Sonic Mania cheat codes uncovered
Those who saw Sonic Mania as the nostalgia-filled love letter to their childhoods might remember the days where Up Down Left Right or 19, 65, 09, 17 were keys to unlocking hidden secrets within the classic Sonic games. It appears that the 90s styled cheat codes have returned for Mania, as discovered by some players. If you start up a Mania Mode game, then enter Debug Mode, and hold Y/Square when selecting a no-save file, you can input the following in the Sound Test menu:
0 0 0 0 6 2 1 4 - Disables the Super theme music
9 0 0 1 - Gives Sonic the Drop Dash, Insta Shield, and Peel Out all at once
3 3 3 1 9 7 9 0 8 1 1 - Changes all freed animals into Squirrels
4 1 2 6 - Gives all Chaos Emeralds
1 9 9 2 1 1 2 4 - Gives you unlimited continues
2 0 1 8 0 6 2 3 - Forces gamemode into Encore Mode
2 0 1 7 0 8 1 5 - Lets you fly like Super Sonic in normal stages
All of these numbers reference certain special dates, as well. The unlimited continues code is the date of the EU release for Sonic 2, the Super Sonic Flight code is Mania's original release date, force Encore is Plus' release date, 4126 also gave you every emerald in Sonic 2, there's an over 9000 meme, and 1979 08 11 is Stealth's birthday.
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