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Re:Why does punching Sonic 3D trigger a Secret Level Select? by Cpoll on Sunday October 15, 2017 @06:45PM (#15479765)
Summary: Sega QA tested games and rejected any game that crashed, so the developer 'try/catch'ed* all errors into the level select.

Punching or wiggling the cartridge triggers one such error state.

* Pointed all error interrupts to the level select.

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