Sonic 3C(ustomizable)

Those who played the PC version first probably get nostalgia from the PC version's music. When I first played S3&K on Sonic Mega Collection, I was really shocked by how drastically different the music was for three of the zones and originally preferred the PC version's music because it was what I was used to. Nowadays, I'd much rather listen to the Genesis music but I still like the PC version of Carnival Night Zone, Ice Cap Zone, and Launch Base Zone. Heck, I find the PC version's music for ICZ and LBZ to be pretty underrated. Granted, the Genesis version of ICZ is vastly better but I always liked how the intro to the PC version of LBZ sounds similiar to music from the PC version of ICZ and then goes in a very different direction which seems fitting because the level starts with snow.

 

This is a wonderful hack. The best I have seen yet of Sonic 3 and Knuckles. However it has one game play flaw that I hope will be fixed in the future. You cannot get past Launch Base Zone Act 02. Allow me to explain.

The Death Egg does not appear when you get into Eggman's Egg Mobile. A bunch of blue letters and numbers (which I am assuming are memory addresses and references) are in its place and when you hop out of the Egg Mobile to fight the boss a second time you fall directly into a hole as the platform is not there. Great hack but if you could fix that it would be really, really good. I was using just Tails on the profile when this occurred.

 

Oh God Thankyou!! :D

Looking forward to putting that onto my flashcart later. ^_^

Gonna keep an eye on that thread.

 

I played the Genesis/Megadrive version first and still like the PC tunes (even if that's nothing against the originals). I admit they don't have the same atmospheric quality as the Genesis ones (though that could perhaps be owed more to unique instrumentation that was harder to do with MIDIs, probably why they chose to make different tunes in the first place) but they are catchy and very Sonic-y in tone (especially CN1 and LB2). It's sorta like comparing the two soundtracks for CD, the US one was good, just it was in place of another equally good soundtrack.

That said perhaps I am putting too much into this, no one has said anything about porting the PC music for the hack so it is a bit of a moot point.

Trial members from what I know are allowed to make the same comments as normal ones, just with limited posts. If anything you should make as much use of those limited posts as possible.

 

I've just played (gimme a break, it's the first time I visit these threads in about 8999 years) it... Amazing, and S3!

Great job!
I'd prefer SCD Amy sprites (though as you said, I'm glad these aren't Advance sprites), but it's still great.

 

Carnival Night 2 on the PC version is an incredible track. Definitely better than the original in my book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoj7kUXbrX0

I would gladly replace the genesis version of act 2 with that.

You can leave the others. Ice Cap's PC theme, while very good, is not spectacular like the genesis theme. I never thought Launch Base's themes fit the concept of a 'Launch Base' well and I grew up with the PC version of the game, even though I think they are better tracks than the Genesis tracks. I wouldn't use them. They belong on a different level. On that note, the graphics themselves never looked like a Launch Base to me. Minarets? I don't get that. Is Aladdin going to get out and Launch the Death Egg?

 

Yay, the projects back in action. :D

What modifications were you making to the bonus stages then?

 

I have no idea if this is as intended, but I got to the special stage when I reached the top of the magnetic orbs bonus stage.

Then I got the first emerald.

 

Reminds me of the unpleasantness you could create in the original Sonic 3 level select by hitting a starpost and hopping to another level. FWIW, the music would've been HCZ1 if not for the AIZ1/ICZ1 track resume fix.

It wasn't too hard to figure out for me, because I remember reading it on the Planned Features bit on the Wiki.

Works nicely though, good job. Just one extra little buglet I noticed - the double ring monitors spawning in place of giant rings disappear if you leave the screen and go back.

 

awesome :D can't wait for the next release!

 

That latest screenshot looks really good.

 

You might've spotted this or had it reported already, but in the last version posted, Amy seems to crash the slot machine bonus stage too.