This zone looks to be an abandoned mine rather than a cave. Still this area can be pretty tricky. The music to this stage is quite catchy too. There's plenty of spikes around for you to fall on and plenty of collapsing platforms leading to the inevitable. Spikes come out of walls on large pillars.

Plenty of bridges need to be pulled down for you to progress through the level. This is done from jumping on a lever around where you need to get across. Also, vines are used for lifting and lowering Sonic up and down large shafts. Spikes are plentiful and spiked barricades emerge from the walls.

The enemies on this stage are pretty nasty. Vipers lunge at you from the walls taking you by surprise and floating bugs that when flash are invulnerable are sporadically and awkwardly places and frequently appear in pairs.

Robotnik is busy drilling on this level. He's equipped his pod with two diamond drills and grinds his way through the ceiling. Rubble falls and is harmless except the spikes as they will kill you.

As a side note, this zone used to go by the title Dust Hill Zone.

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Act 2

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Robotnik

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