Sonic 2 LD

Copy the piece of code that waits for the swapping into RAM and run it from there =P

 

Oh, now I understood:

Do you mean in an emu? Oops, I was thinking in real hardware, where that isn't a problem

 

While personally I'm getting a little tired of playing Sonic 2 hacks, this is pretty damn inovative. So I'm not going to discourage your awesomeness, sir. ^_^

 

Except this is one of the only two Sonic 2 hacks there are, you know.

 

You're joking, right? There's literally a multitude of Sonic 2 hacks that have been created over the years. If you mean the 8-bit games specifically, then yes, this is true; but Sonic 2 in general has been "overhacked" for a while, at least a few years back. Sonic 1 seems to hold that title these days—probably due to the comprehensive disassembly and tutorials available—but Sonic 2 used to be hacked by pretty much every new member that popped in the community.

 

Looks like Authur was talking about 16-bit Sonic 2 and P.P.A about 8-bit Sonic 2

 

I only meant the true, superior version of Sonic 2.

 

That's right... even I made a sonic 2 hack...

 

I think he was talking about the 8-Bit Sonic 2.

 

I'm pretty sure he was.

 

Why can't you switch carts with power on? I know manuals say that, but as far as I know, that's mainly because the game code is run directly from the cart. That's like saying that you can't remove a CD while the computer is on =P As long as the piece of running code is in RAM you can switch the carts without harming the hardware. Or am I missing something?

 

There's a power spike that occurs when there's a change in the insertion/removal of a cartridge on the system. There was a topic about this in the general gaming forum at one time.

Anyway, long story short my understanding is that this power spike WOULD be able to damage the system.


I mean, arguably this sort of thing can be done between Sonic 2 and 3 to enable level select so it is POSSIBLE but I wouldn't want to damage my system in the process after doing it for such a long time.

 

Please don't tell me the power spike you're talking about is the VCC pin used to give power to the ROM so it can give out data, because in that case then it isn't really a big deal (otherwise powering off the console would break it up too!).

 

Switching cartridges with the console on ISN'T safe, period. Think about the power switch on the original Game Boy. Why bother making it with that weird shape if it wasn't for a good reason?

 

I did the Sonic 2 -> Sonic 3 cart switch quite alot, ended up killing my Sonic 3 cart. :P

 

Hi there, just to verify... Switch Cart while system powered up is BAD It killed the save ram on two copies of Sonic 3 that I had - bloody level select I could never do it so I used to swap S2 out for S3 and do it that way only problem is like I said after a while they wouldnt save anymore