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  1. Dec 18, 2007 #1
    Skaarg

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    I notice this on slashdot a few minutes ago. It will be available through iTune stores for $4.99
    http://www.fastsilicon.com/latest-news/son...o-the-ipod.html
    I would think it'd be hard to control on the ipod, but if it works more power to them. Just don't let be as terrible as the GBA version..
    [​IMG]
     
  2. Dec 18, 2007 #2
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    I honestly can't tell if this is emulated or ported. It seems likely that it would be emulated, but then again, I can't really say how fast the iPod could run a fully functional Genesis emulator...
     
  3. Dec 18, 2007 #3
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    Well it says in the article that it's a port, but you can't say for sure. I would assume that it probably is a port due to the fact that it's being made so it can be played on the nano too. I would think that tiny thing wouldn't have the power for a full emulator.
     
  4. Dec 18, 2007 #4
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    A port requires the source code does it not?
     
  5. Dec 18, 2007 #5
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    Damn it stop re releasing Sonic 1. That's like the 20th time Sega has done this.
    Give S3&K or Sonic CD some love.
     
  6. Dec 18, 2007 #6
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    They'll probably port it from the S1GBA source code... D:
     
  7. Dec 18, 2007 #7
    Dark Sonic

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    Might just port it from Sonic Mega Collection.
     
  8. Dec 18, 2007 #8
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    Except for the fact that Mega Collection was emulated and not a port. Also I would think porting from a console such as gamecube to the ipod would not be fun and quite pointless.
     
  9. Dec 18, 2007 #9
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    They have Sonic Jam version, mayhap?
     
  10. Dec 18, 2007 #10
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    Who was it that said they lost the original source code, and what was their evidence?
     
  11. Dec 18, 2007 #11
    Dark Sonic

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    The remake sucked. That's good evidence
     
  12. Dec 18, 2007 #12
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    Trunks from Sonic CulT has bought the game and downloaded it - it's simply more emulation, using WAV files for sound to save CPU cycles. Nothing to see here, folks, same ol' crap as usual.
     
  13. Dec 18, 2007 #13
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    Another thing I noticed when I got home are the slight changes in the art most likely to accommodate for the change in aspect ratio since the Genesis is 320x224 and the ipod screenshot is at 300x225. I resized a genesis screenshot just for comparison purposes. So is this actually not going to be a port or emulation and be another remake like Sonic 1 GBA? If it is they better get it right this time.

    [​IMG]

    Edit- was making my post when Tweaker made his so I guess my statement is kind of voided, but I'll just leave it there for now though.
     
  14. Dec 18, 2007 #14
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    Wasn't Sonic Mobile a port? :P
     
  15. Dec 18, 2007 #15
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    Sonic Mobile's code bears a strong resemblence to the routines found in the Sonic 1 disassembly.

    Hell, Sega could have disassembled their own game. Of course, they probably didn't lose it.
     
  16. Dec 18, 2007 #16
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    As I recall, Naka stated in an interview that they no longer had the Sonic 2 source. Or perhaps he just meant that he didn't have it, since there is a Sonic 2 mobile, if I remember correctly. Alternatively, I perhaps Sega, or Naka for that matter, don't want people asking for the source all the time. (Kinda iffy, but I suppose it's possible)

    Just one of those things.
     
  17. Dec 19, 2007 #17
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    <!--quoteo(post=174478:date=Dec 18 2007, 04:43 PM:name=Skaarg)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Skaarg @ Dec 18 2007, 04:43 PM) [​IMG][/quote]
    Yeah, I noticed that as well... The emulator seems to be using the taller screen resolution some "optimized" PAL MegaDrive games use, such as the Streets of Rage series or Castle of Illusion, for example. They might have changed part of the code to use this mode, somehow. Or perhaps they just set the emulator to output like that.

    EDIT: About the background being set at a different height, have you compared it with both the Japanese and overseas versions?
     
  18. Dec 19, 2007 #18
    Rika Chou

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    There is a Sonic 2 Mobile...japanese only. If remember Stealth looking at the Sonic Mobile code, and also said that it's likley that they had the source code. Though I always found it odd that the UFO graphics were still in.

    Edit: Good God....63 MB? Why is it so huge?

    Each level has 9 files. GHZ files looks like:

    z1m
    z1a1map.bin
    z1a2map.bin
    z1a3map.bin
    z11at.dat
    z11bnk.dat
    z12at.dat
    z12bnk.dat
    z13at.dat
    z13bnk.dat
    81.m4a (zone music)
     
  19. Dec 19, 2007 #19
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    Music tracks?
     
  20. Dec 19, 2007 #20
    Skaarg

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    There's your answer.
     
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