Proof of Concept Mecha Sonic hack

I love Eggman's sunburnt look, now that I can actually play the boss without it crashing =P

 

I must be invisible.
Granted, I didn't make those, But they might help anyway.

 

Hi-Res of another sprite on that sheet?

 

Most of the costume sprites on that are ugly.

 

By a stroke of luck...I have completed Labyrinth Act 3 with no glitches.

It is just HELLA HARD, and there is only one route completable.

And thats not including the BOSS...

I amaze myself.

 

I was wondering If I could show your hack on YouTube for publicity?

I would play and beat the beatable levels. It could also show some how to beat the levels.

I'm asking you first to make sure.

 

I think its better to keep the level layout unless it is absolutely nessesary to change it. I like the idea of playing through SOnic 1 with a new character and not a hack.

 

Cool. I have made my 1st video already (Thank you, Fusion AVI logging), and it will be uploaded to YouTube tonight under my profile under the same name.

Basically I went through Green Hill Zone in its entirety and a Special Zone to boot.

I will divide this up into Zones, so up next will be Marble Zone.

Oh and also, as I will be showing all acts in every zone, I will also show the ones that CANNOT be beaten, and where you will get stuck.

 

Green Hill Zone Uploaded

 

Marble Zone Uploaded

 

Wow. This is a truly awesome hack! It's fun to play as Mecha Sonic.

I've noticed funny things sometimes happen on the Green Hill Zone loop the loops, and also on the loop tunnels. Some levels aren't yet completable without using debug mode, as has been mentioned. Nevertheless, this is a great hack and I hope to see it grow with more of Mecha Sonic's features!

Eggman looks rather odd, though. Looks like he got baked a few times over!

Blackhole, I'll second what you said! Adding Mecha's super form would be truly epic.

I have an idea for that. Well, in Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Mecha Sonic gets his super form power from the Master Emerald, right? So, why not have it so, instead of collecting Chaos Emeralds in special stages, change it so that in each one, Mecha Sonic can collect a fragment of the Master Emerald? And when all of the fragments have been collected, it completes the Master Emerald. Thus, this gives Mecha Sonic the ability to transform into super form! That'd be totally cool, but I have no idea how difficult it'd be to implement it.

I'll also second the suggestion for Knuckles to be the person Mecha Sonic fights, instead of Eggman. I've always thought Knuckles could be easily put in as the boss, seeing as some of his sprites are quite fitting to use as a boss, if you cropped them and whatnot. For example, Knuckles has those laughing sprites (Y'know, the ones you see when he opens a trap, or does something traitor like.) which you could use to replace Eggman's laughing sprites when he reveals a weapon or when the player's character gets hit. Just another idea.

Oh, and I've thought of yet another idea, regarding Mecha Sonic underwater. Okay, I know this may be quite hard to implement into the game, but it would be awesome if Mecha Sonic had a time limit underwater. However, he isn't losing breath, but having water get closer to his mechanics. So, after a certain amount of time, Mecha Sonic starts to sparkle, to indicate that the water is starting to leek in to him. The sparkling would get faster and faster, and unless he gets out of the water, he'd eventually collapse (Die.) (Using the sprites from when Mecha Sonic gets defeated in Sonic The Hedgehog 3.) and continue to sparkle. I'm not sure whether you could replace all of the 'bubble spawning' points with an out-of-water hub like thingy, or just keep the 'no 'bubble-spawning' points system, as it is currently. I dunno.

Well, after playing this quite a bit, this has proven to be a very good hack so far. Best of luck developing it! Good job so far! Many thanks if you implement any of my ideas and other people's good ideas.

 

ok just so you guys know there will be a fix in ALL of the levels that are unbeatable with Mecha to where anyone who can normally play Sonic 1 can complete it. I have been asked by Iron Sonic to work on the layouts of the Troubling levels while he focuses on the coding.

The palette is the way it is because of Mecha. It is not something I S is concerned about now.

I S is working on adding Super Mecha.

 

Spring Yard Zone Uploaded.

 

Labyrinth Zone Uploaded.

 

That would actually be pretty cool. Dunno about the pallete work needed, but it seems better than Sunburned Robotnick to me.