Project Mettrix
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Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Mettrix is a fan game led by Stealth for DOS and Windows platforms. The engine itself is written in the C programming language, and is a good approximation of the original Sonic engine.
Project Mettrix also includes a level editor and other tools making the Fan game very editable. Well-written documentation is included with the Fan Game package.
Contents
History
(From the Offical Site) This game was under development for some time on The Games Factory under the name "Sonic and the 7 Rings", but after many complications, Ron decided to seek out a programmer to do the engine work instead.
Features
(Form Stealth) (*)3-layered scrolling, including a multi-speed background.
(*)Palette Rotation and Animation.
(*)Tile Animation.
(*)Screen Border Relocation, as seen in areas such as Green Hill, which can make the level taller, shorter, or boxed in at times, such as in boss battles.
(*)Background swapping, one level can have both an "inside" and "outside" background.
(*)Sonic style movement for each of the three characters (Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles), including their slopes, curves, loops, and their special moves.
Other features to-date include:
(*)4 decently-sized levels made playable for the current demo
(*)One zone that uses a SA-Like radar system for finding the enemy
(*)Original level and badnik art
(*)Original SoundTrack
(*)Built-in Level Editor for creating your own levels
(*)Save-Game feature and interactive "options level"
(*)The semi-complete 3D special stage
(*) A whole lot more.
Level Order
Wood Zone (Option Level)
Shining Island Zone
Aqua Lung Zone
Nightlight Heights Zone
Neo Sky Chase Zone
Zoom Tubes Zone
Hidden Palace Zone
Timeless City Zone
Egg Fortress Zone
Mettrix Zone
Guardian Castle Zone
Dust Hill Zone
Bronze Lake Zone
Power Source Zone
Credits
Ron Echidna - Original Producer, Level Art/Layout, Badnik Art Stealth - Producer, Programmer Liz - Art Verse - Music Andre Schroder - Original Music Sneeky - CutScenes
Special Thanks
MSmoke - Groundwork for sound programming Chaos Emerald - ASM info, Windows programming examples YarHarHar - Ideas and Dust Hill art Michael Sterns - Original MetalSonic sprite set Sonic Team - For the official Sonic series, of course!