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Sonic 2 Secret Rings Edition

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Sonic 2 Secret Rings Edition
Version: 5
Last release: December 19, 2011
System: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Original game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
Credits: MainMemory

Sonic 2 Secret Rings Edition is a hack of Sonic 2 by MainMemory. It features no new art or level layouts, and few new features, instead adding replayability to the original game by adding various missions that you can attempt to complete, although there are several levels where completing certain missions is impossible, and some levels where it is impossible to lose.

Features

  • Speed Break move like in Sonic and the Secret Rings, accessed by holding A as Sonic. Drains your Rings quickly.
  • Homing Attack for Sonic, accessed by pressing C while jumping.
  • Jump Cancel for Sonic, accessed by pressing B while jumping.
  • You have an infinite number of lives. Because of this, 1up monitors will now provide 40 rings.
  • Mission Select replacing the 2P item select on the options menu. Press Start on it to access the Level Select screen.
  • Continue option on main menu returns you to the last level you were in. Doesn't save between runs.
  • Knuckles the Echidna ported from Knuckles in Sonic 2.
  • Amy Rose added as a playable character. Slower than Sonic, jumps higher, with Super form and optional Tails partner. Pressing A with 50 rings will give her Invincibility, a Shield, and Speed Shoes, much like Flower Festival from Sonic Heroes.
  • Tails can fly and swim, and has the ability to carry the main player. Hold B while flying to drop quickly.
  • Dying moves you back to the last checkpoint without restarting the level.
  • Game Overs always return to title screen, removing the continue screen.

Missions

Missions are accessed through the options menu, once you select a mission, it will remain in effect until you choose another or reset. Failure to meet the criteria for a mission will result in an instant Game Over, although Continues can still save you. Some of these missions were directly taken from SatSR, and have the same rules here.

  • Normal - Play the game normally, with the only change being the addition of the Speed Break move.
  • Hands Off - Finish the stage with 0 rings. This mission was criticized as being too easy, so the No Rings mission was created.
  • Diehard - Finish the stage without dying.
  • Perfect - Finish the stage without getting hit once, even if you have a Shield.
  • Stealth Attack - Finish the stage without destroying any Badniks.
  • Super Sonic - Start the stage in Super mode, and make it to the end without losing the transformation. Here, the ring drain that normally accompanies the transformation is much faster, however the Shield and Invincibility monitors now provide extra rings.
  • No Rings - Do not collect any rings. This mission is nearly impossible to complete.
  • Escort - Finish the stage without losing Tails either by him dying or being offscreen for too long. Probably the most difficult mission besides No Rings.
  • Rampage - Destroy all the badniks in the level.
  • Ring Collection - Collect a certain amount of rings.

Download

Download.svg Download Sonic 2 Secret Rings Edition
File: S2SR 5.zip (929 kB) (info)
Current version: 5

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