Big's Fishing Derby

Big's Fishing Derby

Version: 1.05.021a
Last release: 2016-04-30
Status: Active
System: Sega Mega Drive
ROM size: 1 MB
Original game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
Peripherals supported: Supports 6-button controllers and the Sega Team Player
Credits: flamewing

Big's Fishing Derby (ビッグの釣りダービー) is a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Mega Drive by flamewing that allows the player to play as Big the Cat on various fishing levels. Platforming is gone and the game takes place by a series of bodies of water where the player must catch Froggy while avoiding hooking underwater badniks. A second player can also play Eggman, and he competes with Big in the race to catch Froggy.

Originally intended to be a secret mini-game in Sonic Classic Heroes, the idea grew beyond its original inception and ended up becoming a game of its own.

Controls

to increase or to decrease the length of the fishing line (i.e., the vertical position of the hook).
and to move the hook horizontally. The hook will move back to the center when neither is pressed.
Change the selected power-up.
Use the selected power-up to attack or hinder your opponent (if any). This does nothing in single player mode unless Eggman is on-screen.
Use the selected power-up to help yourself.

Game modes

Single player:
- Time Attack: Race against the clock to save Froggy! You have 10 minutes to finish all zones; if you fail, it is game over. To compensate, there are no distractions in this mode.
- Arcade mode: Battle Eggman's robotic army with limited lives, limited time and ever increasing difficulty to save Froggy! Also features boss fights.
Competition:
- Random levels: Instead of always following the same level order, the game decides on a random level order.
- Best <M> out of <N>: Instead of going through all zones for each round against Eggman, play only a selection of levels, with simple majority winning the game.
Either:
- Zen Mode: No lives, no time, no pressure: just fishing. Defaults to single player mode, but allows optional join-in of a second player on a per-level basis.

Power-ups

You gain power-ups by fishing out badniks.

	Immediate effect	Gives you the indicated amount of rings. Rings improve the quality of the power-ups you gain, and may give lives depending on game mode.
	Immediate effect	Gives you a protective shield that will absorb one hit.
	Usable	You gain the indicated number of bombs. Bombs can be used for: Competition mode: breaks your opponent's line, destroying the hooked badnik or freeing Froggy. Arcade mode: Damages the Boss Fish. Destroys a random number of badniks on your side of the pond.
	Usable	Competition mode: Speeds up your opponent's badniks, and cancels his own speed shoes. Arcade mode: Slows down the Boss Fish and speeds up right-side badniks. Speeds up fishing line movement, and cancels badnik speed up on your badniks.
	Usable	Competition mode: Makes your opponent's badniks invincible (can't be fished out) and cancels his own invincibility. Arcade mode: Makes right-side badniks invincible, causing them to hurt the Boss Fish. Makes you invincible, and cancels invincibility on your badniks.
	Usable	Combines Speed Shoes and Invincibility in one rare and easy-to-use package.