Sonic 2 Heroes

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Sonic 2 Heroes
Version: 0.06a
Last release: 2010/11/16
System: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Original game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
Credits: flamewing

Sonic 2 Heroes is a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis by flamewing that allows the player to play as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles simultaneously, similar to Sonic Heroes.

Features

• The player can rapidly cycle between playing as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles
• Powerups are shared between players.
• Tails can fly, swim and can carry either or both Sonic and Knuckles.
• Knuckles can glide and climb.
• Sonic can use the insta-shield, and has a faster top speed.
• Blue Shield gives Sonic the Homing Attack.
• Physics imported from Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
• Graphics imported from Sonic 3 & Knuckles, particularly when they could be used to reduce the VRAM footprint.
• Projectiles bounce off of Tails' tails and from Knuckles when gliding, as well as from shields, like in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
• A new HUD frees VRAM for Knuckles.
• The drown timer is disabled to keep the characters close together instead of losing them when the timer counts to 0.
• Amy Rose makes a cameo appearance flying the Tornado in Sky Chase Zone, Wing Fortress Zone and during the ending sequence.
• Up to 3-Player Special Stages
• 3 Player Co-op via Multi-Tap
• Options screen to change character order/layout

Controls

• (P1): Cycle through each on-screen playable character
• (P2): Cycle through remaining on-screen characters not being controlled by P1
• All other controls and player abilities are consistent with their traditional standards in the Sonic series.

Known Bugs

• The normal level music does NOT continue to play after collecting extra lives.
• When the Speed Shoes item is collected, the music will either completely slow down or speed up ridiculously.
• Sound Test doesn't work.

Future Additions

• Hack-branded end-of-game logo.
• Save games S3&K-style, possibly removing the options screen altogether as redundant;
• Tails being able to carry Sonic and Knuckles at the same time
• Knuckles being able to carry Sonic and/or Tails while gliding/climbing
• Sonic being able to carry Tails and/or Knuckles while running.

Downloads

Download Sonic 2 Heroes File: S2heroes-v0.06a.7z (768 kB) (info) Current version: 0.06a

Prior Versions

• Sonic 2 Heroes, version 0.06 ^(info) (768 kB) (931kB)
• Sonic 2 Heroes, version 0.05 ^(info) (935 kB) (931kB)
• Sonic 2 Heroes, version 0.04 ^(info) (931 kB) (931kB)
• Sonic 2 Heroes, version 0.03 ^(info) (938 kB) (938kB)
• Sonic 2 Heroes, version 0.02 ^(info) (937 kB) (937kB)
• Sonic 2 Heroes, first release ^(info) (937 kB) (937kB)

External Links

Release Thread at Sonic Retro