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* No SEGA Sound. | * No SEGA Sound. | ||
* No title cards. | * No title cards. | ||
| − | * No GAME OVER | + | * No "GAME OVER" text appears when you run out of lives. |
* Music sounds different. | * Music sounds different. | ||
| − | * Only Green Hill | + | * Only Green Hill, Sparkling, Starlight, and Final Fight work. All other zones cause emulators to stop. |
| − | * | + | * Both Labyrinth and Clock Work Zone are neither implemented. |
* Level Select has 2 renamed zones. | * Level Select has 2 renamed zones. | ||
| − | * Final Zone has | + | * Final Zone has three stages (neither implemented) and boss has its own stage: Final Fight. |
* Special stage is called Special Zone (and not implemented). | * Special stage is called Special Zone (and not implemented). | ||
* Sound test is unreliable. | * Sound test is unreliable. | ||
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* Beating the boss of some levels, including Green Hill Zone and Star Light Zone, results in the game crashing with an Address Error. | * Beating the boss of some levels, including Green Hill Zone and Star Light Zone, results in the game crashing with an Address Error. | ||
* Waiting on the Stage Select screen too long will cause the game to crash. | * Waiting on the Stage Select screen too long will cause the game to crash. | ||
| − | * The " | + | * The "TIME OVER" text doesn't appear on the screen when the player reaches 10 minutes. |
==Download== | ==Download== | ||
Revision as of 15:20, 17 April 2017
| Sonic 1 Beta Hoax |
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| Last release: 05/10/99 |
| Status: Complete |
| System: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis |
| Original game: Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) |
| Credits: Cyan Helkaraxe |
Sonic 1 Beta Hoax is a ROM hack created by Cyan Helkaraxe in 1999. When it was first released, it was purposely not described as being a hoax. As a result, many individuals mistakenly thought for a time that it was a legitimate prototype of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis.
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History
In 1999, Cyan Helkaraxe wanted to stir up more interest in Sonic 1 among the Sonic community. He decided to do something which had never been done at that time: create a ROM hack. The resulting hack would become known as the Sonic 1 Beta Hoax.
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. His goal was to create a hoax prototype - a game that mimicked the behavior of a "genuine" Sonic 1 prototype.
In May 1999, Cyan released his hack to Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta page. The ROM was deliberately not listed as a hoax; rather, it was released under the title "Sonic 1 beta?".
The release of the hoax prototype stirred up more interest in Sonic 1, and when it was identified as a hoax, Andy Wolan invited Cyan to the Sonic Stuff Research Group for his work in creating the ROM hack.
Features
- No SEGA Sound.
- No title cards.
- No "GAME OVER" text appears when you run out of lives.
- Music sounds different.
- Only Green Hill, Sparkling, Starlight, and Final Fight work. All other zones cause emulators to stop.
- Both Labyrinth and Clock Work Zone are neither implemented.
- Level Select has 2 renamed zones.
- Final Zone has three stages (neither implemented) and boss has its own stage: Final Fight.
- Special stage is called Special Zone (and not implemented).
- Sound test is unreliable.
- Zones are differently colored.
- Green Hill Zone appears to be at an early stage in development.
- Sonic has a different palette.
- The ending sequence does not work.
- Beating the boss of some levels, including Green Hill Zone and Star Light Zone, results in the game crashing with an Address Error.
- Waiting on the Stage Select screen too long will cause the game to crash.
- The "TIME OVER" text doesn't appear on the screen when the player reaches 10 minutes.
Download
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Download Sonic 1 Beta Hoax
File: Sonic_1_Beta_Hoax.zip (351 kB) (info)
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External links
Fume Cupboard Facility - Cyan's website. Beta hoax is listed under "Sonic 1 Hoax" in "Coding Capers."