Sonic 1 Brother Trouble

Fast Facts on Sonic 1 Brother Trouble
Version: v1.5 (Beta) Last Release: July 4, 2010 Status: Inactive System: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Original Game: Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) Credits: MarkeyJester, Malevolence, MKAmeX and many more.

Sonic the Hedgehog Brother Trouble is a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Mega Drive featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and Manic the Hedgehog made by MarkeyJester. The hack is notable for its overworld system, new level layouts and graphics and custom boss.

On July 4, 2010 MarkeyJester made an announcement saying he will no longer work on the hack, and released two unfinished versions of the hack (the current build and a slightly older one including the Combiring from Knuckles' Chaotix in two player cooperative mode). He gave Malevolence permission to continue the hack.

Gameplay

Players have the choice of either controlling Sonic the Hedgehog, Manic the Hedgehog or Sonic and Manic together. Sonic has his normal moves from Sonic 1, in addition to a Spin Dash, Super Peel-Out and a jump dash/Homing Attack, while Manic can throw a drumstick by pressing , perform a ground dash by pressing , and can also cling to (and climb up & down on) walls by pressing (while in the air and touching the wall). If both characters are selected for play, the second player is immediately controlled by the machine (A.I.), however if the second controller is active at any point during the level, then a second person may gain control of Manic, (This works in a similar way to Sonic the Hedgehog 2).

The zones are broken up into overworld map systems; Acts 1, 2 and 3 are available for play immediately. Having 50 rings at the end of an act opens up the Special Stage area on the map (However as the current release does not contain special stage code, it'll crash the game upon selected it), completing all three acts unlocks the boss act, once the boss act is complete, the players are taken to the next zone's map.

On all overworld maps, there is a checkpoint post area, by selecting it, it'll take the player to the save/load menu where the game progress can be saved and/or loaded, this allows one to save one game and load another pre-saved game simultaneously in a matter of seconds.

Downloads

Prior Versions

• Sonic 1 Brother Trouble v1.0 (released 02/04/09) ^(info)
• Sonic 1 Brother Trouble v0.5 (released 09/01/10) ^(info)

External Links

• Sonic 1 Brother Trouble at Sonic Retro
• Preview footage on YouTube