Sonic 2: S3 Edition

well executed hack

I finished it, picked up the remaining emeralds, and now I have a savegame with everything that works perfectly.

 

This Hack was really awesome, I managed beat it as Sonic and as Tails, I can honestly say that this is one of the best hacks I have played, Good Work!

 

This hack is fantastic, just played the latest build and loved it. The mini-boss is really good, although the fire-jets from the underside don't hurt you regardless if you've got a shield or not (although if it did, using the fire shield, it wouldn't be a problem), Is this intentional?

 

I had this problem. There's a few garbled tiles in Hill Top Zone, and one of those seesaw things was upside-down. I also had a problem with the transistion of Oil Ocean -> Metropolis. It failed, as once the scoring thing finished, Sonic just waits endlessly. Also, once I finished MZ2, it told me that Sonic has passed act 3, rather than act 2. The Continue screen is a bit garbled too.

However, brilliant hack, I love it.

Screenshots of some of the above problems:

Upside-down seesaw in HTZ
Dodgy rock tile in HTZ
Garbled continue screen

NB: I haven't quite mastered Gens' screenshot yet, so the menu ended up in the shot.

 

Shift + Backspace makes a screenshot.

 

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but it doesn't even boot for me, all I get is a black screen?

I tried both Gens and Kega.

 

Right at the end of CPZ Act 1 there's a wall, where you can walk trough. (Above the 3 monitors).
And if you go triugh that wall, the camera will go up and you die.

 

Thanks, that did it. If you are ok with this I'm uploading a mirror just in case FileDen keeps on being retarded today.

If you're not ok with this it's assumed I'll delete it whenever you ask

 

Well this got even better. All the bugs I posted have gone, nice work.

EDIT: Jinxed it. Metropolis Zone act 1's scoring didn't load. I'm left with Sonic's victory pose and Metropolis' music playing. I can't move either.

EDIT 2: Sonic and Tails both look dodgy on the Special Stages, and some of the bubbles look strange in Chemical Plant Zone. I fell down the gap of that bit of CPZ2 with the water, and somehow didn't die at the bottom, I just drowned.

Sonic vanishes! (End up with Sonic appearing and disappearing)
Weird yellow and blue thing in CPZ2
Falling without dying at the bottom
Jumping half-Sonic

Sorry if I'm being irritating/picky, but I figure you should know.

 

That happened to me in CNZ. Maybe its because Sonic isn't off screen?

Also another bug: The special stages graphics are glitchy. Sonic's half there, Tail's tails are kinda glitchy, and the result screen is a bit messed up.

 

Alright I got some glitches for you:


Ashura's revenge! This odd glitch occurred after I exited a special stage with a fire shield on.


Whoops, that's not right. Super Sonic's icon appears as soon as you've collected all emeralds. His palette adjusts to the color of the current level icon though


See?


If Sonic completes a stage with a ring looping throughout the level, the next act fails to load, and the end of act screen doesn't come up.


I love the sprite you used for Sky Chase Zone for Sonic, but it doesn't quite translate to Super Sonic very well


Oh dear...


Despite the fact that this is a dream come true, I know that the seahorses should hurt with an electrical shield on.


Super Sonic's palette isn't right here. His pupils are non existant


After you beat the game this is what you get. You can't pick whatever level you want to play, instead you get this...


I don't like this level D:


When you move the Super Sonic image comes with you


And it keeps coming with you

Also to note while playing as Sonic and Tails I failed to progress to the next level at the end of EHZ, CPZ, (This was due to me being on the wrong side of the capsule. The characters don't jump over it yet) ARZ, and MCZ. Also there are a lot of noticeable act transitions (background skips a bit). In MCZ act 2 after dying and returning to a check point, the background disappears until that part of the level is off screen. I'm using the Gens + emulator for this btw (Kega never saves the file for some reason) I do love this hack however.

 

MOAR Glitches:


Fascinating


It's hard to show this in a picture, but Knuckles has no rotating palette underwater

Speaking of underwater I think that Knuckles doesn't even have an underwater palette in ARZ. I think he uses Sonic's.


Your still super after hitting the capsule until the end of act text comes up


That explains why they changed the icon in Sonic 2 and Knuckles


The speed shoe icon vanishes after beating a boss and turns into that thing


This is an odd glitch. Sometimes when I die the screen doesn't turn black and bring me back to the start. Rather it does what happens in 2 player when a character dies. This causes the numbers to not update (The Rings isn't there because it disappeared. I really have 0 rings)


While Sonic can't turn super while having invincibility stars, Knuckles can (He can with any shield for that matter). Normally this would only lead to stars around you while invincible, but for some reason once those stars wear out, you lose your invisibility, which is why I have the shield around me.


I took this picture at the wrong time, but because Knuckles can't jump far enough to reach the plane, he can't beat the level, and thus he can't beat the game.

 

I've got a bug to report, too.
In ARZ act 2 the top of the level is cut off. Very noticeable if you use the upper path where there's a hidden 1-up close to the end of the act that's unreachable because of this. At least, I couldn't get it because I couldn't see the platform it's on.

Super Sonic's under water palette seemed kind of strange, too, with the shading all weird and everything.
Also, I've never really liked Knuckes's under water palettes in s2. They just don't fit. Maybe they could be fixed as well?

 

Brilliant but I have some bugs.

After Hill Top Zone boss, (Sonic alone, Gens 2.14) the next level failed to load, I could not move Sonic, and the end of level titles and score board continued to scroll from right to left every so often. Sonic went into his waiting stance and the timer was frozen. When I stood on the capsule, he was floating above it in his win level pose but the capsule button was down (maybe this lead to him being stuck? Also, end of Aquatic ruin 1st act, the barrier after the signpost was non-existant and I could continue running even though the camera was fixed on the signpost. Also, I lost my shield and rings after doing a special stage right before the boss in casino night zone, even though I got the emerald!

EDIT - more glitches...

Mystic cave- the 3d-ish purple rock background disappears for a while in act 1.
Oil ocean - I was spinning when going past the signpost, sonig went into end of act stance (feet slightly through floor like in Sonic 3, then after scoreboards, I slid down the hill in stance, and went into spin then the game crashed. Normally in S3, the sprite is moved back onto the ground automatically if this happens.