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==History== | ==History== |
Revision as of 16:41, 3 April 2009
Sonic 1 Beta Hoax |
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Last release: 05/10/99 |
System: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis |
Original game: [[]] |
Credits: Cyan Helkaraxe |
(Also known as Sonic 1 Prototype Hoax)
Contents
History
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
- No title cards
- 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.
Downloads
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."