Sega Genesis Sonic Hacks

We look at 9 popular Sonic hacks that I really enjoyed. Below are the links needed so you can patch them. Pay attention to the ROM you need and use the online patcher I link below.
Gex The Gecko in Sonic
www.romhacking.net/hacks/5574/
Sonic 3D Blast Director's Cut
www.romhacking.net/hacks/3810/
Sonic Erazor
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1080/
Metal Sonic Hyperdrive
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1674/
Sonic Classic Heroes
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1038/
Sonic 3 Complete
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1056/
Sonic Winter Adventures
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1908/
Sonic Megamix
www.romhacking.net/hacks/171/
Sonic The Blue Blur
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1075/
Online Patcher
www.romhacking.net/patch/
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By: Jan Neves
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured on the Mega SG. Hacks tested in Kega with no problems(emulation).
2. Streets of Rage 2 hacks are similar in nature and just as easy to patch. There are some fun ones to mess around with.

[@galfordsdog8784]

This video was uploaded on the 28th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in the US. It came out on Feb. 2, 1994. Fun fact.

[@MatthewCobalt]

Had to do a quick bit of mental math just to check how long ago 1993 was. Even in my early 20s, I can feel my age just from thinking about it.

[@TheDumontShow]

I remember getting with my birthday money around that time. You are right. I can't count how many times I played it and beaten it. It's one of my favorite videogames of all time. A masterclass of level design, music and storytelling in a platform game. And when Sonic and Knuckles came later and I snapped that cartridge on it, it was the best experience I ever had on the Sega Genesis. Especially seeing and hearing Sky Sanctuary Zone that first time. It was so epic. Never played a platform like Sonic 3 and Knuckles again. That's why I could never understand why some people think Sonic 2 was better. Made no sense to me

[@NK-le5ws]

28 years! Wow. I remember playing this game as a kid like it was yesterday.

[@singletona082]

Streets of rage 2 has a warm place in my nostalgia hole and yes i want to hear more even if it is mostly character replacements.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

definitely, as there are character replacement hacks that are done really well.

[@Boris82]

Same here. Would like to see more about that. Streets of Rage always hits my nostalgia spot

[@darkchild130]

The punisher hack is sick tbh. I love SoR2 hacks.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

SOR2's Punisher hack is nuts, first time i ever finished Mania difficulty. lol

[@jimmelton5846]

Final Fight hack is my favourite of the lot but the Turtles and Street Fighter versions are also good.

[@TheBeggies95]

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[@dek737]

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[@jurassicmatt2796]

Had the same man. These vids are soothing somehow.

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[@tsoupakis]

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[@tdog9351]

Great video. I would love to see a SOR hacks episode.

[@TrevinAdams]

Fully concur!!!

[@Cloud971]

Streets Of Rage Remake for the win.

[@GreyMatterShades]

Cool stuff! I'd definitely be interested in a Streets of Rage 2 hacks video.

[@daniell1509]

The writing and structure of these videos are so well done. I hope you keep making videos!

[@caseyhayes4590]

seeing all of these edited together really remind me how "next gen" Sonic was when it released in '91. It's easy to remember it as Sega's mascot game or the game that vaulted them as a player in the home console market, but it was also a technical marvel compared to what was previously available for home consoles. Sonic 2 was enough of a jump over the original that it was also a technical marvel a year later.

[@OnionLancer]

I'd like to see a Streets of Rage video similar to the subject material discussed here.

[@Ruddskies]

Bedtime stories from Sega lord x are my favourite

[@KL-mk1yn]

Ditto.

[@tylerensminger]

Very good stuff. Played most of them. Ond notable hack I'd like to bring up is Sonic Next Level. Its only one zone (3 acts) long but it is very impressive and very fun with each act having a distinct style

[@Kousaburo]

Given how well Mania was received the fact that we haven't had another 2D Sonic is bigger mystery than the meaning of life. If Sega allowed these mods on console they'd make more money which they seem to be averse to these days.

[@Naltddesha]

Seriously, WHERES THE MANIA SEQUAL?? I don’t get it either

[@zerocal76]

@@Naltddesha Its prob due to Sega sitting on their asses as usual probably arguing over some crap (Sega of J & Sega of America disagreed on a ton of things in the past)

[@Naltddesha]

@@zerocal76 I hate to hear that. I’d buy a new sonic mania right now

[@thetrashpanda9085]

Definitely going to check out the Gex hack. That little green bastard deserves more love

[@Omelander]

“F**king Gex”

[@monkeybone1080]

Man a few of these I wasn't even aware of so thanks for bringing them to my attention. Here's hoping you make a series out of this highlighting the best hacks for as many Sega games as possible!

[@AfroRyan]

Sonic VR is one of my favorites. I love the little mini challenges.

[@nealon2005]

Really cool that you credited the modders. Almost all the others on KZbin fail to do that.

[@elgigante2001]

Love Sonic 3 Complete, and Sonic Classic Heros. Another good Sonic hack is Sonic Delta 40Mb. I have a really good time going through that one.

[@Game_Hero]

Thank you very much for doing my request! These hacks really need more publicity.

[@datassetteuser356]

Wow, this was a great ride, thanks for sharing this! I had no idea there were so many competent Sonic hacks around on the Genesis, wow! Keep up the great work and thanks for the hours of entertainment so far! Cheers!

[@joezep]

Great video, always love seeing the hacks people come up with. The Puyo Puyo Wars hack for Streets of Rage 2 is one of my favorites. Adds many new characters and is quite fun to see how they redo some bosses/enemies. Hope to see you cover that and others in the Streets of Rage video! :)

[@GamingintoEternity]

Great content Segalord! These Sega Rom Hacks are really love letters. Thanks for sharing and would love to see other franchise rom hacks as well!

[@orangeblitz4786]

Exactly the video I was hoping to see. I'll be downloading many of these and playing on my PSP Genesis emulator this weekend

[@PLEYOR]

Sonic 3 Complete is my absolute favorite rom hack. I'll be sure to check out the others. Thanks SLX!

[@BabusGameRoom]

I'd definitely watch a similar video going over the hacks for SOR2! Great content as always, thanks for sharing this with us!

[@azazelleblack]

The music during the Metal Sonic Hyperdrive bossfight is actually from a game called Granada by Wolfteam. Highly recommend you check it out; the Genesis/MD version is certainly the best version.

[@markbrueton1883]

Thank you for the great content and the time you take putting together all these videos. I have been watching for a long time I just want to say you are great 👍

[@Juice2Fifty]

Amazing video. I had no idea these hacks existed! Can’t wait to explore!

[@darktetsuya]

some of these look super cool! may have to sit down and play around with some of these.

[@SavageMontreal]

Great video. I'm amazed how you can always find something new to talk about with Sega. I always feel like I'm getting something from your channel that other channels don't touch upon, or don't deal with as comprehensively as you do. Looking forward to the Streets Of Rage video. Thanks for the content, and keep up the great work.

[@peterbruin5154]

Sonic 3 complete is my preferred way to play the title. So well done.

[@RyuAkiga]

I enjoyed seeing new takes on retro games! Awesome job to all the community keeping things alive and well! Great exposure and video here Sega!

[@rosiethegamingshiba1122]

Well... now I know what I'm playing for the next few days! Thanks for showing these to us!

[@rabidrabbit7853]

Love the rom hacks. You should make it a regular segment on the channel

[@nnickplays9713]

I'd love to see more hacks on display. There's so many. Sonic 1, 2, 3 hacks, Streets of Rage as well as all the other games people have tinkered with. If anything, doing dives into hacks for each game, or the ones overshadowed by Sonic and SoR would be awesome to see too! Thank you for the video! It's a real treat

[@Keepcalmandcupcakes]

One vote for the streets of rage rom hacks video here. I've been playing Sonic rom hacks for about as long as I've been playing the originals, but I never payed attention that much towards the ones for the streets of rage games.

[@acarbonbasedlifeform70]

I'm really glad that this channel exists. Myself, I was a staunch Nintendo kid in the 90s, but I feel sad that Sega doesn't get as much quality YT content as Nintendo does nowadays. I really think Sega games and consoles deserve more recognition and coverage, so... Keep up the good work!

[@neilmclean1527]

I play Sonic 3 Complete and the Heroes hack quite regularly but thanks for the other recommendations. Will definitely give most of these a try 👍

[@ludicrousfool7953]

Megamix, in many ways, feels like the natural evolution for Sonic on the Saturn had they chosen to make an original 2D adventure for the system. Seeing the homing attack and light speed dash incorporated into the fray are small but significant changes to the flow and level design. If it was also paired with the boost mechanic a la Sonic Rush, I think we’d be golden for a proper Sonic game for the system. Anyway, this was nicely done, Lord X.

[@NewportBox100s]

Looking forward to your SOR 2 Hacks episode 👍🏻

[@mtshark7]

Awesome video man! I didn't know there were soo many hacks.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Great video! I noticed you were showing a …not very good Amy in Sonic 1 hack at the beginning (the one with major palette issues), so I thought it worthwhile to mention there’s a much better set of Amy in Sonic 1/2/3 hacks that (don’t break the palette and) actually import her moveset from Sonic Advance. It’s a really fun challenge in my opinion, as in Sonic Advance, Amy couldn’t curl up into a ball and instead had to attack with her hammer, but also had a few extra acrobatic jumps at her disposal. I genuinely think it’s a shame that in Sonic Advance 2/3 they gave her the ability to spin, because I really enjoyed playing as Amy in the first game over any of the other characters, I loved the extra challenge, one that mapped quite nicely to the original Sonic games in these hacks.

[@Riz2336]

That’s cool man I didn’t know there was so many hacks for that game

[@loki.odinson]

This was a great video and a treat to watch. Thank you! Would you consider making a video of your Personally Recommended Sonic Fan Games? A lot of fan games have come and gone over the years. Although some of them were really great, many of them are now impossible to find.

[@adamdenardis5438]

I got so many rom hacks! Sonic 3 Complete, Sonic 3D Blast DX, S Factor, Metal Sonic Hyperdrive, Metal Sonic Rebooted, Knuckles Emerald Hunt, Sonic Erazor, Sally Acorn in Sonic 1,2,3 & Knuckles, Bunnie Rabbot in Sonic 1 and 2, Sonic 2 Delta, Knuckles Chaotix with Sonic

[@calamari_fan]

Sonic Classic Heroes got a recent update about 2 weeks ago which changes the UI in and background in the menu to make it more Heroes like, and some tweaks and bug fixes.

[@cantpassthebar]

Yes please do the streets of rage video! Love your content brother!

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Been binging redhotsonic and his hack reviews lately

[@tokugamer1697]

Great video. I gotta check out a few that I’ve never seen before from you. Also check out Robotnik’s Revenge and Sonic 1 EA Games edition.

[@stevejennings3960]

One of the best sonic ‘hacks’ around is actually an 8bit port of the master system Sonic on the Commodore 64 Now, that is a masterpiece of programming!

[@AllardRT]

A SOR2 hack roundup would be a treat. And Sonic hacks are so plentiful I think a second episode on them would be great

[@Ren-bo7bj]

SAGE and SHC is probably by favorite yearly event due to it nurturing the hacking scene and just generally resulting in a lot of fun content made by talented people. If you wanna find programming talent for the Genesis/Mega Drive, that's probably the best place to look.

[@samghost13]

Dude! We are not Old! We are Cool and we have seen so much! Heroes of our Time! I would buy a Ticket back to the 90's every single Day!

[@fiskburk2908]

Man sonic 3 complete is awesome, now the game stages made sense and feel like they are actually connected

[@flickysixx]

Deffo interested in a streets of rage hack compilation video, the sonic hacking community is hard to ignore , but other megadrive/genesis hacks go completely under my radar.

[@davistobia1425]

Love hack videos. Keepem coming

[@lightspeedmurphy7546]

And here I was expecting a Redhotsonic cameo

[@secretsofthemeatsack]

Definitely will be trying some of these 👏

[@DanJonesShow]

Excellent video!

[@richardheckmann1892]

Great video man. I have mega mix. It’s a very fun game.

[@VOAN]

I got the ones with Sally Acorn in Sonic 1 & 2 which are both challenging and fun.

[@hackwrench5583]

There's a 3&K as well.

[@thecunninlynguist]

I forget if it was a sonic cd or genesis hack, but it was the one where metal sonic chases you throughout the stages. Pretty fun but stressful

[@greenkoopa]

You're everywhere I go 🐢

[@NK-le5ws]

An Ordinary Sonic

[@InFern0L]

Surprised to see that there was no mention of The S Factor: Sonia and Silver.

[@tboneanimatetwoaccount2094]

A hack really deserves respect is "Sonic Delta 40MB". It's a hack that puts all the Sonic 1, 2, 3, & Knuckles levels all in one ROM, plus some additional content like cut graphics and extra Sonic 2 levels. The creator has been working on it since 2001, right before I was born. It's still getting updates to this day. It's one of my all time favorites.

[@Evercade_Effect]

Loved this! Please do a Streets of Rage 2 Hacks vid.

[@yousefslimani99]

You gotta love Sonic's Romhacks My Favorite one is "Sonic Delta 40Mb"

[@robbvanderstoel7725]

I like the way your presentation style has developed recently. I’d like to see that Ninja Turtles Streets of Rage hack.

[@DDRmails]

Just wow... Will try almost all... Especialy 3dblast!... I love gex, but not first one gex((( oh my, already imagine to see gex 3dblast xD... i think that concept much closer to gex than for sonic... Good video as first part >:D

[@Zahir658]

Man I remember playing those hacks. They were amazing!

[@JohnnyThousand605]

A recommended SOR hacks video would be great =)

[@The90sGamingGuy]

I've played a version of Sonic Mega Mix and a Metal Sonic hack and both are just fantastic.

[@woodenpints]

Great video.

[@arisdulgerian2053]

Well done hacks of Sonic games.

[@shadow1w2]

A good video for showing off sonic hacks to suggest. Sonic Classic Heroes I'd suggest the rubber band choatix mode to keep all the players on the same screen. There's a respawn button but it fits well with two players. My neice would play as tails and often pick up sonic to toss into spikes, it was funny.

[@alextirrellRI]

Yes, I'd love to see a vide on SoR hacks!

[@rustymixer2886]

Great video...

[@shiningphantasy1393]

Certainly would like to see a similar SOR video; I only want so much Sonic in my life but I did add the Winter Adventures and Sonic 3D Blast Directors cut to the Steam workshop library.

[@BHGMediaGroup]

If you want pure comedy, as well as one hell of a challenge, Sonic XL would be up your alley, it's my favorite and most times I can't even beat the first level!! lol it's great!

[@ComaAlpha]

Sonic 2 Retro Remix 2016 Edition. Great game you should've mentioned in your video.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

hey man, whenever you're speakin' of hacks, you're speakin' my language, the rom hacking scene should always be showcased on any gaming channel.

[@georged7627]

I got all these hacks and 100ds more on my Anbernic RG351p downloaded on the SD card when I bought it...I thought I was in heaven 🙏🏽👍🏾🤘🏾 And I will watch you next time 🙏🏽🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@AnthonyRiddle]

Yes, please do a Streets of Rage Hacks video. Would love to see that

[@andresbravo2003]

well, quite a great experience!

[@Oysterblade84]

I'm late to the party yet again. Awesome video SegalordX, good to see you make more videos on Sonic. Your selection of games for recommendations is good, may I recommend a few others? 1. Sonic The Lost Worlds. 2. Sonic 2 Long Version 3. Sonic Mildness 4. Sonic 2 remastered 5. Sonic 1 Remastered Also you may or may not have noticed but ''Sonic The Blue Blur'' has a heavy error handler crash in it located at the very start of Gimmick Egg Zone Act 1, walk forward and kiss your game goodbye! This appears on the Mega SG, original hardware and even Kega Fusion which is surprising seeing that Kega usually overlooks most errors found in these ROM hacks. The good news is that I have personally fixed this hack and removed that crash, you just need to download it from my channel, I have made a video about it to and i've informed Swhcha of this aswell.

[@dimebagshawn]

I saw that they recently did a hack fix for Symphony of the Night on Saturn. Do you know if there are any hacks for the Saturn levels on PlayStation 1.

[@hardkoregamer1981]

Some of the sonic the hedgehog 2 themes I personally love is metropolis zone theme, chemical plant zone theme & mystic cave zone theme.

[@spicybreadproductions1972]

Sonic 1 character hacks really interest me in the way they make other objects move out of Sonic’s palette. I’m really into the technical aspect of it

[@bigbossman2810]

SLX, I would love to see a video on the various Streets of Rage hacks.

[@yohannvilla2445]

Big thanks to the SH comu, since they have given a lot of tips to other hack comu. And yup, it would be good to see other games that have some good hack. Yoh, working on is own Shining Force 2 hack.

[@kennethmcclure9999]

Would love to see more sega hacks

[@Rationalific]

I'd like to see at least two similar videos from you...Sonic Mania hacks/mods and other Sonic fan games (that are not hacks/mods). Preferably starring classic Sonic (even if some are 3D).

[@jamesbarker5535]

I never realised there were so many hacks. All of these recommendations look great and I would love to give them a go. Does anyone know if the ROM for these hacks are compatible with the Mega Drive/Genesis Mini?

[@ChaoticHoly]

I've never been into Genesis hacks (or hacks in general) outside translation and/or uncensoring patches. So all of these I never knew existed...though the only one that really interested me was Sonic & Knuckles with Sonic the Hedgehog Complete. But, yeah, Streets of Rage hacks would be a fun watch. I think it was this channel that clued me in on OpenBoR?

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Yeah beats of rage is sweet

[@joelg.7622]

Yes please, make a similar Streets of Rage episode. I cannot get enough Streets of Rage, and sure I am not the only one out there. Thank you!

[@Gohan1138]

when people make good hacks- Sega: yeah we might have a job for ya Nintendo: so u have chosen death

[@miketate3445]

What I learned: ROM hackers prefer the Sonic CD run animation. They are correct.

[@BassForever]

I'd appreciate a SoR 2 hack overview because there is such a flood of them it's hard to know which are just basic sprite swaps (not that interesting) and which have core mechanic changes (like the Gex one in this video).

[@Game_Hero]

I'd really love a part 2.

[@Qaisjaan]

Would love to see a SOR hacks video!

[@nekonekopanicnekonekopanic7335]

Great stuff please make a streets of rage hack video there are a bunch of good ones

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

I highly recommend Sonic 3 Complete.

[@clopixelgamers]

Sonic Forever!!!