Sonic The Hedgehog 2: Archives (SHC '24 Demo) ✪ Full Playthrough + Extras (1080p/60fps)

[@bonniebun-buns9874]

Thanks for playing S2 Archives 2024 Demo! More stuff will come in next 2025 Demo

[@JSC64]

After 2025 demo it will be full game, right?

[@bonniebun-buns9874]

@@JSC64 Rather no There's still a lot things to be done to have a full release. I can't say when it's gonna be full release, but the next demo is worth waiting

[@king_cheese768]

​@@bonniebun-buns9874I absolutely love the direction of where this game's going. I'll be replaying this till my fingers don't work anymore. Thanks so much for demonstrating what Sonic 2 could of been as a full on playable demo and releasing it for people to play! I'll be waiting to break my toes for the next update. Take yalls time! 👋

[@bonniebun-buns9874]

@@king_cheese768 Thank You, but I'm a beta tester But thanks for the support. The team appreciates it

[@Krim_playz]

​@@bonniebun-buns9874 since you're at least somewhat affiliated with the team, is there a discord server for this hack or nah?

[@pixelatedluisyt]

for those who thought "oh why is tails orange now that made it less accurate" brown tails was a test to see what could be done with sonic's color palette, but it looked horrendous so they just changed it btw hidden palace music sucks

[@SillySnake-1]

I liked the Hidden Palace Zone music TBH

[@FlipeTheBased]

It was a printing error which made colors too dark

[@lavenderfieldsz]

Every track of this game... I love this hack, the stages look awesome, but the soundtrack is a no no.

[@pixelatedluisyt]

@@lavenderfieldsz yeah

[@stratodough]

25:43 i dont know if that was intended to reference Evangelion a bit or not

[@Zenitkin]

Burying memories is man’s way of surviving. But there are some things a man should never forget. ©Ikari Gendo

[@user-on9vc6op8z]

Even though the music probably may not be referencing it, it is quite funny, because SEGA does have an association with Neon Genesis Evangelion! Now, THAT's what I call an *Angel* Island.

[@stratodough]

@@user-on9vc6op8z lets revisit angel island

[@Giovane2230]

It is a reference 26:15 listen closely

[@zeusthefox1585]

36:28 Ah the SSSSTTTTEEEEGGGGWWWWAAAAYYYY! My favorite Badnik

[@Javesike]

El mejor hack de todo el concurso. Este y el de Sonic CD se merece ganar el concurso, mas bien Sonic 2 Archives. Gracias Nik Pi por todo el talento que hiciste.

[@Mupkidfan]

Te Vi en otro lado lol

[@DAJTheYouTuber_2007]

just picture an alternate reality where THIS was the Sonic 2 we got instead

[@MrGrayOficial]

The new update is fine but the tails made more sense with their color palette in the previous version

[@AE.mp3]

I get what they were going for, but I absolutely hated that palette.

[@MrCostard27]

Brown tails was a palette printing error

[@omegaflowey9932]

@@MrCostard27wow.

[@TheMasonGamer]

No it didn’t, brown Tails was never in any build of the game. It was scrapped practically as soon as it was made

[@bonniebun-buns9874]

@@MrCostard27 He's got a point

[@battleshipradiotv2005]

🌙🌌🪴Greetings from the midnights of times. I absolutely love it when you enter a new place you haven't seen before, or is different in some way, and you stand thoughtfully a moment and ponder upon its grandeur as you look upwards. I love that a lot. Blessings upon you. You playing these rom creations shows me they exist so that I may play them one day. And for that I dearly thank you. Cheers.

[@zeusthefox1585]

I'm so happy there's a rom hack of the beta sonic two

[@zeppelinaissa-zh8df]

34:39 Blue Ocean comes right after Aquatic Ruin?? Two water levels back to back, huh? YKW, I'm here for it. 👍

[@bluecoldknuckles1738]

I Can't Wait For The Full Game!❤🤩

[@leocampo2755]

Sensational walkthrought,Jaypin88...i send you a gretting 👋🏻

[@raioazul3624]

Wow a New Hack Variation of The Beta Of Sonic 2 Cool Also The Sound Effect That Plays When You Select Stuff It's The Same One That Plays in Sonic Nature Island Also I Don't Remember These Ones Basicaly "Ocean Wind","Warp Zone" And "Tropical Sun Zone" I Never Heard These Levels Being Mentioned in The Scrapped Levels Of The Sonic 2 Beta Also They Missed The Oportunity To Put Genocide City on This Hack Especialy Since The Music From This Level (Zone) is Pretty Cool it Was Even Used For Horror Sonic Stuff aka Creepypastas And Exe Games Anyways Intresting Take on Sonic 2 Beta Version I Will Definalty Download This Variation And Play it Also I Forgot To Mention That Sonic's Sprite is Literally Accurated To Hes Canon Sprite Version From Sonic 2 Beta And They Should Have Used The Beta Theme of Robotnik To Play on Hes Fights in This Hack Here Oh And Also I Think That The Creators or Some People involved in Sonic Nature Island Are Working And Helping on This Hack Out I Think especialy Becuase Of The Visuals,Sprites,Animations Etc That This Hack Has Basicaly The New Visuals And Other Stuff So I Like This Hack Even More Since Sonic Nature Island is on My List of Favorite Sonic Hacks And The People Behind That Hack Made a Pretty Good Job And Put alot of Effort on it

[@zoricajeremic560]

ocean wind warp point and tropical sun were supposed to be in sonic 2,but were scrapped,it's on the map concept art

[@RobiWanKenobi_567]

Very few of the developers worked on Sonic Nature Islands, but we have a fair few artists

[@not_kjb]

Please Stop Talking Like This

[@Igor39K]

Man this is emotional, look at all the amazing jobs people are doing with the scrapped zones, the work they did with Ocean Wind and Tropical Sun looks so right and beautiful, I loved that Aquatic Ruin Act 2 is based on Emerald Isle and the background for Metropolis Act 2 being the prototype one, speaking of that it will be great if in the next update the background for Act 3 is the final one, it will be one amazing transition for the level. The only things I didn't like about this game were the songs for Sand Shower and Hidden Palace, I think it will be better if all scrapped/concept zones have their own original songs, I really don't think that the Oil Ocean song goes well with Sand Shower's aesthetic.

[@SomeRobIoxDude]

Whats funny is that to my knowledge, Oil Ocean’s theme was actually meant for Sand Shower originally

[@Igor39K]

@@SomeRobIoxDude Regardless if it was meant for it or not it doesn't fit with the level's appearance nor goes well with its layouts, the song sounds better with Oil Ocean itself.

[@Reckless_Ninja2]

I disagree, the theme literally has arabic desert vibes written all over it even when you listen to the demo for it. It fits sand shower well considering it was meant for it

[@Igor39K]

@@Reckless_Ninja2 Sand Shower is a western-themed desert, the Oil Ocean song doesn't fit with the atmosphere and the layouts for the stage aren't slow as the ones from Oil Ocean thus making it even more unfitting.

[@TheKai32-j4t]

Dude they even have the turning animation

[@ogilviemaurice9557]

I noticed sonic has a different running animation, and as so as the music from the original S2 zone themes have been altered to sound like the masa demo music.

[@zeppelinaissa-zh8df]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

[@RetroMasterVGM]

Este hack y Sonic CD mega drive merecen ganar el concurso, nada más que decir, saludos.

[@SonicXShadowGensHype]

amy galore sonic 3 air mod: hello??

[@RetroMasterVGM]

@@SonicXShadowGensHype estoy hablando de hacks de categoría 2d mega drive, no 3d

[@Lerito_Z]

@@RetroMasterVGM Amigo, para empezar, Sonic 3 A.I.R nunca fue un juego en 3D, si te refieres a las etapas especiales, son solo sprites desde una perspectiva de arriba, ¿sabes?

[@Javesike]

El mejor hack de todo el concurso. Gracias a Nik Pi y al equipo por todo lo que hizo con este hack.

[@RetroMasterVGM]

@@Lerito_Z hack mega drive bro, a eso voy

[@zeppelinaissa-zh8df]

Hold on! I just watched the part where we get to see the level orders! So Tropical Sun, Aquatic Ruin, Blue Ocean, and Hill Top are in the Past time! Kind of strange having two water levels back-to-back. I'm interested to see how different Blue Ocean will be from Aquatic Ruin. And in the RUINED Present, we have Rock World, Oil Ocean, Madness Mountain, and Mystic Cave! Madness Mountain is that castle level, if I recall correctly. This looks awesome.

[@ffarquharlinesproductions4106]

If you look at the sound test, you will find a song assigned to Blue Ocean Zone separate from Aquatic Ruins. It's most likely going to be in a second visit to the "Past" alongside Hill Top.

[@zeppelinaissa-zh8df]

@@ffarquharlinesproductions4106 Is the song finished?? And if so, do you by any chance have access to this version of the game and are able to provide a link?

[@ffarquharlinesproductions4106]

@@zeppelinaissa-zh8df you can find the song in this demo by going to the sound test and playing song 14

[@froggi483]

@@ffarquharlinesproductions4106 Blue Lake is in this demo, actually. The reason why you can't go there in the level select, because it's broken. You need to do a cheat code.

[@Giovane2230]

25:43 Tropicruel Sungel's Thesis

[@TheSonicbandicootX]

I miss the old Tails colors

[@xblueashura]

the sign is more powerful then sonic 16:39

[@user-ultrablueluigiYTofficel]

I like it when tails was brown but niw hus orange/yellow again 😢

[@bhumigaming8914]

That color pallet was a color error in aosth

[@Player03Knux]

What emulator do you use?

[@jaypin88]

@@Player03Knux Normally use K Fusion, but if there's any recommendations for using a different emulator, then I'll try it out.

[@Player03Knux]

@@jaypin88 try Blastem

[@brurmonemt]

@@jaypin88try using genesis plus gx wide if you want to play in widescreen

[@rbm8889]

Try Bizhawk

[@Jadinite-2006]

I just thought of this, and if Sonic 2 was like this, I think it would be adorable if West Side Island was nicknamed the "Lil' West Side" because of how smaller it is to South Island.

[@Fabchaotix]

It's going to drive me crazy to recognize the first notes of Tropical Sun Zone, but I can't tell if I heard them, I'm sure they're inspired by another music, but I can't tell which one... Help !! 😭🤣🤣🤣

[@esn2618]

Neon Genesis Evangelion's theme - Cruel Angel's Thesis

[@Fabchaotix]

@@esn2618 thank you !

[@ExtraBadnik]

This is a custom theme

[@esn2618]

@@ExtraBadnik I know but first notes are really similar to Evangelion

[@ovathehedgehogandava1840]

Wait, is this a Genesis Rom Hack? If so. Can we Sonic 2 Archives running on an actual SEGA Genesis? RedHotSonic, I’m looking at you if that’s gonna be possible.

[@launchbasezone]

Archives dev here. The hack has been tested and works on real hardware.

[@ovathehedgehogandava1840]

@@launchbasezone AWESOME :D

[@lavagaming8449]

So people are complaining why tails isnt brown easily because that pallete isnt accurate :)

[@user-ultrablueluigiYTofficel]

But over all this romhack is the best ❤

[@adrijanaobradovic]

Yes

[@CaptainRobobot]

Awesome

[@МаргаритаМурашко-р3в]

🎉🎉🎉🤩🤩🤩

[@hastnicke_]

Why hidden palace doesn't have the mock-up background anymore?

[@nikpi5703]

Because it was choosed to be reworked to save some tile space, but it wasn't done to this demo. In further versions it will probably appear (:

[@aesthetic-moon-wave]

While the new version is great, I prefer brown tails for this hack

[@Joewindows104]

if u wanna break the hack for some reason then play the special stages then after losing chose any level

[@relu419]

I like this project. But looking for concept and things, I have some complains: 1) Why background and music changes between acts? This doesn't make sense, specially Sand Shower Act 1 with oversaturation color which doesn't match with Brenda concept. Also, some backgrounds are inaccurate with intended concept cause this. 2) Some new tracks don't fit well with Sonic 2 perspective and Masato Nakamura Pop style. 3) Some backdrop objects aren't detailed as background and vice versa. 4) Ocean Wind background is strange. Looks like cloud instead water.

[@froggi483]

@@relu419 It's a graphical upgrade, while keeping itself as a little bit of a beta features hack.

[@relu419]

@@froggi483 I got the goal. But somethings are very wip. I can't find Dino for Sand Shower. Concept shows running cactus instead, for example.

[@Fandelkrusie]

Is for android?

[@Wintergamer-do1xs]

this is for SEGA MEGA DRIVE emulators

[@bladethehedgecat]

This is a rom hack 🤦🤦

[@MisterSandmanAU]

They shouldnt have fucked with Emerald Hill's music. Keep the retail speed and PCM instruments. Act 2 is much better.

[@SuperXavier230_Roblox]

Remember when prototypes of Sonic 2 do that. When the music of Emerald Hill starts playing, the speed of the music slows down.

[@Im_so_cool_XD]

No S H I T sherlock

[@martin.1502]

The first act version is based in Masato Nakamura's demo

[@Im_so_cool_XD]

Ah Shit. Here comes Pac-Man

[@Im_so_cool_XD]

(Start chain here)

[@TheMasonGamer]

As much as I was looking forward to this, it doesn’t seem very faithful to the original vision of the game. The time of day shift is really jarring and the palettes don’t fit the game at all, that definitely wasn’t intended for Sonic 2. And the shuffling of Aquatic Ruin into a past zone is strange. It’s called “Neo Green Hill”, it’s intended to be a ruined present variant of Green/Emerald Hill zone I could also mention the new music is pretty bad, I don’t wanna feel negative about this hack because I’ve really been looking forward to this update; but it’s pretty disappointing overall

[@trCD210]

From what I can tell this rom hack is based upon stuff that was scrapped from Sonic 2, but I highly agree on what you said here especially the part about the palletes

[@TheMasonGamer]

@@trCD210 It is yeah, but the way it’s being implemented is not accurate to how the developers planned it. Some of it is up to interpretation because of lack of info on the beta, but a lot of this is just adding on fanon ideas that don’t mesh well with what this hack is supposed to accomplish

[@ShadonicX7543]

not a fan of the music truthfully but as a proof of concept a lot of the graphics are good

[@Igor39K]

I tell you something, the faithful you are talking about is meant for Time Quest, this hack is not supposed to have those details and the team are doing a great job by adding different palettes and backgrounds for each act, by doing that they are distincting their game from Time Quest.

[@TheMasonGamer]

@@Igor39K Time Quest hasn’t had an update in over 2 years, it’s probably canceled. That’s not really a good excuse for these fanon-y changes that no one asked for. Rapidly shifting the time of day doesn’t add anything to the game and is really jarring, there’s already time-of-day shifts per zone like in Sonic 1, which starts out at day but slowly turns night as you move from Marble to Spring Yard, to Star Light zone. It’s much more gradual

[@DanielNituica]

Tropical sun music?

[@SodorSquareJ333]

Graphics wise, it's amazing. Level design wise, it's horrendous.

[@Neokan_n]

Finally! Someone who said the truth!

[@fawkesthefox912]

The new music could use a lot of work, too...especially Tropical Sun.

[@SomeRobIoxDude]

…i thought the level design was good, actually Give me reasons why its bad other than “its horrendous” im rly curious here Constructive criticism goes a longer way than bashing because you wanna

[@not_kjb]

Nothing will ever please yall

[@shoolcreates1999]

I think the extra color pallets and stuff look cool, but I can't help but want a version that just has the original versions of the Sonic 2 levels with the new ones added in.

[@SonicAndGun]

Awesome but i think this idea has been done so many times

[@hcbs1986]

Im the 777th guy

[@haunteddeandollsuk]

why does every sonic 2 hack have that same boring standard original emerald hill zone ? well at least this one slowed the pace down of the music so you feel a difference when playing it 😅 i will stick with sonic 1 hacks at least on the green hill ones they changed the music and other stuff lol

[@ZAIM1X]

dude i think you mightve misunderstood what this rom hack is

[@ThisHandleIsntFunny]

@ZAIM1X yeah

[@KingConor-t6g]

Ocean wind zone song is awful

[@SonicPlayer2004]

The only thing I personally don’t like about it is the drums being inverted. Other than that, I think it’s solid.

[@Cottoncandyknuckles]

First and this comment won't get pinned

[@SonicAndGun]

Attention Seeking 👍

[@Cottoncandyknuckles]

@@SonicAndGun i know it just want to try it for once

[@Cottoncandyknuckles]

@@SonicAndGun i never did this before

[@EclipseKnight702]

Well you're right about something at least

[@Cottoncandyknuckles]

@@EclipseKnight702 thanks you