soniNeko

SoniNeko
Version: 1.0
Last release: 2008/05/27, 02:25 GMT
System: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Original game: [[]]
Credits: nineko, Puto

soniNeko is a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis by nineko. It is notable because of its extended playlist, which not only completely replaces all the songs from the original game, but also introduces several new songs, bringing the grand total to 51 (instead of 22 as in the original Sonic 1); most of those songs are conversions from MIDI and MOD files (as a demonstration of xm2smps/xm3smps capabilities), and a small amount of them are conversions from games that use the Cube/Iwadare sound engine. None of those songs have been converted from other games that use the SMPS sound system, something soniNeko is still unique for.

Features

Note: external utilities used to achieve these results are listed in brakets whenever applicable; same goes for other people's important help. Anything without a note has been achieved with basic Hex or ASM techniques.

• Completely new soundtrack (xm2smps/xm3smps)
• Different songs per each act
• Different songs per each special stage
• Different song for the good ending
• A new song for Speed Shoes (they no longer speed up the music)
• A new song for when you have Speed Shoes and Invincibility at the same time
• A new song for the Level Select screen
• A new jingle is played when you collect the 6th Chaos Emerald
• Fixed the Spike Bug (Puto)
• Added the Spin Dash (Puto)
• Ported three sound effects from Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Puto)
• Added Hand Clap and Cymbal to Sonic 1's DAC samples (Puto)
• Raised Sonic's max speed and acceleration
• Slightly raised Sonic's jump height when you have Speed Shoes
• Added new monitors subtypes (see below)
• Changed some of the palettes (SonED)
• Added a new level (SonED)
• Changed Zone names (Esrael Sonic Editor)
• Restored the correct order on the Level Select screen (Esrael Sonic Editor)
• Added a special stage selector on the Level Select screen

Note: Emeralds collected in this way won't be retained

• Edited the Sound Test so it only shows valid song IDs
• Removed the sound effects from the ending demos
• Fixed the bugs related to the invincibility music
• Restored the "Press Start Button" text on the title screen (Esrael Sonic Editor)

Monitors

File:30931833uj1.png - Eggman Monitor - Harms you

File:36499814oc9.png - "S" Monitor - Gives you Invincibility and Speed Shoes, for 20 seconds

File:37454936cm1.png - Emerald Monitor - Displays the Big Ring with less than 50 rings

File:40798072sa2fu4.png - Feather Monitor - Allows you to do one ultra jump

File:73435862ka3.png - Time Monitor - Gives you one additional minute to beat the level

File:88599875xv8.png - Note Monitor - Changes the song to Sleeping in my car

Downloads

Download SoniNeko File: S1neko10.zip (390 kB) (info) Current version: 1.0

Old Versions

• Version 0.9
• Version 0.8

External Links

• First sample video on YouTube
• Second sample video on YouTube
• Third sample video on YouTube

Release thread on the forums