Sonic 1 Megamix

Chimpo · Aug 21, 2008

The Shad said:

Well see, I hadn't played the leak and I don't think I played 3.0, so I thought "hey, its unfinished, but its still different.. Lets see what we've got" and I figured with the different characters I'd get more than one game out of it.
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You didn't. You got 1/4th of a game.

ICEknight · Aug 22, 2008

It's really a shame that this will never be completed, but it's already great in its incomplete form. You guys did an outstanding work.

And about the awesome sound test... it's also a shame that it won't be used for anything else. Is there any chance of releasing a general purpose Mega Drive music player with that interface? Since it shows all the channels and stuff, it would be amazing if it could play any appended tracks with their sound driver.

I just thought it would be perfect for that kind of usage, but it might be too difficult to reprogram, I don't know.

Upthorn · Aug 22, 2008

ICEknight said:

And about the awesome sound test... it's also a shame that it won't be used for anything else. Is there any chance of releasing a general purpose Mega Drive music player with that interface? Since it shows all the channels and stuff, it would be amazing if it could play any appended tracks with their sound driver.

I just thought it would be perfect for that kind of usage, but it might be too difficult to reprogram, I don't know.
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You'll have to ask Cinossu about that, as it was one of the things he did on the project.

Xkeeper · Aug 22, 2008

Is it wrong I enjoy Original mode more than... well, Megamix mode? Just having all those moves and such is pretty neat. Like Sonic Genesis without the gay. (Oh, I also beat that all the way though. Yeah, it's definitely wrong.)

As for bugs... well, hitting "Continue" without a save cartridge in (on the real thing, at least in Original mode) gives you 0 lives. :v: Lose one, 255.

Arguably, it makes the game more fun (for me) =P

Metal Man88 · Aug 22, 2008

To me, I rather leave my imagination of what Megamix was gonna be untouched by not playing the most recent version; it is incomplete, hence playing it in its current form may provide short-term gratification, it will not complete the picture for me, and hence would probably be more depressing than just letting the idea of what it was going to be live on in my mind.

It was a good project, and actually managed to go quite far, but unfortunately, it ended like any other good thing eventually does... I will remember it for what it was going to be.

Mad Echidna · Aug 22, 2008

Now you know what it's like to use BeOS :P

Overlord · Aug 22, 2008

Mad Echidna said:

Now you know what it's like to use BeOS :P
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By that logic Tweaker will give the Megamix source to someone who will OSS it and continue the project =P

Tweaker · Aug 22, 2008

No. No I will not.

Though, we have considered releasing Megamix under the GPL—this, of course, means that anyone who uses code from it will have to open source their hacks. It'll be like the utter internal destruction of the Sonic hacking community! :D

Overlord · Aug 22, 2008

DUDE, DO IT

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG

:v:

Chimpo · Aug 22, 2008

Xkeeper said:

Is it wrong I enjoy Original mode more than... well, Megamix mode? Just having all those moves and such is pretty neat. Like Sonic Genesis without the gay. (Oh, I also beat that all the way though. Yeah, it's definitely wrong.)

As for bugs... well, hitting "Continue" without a save cartridge in (on the real thing, at least in Original mode) gives you 0 lives. :v: Lose one, 255.

Arguably, it makes the game more fun (for me) =P
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Too bad the game is broken at points. You can't take the Spring Yard Zone Act 1 shortcut nor the Labyrinth Zone Act 1 shortcut. And then there's the graphical hiccups.

Xkeeper · Aug 22, 2008

Chimpo said:

Too bad the game is broken at points. You can't take the Spring Yard Zone Act 1 shortcut nor the Labyrinth Zone Act 1 shortcut. And then there's the graphical hiccups.
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Oh?

Which ones are those? I'm actually not that good at the original, so...

Metal Knuckles · Aug 22, 2008

Tweaker said:

No. No I will not.

Though, we have considered releasing Megamix under the GPL—this, of course, means that anyone who uses code from it will have to open source their hacks. It'll be like the utter internal destruction of the Sonic hacking community! :D
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For some reason, I can picture you laughing in a totally not funny way while saying this.

Qjimbo · Aug 22, 2008

Tweaker said:

No. No I will not.

Though, we have considered releasing Megamix under the GPL—this, of course, means that anyone who uses code from it will have to open source their hacks. It'll be like the utter internal destruction of the Sonic hacking community! :D
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That is actually a hilarious idea I'd never considered. Do it =P

Xkeeper · Aug 22, 2008

Xkeeper said:

Chimpo said:

Too bad the game is broken at points. You can't take the Spring Yard Zone Act 1 shortcut nor the Labyrinth Zone Act 1 shortcut. And then there's the graphical hiccups.
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Oh?

Which ones are those? I'm actually not that good at the original, so...
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Actually, upon reading the maps, I'm pretty sure we did, in fact, manage those. I'm not sure what you mean about them being broken...

Sonic 65 · Aug 22, 2008

Tweaker said:

No. No I will not.

Though, we have considered releasing Megamix under the GPL—this, of course, means that anyone who uses code from it will have to open source their hacks. It'll be like the utter internal destruction of the Sonic hacking community! :D
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You said you would put the source on the SDFTP way back in 2006, but you haven't yet. :v:

Tweaker · Aug 22, 2008

Sonic 65 said:

Tweaker said:

No. No I will not.

Though, we have considered releasing Megamix under the GPL—this, of course, means that anyone who uses code from it will have to open source their hacks. It'll be like the utter internal destruction of the Sonic hacking community! :D
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You said you would put the source on the SDFTP way back in 2006, but you haven't yet.
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That was before I thought about things before doing them. :v:

jman2050 · Aug 22, 2008

Chimpo might be talking about, as far as SYZ 1 goes, the shortcut near the beginning where if you launch yourself high enough via the spring in the first bumper section, you can fly over the wall to the right. Since Megamix's level and collision rendering code is different, I'm not sure if this works anymore.

Not sure about Labyrinth Zone Act 1, but I *think* he's talking about the little platform that takes you to the high shortcut in the level when you hit a button in the water in that area. IIRC, the platform STILL spawns and can take you over. It's just invisible for a reason I never figured out :P

Sonic 65 · Aug 22, 2008

Tweaker said:

Sonic 65 said:

Tweaker said:

No. No I will not.

Though, we have considered releasing Megamix under the GPL—this, of course, means that anyone who uses code from it will have to open source their hacks. It'll be like the utter internal destruction of the Sonic hacking community! :D
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You said you would put the source on the SDFTP way back in 2006, but you haven't yet.
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That was before I thought about things before doing them. :v:
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Well, I still feel that the Megamix source would be a great addition to supplement our already large collection of secret hacking tools.

Mad Echidna · Aug 22, 2008

I'll lol when SEGA finds out you GPLd sonic 1

Flygon · Aug 23, 2008

Mad Echidna said:

I'll lol when SEGA finds out you GPLd sonic 1
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Wait, if Tweaker GPLed Sonic 1, wouldn't that mean every Sonic 1 hack has to release its source?

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