Welcome to the trophy guide for Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection! The trophies are pretty straightforward so I won't waste time going on about them. We're here to enjoy some old Genesis games, so let's just get right into it!
Platinuminary Earn all other trophies for Sonic's Collection.
This isn't a difficult platinum, honestly. Some of these might take some time, but nothing will really make you rip your hair out in frustration, so this one should be pretty simple!
Get Rich Alex Kidd: Collect 1,000 in currency.
Each individual coin is worth 10, while every bag is worth 100 in currency. This shouldn't be too bad, just smash anything you can and open any chest you find, but be careful of dying, as it's very easy to do in this game.
Don't Die Alien Storm: Reach Mission 3 without losing a life.
A somewhat easier way to do this is to use the robot. Some people say he has more health or is stronger, but just keep practicing at this game and you'll eventually make it. It's not too hard once you get the hang of the game.
Enter the Beast Altered Beast: Collect 100,000 pts or higher by the end of the first level.
The guaranteed way to get this is to make sure you don't let a single blue wolf bypass you before you encounter Neff at the end of the stage. By collecting the 3 Spirit Balls on the first 3 wolves, you'll receive a bonus of 100,000 points after defeating the boss of the level. If you do that, this trophy is yours.
Holy Water Beyond Oasis: Unlock the Water Spirit.
Very early on, you're sent to a location for your quest. The Water Spirit is found very early on. If you rush through as fast as possible, you can get this within 10 minutes of starting the game. In fact, this is technically story-related so if you're playing the game through, this is impossible to miss.
Stealing Points Bonanza Brothers: Reach 40,000 points on the first level.
Easiest method to get this is as follows. Start off by shooting the guy to the right. Keep heading that way and you'll see a shut door with a cop on the other side. Open the door and it will knock into the cop, knocking him out. This gives you 1,000 points. Go back a few steps the way you came and the door should shut. Go open it again for another 1,000 points. Repeat until you have the trophy.
Easy as Pie Columns: Get 20,000 points only on Easy Mode.
Columns isn't that difficult. In fact, it's pretty addicting. Reaching 20,000 points on Easy Mode is, well, easy.
Hardly a Hero Comix Zone: Complete first episode.
Simply complete the first episode. This isn't a very easy game, in my opinion, but it's not impossible. Just be cautious, as you only have one life!
Get Ahead Decap Attack: Collect 5 Bonus Coins.
In each stage there are small statues you can break with your face. Inside can be a potion, a Bonus Coin, or (in the last stage of the world) the item needed to finish the world. After you collect 5 Bonus Coins, this is yours. Good work!
Communication is Key Ecco: Talk to another dolphin.
Using your sonar, you can do this within the first minute of gameplay. BAM, easy trophy!
Taste Like Tuna Ecco: The Tides of Time: Eat 200 fish.
This is time-consuming, but when you dash into smaller fish you eat them. Simply find a school of fish and eat some. They will keep regenerating more fish for you to eat until you finally reach 200.
Suit up E-SWAT: Obtain the Combat Suit (Complete Mission 2).
Luckily the first two stages aren't difficult. Simply play through the game to get this trophy. On Mission 3, you will have your Combat Suit.
Don't Get Lost Fatal Labyrinth: Progress to the fifth level of the labyrinth.
Just be mindful of your health and your food and this should be easy. Try to kill every enemy in the area to give yourself more exp so you can boost your rank faster. Once you hit floor 5, this is yours!
Getting Chicks Flicky: Collect 80,000 points.
An easy way to get this is to grab every chick in the level and bring them all to the elevator. Sometimes the cats make it a bit difficult, but if you can do this (much like in Sonic 3D Blast) you'll get points very quickly, and in a few levels you can have this trophy taken care of.
Garden Gnomes Golden Axe: Collect 20 magic power-ups.
In each level and in each intermission are little gnomes dressed in blue. Hitting them will make them drop a magic bottle so you can use magic. If you're wanting to keep an easy track of your number of jars, play as Tyris, as she requires the most power-ups to use her most powerful magic, but because it's like 7 bottles, you can easily keep track of how close you are. Once you got 20, this is yours.
Tower Up Golden Axe II: Complete Tower Level.
Simply play the game as you would normally and this will pop in no time!
Saved by Magic Golden Axe III: Use magic 10 times
Similar to the trophy for Golden Axe, except you can kind if exploit this. It simply tells you to use magic 10 times. Once you have one bottle and can use magic, use it. It won't harm your enemies by much but it's a sure way to get this trophy.
TGIF Kid Chameleon: Collect Maniaxe.
You'll obtain this costume on the fourth level and it's needed to progress, so it's not really missable in this sense.
Twinkle Twinkle Ristar: Collect 5 Yellow Stars.
Yellow Stars heal you if you've taken damage. Simply open chests, reach into suspicious holes, and look around, and this easy trophy will be yours.
Yatta! Dr. Robotnik's M.B.M.: Complete the game.
You CAN use a cheat code to reach Robotnik without playing the game fully, but you still have to defeat him and it's tough. I don't know how I managed to beat him, but keep trying and you'll defeat him eventually! Probably the hardest trophy within this entire collection, honestly.
True Ninja Skills Shinobi III: Complete first level without using continues.
Pretty easy to do, especially if you do the Shuriken cheat in the options menu. Otherwise, complete the easy first level and you're set!
Complete Chaos Sonic the Hedgehog: Obtain a Chaos Emerald.
Simply hold on to 50 rings when you reach the signpost at the end of the stage and you can jump into the big ring. The first Emerald maze is pretty easy, but just be careful of those exit tiles!
A Different Tail Sonic 3: Collect 100 rings with Tails anywhere on Angel Island Zone.
Pretty easy to do, just be careful not to take damage! If you can grab a shield, even better!
Flicky to the Rescue Sonic 3D Blast: Rescue 20 Flickies.
Another super easy one. You'll obtain this before you even fight Robotnik for the first time, as each big ring requires 5 Flickies, and there are at least 2 in every single stage, for the most part. This isn't possible to miss.
Lots of Zeros Sonic Spinball: Get 10,000,000 points on the first level.
10 million might seem daunting, but since this is a pinball game, and pinball games are all about points, you might get this easily. I think it's all down to luck, really, because sometimes you manage to luck out and get a lot of points, but other times you don't. Personally, I had no problems with this trophy!
Get to the Chopper Super Thunder Blade: Score over 1,500,000 points in the first level.
Another case of "this game gives you a lot of points quickly," so just keep firing and stay alive!
Three Times a Charm Streets of Rage: Complete 1st Level using all 3 characters.
It's as simple as it sounds. Simply complete the first stage with all 3 characters. Might take a little time since Streets of Rage was really slow compared to 2 and 3, but still easy enough.
Good Day Mate Streets of Rage 3: Unlock Roo the Kangaroo as a playable character.
A few stages in and you'll be on the streets. At some point you'll find Roo and another enemy battling you together. Defeat the other man and Roo will run off. Once you do this, this trophy is yours!
Super Charged VectorMan: Collect 500 photons.
This is cumulative. Just collect every photon you see and you should hit 500 in no time.
Can You Dig It? VectorMan 2: Reach Scene 11.
Simply play through the game to reach Scene 11. It won't take too long, honestly.
Blast Processing Play all Genesis Titles.
Simply try all of the titles. You don't have to finish them or make a save file. As long as you've started each Genesis title, you're good to go.
Master the System Unlock Everything.
Ironically this is linked to collecting trophies and following the criteria for Blast Processing, No Life, Critique, and Only in the '80s.
No Life Watch Every Video.
As you complete objectives in the games, which typically follow the trophies, you'll unlock videos, among other unlockables. Just watch them all and this is yours.
Critique View all Artwork.
Similar to No Life, just unlock trophies and view the artwork in the extras menu.
Only in the '80s Play all Arcade Titles.
As you complete certain objectives in games, you unlock Arcade titles, such as Altered Beast Arcade, Shinobi Arcade, and others that are in the extras menu, like Golden Axe Warrior and the original Phantasy Star on the Master System. Simply play them all to get this trophy.
And that's all of the trophies! I loved going through memory lane with this game and I actually still play it quite often, if not for some relaxing music from the 16-Bit days. I enjoy this title a lot and it's personally one of the best purchases I've ever made on a game. Thanks so much for reading and I hope it helps you get closer to that platinum!
*This game took me a total of 5 days and 3 hours to complete, from my first trophy to the platinum. My first trophy was "Super Charged" which was achieved on January 3rd, 2013 at 1:27 PM. My final trophy was "Blast Processing" which was achieved on January 8th at 4:59 PM, as well as the platinum, "Platinuminary." This platinum trophy is the 11th platinum trophy I have received.*
Have a nice day!~
