Super Sonic Drift

Witch Chao · Jul 6, 2008

Yes! This hack is to make a new Sonic Drift game, but it's not a hack of Sonic Drift itself, persay, nor any racing game on the SEGA systems. Instead, it is a hack of...SUPER MARIO KART!
Yes indeed my friends, this is a hack of Mario Kart of SNES fame, but don't worry, when the cosmetic and textual data changes are finished, it will feel like Sonic Drift did so many years ago(well execpt for the Music)
DRIVERS:
There will be eight drivers, altough right now I will only reveal 6. The other will be revealed as time goes on.
here's a hint though: 6 of them come from starred in Sonic Drift 2, will 2 of them come from post Sonic Adventure. Here are the Drivers as follows:
Sonic
Tails
Knuckles
Dr.Eggman
?????
Chao
Fang
????? ?????

COURSES:
The course will be a wide variety. There will be 20 Normal Courses and 4 Battle ones, each with their own little quirks and gimmicks. Expect to see some Tracks return from Sonic Drift 2, as well as see some new ones by me. Also beware, I may leave one or two SMK course intact, so be on your toes if you regongnize lots of tracks. Some tracks from Sonic R may be used, but they won't be as gimmicky in 2-D, but the same basic shape will be kept. The Course themes will be as follows:
Starlight: This will replace Mario Circuit. These course feature pavement tracks under a dark lamp-lit sky.
Green Hill: Replaces Donut Plains. The happy little quirky hills have returned for their second outing in racing. Watch out! One of these may resemble something you've seen before...
Hot Shelter: Ahh, The lava and chasm filled depths of the Egg Carrier will finally be raced on. This
will replace Bowser's Castle obviously.
Ghost Valley: The name will remain the same, but among it will be some familliar tracks and some not so friendly ghosts.
Chao Beach: Soothing little Island based tracks. I may change the name to 'Cream Beach' without warning.
Marble Zone: Ah yes. More nostalgia in the form of Choco Island. Note the name may change without warning.
Ice Capp: Ah yes. No Sonic Game is complete without an Ice Capp zone, and what better to use it for than replacing Vanilla Lake.
Twinkle Park: What will this course look like? Only time will tell...

SCREENSHOTS:

Fang drives the Starlight 1 course.

Knuckles drives in Green Hill 1(with no hands!)

Chao Drives Green Hill 3

After implanting another Driver and making a couple of new tracks, I'll release a small demo for you all to play. Then you can Sonic Drift once more, only with some slight adjustments...

nineko · Jul 6, 2008

I like where this hack is going.

STE · Jul 6, 2008

I agree with nineko, this hack sure looks promising! I can't wait for a release!

Jayextee · Jul 6, 2008

Surely Bowser's Castle would make a better Marble Zone, and Ghost Valley should be either Pumpkin Hill or Hang Castle/Haunted Mansion?

This looks like it could be promising.

Dark Sonic · Jul 6, 2008

Well this is an unexpected and pleasant surprise. I for one can't wait to see more about this hack.

Sure you don't want to add Metal Sonic?

Tweaker · Jul 6, 2008

Whoa, this is cool, and very different from what I'd expect of this forum.

Here's hoping you can bring all your plans to fruition. This should prove to be a very interesting hack!

MathUser · Jul 6, 2008

Changing the character sprites and background isn't enough, change the foreground sprites. Try to have the trademark multicolored grass that Sonic Drift is known for. Definately rip some graphics from Drift itself.

Anyway, yes, this hack is a pretty nice break from the usual Sonic 1 or 2 hacks.

PC2 · Jul 6, 2008

Now this is what I call awesome. It's so creative, and it already looks great... So I'm guessing the 2 unfilled spaces are going to MS and Tikal? =P Yay for character-counting.

SGR · Jul 6, 2008

I really like the background for the Green Hill stage, but I hope you change the Star Light background to something better. (Some buildings, maybe?)

Overlord · Jul 6, 2008

Chaos and Metal Sonic? =P

Hack looks interesting, looking forward to seeing more of this.

Witch Chao · Jul 6, 2008

Hang Castle. that's a good name! I'll be changing 'Ghost Valley' to Hang Castle now.
I'm still not sure what I'm gonig to do about Choco Island though. Any suggestions?
Also, is 'Chao Beach' better, or 'Cream Beach'?
And it looks like you've all already guessed that Metal Sonic is one of the drivers, however Tikal is not the other. If you really want her, though, I'll make a seperate patch to include her.
I will be changing up the background for Starlight. I just have to see if I can figure out the tile arrangements.
I already thought about changing the tiles that make up the courses too, so there might be checkerd/multi-colored grass in Green Hill, among other things. Also changing will be the Items and Track obstacles(For example, the Cheep Cheeps will be changed to small Chao).
The Item replacements include:
Mushroom=Super Sneaker
Star=Chaos Emerald(May change to twinkles)
Coin=Ring
Feather=Fox Tail(which represents Tails' flying ability)
Bannana=???(Ang suggestions?)
Shells=Some kind of Projectile
Boo=Sandopolis Ghosts/Boo(SA2 kind)

Next time I post, I just may reveal the last driver, so be on your toes. Next update will include a new course or two though, so look out for that.

Tweaker · Jul 6, 2008

Why not call the beach level "Emerald Coast"? Or maybe "Wave Ocean"? =P

muteKi · Jul 6, 2008

For the banana and shell you could use the two items from Sonic 3's 2-P mode, a banana and some sort of robot.

Sith · Jul 6, 2008

Excellent idea, but for it to work all graphical traces of the mario universe should be replaced with Sonic-style gfx.
This could very well work though, a refreshing approach.
Yes ppl tried to turn a Sonic game into a Mario one before so why not have the opposite too, hehe.

MathUser · Jul 6, 2008

Actually, what would the game be like if all the weapons were removed from use? If he changes the tracks layout then that breaks the AI anyway and you won't need them.

Also, as someone suggested, fix up the Starlight Zone level, add a star or two to the background.

Rockman Zero · Jul 7, 2008

I was actually thinking that Amy and Metal Sonic would take the last two spots. :P

This hack is utterly brilliant. I look forward to seeing brand new tracks with new graphics!

Aquaslash · Jul 7, 2008

Choices for the last character (because one is so very Metal Sonic)

Chaos
Tikal
Gamma
Rouge
Omega
Espio (he did appear post SA :P)
Cream
Maria
Emerl
Storm
Blaze

and I THINK that's every character with a 5 letter name since and including SA. Now the fun part is gonna be guessing which one.

Yeah, this is pretty cool.

Sith · Jul 7, 2008

Put Big the cat in there. *shot*

KingKombat · Jul 7, 2008

....does this mean I have to get another emulator? anyways, this is surely unexpected. but damn, looking at this, can you show us a youtube video :3? I mean, this looks great, I can't wait to see it in action .

Witch Chao · Jul 7, 2008

Ooh, I like Wave Ocean! Brilliant work! I'm going to present a beta screenshot of Hot Shelter's bg. I plan on changing around a couple of tiles, and eventually, you will see Eggman refrences, but this is what it looks like right now. Also, this is the moment you've all been waiting for, the last driver is:

Rouge!

More Rouge/Hot Shelter
I also Inverted the background so it goes from dark to light(top to bottom), instead of vice versa. Later istead of a set of two windows, there will be an Eggman face! The Thwomps will also be customized to Eggy's liking. I can arrange a You Tube video, but first, let me fix up Starlight and Hot Shelter(and add some more sprites to the drivers).
Also, @Sith funny you should mention Big, because in my earlist concepts(before playing shitloads of Sonic Drift 2 on Gems) Big was going to be the other heavyweight driver(Although that might have been a big mistake considering Peach and Dk share a pallete.)
@Aqua, I can make character replacement patches if you're not completely satisfied with Rouge.
I'm probably going to do one for Tikal anyhow.

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