Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast)/World Ranking System
This is a sub-page of Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast).
There is a "World Ranking" button in the Extras menu that is disabled by default. During the game's development, this button led to the World Ranking Menu, part of Sonic Adventure 2's scrapped online features. Selecting the option now only brings the player to a blank screen with the options menu music playing and softlock the game, as the menu has been almost entirely removed.
The button to enter the menu can be enabled by setting 8C5CCB09 to 0.
Elements from this menu still exist and can seen by enabling various flags in the Emblem Results menu. The menu has various features such as current ranking and last update, as well as the four search modes - "Total Ranking", "Score Attack", "Time Attack" and "Emblem". (Although they can't be selected normally via the Emblem Results menu in this way.)
As well as the menu itself, the red "X" from the Download Event menu can be found.
There are many unused elements related to connecting to the system hidden in the game. Setting 8C6224CC to 1 will make the menu visible and 8C6224DC determines the menu shown.
After further digging into the disc, the full list of text related to the menu is revealed. There was a login and registration, the rankings could have been searched by country or name and it referred to the world ranking system as "The Sonic Network". This text can be found in every language.
- Display or update world ranking
- Press Y-button to update data.
- Time Attack world ranking
- Score Attack world ranking
- Emblem world ranking
- Total ranking
- View stage world ranking
- Edit your comments
- Network registration is required
- to enter world rankings.
- Use latest browser to register
- on the network.
- Connecting to the Internet.
- While connected to the network,
- you will be charged a telephone
- fee and ISP connection fee.
- If you are using the ISAO Net
- with a phone prefix number starting
- with 0990, the telephone fee will be
- 10 yen for 3 minutes in accordance
- with the Dial Q2 system.
- Please refer to manual
- for more information.
- Do you want to connect? <Yes><No>
- Connecting to the Internet
- While connected to the network,
- you will be charged a telephone
- fee and ISP connection fee.
- Do you want to connect?
- Dialing �–�–�–�|�–�–�–�|�–�–�–�– <Cancel>
- Enter "ISP" ID and password ID<++> Password<++>
- Unable to find modem.
- Check modem connection.
- The line is busy.
- Dialing next phone number.
- Please try again later.
- Check modem settings.
- Unable to dial.
- Check modular cable connection,
- or modem settings.
- Unable to connect. The line is busy.
- Please check the modem settings
- and try again later.
- Unable to connect to server.
- Server authentication failed.
- Check ID and password.
- Disconnected due to no activity.
- While connected to the network, you will be charged a telephone
- fee.
- Do you want to connect?
- Now connected to the Sonic Network.
- The server is busy.
- Please try connecting again later.
- Updating the database.
- This may take several minutes. <Cancel>
- Cancel data connection? <Yes><No>
- Are you sure you want to disconnect?
- Your rank has increased to
- number <++> in total ranking.
- Your rank has decreased to
- number <++> in total ranking.
- Your ranking has increased to
- number <++> in <++> score attack.
- Your ranking has increased to
- number <++> in <++> time attack.
- Your rank has increased to
- number <++> in emblem ranking.
- Your ranking has decreased to
- number <++> in <++> score attack.
- Your ranking has decreased to
- number <++> in <++> time attack.
- Your rank has decreased to
- number <++> in emblem ranking. <++>
- Use this E-mail address
- for confirmation?
- (You can set E-mail address
- for receiving info later.)
- No E-mail setting on Dreamcast.
- Use latest browser to change
- Email settings. Are you <++>?
- Enter your password. <Enter><Cancel><Forgot password>
- Your password is incorrect.
- Enter password again. <Enter><Cancel><Forgot password>
- Do you want to receive
- your password via E-mail?
- Mail was sent to
- your E-mail address.
- Please check your mail.
- Welcome to the Sonic Network.
- Enter your user name.
- 12 characters maximum
- length for user name. <Enter> <Cancel>
- User name already exists.
- Enter password if you
- want to use this user name.
- Next, enter password.
- Passwords must be at least 5
- characters, maximum is 12. <Enter><Back>
- Set E-mail account.
- If you forgot your password,
- your password can be mailed to you. <Enter><Cancel>
- Do you want to share your E-mail
- address with other users?
- If you don't, select "No".
- Select country and area
- where you live. Country:<++> Area:<++>
- The Sonic Network is a public area to
- exchange information with other users
- around the world. Please try to
- conduct yourself in a civil manner.
- Warnings may be issued to users and
- users may be ask not to use our
- service, if activities violate the
- rules of the Sonic Network.
- <++>'s Registration complete.
- Display ranking from the top.
- List specified ranking.
- Search ranking by user name.
- List ranking by country or area.
- Enter ranking you want to see.
- Enter user name you want to search.
- Enter country you want to list. Country<++> Area<++>
- You can see user information.
- Press B-button to go
- back to list screen.
The images below are the remnants of the world ranking menu's textures: