Sonic 2 Heroes
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Sonic 2 Heroes |
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Version: 0.06b |
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.
Contents
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, Super Peel-Out and has a higher top speed.
- When player 1 is controlling Sonic, Tails and Knuckles share his top speed, acceleration, deceleration and jump strength (the last three of which are more meaningful when you consider Super Sonic's enhanced stats).
- Blue Shield gives Sonic the Homing Attack.
- Lightning Shield, Fire Shield and Water Shield have been ported from Sonic 3 & Knuckles and have been sprinkled through the game.
- 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.
- 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
- or (P1): Cycle through each on-screen playable character: cycles clockwise, cycles counterclockwise.
- or (P2 or P3): Cycle through remaining on-screen characters not being controlled by other players.
- All other controls and player abilities are consistent with their traditional standards in the Sonic series.
Known Bugs
- Shields may sometimes be left behind after returning from special stages.
Future Additions
- Save games S3&K-style, possibly removing the options screen altogether as redundant;
- 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-v0.06c.7z (772 kB) (info)
Current version: 0.06c |
Prior Versions
- Sonic 2 Heroes, version 0.06b (info) (768 kB) (768kB)
- Sonic 2 Heroes, version 0.06a (info) (768 kB) (768kB)
- Sonic 2 Heroes, version 0.06 (info) (768 kB) (768kB)
- Sonic 2 Heroes, version 0.05 (info) (935 kB) (935kB)
- 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)
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