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{{Hack
|title=Big's Fishing Derby
|screen=BigsFishingDerby-Title.png
|version=1.05.021a
|date=2016-04-30
|status=Active
|visualmods=yes
|audiomods=yes
|advenginemods=yes
|peripherals=Supports [[sega:Six_Button_Control_Pad_(Mega_Drive)|6-button controllers]] and the [[sega:Team_PlayerSega|Sega Team Player]]
|system=[[Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]]
|originalgame=Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
|romsize=1 MB
|credits=[[flamewing]]}}

'''''Big's Fishing Derby''''' (''ビッグの 釣りダービー'') is a hack of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' for the [[Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] by [[flamewing]] that allows the player to play as [[Big the Cat]] on various fishing levels. Platforming is gone and the game takes place by a series of bodies of water where the player must catch Froggy while avoiding hooking underwater badniks. A second player can also play Eggman, and he competes with Big in the race to catch Froggy.

Originally intended to be a secret mini-game in Sonic Classic Heroes, the idea grew beyond its original inception and ended up becoming a game of its own.

==Controls==
*{{down}} to increase or {{up}} to decrease the length of the fishing line (i.e., the vertical position of the hook).
*{{left}} and {{right}} to move the hook horizontally. The hook will move back to the center when neither is pressed.
*{{C}} Change the selected power-up.
*{{A}} Use the selected power-up to attack or hinder your opponent (if any). This does nothing in single player mode unless Eggman is on-screen.
*{{B}} Use the selected power-up to help yourself.

==Game modes==
*Single player:
**Time Attack: Race against the clock to save Froggy! You have 10 minutes to finish all zones; if you fail, it is game over. To compensate, there are no distractions in this mode.
**Arcade mode: Battle Eggman's robotic army with limited lives, limited time and ever increasing difficulty to save Froggy! Also features boss fights.
*Competition:
**Random levels: Instead of always following the same level order, the game decides on a random level order.
**Best <M> out of <N>: Instead of going through all zones for each round against Eggman, play only a selection of levels, with simple majority winning the game.
*Either:
**Zen Mode: No lives, no time, no pressure: just fishing. Defaults to single player mode, but allows optional join-in of a second player on a per-level basis.

==Power-ups==
You gain power-ups by fishing out badniks.
{|
|[[File:BFD-Rings.png]]
|Immediate effect
|Gives you the indicated amount of rings. Rings improve the quality of the power-ups you gain, and may give lives depending on game mode.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:BFD-Shield.png]]
|Immediate effect
|Gives you a protective shield that will absorb one hit.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:BFD-Bombs.png]]
|Usable
|You gain the indicated number of bombs. Bombs can be used for:
{{A}} Competition mode: breaks your opponent's line, destroying the hooked badnik or freeing Froggy.

{{A}} Arcade mode: Damages the Boss Fish.

{{B}} Destroys a random number of badniks on your side of the pond.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:BFD-Shoes.png]]
|Usable
|
{{A}} Competition mode: Speeds up your opponent's badniks, and cancels his own speed shoes.

{{A}} Arcade mode: Slows down the Boss Fish and speeds up right-side badniks.

{{B}} Speeds up fishing line movement, and cancels badnik speed up on your badniks.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:BFD-Stars.png]]
|Usable
|
{{A}} Competition mode: Makes your opponent's badniks invincible (can't be fished out) and cancels his own invincibility.

{{A}} Arcade mode: Makes right-side badniks invincible, causing them to hurt the Boss Fish.

{{B}} Makes you invincible, and cancels invincibility on your badniks.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:BFD-S.png]]
|Usable
|
Combines Speed Shoes and Invincibility in one rare and easy-to-use package.
|}

==Revisions==
*Revision $21A, with a few minor internal fixes.
*Revision $214, fixing a crash when displaying results.
*Revision $20E, fixing rare real-hardware DMA glitches.
*Revision $20D, first post-2015 Sonic Hacking Contest update.
*Revision $200, the 2015 Sonic Hacking Contest version.
*Revision $D9 which fixes input issue in real hardware.

==Downloads==
{{Download|version=1.05.021a|title=''Big's Fishing Derby''|file=BigsFishingDerby-v1.05.021a.zip|filesize=408 kB}}

===Prior versions===
*{{file|BigsFishingDerby-v1.05.0214.7z|''Big's Fishing Derby'', v1.05.0214}}
*{{file|BigsFishingDerby-v1.05.020e.7z|''Big's Fishing Derby'', v1.05.020e}}
*{{file|Bigfd-v1.05.020d.7z|''Big's Fishing Derby'', v1.05.020d}}
*{{file|BigsFishingDerby-v1.05.0200.7z|''Big's Fishing Derby'', v1.05.0200}}
*{{file|BigsFishingDerby-v0.10.00d9.7z|''Big's Fishing Derby'', v0.10.00d9}}
*{{file|BigsFishingDerby-v0.10.00d8.7z|''Big's Fishing Derby'', v0.10.00d8}}

==External links==
{{LinkRetro|topic=34016|title=Release thread}} at [[Sonic Retro]]
[[Category:Hacks|Big's Fishing Derby]]