MainMemory
From Sonic Retro
MainMemory is a Tech Member on the Sonic Retro forums. She is most known for being heavily involved in modding Sonic games on PC, creating mod loaders, tools, and mods for many of them.
She has also made WindowsZone, a Sonic Fan Game where you can play with Sonic on your desktop. (Windows only)
If you need to talk to her, she can be found in the X-Hax Discord.
Hacks
In (mostly) chronological order:
- Not-so-Super Sonic 2 - ...I can't think of a good description, so just read the article. Submitted to the Eighth Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contest.
- Sonic 2 Secret Rings Edition - Adds missions inspired by Sonic and the Secret Rings. Submitted to the Eighth and Tenth Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contests.
- Metal Amy Adventure DX - Replaces Sonic with Metal Amy, who has no offensive moves whatsoever. Submitted to the Eighth Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contest.
- Blue Sphere Standalone ROM - A hack of Sonic & Knuckles which has only the Blue Sphere minigame, cutting the ROM size in half.
- Blue Sphere Plus - Same as above, PLUS several new features, such as the ability to play as Tails, and saving progress between sessions. Submitted to the Ninth Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contest.
- Sonic 2 Secret Rings Control - Adopts the control style of Sonic and the Secret Rings to Sonic 2. Submitted to the Tenth Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contest.
- Chip McCallahan in Sonic the Hedgehog - Puts the main character of Chip's Challenge, a weak nerd, into Sonic 1. Much dying ensues. Submitted to the Ninth Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contest.
- Chip McCallahan in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - He's back, slightly more able, and has an orange-shirted friend.
- Sonic 2 Adventure Control - Adopts Sonic and Tails' movesets from Sonic Adventure to Sonic 2. Submitted to the Tenth Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contest, where it somehow managed to win the Spin Dash Trophy.
- Sonic 2 Adventure Edition - Transplants gameplay mechanics from Sonic Adventure to Sonic 2. Submitted to the Twelfth Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contest.
- Knuckles' Emerald Hunt - Knuckles' treasure hunting gameplay from Sonic Adventure in Sonic 2 levels. Submitted to the Thirteenth Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contest, where it won the Wood Zone and Robotnik's Revenge trophies, and the 2016 contest.
- She has also made several smaller hacks which are too numerous to list. Check her YouTube channel.
- Several mods for PC games are available on GameBanana.
Programs
In (mostly) chronological order:
- SETedit - Edits object placements in Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure DX PC, and Sonic Adventure 2. Discontinued.
- SADXTweaker - Edits many things in Sonic Adventure DX PC. Discontinued.
- SADXLVL - Edits levels in Sonic Adventure DX PC. Discontinued.
- SADXMDL - Edits models in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX PC. Discontinued.
- SA1LVL - Edits levels in Sonic Adventure. Lacks many features SADXLVL has. Discontinued.
- SADXsndSharp - Edits .dat files (sound effects) from Sonic Adventure DX PC.
- SonLVL - Edits levels in the Mega Drive games, as well as Sonic & Knuckles Collection and Sonic CD PC.
- SKCsnd - Edits sound effects in Sonic & Knuckles Collection.
- SCDPCsnd - Edits sound effects in Sonic CD PC.
- LevelConverter - Converts levels between games.
- SCDPCspr - Edits sprites in Sonic CD PC.
- SCDPCscr - Edits tiles in Sonic CD PC.
- SCDPCSSEd - Edits Special Stage layout in Sonic CD PC.
- SA Tools - A new set of tools for Sonic Adventure series games.
- Generations Archive Editor - Edits .ar.?? files from Sonic Generations.
- SASave - Edits save files from Sonic Adventure.
External Links
- MainMemory's page, where she keeps all the tools that aren't hosted here.
- YouTube channel