soniNeko
From Sonic Retro
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| Fast Facts on SoniNeko |
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Version: 1.1 |
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Features
Note: external utilities used to achieve these results are listed in brakets whenever applicable; same goes for other people's important help. Anything without a note has been achieved with basic Hex or ASM techniques.
- Completely new soundtrack (xm2smps/xm3smps)
- Different songs per each act
- Different songs per each special stage
- Different songs per each boss
- Different song for the good ending
- A new song for Speed Shoes (they no longer speed up the music)
- A new song for when you have Speed Shoes and Invincibility at the same time
- A new song for the Level Select screen
- A new jingle is played when you collect the 6th Chaos Emerald
- Fixed the Spike Bug (Puto)
- Added the Spin Dash (Puto)
- Ported some sound effects from Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Puto)
- Added Hand Clap and Cymbal to Sonic 1's DAC samples (Puto)
- Raised Sonic's max speed and acceleration
- Slightly raised Sonic's jump height when you have Speed Shoes
- Added new monitors subtypes (see below)
- Changed all the palettes (SonED)
- Added a new level (SonED)
- Changed Zone names (Esrael Sonic Editor)
- Restored the correct order on the Level Select screen (Esrael Sonic Editor)
- Added a special stage selector on the Level Select screen
- Note: Emeralds collected in this way won't be retained
- Edited the Sound Test so it only shows valid song IDs
- Removed the sound effects from the ending demos
- Fixed the bugs related to the invincibility music
- Restored the "Press Start Button" text on the title screen (Esrael Sonic Editor)
- Changed the ending sign to the Nick Arcade one
- Leaping animation when you collect a chaos emerald
- Fading animation when you hit a GOAL in the special stages
- New art for the UP and DOWN blocks in the special stages
- Cats in Dire Docks Zone
- Options screen
- Three palette choices. One of them has been kindly done by StephenUK
- Added a secret bonus stage
- Added voice clips
Monitors
Note: this list only includes monitors that have been added or edited in soniNeko. All the regular monitors from Sonic 1 aren't changed and won't be listed here
- Eggman Monitor - Harms you
- "S" Monitor - Gives you Invincibility and Speed Shoes, for 20 seconds
- Emerald Monitor - Displays the Big Ring with less than 50 rings
- Feather Monitor - Allows you to do one ultra jump
- Time Monitor - Gives you one additional minute to beat the level
- Note Monitor - Changes the background music to another song
Zones
Note: this section describes the default palettes. They can be changed in the options screen
 Good Morning Zone (1 act) - The first Zone in the game. It uses Star Light Zone's tiles, with an early morning palette. The Big Ring at the end of the act is hard to reach, take the best path or make sure to grab a Feather Monitor! |
 Ice Hill Zone - Formerly known as Green Hill Zone, IHZ features a winter palette, everything is white, blue, and icy. |
 Inferno Zone - Formerly known as Marble Zone, IZ features an infernal palette, with a red sky directly from your nightmares. |
 Party Land Zone - Formerly known as Spring Yard Zone, PLZ features a pink palette. |
 Dire Docks Zone - Formerly known as Labyrinth Zone, DDZ features a blue palette. |
 Shining Zone - Formerly known as Star Light Zone, SZ features a pink and blue palette. |
 The Factory Zone - Formerly known as Scrap Brain Zone, TFZ features an orange palette for Act 1, a green palette for Act 2, and a yellow palette for Act 3. |
 Death Match Zone - Formerly known as Final Zone, DMZ features the same green palette seen in TFZ2. There is a Time Monitor there, needed if you want to beat this level in less than 0:59 with a hit count of 8. |
Playlist
| ID | Title/Description | Usage |
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| $81 | Balloon Kid - Main Theme | Dire Docks Zone, Act 2 |
| $82 | Super Mario 64 - Dire Dire Docks | Dire Docks Zone, Act 1 |
| $83 | Psycho Pinball - Fun Fair | Inferno Zone, Act 1 |
| $84 | DDR - Hero | Party Land Zone, Act 2 |
| $85 | Banjo Tooie - Fun 'n' Games | Party Land Zone, Act 1 |
| $86 | DDR - Dam Dariram | The Factory Zone, Act 1 |
| $87 | Bubble Bobble - Main Theme | Invincibility |
| $88 | Jingle from Street Fighters II | 1-UP |
| $89 | Puzzle De Pon! - Stage 2 | First Special Stage |
| $8A | The Flintstones | Title Screen |
| $8B | Outrun - Magical Sound Shower | Ending GHZ Scene (1÷5 emeralds) |
| $8C | Pinball Fantasies - Party Land | Inferno Zone, Boss |
| $8D | DDR - Burning Heat | Death Match Zone |
| $8E | Pippi Långstrump | Results Screen |
| $8F | F-Zero - Results | Game Over |
| $90 | Street Fighters II - Guile | Continue Screen |
| $91 | Heaven Revived | Credits (1÷5 emeralds) |
| $92 | Bubble Bobble - 1UP | Drowning |
| $93 | Psycho Pinball - Cup Game | Emerald |
| $94 | DDR - Moonlight Shadows | Shining Zone, Act 3 |
| $95 | Wario Blast - Stage 7 | Party Land Zone, Act 3 |
| $96 | DDR - Señorita | The Factory Zone, Act 3 |
| $97 | F-Zero - White Land | Ice Hill Zone, Act 3 |
| $98 | Outzone - Main Theme | Inferno Zone, Act 3 |
| $99 | DDR - Bye Bye Baby Balloon | The Factory Zone, Act 2 |
| $9A | DDR - Captain Jack | Shining Zone, Act 2 |
| $9B | Madou Monogatari - Labyrinth | Dire Docks Zone, Act 3 |
| $9C | Sonic & Knuckles Collection - Ice Cap Act 2 | Ice Hill Zone, Act 2 |
| $9D | Mario Kart 64 - Rainbow Road | Shining Zone, Act 1 |
| $9E | F-Zero MV - Bianca City | Inferno Zone, Act 2 |
| $9F | Bomb Jack - Main Theme | Ice Hill Zone, Act 1 |
| $E5 | Mean Bean Machine - Stages 5-8 Intro (*) | Options Screen |
| $E6 | Super Mario Land 2 - Main Theme | Party Land Zone, Note Monitor |
| $E7 | Jewel Master - Chaos Dragon (*) | Death Match Zone, Alternate Song |
| $E8 | Snow Bros - Boss Theme 1 (*) | Shining Zone, Boss |
| $E9 | Granada - Nature Trail (*) | Ending GHZ Scene (6 emeralds) |
| $EA | Granada - Take a Chance (*) | Dire Docks Zone, Boss |
| $EB | Dino Land - Showerboard Boss (*) | Party Land Zone, Boss |
| $EC | Dino Land - Dinoland Boss (*) | Ice Hill Zone, Boss |
| $ED | Jewel Master - I Got It! (*) | Special Stage Results with 6 Emeralds |
| $EE | Jewel Master - Fish Out Of Water (*) | Dire Docks Zone, Note Monitor |
| $EF | Super Mario 64 - File Select | Hidden Credits screen |
| $F0 | Super Mario 64 - Slide | Secret Bonus Stage |
| $F1 | POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN | Time Over |
| $F2 | Jewel Master - Spier Tiger (*) | Speed Shoes + Invincibility |
| $F3 | Mean Bean Machine - Staff Roll (*) | Credits (6 emeralds) |
| $F4 | Super Mario Bros 2 - Character Select | Level Select |
| $F5 | Mario Kart 64 - Yoshi Valley | Fifth Special Stage |
| $F6 | Snow Bros - Stage 7 (*) | Ice Hill Zone, Note Monitor |
| $F7 | Sonic Chaos - Gigalopolis | Fourth Special Stage |
| $F8 | Theme from Castlevania | Inferno Zone, Note Monitor |
| $F9 | Mario Kart 64 - Battle Arenas | Second Special Stage |
| $FA | Bomberman 64 - Green Garden | Sixth Special Stage |
| $FB | Happy Folk | Speed Shoes |
| $FC | Roxette - Sleeping in my car | Good Morning Zone, Note Monitor |
| $FD | Snow Bros - Stage 5 (*) | Good Morning Zone |
| $FE | Sonic CD - Metallic Madness Past | The Factory Zone, Note Monitor |
| $FF | Mean Bean Machine - Exercise Mode (*) | Third Special Stage |
Note: (*) denotes a conversion from a Cube/Iwadare game
Downloads
| DOWNLOAD The current version (1.1) of soniNeko is available here (436KB). |
Old Versions
External Links
- First sample video on YouTube
- Second sample video on YouTube
- Third sample video on YouTube
