Knuckles' Chaotix

Knuckles' Chaotix
Knuckles' Chaotix
Franchise	Sonic the Hedgehog
Developed by	Sega
Published by	Sega
Platform(s)	32X
Release date	April 20, 1995 (1995-04-20)
Genre	Platform
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
Franchise	Sonic the Hedgehog
Developed by	Dimps Sonic Team
Published by	Sega
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date	October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11)
Genre	Platform
Sonic Crackers
Franchise	Sonic the Hedgehog
Developed by	Sega
Published by	Sega
Platform(s)	Sega Genesis
Release date	April 1, 1994 (1994-04-01) (build date)
Genre	Platform
First LP
Played by	Rick Desilets
Featuring	John Selig C/J Haley
Original run	October 14 – November 5, 2011
No. of episodes	16
Episode length	5–15 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	3:05:46
Sonic Week
Preceded by	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Second LP
Played by	Rick Desilets John Selig
Featuring	C/J Haley Felice Lopez Ben Mooney Lindsay Gibbons
Intro theme	"Green Hill Zone" by TOY
Outro theme	"Sonic 3" by Rare Candy
Original run	January 9 – January 24, 2017
No. of episodes	15
Episode length	12–23 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	4:20:30
The Super Sonic Let's Play
Preceded by	Blue Sphere
Followed by	Tails' Skypatrol
Third LP
Played by	Rick Desilets
Original run	June 25, 2021
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	2:16:51
Playlist	link
Sonic Weekathon
Preceded by	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Followed by	Sonic Mania
Fourth LP
Played by	Rick Desilets
Featuring	Sarah Fischer
Original run	November 2, 2021
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	14:34
Video	link
The Complete 32X
Preceded by	32X prototypes
Followed by	Motocross Championship

Knuckles' Chaotix is a 1995 platform game developed and published by Sega for the 32X. It is a side game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, featuring Knuckles the Echidna as the main character, joined by four other characters known as the "Chaotix": Mighty the Armadillo, returning from SegaSonic the Hedgehog, and three newcomers in Espio, Charmy, and Vector. They work together in order to defeat Dr. Robotnik and Metal Sonic, who are attempting to obtain six powerful "Chaos Rings" that will give them control over a mysterious island. During gameplay, two characters are connected to each other via a tether, and the player must make use of rubber band physics to navigate through the stages. The game was played on The D-Pad in 2011, preceded by a quickly-abandoned LP of the 2010 Wii game Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I, with the two games serving as the fifth and sixth (and final) games in Sonic Week. The entire LP was recorded in a single session and uploaded to the now defunct dpadup.com website as one long episode on June 25, 2011. It was later edited into 16 shorter episodes and released on YouTube on weekdays from October 14 to November 5, 2011.

The game was revisited on The D-Pad in 2017, preceded by a brief LP of Sonic Crackers, a 1994 Sega Genesis prototype build of Knuckles' Chaotix featuring Sonic and Tails as the main characters, as the twenty-second and twenty-third games in The Super Sonic Let's Play. The LP consisted of 15 episodes, released on weekdays from January 9 to January 24, 2017.

The game was played on The D-Pad a third time in a one-off episode by Rick in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Sonic Week in 2021, as the fifth game in Sonic Weekathon. The episode was streamed live on the dpadfm Twitch account before being uploaded to YouTube on June 25, 2021.

The game was played on The D-Pad a fourth time in a one-off episode in 2021, as the fourth game in The Complete 32X. The episode was released on November 2, 2021.

Episodes

2011 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on August 30, 2022.

SW#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Original release date	YouTube release date
40	1	"What the Fuck Is Going On?"	11:36	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 14, 2011
00:00:​ Intro 03:02​: Splash Hill Zone: Act 1 08:13:​ Substituting Games 09:13:​ Isolated Island
41	2	"Casino Day, During the Day"	15:14	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 17, 2011
00:09​: Isolated Island 05:17​: Special Stage 1 07:18​: Player Select 07:35​: Newtrogic High Zone 08:44​: Marina Madness: Level 1 11:36:​ Newtrogic High Zone 12:48:​ Speed Slider: Level 1
42	3	"Swiss Cheese Tree Land"	11:48	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 18, 2011
00:16​: Newtrogic High Zone 01:13​: Botanic Base: Level 1 03:53​: Newtrogic High Zone 04:50:​ Botanic Base: Level 2 08:36:​ Special Stage 2
43	4	"Tumors on the Ass of Angel Island"	13:54	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 19, 2011
00:09​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:23​: Title Screen 00:40​: Player Select 01:40​: Speed Slider: Level 2 05:31​: Special Stage 3 08:20:​ Newtrogic High Zone 09:20:​ Marina Madness: Level 2
44	5	"Down Is the Wrong Direction"	12:00	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 20, 2011
00:16​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:49​: Speed Slider: Level 3 05:48​: Special Stage 4 08:34:​ Newtrogic High Zone 09:06:​ Speed Slider: Level 4
45	6	"Up Is Good, Up Is Better"	8:20	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 21, 2011
00:10​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:43​: Marina Madness: Level 3 03:58​: Special Stage 4 04:25​: Newtrogic High Zone 04:56:​ Techno Tower: Level 1 07:25:​ Special Stage 4
46	7	"I Got Rock Sense"	8:23	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 24, 2011
00:20​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:51:​ Botanic Base: Level 3 04:42:​ Special Stage 4
47	8	"Proud Owner of 75¢"	14:54	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 25, 2011
00:11​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:43​: Botanic Base: Level 4 05:42​: Special Stage 5 08:35​: Newtrogic High Zone 09:18:​ Marina Madness: Level 4 12:42:​ Special Stage 5
48	9	"Why Is the Beer Always Gone?"	12:17	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 26, 2011
00:09​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:39​: Marina Madness: Level 5 05:52:​ Newtrogic High Zone 06:26:​ Botanic Base: Level 5
49	10	"Just in Time to Not Do a Fucking Thing"	11:42	Rick	John, C/J	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 27, 2011
00:10​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:41​: Speed Slider: Level 5 05:51:​ Newtrogic High Zone 06:23:​ Amazing Arena: Level 1
50	11	"-2"	10:54	Rick	John	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	October 28, 2011
00:11​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:43​: Amazing Arena: Level 2 06:34​: Special Stage 5 08:14:​ Newtrogic High Zone 08:46:​ Amazing Arena: Level 3
51	12	"The Making-Things-Look-Cool Thing"	12:15	Rick	John	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	November 1, 2011
00:21​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:51:​ Techno Tower: Level 2 03:09​: Special Stage 5 06:35:​ Newtrogic High Zone 07:07​: Techno Tower: Level 3 09:05:​ Special Stage 6
52	13	"Gonna Get Shit on 'Til the Break of Dawn"	12:55	Rick	John	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	November 1, 2011
00:17​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:49​: Amazing Arena: Level 3 04:08​: Special Stage 6 07:03​: Newtrogic High Zone 07:33:​ Amazing Arena: Level 4 12:05:​ Special Stage 6
53	14	"Tear Him a New Poophole"	12:36	Rick	John	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	November 2, 2011
00:09​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:41​: Amazing Arena: Level 5 07:37​: Newtrogic High Zone 08:07:​ Techno Tower: Level 4 11:36:​ Special Stage 6
54	15	"Smalth"	5:55	Rick	John	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	November 3, 2011
00:09​: Newtrogic High Zone 00:41:​ Techno Tower: Level 5 04:41:​ Newtrogic High Zone
55	16	"The Floating, Disembodied Corpse of Ultra Metal Sonic"	11:03	Rick	John	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)	November 5, 2011
00:10​: Newtrogic High Zone 03:31​: Final Boss 06:41:​ Ending 07:02:​ Credits

2017 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on June 12, 2023.

TSSLP#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
155	1	"Cool's Not the Word, Maybe"	23:38	John, Rick	C/J, Ben, Lindsay	January 9, 2017 (2017-01-09)
156	2	"Cake and Ladders"	17:08	Rick	John, C/J, Ben, Lindsay	January 9, 2017 (2017-01-09)
157	3	"On the Precipice of Promises"	21:31	Rick	C/J, Felice, Ben	January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10)
158	4	"Paul Robert M'Dillo"	18:24	Rick	C/J, Felice, Ben	January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10)
159	5	"Preparing H"	14:18	Rick	C/J, Felice, Ben	January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11)
160	6	"Everything Is Just Why"	16:05	Rick	C/J, Felice, Ben	January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11)
161	7	"The Semblance of Free Will"	16:40	Rick	Ben, Lindsay	January 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
162	8	"I Ate Gel Pens"	14:32	Rick	Ben, Lindsay	January 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
163	9	"Didgeridoo, Didger If Don't"	13:29	Rick	Ben, Lindsay	January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
164	10	"A Neapolitan Sherbet Mess"	19:23	Rick		January 18, 2017 (2017-01-18)
165	11	"Stress, Pain, Stress Pain"	17:18	Rick	Lindsay	January 19, 2017 (2017-01-19)
166	12	"Sky Dancers"	12:50	Rick	Lindsay	January 20, 2017 (2017-01-20)
167	13	"Mixing Up Peters"	15:02	Rick	C/J, Felice	January 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)
168	14	"If Trees Had Tongues"	16:27	Rick	C/J, Felice	January 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)
169	15	"Put That in Your Pocket"	23:45	Rick	C/J, Felice	January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24)

2021 LP (Sonic Weekathon)

SWT#	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
7	"Needlessly Bastard"	2:16:51	Rick		June 25, 2021 (2021-06-25)
0:00:00: Intro 0:00:55: Isolated Island 0:05:14: Special Stage 1 0:07:07: World Entrance 0:08:06: Speed Slider: Level 1 0:10:26: Special Stage 2 0:13:42: Speed Slider: Level 2 0:16:37: Special Stage 3 0:20:12: Marina Madness: Level 1 0:22:38: Amazing Arena: Level 1 0:27:57: Special Stage 4 0:30:49: Techno Tower: Level 1 0:32:21: Special Stage 5 0:34:30: Speed Slider: Level 3 0:37:03: Speed Slider: Level 4 0:38:49: Marina Madness: Level 2 0:42:08: Special Stage 5, Attempt 2 0:45:22: Marina Madness: Level 3 0:47:43: Special Stage 5, Attempt 3 0:51:30: Techno Tower: Level 2 0:53:46: Special Stage 6 0:57:41: Techno Tower: Level 3 1:02:16: Special Stage 6, Attempt 2 1:03:22: Techno Tower: Level 4 1:07:19: Techno Tower: Level 5 1:10:25: Marina Madness: Level 4 1:13:51: Special Stage 6, Attempt 3 1:18:03: Amazing Arena: Level 2 1:22:41: Marina Madness: Level 5 1:28:01: Botanic Base: Level 1 1:29:11: Special Stage 1 Wireframe 1:31:34: Speed Slider: Level 5 1:40:10: Botanic Base: Level 2 1:42:31: Special Stage 2 Wireframe 1:43:18: Botanic Base: Level 3 1:46:46: Amazing Arena: Level 3 1:49:56: Amazing Arena: Level 4 1:54:46: Botanic Base: Level 4 1:58:04: Amazing Arena: Level 5 2:04:02: Botanic Base: Level 5 2:08:30: vs. Metal Sonic 2:10:46: vs. Titan Metal Sonic 2:12:43: Ending 2:12:54: Credits

2021 LP (The Complete 32X)

TC32X#	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
2	"The Plasticity of Elasticity"	14:34	Rick	Sarah	November 2, 2021 (2021-11-02)
00:00: Title Screen 00:43: Isolated Island 05:45: Special Stage 1 07:52: World Lobby 09:00: Marina Madness, Level 1 11:59: Speed Slider, Level 1 14:10: Title Screen

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Trivia

• Knuckles' Chaotix was originally never intended to be played as part of Sonic Week. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I was the planned final game, but was abandoned after only a few minutes of gameplay due to severe lag issues that made the game unplayable. Knuckles' Chaotix was hastily swapped in as a substitute game.