NO. D:< Mine's shipped too, apparently so quickly that the estimated delivery date is tomorrow, a day early. I'll probably have the booklet scans done first, as I have to use my ancient back-up laptop with an external CD drive.
Okay, I have the CD. I have no means to scan the booklet though, so would you rather get the tracks now and get the scans later or wait for the total package (assumedly) later today from Ashram? + - I kind of want to keep my copy sealed, too...
So, funny story. (Okay, not really.) For some reason, the scanner on my printer is failing to do its job, so I decided to do the album rip first. I'll see if I can't get it working hopefully today; if not, I'll have to wait until my main computer comes back from the repair shop, which unfortunately is like in a few weeks. Just keep yours sealed, Skyler. :P Edit: http://www.4shared.com/rar/5GD_5B6L/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_4_Episode_I.html Ding, album's done.
Thanks, Ashram. And wow. I didn't expect anything special but it's literally no different to the game rips, except they didn't include the E1 map theme. And for some reason, E2 comes first.
Thought I may document a little bug I came across - not sure if it's been said before so sorry if I repeat myself and not sure if this happens on all versions (this is iOS version). There is a water blowing thing that is underwater, if you press against it when its not blowing and wait for it to blow, it pushes your character close to the screen making them appear giant (sadly I can never be quick enough to take a picture while Sonic is really big, but Tails takes a bit longer to shrink so it was easy for him), then they slowly shrink. I did this with Super Sonic because I think Sonic normally will get pushed back where as SS can fight against the pressure. Doesn't break anything as far as I am aware and fixes itself after a bit but cool. Click to view bigger snaps.
Lol the water looks better on the mobile version because it lacks that stupid HDR that makes it look too clear xD (hey I like HDR but it wasn't nicely done on Sonic 4).
I can't pull this off either, tried with and without Super Sonic on the iPhone version. EDIT: I feel like a jerk. Tried it just now and it worked. Would upload pics but mobile.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3vIjcDPuVA[/youtube] Here is a video of the glitch, and a few things that it can cause.
In random news, Sega has released an iOS patch for... Sonic 4 Episode 1. I have no idea what it does yet, it says "General bug fixes and Optimization" Let's find out EDIT: From what I can tell, it adds a pop up ad that says "BUY SONIC 4 EPISODE 2!" That's all I can tell. I really forgot how shitty Ep 1 looks on the iphone though. Damn.
Can someone try to enhance my extended version of SCz Act 3 (here)? :P This is OK as it is but we have lots of talented people that would make the first part sound less empty. I used the same techique used in Sylvania Castle 1 & 2. Removing the back support and tweaking the melody a bit.
Finally purchased and played the game for the first time (co-oped with Gene). Holy shit it was soooooo fun. Like, I went in expecting more of the same from Ep 1 but it was actually improved to a degree where I had a ton of fun! Very surprised, very glad I bought it.
Watch yourselves, the update to Sonic 4 Ep I iOS deletes ALL your data. Obviously your leaderboard stuff is now set in stone forever but you'll lose all your save data and stuff. Not really worth it when the update doesn't fix anything.