Sonic 2 Special Stage Editor

Fast Facts on Sonic 2 Special Stage Editor
Category: Special Stage editor Version: 0.1.1 Last Release: February 10, 2011 System: Cross-platform Supported Games: Sonic 2 Credits: flamewing

The Sonic 2 Special Stage Editor is a cross-platform program, designed by flamewing, which can edit the special stages from the Genesis version of Sonic 2. It is the first known program able to do so in over a decade (unlike editors for Sonic 1 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles special stages, which are quite common), and it has been received very well because of this.

“	I have been bitching about this for a DECADE. You have made my dreams.	„
—Scarred Sun

It doesn't edit the Sonic 2 ROM in itself, as it is meant to be used with a split disassembly.

Features

This Sonic 2 Special Stage Editor allows the user to edit:

• the object placement (rings, bombs)
• how the special stage twists and turns (within Sonic 2 engine constraints)
• how long each special stage is
• how many special stages there are in the files

It does not allow to edit:

• background
• palette
• ring requirements

Which should still be edited by hand in a disassembly. Likewise, if the user wants to have more than 7 special stages, modifications of the disassembly are required in order to get the new stages from the eighth onwards to work.

External Links

• Release thread on the Sonic Retro forums
• Dependencies needed to compile it