[SMTP]

(the rest just have some new moves inserted)
S2SMTP

lol, Cool. I'm interested in how you inserted the code....

[nineko]

I'm not sure I'm too fond of people hacking other people's hacks.. something about it just seems.. rude. :x I know we're basically just doing the same thing anyway, and it is an impressive feat with data all moved about and modified, but still.. something about it just feels wrong. Personal opinion.

I would love to see someone adding random features to my hack, actually, since that's all it always lacked. If snkenjoi or anyone else feels like taking over it, be my guest.

[GT Koopa]

Man, there needs to be these boss competitions more often. Your ASCII Emperor reminds me of an Ecco type boss, namely globe holder.


Think tanks are good.

[Dr. Kylstein]

I started this shortly after joining. It's been on hold for a while.
Some highlights:
- There's a Chaotix blue-ring monitor near the beginning of EHZ act 1.
- Progress is saved unless you start from the options menu.
- Pick up two shields and it becomes magnetic.
- Do not change characters from the menu, that's probably broken because:
- You can switch between Sonic and Tails by pressing the A button. Do not let Sonic get behind, because I haven't coded the AI teleporting. Also, most of the game still considers Sonic to be the player: ring-loss, monitors, goals, etc.
- There's more changed and lots of bugs and graphical quirks.

The main concept was to make Tails useful and an equal to Sonic, and require the use of both characters together to progress. I only got as far as duplicating the AI and making them mostly interchangeable. Maybe I'll pick it back up, but I never did decide how to do two-character gameplay.

[Hivebrain]

I wanted to squeeze Sonic 1 into 256kB. So far I've managed to get it down to 469kB:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/7/4/2498...20Optimised.zip

I think I can do 400kB, but 256 is never going to happen.

I shaved off another 11kB, making it 458kB:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/7/4/2498...mised%20458.zip

[Overlord]

Nice.

Reminds me a bit of when Esrael got S2&K down to the 1MB of Sonic 2, though obviously that wasn't anywhere near as difficult in terms of amounts of data =P

[Andlabs]

All right, some people were interested in the blue ring monitor code. Please excuse my use of the old disassembly; that's what I had =P

First, I need two variables: one as a flag to store whether or not we picked up a blue ring, and one to store the number of rings lost when you get hit with a blue ring in hand.

Syntax Highlighted Code: ASM

; Variables for maintaining the new features
HasBlueRing equ $FFFFFFFC		; byte
SavedRingCount equ $FFFFFFFD		; word

I use a macro to reset these variables whenever a level is loaded:

Syntax Highlighted Code: ASM

resetBlueRing macro
		move.b	#0,(HasBlueRing)	; take blue ring off
		move.w	#0,(SavedRingCount)
	endm
; ...
PlayLevel:				; XREF: ROM:00003246j ...
; ...
		move.l	d0,($FFFFFE26).w ; clear score
		resetBlueRing
; ...
Demo_Level:
; ...
		move.l	d0,($FFFFFE26).w ; clear score
		resetBlueRing
; ...
Level_LoadObj:
; ...
		move.b	d0,($FFFFFE1B).w ; clear lives counter
		resetBlueRing
loc_39E8:
; ...
		move.b	d0,($FFFFFE2E).w ; clear speed shoes
		resetBlueRing
; ...
Cont_GotoLevel:				; XREF: Cont_MainLoop
; ...
		move.l	d0,($FFFFFE26).w ; clear score
		resetBlueRing
; ...
Obj80_Main:				; XREF: Obj80_Index
; ...
		move.w	#0,($FFFFFE20).w ; clear rings
		resetBlueRing
; ...
EndingDemoLoad:				; XREF: Credits
; ...
		move.l	d0,($FFFFFE26).w ; clear score
		resetBlueRing
; ...
Boundary_Bottom:
; ...
		clr.b	($FFFFFE30).w	; clear	lamppost counter
		resetBlueRing
; ...
KillSonic:
		tst.w	($FFFFFE08).w	; is debug mode	active?
		bne.s	Kill_NoDeath	; if yes, branch
		resetBlueRing

If some of these are unnecessary, please let me know.

Okay now here's where we implement the actual code. First we need to modify the 10-ring monitor to give us a blue ring:

Syntax Highlighted Code: ASM

Obj2E_ChkRings:
		cmpi.b	#6,d0		; does monitor contain 10 rings?
		bne.s	Obj2E_ChkS
		move.b	#1,(HasBlueRing)
		rts

Next, when Sonic gets hurt, we coerce the game into thinking he only lost one ring:

Syntax Highlighted Code: ASM

HurtSonic:
		tst.b	($FFFFFE2C).w	; does Sonic have a shield?
		bne.s	Hurt_Shield	; if yes, branch
		tst.w	($FFFFFE20).w	; does Sonic have any rings?
		beq.w	Hurt_NoRings	; if not, branch
		tst.b	(HasBlueRing)	; does Sonic have a blue ring?
		bne.s	Hurt_Blue	; if yes, branch
		jmp		Hurt_LoseRings
 
Hurt_Blue:
		move.b	#0,(HasBlueRing)		; take it off
		move.w	($FFFFFE20),(SavedRingCount)	; save # of rings
		move.w	#1,($FFFFFE20)			; only one ring at first
 
Hurt_LoseRings:
		jsr	SingleObjLoad
		bne.s	Hurt_Shield
		move.b	#$37,0(a1)	; load bouncing	multi rings object
		move.w	8(a0),8(a1)
		move.w	$C(a0),$C(a1)
 
Hurt_Shield:

Now we are going to change the bouncing multi-rings object. If the single ring that fell was collected, give the player back all his rings and take out the blue ring:

Syntax Highlighted Code: ASM

Obj37_Collect:				; XREF: Obj37_Index
		addq.b	#2,$24(a0)
		move.b	#0,$20(a0)
		move.b	#1,$18(a0)
		tst.w	(SavedRingCount)	; do we have saved rings?
		bne.w	RecollectRings		; if so, recollect the rings
		bsr.w	CollectRing
		bra.w	Obj37_Sparkle 
 
RecollectRings:
		move.w	(SavedRingCount),($FFFFFE20)
		ori.b	#1,($FFFFFE1D).w ; update the rings counter
		move.w	#$B5,d0		; play ring sound
		jsr		Obj25_PlaySnd
		move.w	#0,(SavedRingCount)
 
Obj37_Sparkle:				; XREF: Obj37_Index

But if the player failed to collect the ring before the game thinks that ring should be destroyed, we have to respawn the old rings and take out the blue ring:

Syntax Highlighted Code: ASM

Obj37_Delete:				; XREF: Obj37_Index
		move.w	($FFFFF72E).w,d0
		addi.w	#$E0,d0
		cmp.w	$C(a0),d0	; has object moved below level boundary?
		bcs.s	Obj37_DoDelete	; if yes, don't bother regenerating those rings
		tst.w	(SavedRingCount)	; did we save rings?
		beq.w	Obj37_DoDelete		; nope (or these are regenerated)
		move.w	(SavedRingCount),($FFFFFE20)	; generate
		move.w	#0,(SavedRingCount)		; kill those rings!
		jsr		HurtSonic
 
Obj37_DoDelete:
		bra.w	DeleteObject

The work to respawn the rings is left to HurtSonic. Sonic's hurt animation doesn't load because he didn't touch an enemy or spikes.

So that's it.

This post has been edited by Andlabs: 07 July 2009 - 06:42 PM

[Puto]

Sonineckles, literally just Knuckles slapped in Sonineko. With full permission by nineko, I might add - like Marc, I'm against the idea of hacking other people's hacks without getting permission.

[Andlabs]

A small update to WTF Lame which modifies what the game does on reset. In the original, you could reset to avoid reading the tl;dr. In this modification, if you reset during a tl;dr, you get another. Source code included.

Idea: when the Reset button is hit, nothing gets reinitialized, so both Port A and Port C are okay. (I added another check before the first RAM clear, just in case.) Note: by reset I mean hitting the reset button ("soft reset"), not the hard reset of some emulators.

This post has been edited by Andlabs: 25 July 2009 - 11:59 AM

[snkenjoi]

Sonic 2 Headache

tiny.bin - (spritesmind thread)

[RGamer2009]

Sonic 2 Headache

tiny.bin - (spritesmind thread)

DAMN. Sonic 2 Headache....uggggg *holds head in pain.

Also tiny.bin gives me a blue screen.

[Overlord]

Me too, on tiny.bin.

The other rom - ahahahahaah! That's the most challenge EHZ has given me in YEARS =P

[Sik]

Sonic 2 Headache

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

That said, it's sad that I could beat the first boss without getting hurt despite the camera being like that

[MainMemory]

Here's a truly Random Hack: Not-so-Super Sonic the Hedgehog 2!

Features:
Start as Super Sonic/Tails without invincibility or ring drain.
Level select and debug always enabled. (Hold A for level select)

Zones:
Straight Line Zone
Hidden Palace Zone (S3K) (Access through level select)

Updates are extremely unlikely.

Edit: Video of Straight Line Zone Act 1.

This post has been edited by MainMemory: 16 August 2009 - 01:48 PM

[GT Koopa]

Link

This is my test hack of Sonic 1. I use it for random stuff, mainly for testing. Right now, use level select to go to Labyrinth Zone act 3, as I worked on a short layout today that might be interesting for you guys. I am already aware of the problems and glitches, mainly due to the labyrinth zone act 3 specific events, which I have to figure out how to disable. Tell me if you like it or not.