Project Mettrix
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Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Mettrix is a fan game led by Stealth for DOS and Windows platforms. The engine itself is written in the C programming language, and is a good approximation of the original Sonic engine.
Project Mettrix also includes a level editor and other tools making the Fan game very editable. Well-written documentation is included with the Fan Game package.
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History
(From the Offical Site) This game was under development for some time on The Games Factory under the name "Sonic and the 7 Rings", but after many complications, Ron decided to seek out a programmer to do the engine work instead.
Features
(Form Stealth)
- 3-layered scrolling, including a multi-speed background.
- Palette Rotation and Animation.
- Tile Animation.
- Screen Border Relocation, as seen in areas such as Green Hill, which can make the level taller, shorter, or boxed in at times, such as in boss battles.
- Background swapping, one level can have both an "inside" and "outside" background.
- Sonic style movement for each of the three characters (Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles), including their slopes, curves, loops, and their special moves.
Other features to-date include:
- 4 decently-sized levels made playable for the current demo
- One zone that uses a SA-Like radar system for finding the enemy
- Original level and badnik art
- Original SoundTrack
- Built-in Level Editor for creating your own levels
- Save-Game feature and interactive "options level"
- The semi-complete 3D special stage
- A whole lot more.
Level Order
The game starts in Wood Zone, as an options zone to chose your characters, save data, and Levels. Afterwards, the levels go as following:
| Levels | Sonic | Tails | Knuckles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Shining Island Zone | Shining Island Zone | Guardian Castle Zone |
| Level 2 | Aqua Lung Zone | Aqua Lung Zone | Dust Hill Zone |
| Level 3 | Nightlight Heights Zone | Nightlight Heights Zone | Bronze Lake Zone |
| Level 4 | Neo Sky Chase Zone | Neo Sky Chase Zone | ??? |
| Level 5 | Zoom Tubes Zone | Zoom Tubes Zone | ??? |
| Level 6 | Hidden Palace Zone | Hidden Palace Zone | ??? |
| Level 7 | Timeless City Zone | Timeless City Zone | ??? |
| Level 8 | Egg Fortress Zone | Egg Fortress Zone | ??? |
| Level 9 | Mettrix Zone | Power Source Zone | ??? |
There are also hidden test levels within the game, accesible by the editor.
Credits
- Ron Echidna - Original Producer, Level Art/Layout, Badnik Art
- Stealth - Producer, Programmer
- Liz - Art
- Verse - Music
- Andre Schroder - Original Music
- Sneeky - CutScenes
Special Thanks
- MSmoke - Groundwork for sound programming
- Chaos Emerald - ASM info, Windows programming examples
- YarHarHar - Ideas and Dust Hill art
- Michael Sterns - Original MetalSonic sprite set
- Sonic Team - For the official Sonic series, of course!


