Difference between revisions of "Blue Sphere Plus"

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Blue Sphere Plus

Version: 7
Last release: May 10, 2011
System: Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
ROM size: 1,024 KB
Original game: Sonic & Knuckles
Credits: MainMemory

Blue Sphere Standalone ROM is a Sonic & Knuckles/Sonic the Hedgehog hack created by MainMemory. It is a standalone ROM which contains the game that is unlocked when Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic the Hedgehog are Locked-On. It also has a few extra features.

New Features

Pressing , or now cycles between Sonic + Tails (blue + orange bumpers), Sonic alone (both blue), Tails (both orange), Knuckles + Tails (red + orange bumpers), and Knuckles (both red).
SRAM support to remember the character you last selected, and the last level completed, and starts at that level next time.
If holding while pressing to start a stage, the player starts all stages from then on at top speed (not saved between sessions).
Also, it is possible to simply press at the NO WAY screen instead of holding ++ (that still works though).

Known Issues

On real hardware, sound effects cause the music to glitch.

Downloads

Download Blue Sphere Plus

File: Blue Sphere Standalone ROM.7z (266 kB) (info)
Current version: Unknown

External links

Release 2 Sonic Retro discussion thread

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 {{Hack
-| screen=BSStandaloneROMTitle.png
+| screen=Bluesphere.png
-| screenwidth=320x224
+| screenwidth=320
-| version=Unknown
+| version=7
 | date=May 10, 2011
 | system=Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
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 ==New Features==
-*Pressing {{A}}, {{B}} or {{C}} now cycles between Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. Tails is represented by one blue and one red bumper.
+*Pressing {{A}}, {{B}} or {{C}} now cycles between Sonic + Tails (blue + orange bumpers), Sonic alone (both blue), Tails (both orange), Knuckles + Tails (red + orange bumpers), and Knuckles (both red).
-*Now the player can select Sonic + Tails (one blue and one orange icon) and Knuckles + Tails (one red and one orange icon).
+*SRAM support to remember the character you last selected, and the last level completed, and starts at that level next time.
-*SRAM support to remember the character selected.
-*Now it remembers the last level completed, and starts at that level next time.
-*Tails has orange icons on the title menu instead of one blue and one red.
 *If holding {{A}} while pressing {{start}} to start a stage, the player starts all stages from then on at top speed (not saved between sessions).
 *Also, it is possible to simply press {{Start}} at the NO WAY screen instead of holding {{A}}+{{B}}+{{C}} (that still works though).
 ==Known Issues==
-*On real hardware every time a sound effect is played, it completely messes with the music, it sounds as though it's sped it up by x400 or something, and in time, just stops, no sound.
+*On real hardware, sound effects cause the music to glitch.
-*The results screen crashes when the difficulty counter hits 7.
 ==Downloads==