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Sonic Zeta Overdrive

Version: Release 2
Last release: 11/1/08
System: Sega Mega Drive
Original game: [[]]
Credits: Mikel, Nineko, Tweaker

Sonic Zeta Overdrive is a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) for the Sega Mega Drive by Mikel. Plans as of now include adding the Centisecond timer.

Features

New Level Layouts
New Palettes
New Music
11 Levels
Sonic 2 Clone Driver
Flying for Tails
Super Peel-Out, and Jump Dash for Sonic
New level art

Planned Features

Centisecond Timer

Features confirmed by Mikel

Bean the Dynamite as a Playable character
Kula Diamond from The King of Fighters 2000 as a boss

Controls

For All Characters

- Look up, useful for looking up at your higher surroundings, can also be used for the Super Peel-Out (Sonic Only)

- Crouch, useful for looking down at your lower surroundings, can also be used for the Spin Dash

/ - Move, move at the same direction to go faster, press the opposite (Left if moving right, Right if moving left) button to break.

+ // - Spin Dash, used for rolling at fast speeds, Press any button to increase Speed

For Sonic Only

+ // - Super Peel-Out, used for running at fast speeds, unlike the Spin Dash, you can only press any button once, since the Peel-Out is not chargeable.

For Tails Only

Jump + // - Flying, Fly at anytime, but don't fly for too long, flying for too long can cause Tails to get tired.

Jump + // if underwater - Swimming, swim at anytime, but don't swim for too long, swimming for too long can cause Tails to get tired.

For Bean Only

at any direction - Bomb Toss, Bean can toss a bomb at any direction (Won't be available in the Hacking Contest Beta)

- High Speed Dash, Bean can do a instant spindash at the touch of the B Button

For Sonic and Bean

Jump + // - Jump Dash

Known Bugs

When you are playing this hack on real hardware, you may notice when you press down while standing, the game will crash, but not the music. (Bug found by TmEE)

If you found a bug you would like to report, PM Mikel on the Sonic Retro Forums.

Credits

Nineko - For xm2smps, xm3smps, the boss tune from Granada, the F-Zero ending theme, and some of the songs that Mikel is using from SoniNeko
Tweaker - For the Sonic 2 Clone Driver
Puto - For xm4smps
roxahris - For the Metal Gear 2 - Frequency 140.85 tune
Xenowhirl - For the Sonic 2 2007 Disassembly
Ollie, JcFerggy, DNXDelta, ShadowFire and the SCAA - For compressed art
Dr. Kylstien - For the Peel-Out code
SMTP and drx - For the Tails Flying Code
Selbi - For the original Jump Dash code
Stealth - For SonED2
Hitaxas - For the RetroHack Splash Screen

sonichackman1/steven the human for being a beta tester.

Downloads

Download Sonic Zeta Overdrive

File: Sonic_Zeta_Overdrive.rar (829 kB) (info)
Current version: Release 2

Prior Versions

Hacking Contest 2008 build ^(info) (803 kB) (802KB, released 8/31/08)

External Links

Update Thread at Sonic Retro

Preview video #1 at YouTube
Preview video #2 at YouTube
Preview video #3 at YouTube
Preview video #4 at YouTube
Preview video #5 at YouTube
Preview video #6 at YouTube

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 ===For Tails Only===
 Jump + [[File:Abtn.png]]/[[File:Bbtn.png]]/[[File:Cbtn.png]] - Flying, Fly at anytime, but don't fly for too long, flying for too long can cause Tails to get tired.
+Jump + [[File:Abtn.png]]/[[File:Bbtn.png]]/[[File:Cbtn.png]] if underwater - Swimming, swim at anytime, but don't swim for too long, swimming for too long can cause Tails to get tired.
 ===For Bean Only===
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 ===For Sonic and Bean===
-Jump + [[File:Abtn.png]]/[[File:Bbtn.png]]/[[File:Cbtn.png]] - Jump Dash, when you get near a target (Like an enemy, and monitors), you'll do the homing attack. (Bean's Jump Dash is weaker and can't do the homing attack when near an enemy)
+Jump + [[File:Abtn.png]]/[[File:Bbtn.png]]/[[File:Cbtn.png]] - Jump Dash
-Jump + [[File:Abtn.png]] in any Direction - Do the Jump Dash in any direction.
 ==Known Bugs==
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 * [[Stealth]] - For [[SonED2]]
 * [[Hitaxas]] - For the [[RetroHack]] Splash Screen
-* [[OuricoDoido]] - For the Sonic Open Source Project, which allowed me to implement new features, such as the Updated Jump Dash Code, the Homing Attack, and the Super-Peelout Sounds
 sonichackman1/steven the human for being a beta tester.