Sonic Hack - Sonic 1 South Island Definitive

[@WhatsDown]

This is an absolutely insane improvement from the original Sonic 1. I can't wait to see where this goes!

[@fruitcakedog1997]

I went through an entire video of this hack the other day thinking it was a fangame or something along those lines. Very impressive!

[@xxsegaxx]

Oh so this is a mix of Sonic 1 sms/gg and Genesis but with the graphical overload of also a mix between Genesis and Mania. Looks pretty neat

[@ClexYoshi]

this has serious Sonic Mania vibes to it. INCREDIBLY polished.

[@maxrichards5925]

This hack is super impressive & I had a lot of fun playing it for the first time on my tower of power. An interesting thing about it is that you can enable level select on the title screen, you hear a ring chime & everything, but pressing A + start just brings you to the normal menu no matter what

[@therealinferno161]

Of course, this is intentional for the demos. There's indeed a unique level select in there, but it won't be open until later. :)

[@maxrichards5925]

@@therealinferno161 Oh that makes sense. That makes me more excited about the final version or the next demo in early 2024, as if I wasn’t excited enough lol

[@TrackedToasted]

​@@therealinferno161ID 09

[@sirhoopsalot7605]

oh i am in LOVE with everything they did with marble zone

[@roast-thekamenrider8591]

Now THIS is the TRUE Sonic 1!

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Hands down the best sonic rom hack i've ever played. And it isn't even out yet! There's not even special stages and i still prefer it to everything i've played before. It's that good. And it works on real hardware(everdrive x5/model 2). I can not wait for the full release

[@UrashimaEdits]

It honestly seems like they took everything that's best in mega drive games, a little nostalgia with things from Master system games and abused our beloved's capabilities to the fullest Mega drive, I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.

[@newtonshiggers]

Shades of "Take Me I'm Yours" by Squeeze in this new Marble Zone rendition.

[@Nitron2097]

Frickin' Bridge Zone! Yoooooooo! And that remix is so dope!

[@not_kjb]

Meh... The old version has a better remix

[@SeidouCeruli]

0:39　メインメニュー：Let's have a break（ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ（GG、MSM版未使用曲（「古代雄三　Early Collection Box」Disc6に収録）） 0:45　ステージセレクト： 0:48　グリーンヒルAct1：Green Hill（ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ（デモテープ版）） 1:39　ボーナスステージ：Bonus Stage（ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ（GG、MSM版）） 3:58　ボスAct1：Dash! Jump! Spin! Attack!（ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ（GG、MSM版未使用曲（「古代雄三　Early Collection Box」Disc6に収録））））、Boss（ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ（GG、MSM版）） 4:38　グリーンヒルAct2：Green Hill（アレンジ） 8:28　ボスAct2：Boss（ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ） 9:10　ブリッジ：Bridge（ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ（GG、MSM版）） 11:23　マーブル：Marble（ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ）

[@dafneorlow]

Ok, i was SOLD on this rom hack upon hearing the 16bit rendition of the 8bit bonus stage theme! 🤩 I should probably watch the rest of the video now...🤭

[@CrystalGreymon]

This is EXCELLENT! Some things look like they could do with some more polish. Perhaps a good idea might be if Eggman doesn't occupy the Mini-Boss role as well. Then you can have something like superior Badniks being sent out to occupy Miniboss locations like in Bridge Zone. Marble Zone's placement feels as though it should be closer to the end of the game because of how it sits geographically though, as it is likely drawing on the Island's Volcanic region for the lava. Incidentally, I love the lava's 'Magma look' but that gives off the vibe that it's stiffer and more rigid than it is. I suggest taking a look at the original 16 Bit release's intended level order and couple that with the 8-Bit release's level order so you can find the most accurate Geographical locations and the story flows correctly with Sonic blasting across the island in the correct order. The proposed Level Order I workshopped that makes sense geographically is as follows: Green Hill Bridge Star Light Marble Spring Yard Jungle Labyrinth Scrap Brain "Final" Sky Base

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

The one issue I have is I think the robotnik mini boss is to include the 8bit boss as well as the Genesis boss

[@CrystalGreymon]

@@littlemacisunderrated412 There are ways around that idea. The minibosses also being him feel like he's not preparing a better trap or weapon

[@therealinferno161]

@@CrystalGreymon To clarify, only GHZ will have Eggman as a miniboss, and BZ1's boss is meant to be moved to Act 2 and overhauled. There's meant to be a cutscene where Eggman is caught off-guard whilst putting a flicky into a Buzzbomber, and then proceeds to get into the Eggmobile. We intend to have S1-style unique machines for most of the minibosses. Also, we're intentionally leaving the vanilla level order in place as a backbone and adding lore reasons for it. Same applies to the 8-bit level order. The team consists of people who have researched the development of Sonic 1 for a LONG time, alongside the creative vision of the original 3 on Sonic Team, so we feel pretty safe in having the level order be: Green Hill Bridge Marble (REDACTED) (REDACTED) (Teased before credits) Spring Yard Jungle Labyrinth (REDACTED) Star Light Scrap Brain (Final merged into Act 2) Sky Base

[@CrystalGreymon]

@@therealinferno161 Ah, the cutscene for GHZ1 gives more context to it. No time to prep a weapon so he tries anyway. Gotcha! The context here makes me look forward to it more.

[@therealinferno161]

​@@CrystalGreymonBTW, new demo has an actual miniboss. :p No cutscene yet, but should be there by the next big demo.

[@hcbs1986]

This is a classic channel

[@antoniotito89]

One of the most delicious And beautiful marble zones i have seen

[@RobsonRoverRepair]

I really liked this, nice little mix of old, new and cancelled. Great balance.

[@Bgsonics]

5:32 that giant ring disintegrates into many rings just like in Sonic Unleashed from Java Mobile 😮

[@yourtypicalutpersona]

Reeks graphic equation to maximum with that one to upscale the zones. Should be a good job for the creator of that romhack.

[@bubbleteacore]

these remixes are fire

[@OlegPelmezhek]

Пересматриваю старые ролики про соник 3 и наклз мастер эдинш, и смотря ролики сейчас ты понимаешь, что, все вроде бы как раньше

[@MaxxD86]

There was a Sonic game I played a while back called Sonic Rebirth, it had all Sonic 1 zones for Megadrive and Master System/Game Gaer. I’m not sure the game is still available anymore

[@therealinferno161]

It is still available, just hard as hell to find.

[@callmewumple]

S1D is much more faithful to the OG story and tone compared to Rebirth

[@teaoftraffic]

*FINALLY* *FUN MARBLE ZONE*

[@jN3utr0n]

Nice gameplay and what an awesome game! ❤

[@tehdrago]

Sonic 1 bits and pieces let's gooooooooooooo

[@starcomettosanol8659]

the REAL Sonic 1 Mania

[@SolidSonicTH]

SQL crapped out on the website... So special stages will be handled by hidden giant gold rings, I take it? They're just not actually ready yet and that wasn't just a big ring that explodes into little rings...

[@therealinferno161]

Yea, the actual functionality of them taking you there is working internally, we just haven't even decided on how to make the S1 special stages better yet, LOL

[@Alguma_Coisa_Sobre]

14:13 Golden Capital Zone!

[@theflightfile9578]

Nice!!!

[@lymagreen]

No way! I can't believe this!

[@Kusanagi_Sans]

9:59 who put mario in my sonic

[@superadentheagent5576]

WHAT IS THIS HACK OF SONIC 1?! It’s so damn polished and amazing! The Sonic Mania vibes have kicked in!

[@jameskirkup1873]

These sonic hacks are really good but. They glitch alot and freeze. For once I'd like to play a sonic hack with no problems

[@therealinferno161]

We've been working to rectify the lag (most of which was fixed in a later revision of the hack not shown in this video). :P

[@DarkbluesEXE25]

Sonic the Hedgehog 1 SEGA Mega-Drive + Sonic the Hedgehog 1 SEGA Master System on Game-Gear = Sonic the Hedgehog Definitive - World 1 Green Hill Zone - Wolrd 2 Bridge Zone - World 3 Marble Zone - World 4 Jungle Zone (Sega Master System/Game-Gear - Coming Soon) - World 5 Sprinyard Zone (Sega Mega-Drive - Coming Soon) - Labyrinth Zone (SEGA Mega-Drive + SEGA Master System/Game-Gear) - Coming Soon - World 6 Starlight Zone (SEGA Mega-Drive - Coming Soon) World 7 Sky Spark Zone (SEGA Master System/SEGA Game-Gear - Coming Soon) World 8 Scrapping Zone (SEGA Mega-Drive + SEGA Master System/Game-Gear) Super Sonic Boss Rush Mode

[@Antluvstrains]

I’m having trouble downloading this for my iOS phone

[@MsSlagar]

А могли бы и показать, что делает Яйкин на второй фазе, а не выпендриваться скилом.

[@scooterman3]

It’s good but Sonic is not waving his finger on the title 😢

[@therealinferno161]

Those frames just weren't done entirely by the time of the demo. That's being worked on.

[@TennyUnderscore]

sorry nothing

[@El_ostia.911]

From the creators of Sonic 3 A.I.R. comes Sonic 1 S.I.D. 🗿

[@therealinferno161]

No?

[@not_kjb]

No

[@AbsnormalCoolest]

port it to the sega cd and give it redbook audio.

[@therealinferno161]

Hello, former lead dev (who has mostly moved on from the project due to personal reasons) here. The SEGA CD is hell on earth to work with compared to the Genesis, even just to get Redbook audio working. No, we cannot just use other ports, because we've changed so much of the game's engine to make it impossible. Let's just say that the Sega CD, due to it's medium... has some very annoying limitations.

[@AbsnormalCoolest]

@@therealinferno161 ah okay

[@DavidBetances-d6b]

But does it work on real hardware?

[@RaysGamingChannel2003]

Will This hack Will work on real hardware?

[@MDTravisYT]

It does! Most of the team has some sort of hardware to test on, and we'd know if something doesn't work.

[@rivetdev]

If you find out any part doesn't, let us know!

[@sesukun2064]

Guess we will have to find out when RHS Does a video on it

[@matthubina64]

@@sesukun2064 Why wait when you can get a Sega Genesis or Sega Mega Drive and an Everdrive flashcart so you can see for yourself?

[@user-ku3sr7cl3u]

@@sesukun2064>two devs of the project openly say it works _continues to ignore_

[@IvanthehumanYT64]

Shsh

[@IvanthehumanYT64]

Hwhsh

[@lessthankate]

Real sick of people stuffing as much beta crap into these hacks as they can and then declaring it an improvement, like all of that was removed by accident by the development staff at some point and not things they actively decided didn't work or look good. Also that splash screen sure wants you to know how big a deal the hacker thinks they are based on how long it takes to go away.

[@TheGarfster]

You must be fun at parties.

[@therealinferno161]

Funniest part is that we agree with the first part, LMAO We don't just randomly throw stuff in without thought, especially since the *first demo* at SHC21.

[@joao_V-56a]

@@therealinferno161 wow you comment was seconds ago

[@HazeX2]

@@TheGarfster You don't have to be positive all the time

[@matthubina64]

@@therealinferno161You and your team has done a very good job with this game. The OP has no idea what they are talking about. These people should just be ignored. In fact, I encourage you to add more beta elements to this ROM hack to give the Sonic 1 experience a lot more refreshing with stuff that were planned in development and finally coming to life. I look forward to playing this game on my original Sega Genesis console! It’s a shame we didn’t see this in SHC 2023. I wanted to see RHS’s reaction to it.