Shadow in Sonic 1

Who needs Mario when Amy does a better job at taking on platforming sections and is a better jumper. :P

Anyway just tried it and while personally I'm not a Shadow fan, as far as game mechanics go I found this project to be quite interesting. Now the idea of either adding 2-D shooting mechanics might sound off, they could actually work considering that there numbers of Badniks present in the game actually justifies it (similar to the first Amy hack, which gives a slight hack-n-slash feel to the game)

*also downloads latest version into the collection*

 

It's hacks like this that take me back to when I first discovered the hacking scene, Johnny UK's Project Shadow hack blew me away.

I love the animated title sprites, I know they're not the easiest thing in the world to sprite; but the finger flick does seem odd as I believe another member has pointed out.
The actual Shadow sprites... Hmm... Don't get me wrong, I'm a friend of Gardow and I love his work; I just don't think they fit in with this hack. Whether or not it's because they're Sonic 3 based I'm not sure, but they just feel out of place. I also think some of the origin points have been missed slightly? Maybe it's my poor judgement but the walking frame seems a bit jumpy for some reason. oO;;

I don't expect you to change them, after all; it is your hack.

Other than my slight problem with the sprites I enjoyed playing this hack. It's great we're getting the 'X' in Sonic 1 hacks; they give a fresh feel to a game I'm more than over familiar with.

Nice work.

 

To toggle the animation, go to anim file obj0E. It works the same as the Sonic frames.

 

Blink maybe?

 

If he isn't constantly blinking it may look better but no animation will look like she cheaped out on the title screen animation.