Retro Channel & S1@SAGE2010

Well, I look forward to it. =P
Also, I can't wait for more CFG files. Been trying to make them for S1/S3, but had no luck =P

 

Heh, this is pretty damn awesome, although I suck at competitive stuff.

 

I tried the same with S3 but gave up. I eagerly await being able to play S3K with Project Chaos.

 

Suggestion for S3K - make LRZ2 and HPZ point to different slots. It's always annoyed me that LRZ2's music doesn't fit with the level at all.

 

I'm currently working on a series of MIDI remasters for the Sonic 1 tracks, so I could convert those to MP3 when finished for the SonMP3 plugin, if anyone's interested?

 

Ironically... I'm working on the same thing XD

 

Haha, awesome. You'll proably do a better job, as I'm only so-so at it, but I'll probably still do it, just for fun and learning.
At the moment, as I'm kind of doing stuff like this as a backwards-learning process on learning to read sheet music and transcribing stuff by ear (sounds like an odd learning process, I know, but it's working for me. I compose music pieces, using a graphic score and piano, and I can arrange them just fine, but I've never been able to read sheet music...) I tend to start with a basic MIDI file and work from there, which I suppose is cheating but you've got to start somewhere.

Are you doing it by ear and, if not, where are you sourcing your MIDIs from? I can't find any decent enough to start from. I might try doing this by ear, though, as I'm getting a lot better at it recently

 

Attempting to make a sonic 2 cfg file for this. keep getting graphical errors and no music though

Code (Text):

1. [Game01]
2. Game=Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3. Serial=GM 00001051-01
4. Config=Sonic2

Code (Text):

1. [Main]
2. RAMAddress=0xF100
3. PauseAddress=0xF648
4. MusicAddress=0xFFE4
5. Replace=0
6. Stop=E4
7. Fade=E0
8. SpeedFast=E2
9. SpeedNormal=E3
10. ExtraLife=98
11.  
12. [Audio]
13. 81=2P_results.mp3
14. 82=EHZ.ogg
15. 83=MCZ_2P.ogg
16. 84=OOZ.ogg
17. 85=MZ.mp3
18. 86=HTZ.mp3
19. 87=ARZ.ogg
20. 88=CNZ_2P.mp3
21. 89=CNZ.ogg
22. 8A=DEZ.mp3
23. 8B=MCZ.mp3
24. 8C=EHZ.mp3
25. 8D=SCZ.mp3
26. 8E=CPZ.ogg
27. 8F=WFZ.ogg
28. 90=HPZ.ogg
29. 91=Options.mp3
30. 92=SpecialStage.ogg
31. 93=Boss.mp3
32. 94=Final Boss.mp3
33. 95=Ending.mp3
34. 96=Super Sonic.ogg
35. 97=Invincibility.mp3
36. 98=1up.ogg
37. 98loop=0
38. 99=Title Screen.ogg
39. 99loop=0
40. 9A=Act Clear.mp3
41. 9Aloop=0
42. 9B=Game Over.mp3
43. 9Bloop=0
44. 9C=Continue.mp3
45. 9Cloop=0
46. 1D=Emerald.mp3
47. 1Dloop=0
48. 1E=credits.mp3
49. 1Eloop=0
50. 1F=Drown.mp3
51. 1Floop=0
52. 3F=Continue Get.mp3
53. 3Floop=0
54. 7A=SEGA.mp3
55. 7Aloop=0

 

I thought the file extension .ogg wasn't supported yet. :\ Edit: Also the pointers for speed shoes and when the power-up fades are $FB and $FC. And I thought the music pointers started at RAM address $F8000 for Sonic 2.

 

I don't think support for S2 is added yet.

 

45% of it is done, according to the wiki page. But I think Hodgy just wanted to try it out or something. :\

 

I love the whole idea of Retro Channel. Finally, giving online leaderboards to Sonic the Hedgehog. Racing to see who's the fastest on Green Hill Zone Act 1, who can beat Final Zone quicker than anybody - and with modes like Boss Attack and the Full Game on it's own, this is guaranteed hit. I can't wait to play the final version, even this demo is great!

 

This is a pretty neat idea! Although I was not able to play it, I will certainly hope to use it when Gens/GS II comes out. It is pretty unique, and I hope to add Retro Channel Support to my hack soon. Is all of this handled by the plugin in Gens/GS or the game? It seems to me that it would be pretty difficult getting kinds of UI's as I have seen in the screenshots on page 1 without support of a plugin.
Great Job anyways!

EDIT: I found a bug in LZ. If you drown, the title card will be screwed up, using animal and explosion graphics:

 

Both I would assume. The game looks for the plugin, enables it and with it, allows you to connect to Retro Channel. It also checks for a internet connection.

 

I didn't even notice that there were no lives in the game.

 

So is there a possibility of a Retro Channel version of Sonic 2, Sonic 3K, or even another game like Ristar in the future?

 

I'd love to see Ristar or Sonic3K.

 

Bonanza Bros. + Retro Channel will beat all.