Beat the game in under an hour.

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How to unlock the Conquering Time achievement

• Irondan316

  05 Aug 2011 05 Aug 2011
  57 2 4

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  Special thanks to Adiash73 for the idea from Sonic 1.
  
  I've seen many nice guides to get this done, but an idea of how long to take per level hasn't really been shown on here, so I thought I'd throw it down, so that others can benefit:
  
  Emerald Hill Zone 1- 34 seconds
  Emerald Hill Zone 2- 68 seconds
  Chemical Plant Zone 1- 30 seconds
  Chemical Plant Zone 2- 89 seconds
  Aquatic Ruin Zone 1- 41 seconds
  Aquatic Ruin Zone 2- 85 seconds
  Casino Night Zone 1- 46 seconds
  Casino Night Zone 2- 106 seconds
  Hill Top Zone 1- 81 seconds
  Hill Top Zone 2- 105 seconds
  Mystic Cave Zone 1- 56 seconds
  Mystic Cave Zone 2- 72 seconds
  Oil Ocean Zone 1- 139 seconds
  Oil Ocean Zone 2- 135 seconds
  Metropolis Zone 1- 116 seconds
  Metropolis Zone 2- 122 seconds
  Metropolis Zone 3- 211 seconds
  Sky Chase Zone- 126 seconds
  Wing Fortress Zone- 172 seconds
  Death Egg Zone- 101 seconds
  
  This totaled out to 1,935 seconds (32:15) leaving plenty of time leftover. Happy hunting.

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  Chemical Plant Zone 1- 30 seconds ? Thats fast..

  Posted by draiba on 14 Nov 14 at 23:38

  I hate speed running

  Posted by Friggin Grease on 30 Jul 21 at 13:39

  If anyone needs help trying to guide through the levels, I have found a website that contains maps for all the levels. You might have to copy the images and paste them into MS paint and use the brush tool to guide yourself a pathway through the troublesome levels like Oil Ocean and Metropolis near the end of the game.
  
  http://www.soniczone0.com/games/sonic2/downloads/
  https://web.archive.org/web/20230419080732/http://www.sonicz... (Archive link just in case the website goes down due to digital age)

  Posted by RCM on 20 Jul 23 at 06:17

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• x2i

  01 Jun 2008 09 Sep 2008 04 Mar 2013
  45 2 10

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  I think the record for completing Sonic 2 is around 20 minutes - therefore doing this in under an hour is definitely possible and not as hard as it sounds.
  
  The trick is to avoid distractions, only take out enemies that need to be taken out, keep enough rings to stay alive but don't go out of your way to get them and most of all - avoid the special stages!
  
  It is also a wise idea to make use of the save anywhere feature - save after every level that you deem to be of a considerable time limit, maybe make use of all three save slots to make sure you don't need to revert back to a very old save or from the beginning.
  
  If you are that paranoid about how long it's taken you, make a mental note of the time taken after each level and add them up in your head.
  
  Also, you only need to do this as one of the characters - either Sonic or Tails (or Sonic and Tails together if you wish)

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  It doesn't matter which character you select, I usually turn Tails off as Sonic since he screws me over in the special stages - when I got this achievement I did do the special stages (but only because I know how to complete them all before Chemical Plant) - you can re-coop your time loss spent doing the special stages as Super Sonic.
  
  However I noticed above that someone tried this and didn't do so well with it so if you do find yourself struggling - or don't have the confidence in knowing that you can do that - skip the special stages!

  Posted by x2i on 04 Mar 13 at 17:12

  Can you save-scum your way to unlocking this?

  Posted by TinierRumble449 on 19 May 16 at 16:29

  I have complete this game twice now (yesterday) under an hour and no Achievement, Anyone have this issue?

  Posted by Petrolium Bear on 22 Aug 17 at 02:04
• Chicago AJ

  02 Mar 2010 02 Mar 2010 02 Mar 2010
  43 2 4

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  The best way to achieve this is to try to beat most of the levels in under 2 minutes.
  
  If you get to the Metropolis Zone's and have beaten every level in 2 minutes or less you'll have 32 minutes to finish Metropolis Zone 1,2,3 Sky Chase, Wing Fortress and The Death Egg Zone.
  
  Make liberal use of the save feature, save after every level or frustrating parts that you don't want to do again if you die. Also, make sure you save before each boss fight and if you don't have any rings, save after each hit.
  
  Even the casual gamer should be able to get this achievement with a little persistence and a lot of smart save points.
  
  The first video is a full achievement guide.
  The second video is the quickest way to get through The Death Egg zone.

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  the first video is gone now

  Posted by Ashs2Dust on 11 Nov 15 at 22:29

  first video is dead.

  Posted by count023 on 04 Jul 18 at 10:28

  Still haven’t changed the video?

  Posted on 04 May 21 at 09:41