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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
Prior Versions
External Links
Release Thread at
Sonic Retro