Homing attack and jumpdash in Sonic 2

Homing attack and jumpdash in Sonic 2
Last release: 01/26/2009
System: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Original game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
Credits: Hitaxas, shobiz

The Homing attack/jumpdash in Sonic 2 proof of concept hack is a hack which adds the homing attack to Sonic's arsenal of moves in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The Homing attack is a move which is performed in mid-air to zoom into Badniks and objects with a high speed attack. In addition, trailing images appear when the player reaches top speed. It was created primarily by Hitaxas but with assistance by shobiz.

Problems with Hack

• There is a problem with clipping on walls and it is possible for Sonic to catch onto the side of the wall and walk in mid-air. It can interrupt jumps.
• Rebound when landing on monitors is also removed when jumping on them. Rebounding still works when using the homing attack.
• Loading a normal Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) savestate like level select will make the game freeze.

Downloads

Download Homing attack and jumpdash in Sonic 2 File: Sonic 2 Homing Attack.zip (733 kB) (info)

External links

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  Sonic Retro discussion thread