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Revision as of 19:52, 14 August 2007

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Sonic 1 Beta Hoax
Last release: 05/10/99
System: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Original game: [[]]
Credits: Cyan Helkaraxe

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. The resulting hack would become known simply 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), 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.

Features

  • No SEGA Sound
  • Stage titles
  • No GAME OVER screen
  • Different sounding music
  • Only Green Hill, Labyrinth, Sparkling, Clock Works ,Starlight, and Marble work—all other zones cause emulators to stop
  • Level Select has 2 renamed zones
  • Final Zone has two stages (neither implemented) and boss has its own stage—Final Fight
  • Special stage called Special Zone (and not implemented)
  • Sound test unreliable
  • Zones are differently colored
  • Green Hill Zone is at early (although the rolling ball)
  • Sonic is differently colored
  • The end boss works, although the end sequence doesn't.


Download.svg Download Sonic 1 Beta Hoax
File: Sonic_1_Beta_Hoax.zip (351 kB) (info)

External links

Fume Cupboard Facility - Cyan's website. Beta hoax is listed under "Sonic 1 Hoax" in "Coding Capers."