View source for Sonic 2 Special Stage Editor

{{ProgramBob
| screen=S2ssedit-v0.2.0.png
| screenwidth=360px
| category=Special Stage editor
| version=0.2.0
| date=2012-03-18
| system=Cross-platform
| games=[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|Sonic 2]]
| credits=[[User:Flamewing|flamewing]]
}}
The '''Sonic 2 Special Stage Editor''' is a [[wikipedia:Cross-platform|cross-platform]] program, designed by [[User:Flamewing|flamewing]], which can edit the [[Special_Stage_(Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_16-bit)|special stages]] from the [[Sega Mega Drive]] version of ''[[Sonic 2]]''. It is the first known program able to do so in over a decade (unlike editors for ''[[Sonic 1]]'' and ''[[Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'' special stages, which are quite common), and it has been received very well because of this.{{quote|1= I have been bitching about this for a DECADE.<br>You have made my dreams. |2=[[User:Scarred Sun|Scarred Sun]]}}It doesn't edit the ''Sonic 2'' [[sega:ROM|ROM]] in itself, as it is meant to be used with a [[Disassemblies#Sonic_2_final|split disassembly]].
==Features==
This Sonic 2 Special Stage Editor allows the user to edit:
*the object placement ([[ring]]s, [[bomb]]s)
*how the special stage twists and turns (within ''Sonic 2'' engine constraints)
*how long each special stage is
*how many special stages there are in the files
It <b>does not</b> allow to edit:
*background
*palette
*ring requirements
Which should still be edited by hand in a disassembly. Likewise, if the user wants to have more than 7 special stages, modifications of the disassembly are required in order to get the new stages from the eighth onwards to work.
==Download==
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|file2=Sonic_2_Special_Stage_Editor_v0.02.0_Source_code
|filename2=Source code (version 0.2.0)
|filesize2=447kB
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===Old versions===
{{Multidownload
|file1=S2ssedit-0.1.1.7z
|filename1=Windows 32-bit binary (version 0.1.1)
|filesize1=4.16MB
|file2=S2ssedit-0.1.1.tar.gz
|filename2=Source code (version 0.1.1)
|filesize2=400kB
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{{Multidownload
|file1=S2ssedit-0.1.7z
|filename1=Windows 32-bit binary (version 0.1)
|filesize1=4.14MB
|file2=S2ssedit-0.1.tar.gz
|filename2=Source code (version 0.1)
|filesize2=400kB
}}

==External Links==
*{{LinkRetro|topic=24408|title=Release thread on the Sonic Retro forums}}
*[http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/libdevel/libgtkmm-2.4-dev Dependencies needed to compile it]

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