Big's Fishing Derby

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Big's Fishing Derby

Version: 0.10.0200
Last release: 2015-10-09
Status: Active
System: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Original game: Sonic Classic Heroes
Credits: flamewing

Big's Fishing Derby (ビッグの釣りダービー) is a hack of Sonic Classic Heroes 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. Eggman also 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

to increase or to decrease the length of the fishing line (i.e., the vertical position of the hook).
and to move the hook horizontally. The hook will move back to the center when neither is pressed.
Change the selected power-up.
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.
Use the power-up to help youself.

Power-ups

You gain power-ups by fishing out badniks.

	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.
	Immediate effect	Gives you a protective shield that will absorb one hit.
	Usable	You gain the indicated number of bombs. Bombs can be used for: Competition mode: breaks your opponent's line, destroying the hooked badnik or freeing Froggy Arcade mode: Damages the Boss Fish Destroys a random number of badniks on your side of the pond
	Usable	Competition mode: Speeds up your opponent's badniks, and cancels his own speed shoes Arcade mode: Slows down the Boss Fish Speeds up fishing line movement, and cancels badnik speed up on your badniks
	Usable	Competition mode: Makes your opponent's badniks invincible (can't be fished out) and cancels his own invincibility Arcade mode: Makes right-side badniks invincible, causing them to hurt the Boss Fish Makes you invincible, and cancels invincibility on your badniks
	Usable	Combines Speed Shoes and Invincibility in one rare and easy-to-use package