We begin with Bill Bellamy explaing the contest, and hyping up Sonic & Knuckles.
Daisy Fuentes explains some more about the contest as well.
The Hard Rock Cafe at which part of the contest takes place.
They came from around the world to compete. The list kept going.
Players playin'.
Random guy: "The coolest thing about this game is the mushrooms." ...right.
"You wanna throw down? My Knuckles can collect more rings than your Knuckles, bitch."
The winners were forced to put on prison uniforms and were escorted away by the authorities for the crime of OWNAGE.
Daisy Fuentes: "All I know is that Knuckles is this wild, red dreadlocked echidna thing with some really crazy, yet really smooth moves."
Bill wonders what the hell an echidna is, so Daisy explains.
MTV pays a visit to STI. A really evil sounding voice speaks through the voice box: "STI. What's the password?" The woman at the door answers "Knuckles".
Inside STI. This right here is interesting. Looks like early design sketches for Tiara Boobowski, from the famously scrapped Sonic Xtreme game.
A somewhat closer shot. I can't tell what the thing next to her is, it looks like some kind of robot.
I like how they use the Sonic & Knuckles style.
Roger explains what STI is and what they do.
STI hard at work. :P (Fyi, they were driving the remote controlled car around on the table)
Knux. Looks like there's an old Archie Sonic comic above him too.
Lots o' crap on the table.
Victor explains what a game designer is.
Another interesting thing. Concept stage artwork?
Yasuhara at work.
Adrian.
Explaining how the physics in Sonic & Knuckles work.
Howard, jammin' on a guitar. "I basically score it (games) as if it were a movie."
Aoki workin'.
Chris Senn. "My favorite characteristic to draw on a character is...probably their eyes, because that reveals, to me at least, most of their personality."
Drawing what looks like Tiara again.
The testers at work.
Dean: "A game needs 3 things. It's gotta have astounding looks, it's gotta have great animation, and it must have an atmosphere that pulls the player straight into the game."
The contestants are lead into Alcatraz.
A look at some of the contestants.
To warm them up, the contestants are placed in prison cells and play Sonic & Knuckles by themselves. Ah yes, to be locked into a former criminal's cell in Alcatraz prison while playing Sonic & Knuckles. Some things just feel so right.
The $25,000.
The semi-finals begins.
After the semi-finals are done, only two are left standing: Chris Tang from Japan and Mark Guinane from the US. East vs. West.
Meanwhile, Bill Bellamy explains lock-on technology.
His friend Mike assists.
For the final round, the contestants lock on Sonic 3 to Sonic & Knuckles and must collect as many rings as possible under a time limit at Lauch Base Zone.
Bill Bellamy: "Look at this, look at this, Knuckles is gettin' busy."
A WINNER IS YOU. The competition ends.
Chris is teh winnar.
Daisy Fuentes: "$25,000, what are you going to do now?"
Chris: "(screams) BUY GAMES! PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY!" He was so freakin' hardcore dude.
The end.