[TmEE]

Regarding stages, I find them enjoyable, just enough of challenge while not being frustrating

This post has been edited by TmEE: 18 March 2010 - 07:51 AM

[Ell678]

I played through to GHZ act 3, and got lost. I had no idea where to go. The previous two acts were extremely good and I thouroughly enjoyed them, but some traps and obstacles (like in GHZ2, trying to land on a platform you can't even see while going at high speed) need savestates and patience, and some are just unfair rather than harder.

I absolutly loved the neat touches, like the palette changing within the level and the music changing when you die. I also loved some of the changes to the badniks, like the Newtron moving faster.

I'l have to play it again later, due to being slightly hungover, but I enjoyed what I played so far

[Caitlin]

This is probably the only hack I can say I've honestly and truely enjoyed over the past 3 or 4 years. The idea is simple and well done. Harder levels? Check. It's not filled to the brim with pointless and frivolous features, options, etc. It's simple and gets the job done. And for once, Green Hill has been changed!

Some of the absolutely unfair traps I ran into remind me of my early childhood, bringing back memories of spending months at a time practicing certain levels just to get past them like Battletoads, Snake Rattle and Roll and Double Dragon. Or those utterly evil moments in the Megaman series. Feels great to relive that again in something modern.

[Selbi]

Since I've done some work on it too, I saw the source code. And DUDE, that was... indescribable. There was alot of half-finished stuff. But well, even though the code looks horrible, it's a good thing that it's still well playable.
But besides that, the code isn't the intention of this game, but the layouts, and like the oher people here said, they are just amazing! I must admit that I don't think they are very hard, but that's probably because I got used to savestates so much, that I even use them without thinking.
But well, hope your restart will help making this game even more interesting and less unfinished. =)

[Ravenfreak]

I couldn't even make it pass Green Hill Zone without getting a game over. D: Sir, you have done well.

[randomselect]

My first try on the Expert Mode, I lost on GHZ 1.

I like that! I've always been a big fan of this hack although I liked 0.05 very much due to it's simplicity.

The ROM name says it is VERY unstable so it was't surprising that there were so many bugs and some solids in Labyrinth missing. Can't wait for a more stable version.

[LordOfSquad]

Okay, I've got to ask. Is there any chance of getting a list of songs used in this hack?

[Eduardo Knuckles]

Green Hill Act 1
01 - Angel Island Act 2 : Sonic 3
02 - Angel Island Act 1 : Sonic 3
03 - Emerald Hill Zone [2P Vs] : Sonic 2 Final

Green Hill Act 2
04 - Meta Junglira Zone : Sonic Triple Trouble
05 - Orange Ocean : Kirby's Adventure
06 - Forest (I don't remember the real song name, but I think it is called "Butter Building") : Kirby's Adventure (Nes)

Green Hill Act 3
07 - Green Grove Act 1 : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)
08 - Wave Man's Theme #Remix v0.4 by Eduardo Knuckles# : Mega Man 5 (Nes)
09 - Palmtree Panic Zone [Past] : Sonic CD

Green Hill Act 4
0A - Desert Palace Zone : Sonic 3
0B - Evening Star #Chaotix-Based Remix by HPZMan# : Sonic Crackers
0C - Music Plant Act 1 : Sonic Advance 2 (GBA)

Marble Act 1
0D - Marble Garden Zone Act 1 #Would be changed into a XM-work song# : Sonic 3
0E - Sandopolis Zone Act 1 : Sonic & Knuckles
0F - Desert #Sandopolis Voices Edit by Eduardo Knuckles# : Bomberman Tournament (GBA)

Marble Act 2
10 - Aquatic Ruin Zone : Sonic 2 Simon Wai's Beta
11 - Stage Map 6 : Super Bomberman (Super Nintendo)
12 - Aquatic Ruin Zone : Sonic 2 Final

Marble Act 3
13 - Plug Man's Theme : Mega Man 9 (Wii?)
14 - Volcano Valley Zone Act 2 : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)
15 - Hot Crater : Sonic Advance 3 (GBA)

Marble Act 4
16 - Mystic Cave Zone #Edited to S2SWB Tempo# : Sonic 2 Final
17 - Sandopolis Zone Act 2 : Sonic & Knuckles
18 - Flame Man's Stage : Mega Man 6 (Nes)

Spring Yard Act 1
19 - Spring Stadium Zone Act 1 : Sonic 3D Blast
1A - Casino Night Zone [2P Vs] : Custom Song Written by Eduardo Knuckles
1B - Unknown Track Name : Crayon Shin-Chan

Spring Yard Act 2
1C - Moon / Mars ~ Cocoon Fight BGM 1 : The Hybrid Front
1D - Moon / Mars ~ Cocoon Fight BGM 2 #Transposed by Eduardo knuckles# : The Hybrid Front
1E - Earth ~ Rebellion Fight BGM 1 #Transposed by Eduardo Knuckles# : The Hybrid Front

Spring Yard Act 3
1F - Moon / Mars ~ Sakurabe Fight BGM 2 #Michael Jackson Drums Edit by Eduardo Knuckles# : The Hybrid Front
20 - Unknown Track Name #Various Drums by Eduardo Knuckles# : Shadow Dancer
21 - Stage Map 4 : Super Bomberman (Super Nintendo)

Spring Yard Act 4
22 - Charge Man's Theme : Mega Man 5 (Nes)
23 - Custom Song #Originally Written by Oerg866# : Oerg866
24 - Sunset Park Act 2 and Act 3 #Prototype Song# : Sonic Triple Trouble

Labyrinth Act 1
25 - Tidal Tempest Zone [Good Future] : Sonic CD (USA Version)
26 - Labyrinth Zone [8-Bit Version] #Prototype Song# : Sonic The Hedgehog 1 (Master System/Game Gear)
27 - Aqua Planet Zone #Originally Written by Eduardo Knuckles for 'Sonic Mega Hack'# : Sonic Chaos (Master System)

Labyrinth Act 2
28 - Hidden Palace Zone [Mystic Cave Zone 2P Vs] : Sonic 2 Simon Wai's Beta
29 - Theme of 'Mai Shiranui' : Fatal Fury 2 (Mega Drive)
2A - Incomplete Song #Supposed to be changed into 'Aqua Lake Zone Song'# : Early Prototype of Song ID $7C

Labyrinth Act 3
2B - Tidal Plant Zone #Prototype Song# : Sonic Triple Trouble
2C - Hidden Palace Zone [Unused Sound Test 11] : Sonic 2 Final
2D - Ice Cave Chant : Donkey Kong Country (Super Nintendo)

Labyrinth Act 4
2E - Unknown Track Name : Pulseman
2F - Ancient Mound #Song ported by Tornado# : Golden Axe 3
30 - Quartz Quadrant [Good Future] : Sonic CD (JAPANESE Version)

Star Light Act 1
31 - Another Part Of Me #Michael Jackson Drums Edit by HPZMan# : Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
32 - Un Caillou Ricochet : Viewpoint
33 - Rusty Ruin Zone Act 1 #Partially Fixed/Beta Song# : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)

Star Light Act 2
34 - Billie Jean : Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
35 - Snake Man's Theme #Softness Jazz Remix by Eduardo Knuckles# : Mega Man 3 (Nes)
36 - Rusty Ruin Zone Act 2 #Partially Fixed/Beta Song# : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)

Star Light Act 3
37 - Smooth Criminal #Partially Fixed# : Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
38 - Invalid/Incorrect Track #Supposed to be changed into 'Gene Gadget Zone Act 1 (MD) Song'# : Repeated Track ID $11
39 - Panic Puppet Zone Act 1 #Dance Drums by Eduardo Knuckles# : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)

Star Light Act 4
3A - Custom Song #Originally Written by Oerg866# : Oerg866
3B - First Bonus Stage [Checkers Board] : Battletoads In Battlemaniacs (Super Nintendo)
3C - 2nd Bonus [Chess Board] #Beavis & ButtHead Guitar by Eduardo Knuckles# : Battletoads In Battlemaniacs (Super Nintendo)

Scrap Brain Act 1
3D - Panic Puppet Zone Act 2 : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)
3E - Metallic Madness Zone [Past] : Sonic CD
3F - Wacky Workbrench Zone [Past] : Sonic CD

Scrap Brain Act 2
40 - Theme of 'Scrap Brain Zone' : Sonic The Hedgehog (Master System)
41 - Dark Man's Stage #Early Modulation Works# : Mega Man 5 (Nes)
42 - Hyper-Hyper #Early Port/Fucked Up Noise# : Sonic Crackers

Scrap Brain Act 3
43 - Wily's Stage #Supposed to be changed into 'Wacky Workbrench Bad Future JAP' Song# : Mega Man 5 (Nes)
44 - Invalid/Incorrect Track : Outtake from 'Sonic 1 Harder Levels v0.0.5' without any edit
45 - Scrambled Egg Zone : Sonic 2 (Master System) #Originally Written for be shown at 'The Genesis Music Thread'#

scrap Brain Act 4
46 - Chaos/Cosmic(???) Angel : Sonic Advance 3 #Originally Written by HPZMan# : Sonic Advance 3
47 - Dam Dariram #Supposed to be changed into Sound Test $7C# : Dance Dance Revolution (?)
48 - Final Fight [Last Boss] #Prototype Song# : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)

Robotnik Themes
49 - Green Hill Zone - 'Boss Theme 1' : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)
4A - Marble Zone - 'Boss Theme 2' : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)
4B - Spring Yard Zone - Boss Theme from 'Sonic The Hedgehog (Master System)'
4C - Labyrinth Zone - Boss Theme from 'Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Master System' #Originally Written by Nineko#
4D - Star Light Zone - Last Boss from 'Sonic 3' #Supposed to be changed into 'Sonic CD JAP Boss Theme'#
4E - Last Boss - The Doom Day Zone : Sonic & Knuckles

Level Clear Themes
4F - Green Hill - Area Clear _ Go Ahead : Ristar (Mega Drive)
50 - Marble - VS Mode Victory : Golden Axe 3
51 - Spring Yard - Level Clear : Sonic CD (USA Version)
52 - Labyrinth - Stage choosen : Mega Man 5 (Nes)
53 - Star Light - Level Clear 2 : Sonic Advance 3 (GBA)
54 - Scrap Brain - Sonic Has Passed Act : Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Master System)

Special Stage
55 - Slot Machine Bonus Stage : Sonic & Knuckles
56 - Special Stage : Sonic Chaos (Master System)
57 - Tube Panic : Knuckles Chaotix (32X)
58 - Bonus Stage : Sonic Spinball (Master System)
59 - Special Stage : Sonic 3D Blast (Mega Drive)
5A - Unknown Track Name [Boss Theme??] : Pulseman

Title Screen
5B - Sonic 1 Harder Levels Main Title - Bay Bridge : Virtua Racing Deluxe (32X)
5C - Enabling Playlist 1 - Title Screen : Sonic 3
5D - Enabling Playlist 2 - Title Screen : Sonic Chaos (Master System)
5E - Enabling Playlist 3 - Title Screen : Sonic 2 Final

Misc Songs
5F - Options Menu - Options : Shadow Dancer
60 - Level Select - Data Select Menu : Sonic 3
61 - Sound Test Menu - Walkin' : Sonic Crackers
62 - Invincibility - Invincible : Sonic Harder Levels #Edit of 'Sonic 1 (Mega Drive) - Invincibility'#
63 - Speed Shoes - Rainy Savannah Track Race : Sonic Drift Racing
64 - Game Over - Game Over : Sonic 3 / Sonic & Knuckles
65 - Continue Screen - Time Extended 1 : Virtua Racing Deluxe (32X)
66 - Water Timming - #Doesn't Changed#
67 - Emerald Collected Sound - #Doesn't Changed#

Unused/Beta/Unfitting Songs and Prototype Songs
68 - Wily's Tower : Mega Man 6 (Nes) #Originally Written for Spring Yard Act 2, but changed due to unfit to the level design#
69 - Stage Map 3 : Super Bomberman (Super Nintendo) #Written for Spring Yard Act 1, but changed into the song $23#
6A - Battle Menu : Super Bomberman (Super Nintendo) #Written for the Options Menu, but changed into $5F due to requests#
6B - Ruins : Super Mario Land (Gameboy) #Used on Marble Zone Act 4 before written the song $16#
6C - Grape Forest : Kirby's Adventure (Nes) #Originally Written for be used on Green Hill Act 2, but later changed into song $04#
6D - Character Select : Golden Axe 3 #Written for Labyrinth Act 3, but changed in the first v0.0.6's prototype into $2C#
6E - Crystal Egg Zone : Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Master System) #Written for Crystal Egg Zone, a planned unlockable hack's level#
6F - Balloon Trip : Balloon Fight (Nes) #Written for Carnival Park Zone, a possible planned unlockable hack's level#
70 - Buenas Noches Vecindad : El Chavo Del Ocho #Originally Written for be shown at 'The Genesis Music Thread'#
71 - Stage 1 : Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (Master System) #Supposed to be used in Carnival Park Zone Act 2#
72 - Arctic Caverns : Battletoads [This isn't a ROM-to-ROM import] #Originally Written for be shown at 'The Genesis Music Thread'#
73 - Level Clear : Super Mario Bros 2 (Nes) #Written for be used in some intro screen. Possibly in the Harder Project's Screen#
74 - Chaos Emerald Collected Sound #Beta Song / Possibly will overwrite the song $67 in the future#
75 - Blizzard Buffalo : Mega Man X3 (Playstation) #Written for a contest between me and Daleksam on The Genesis Music Thread#
76 - Maverick Hunter Stage : Mega Man X2 (Super Nintendo) #Written for a contest between me and UtopiaUK#
77 - Big Blue : F-Zero (Super Nintendo) #Written for use in a planned intro screen that never come officially released#
78 - Wacky Workbrench [Present] : Sonic CD (JAPANESE Version) #Used on Scrap Brain Act 1, and later changed into the $3E#
79 - Desert : Bomberman Torunament [Beta Song] #This is one of the 5 prototype versions of the song $0F#
7A - Pegasus Fantasy : Saint Seiya's Theme #Written for use in a planned ending sequence that never come officially released#
7B - Stage Map 2 : Super Bomberman (Super Nintendo) #Written for Spring Yard Act 1, but later changed into the song $69#
7C - Star Base : Mutant Ninja Turtles_Turtles in Time (Super Nintendo) #Planned for replacethe song $47 on the future#
7D - Quartz Quadrant Zone [Past] : Sonic CD #Written for Labyrinth Zone Act 3 but later will be removed due to the fact that this song is now planned to be used in CarrascoZX0's hack "Sonic ZX"#

[Eduardo Knuckles]

First of all, sorry for double post again, dudes... But I did updates on the hack. Click here for download a file containing the news.
(Sorry for upload it in Megaupload, I'll change the link when I have internet on my house again)


Comments, please!

[Irixion]

I really don't wanna download something ...can you post it here? : <

[Icewarrior]

I really don't wanna download something ...can you post it here? : <

Seriously, how difficult is downloading a 10mo pack?

On the other hand, the work done on the stages is just unbelievably awesome, extremely detailed and the colors are just perfect. The sprites look also very interesting though I'd wait for a new build to judge that.

[Eduardo Knuckles]

MZ1 end.


Spring bug that I'm not sure on how it happens. Internally the code is identical to the Sonic 1's spring code.


Selbi's Crabmeat working.


MZ4


MZ3. Foreground is in development yet.


MZ2. I'm not sure if would be good to edit the foreground art or no.



A bit more of MZ1.


Labyrinth Act 3. Previously being 'Act 4'. But Act 4 was removed, so LZ will have 3-act only in the final hack's version.


LZ2. Thanks Mistergambit for the art.


LZ1. This features the 8-bit version of Labyrinth Zone. Also included the 8-bit level song, but in a completely remastered version. Also, the level background was remastered too.


SYZ2 and Sonic using his new ducking animation.


SYZ1 in very beta development phase. I didn't like my previous graphical stuff of this art, so I decided to restore the whole art for make a completely new one (like I did on LZ3).


GHZ3 with finished art, except for the solid walls (that doesn't uses the same level graphics yet).

Two new drums added. Thanks to Daleksam.
New animation for Sonic's spring up.
Completely new animation. Courtesy of Eduardo Knuckles.

Enjoy!

This post has been edited by Eduardo Knuckles: 26 July 2010 - 03:15 PM

[SonicVaan]

That sir, this is some beautiful art. Much art has changed since the last beta I recieved, so, keep the great work up!

Just wanted to point out that deformation bug in the background; the cut cloud.
Also sure there aren't 2 springs in the same place?

This post has been edited by SonicVaan: 26 July 2010 - 03:18 PM

[Eduardo Knuckles]

That sir, this is some beautiful art. Much art has changed since the last beta I recieved, so, keep the great work up!

Just wanted to point out that deformation bug in the background; the cut cloud.
Also sure there aren't 2 springs in the same place?

I put only one. This same strange thing happens lots of time on various of the springs on the game.

[W.A.C.]

The graphics on a lot of those stages look really good.