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The release of the hoax beta stirred up more interest in Sonic 1, and when it was identified as a hoax, [[Andy Wolan]] invited Cyan to the SSRG for his work in creating the ROM hack.
 
The release of the hoax beta stirred up more interest in Sonic 1, and when it was identified as a hoax, [[Andy Wolan]] invited Cyan to the SSRG for his work in creating the ROM hack.
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[http://www.emulationzone.org/projects/cyan/coding/index.htm Cyan's Downloads Page] - Beta hoax is listed under "Sonic 1 Hoax".
 
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Revision as of 15:00, 7 December 2004

To try and stir up a bit more interest in Sonic 1, Cyan Helkaraxe decided to do something which had never been done at that time - create a ROM hack.

Cyan set to work on the Sonic 1 ROM, researching its internal workings primarily by a trial-and-error process (since there was absolutely no documentation on Sonic 1 available at the time), with the goal of creating a hoax beta - a ROM that mimicked the behaviour of a "genuine" Sonic 1 beta.

Finally, in May 1999, the ROM hack was released to Simon Wai's Sonic 2 beta page. The ROM was deliberately not listed as a hoax, but rather released under the title "Sonic 1 beta?".

The release of the hoax beta stirred up more interest in Sonic 1, and when it was identified as a hoax, Andy Wolan invited Cyan to the SSRG for his work in creating the ROM hack.

External links

Cyan's Downloads Page - Beta hoax is listed under "Sonic 1 Hoax".