Sonic the Hedgehog 1 No-Name

Hah. Looks like you did some interesting stuff while I was away. S3K big rings, ttz art and much more. I should start cracking on and do some more work for this hack. :v:

 

Am liking some of the concepts and graphics such as the ported Sonic CD graphics (will you be adding some SCD music as well by any chance, we rarely hear many tune remakes of that game (either version) in hacks). As some noted however the level structure is a bit all over the place at times and there are a few glitches involving Sonic's sprites.

 

an interesting hack, none the less. I just don't like the first act of Perilous Planes, is kinda confusing and got me thinking how to get out there for a while but did it eventually. The layout design is beautiful, but I think the front tiles should have been in other colour, just to match the background purple rocks, but other than that it looks very good. I noticed there are a couple of glitches in the background in the second act but I'm pretty sure you are aware of it and I found very handful the use of super peel-out on the B button at the cost of 3 rings, it's a nice addition. Well, I just hope you can get those pretty details fixed, you have made a very good hack

 

Are you going to keep the spike bug, or are you going to fix it so spike damage behaves like the other Genesis games?

 

I love the new Sega screen, and I love the Tidal Tempest art too! (Talking about the screenshot from the General Project Screenshot/Video thread.) I have to say that this hack is looking better and better, team no-name is awesome. :3

 

That is just plain beautiful. The best one I've seen thus far, next to Ecco 2's and Sonic 3D.

 

Odd. First time I played it, I got hit with the spike bug in the last spike pit of Act 3, just before the boss. I played it again, and the spikes functioned normally. I don't know what's up with that. Maybe it was a one time glitch or something?

 

No, that wasn't the case. When it happened, it happened exactly like the spike bug does. I got hurt, and when I landed back on the spikes after falling backwards, I immediately died. Strange thing was, it seemed to only be a one time thing. I deliberately jumped on the spikes in the same spot, and they behaved normally. I could continue walking on them so long as I was hurt/blinking.

 

Nice to see that you used the Sega Screen from the video game Asterix and the Power of The Gods, no one has ever thought of that before.

When I first saw it, I was like "Hmmmm..... I've seen that done before." and then it hit me, it was from that game I mentioned.

 

So, I think this looks very promising.
The graphics are very pleasing to the eyes and have a good mood. I don't like the water because it's just a barely visible and doesn't have the wave sprites. Also the ground pieces are illuminated from both sides, but they should only be illuminated from left side. The background for Act 1 is not too good but you know it already. Later I will show some pictures of the problems.

So now for the level design. The first Zone feels like Green Hill Zone and plays like it. I like it but the problem is that it's too simple and uninspired. I just ran through it easily. Also I don't like the mushroom-shaped springs, they're ugly in my opinion.

I won't be saying too much about the hub because it's just weird and confusing. The long scroll that appears when you enter it is annoying. I know that your team is working on it, so I am not picky here.

Now some pictures of areas you should fix:

This walls seems to be undecided if it's in foreground or background. The tiles on the right of the wall seem to be in foreground, but the rest isn't.


Misaligned pieces. It's not really a big problem but worth looking into it. This appears in more places.


Are these tiles in the slope placeholders? I hope so because they look ugly.


M.C. Escher's Totem. The brown part is in background and the gray part in the foreground.

I have a screenshot of what happens:

It only happens in Kega Fusion and it doesn't do that in Gens. It just have some weird stuff instead of normal options selected. Really weird. But after you choose right options the problem is gone.

 

^ That's not the title screen... that looks like it's an error with VRAM, not necessarily an error with SRAM though. :\