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The S Factor: Sonia and Silver

Original game : Sonic the Hedgehog

Platform : GEN

Author : Aquaslash

Release date : 08 August 2013

Category : Complete

Patch version : 8-8-13

Modifications : G, S, L, T, P, O

Downloads : 10511

ROM Information

Sonic The Hedgehog (USA, Europe).md - NOINTRO
CRC32: F9394E97
MD5: 1BC674BE034E43C96B86487AC69D9293
SHA-1: 6DDB7DE1E17E7F6CDB88927BD906352030DAA194
SHA-256: 46160BAA06362C711C9F1A5017CB7371026444936C8AF5E93A78996CF32FF2A6

Hack description

This is a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis. It changes graphics, music, and layout of most levels. Some levels re-use previous artwork but much of it is original. Two characters are playable; Sonia, Sonic's sister from the SatAM cartoon series, Silver the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), and Scourge, a character from the US Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. Each character plays different from each other and have some moves unique to each character. A move list can be found in the readme.

The game features Eggman Nega, Eggman's evil descendant from the same time period as Silver. He is the nemesis of the heroes of this hack.

The patch is in xdelta format. The ROM should be in BIN format.

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#ILOVETHISGAMEdiablo6662021-12-25Version 8-8-13

The hashtag directly describes everything I say.

But if we speak in normal language, then we will turn to the moment when I got acquainted with this hack.

2010 - the first "look at the hack". And he really stood out among his fellows not only with the redesigned levels (although some of them came out to the player dishonestly), but also for those times - unique bosses, AI enemies and even characters, in the amount of three.

Release 2013 SHC - and extent:

  • 1. Qualitatively redesigned in graphic terms and in terms of Level Design - levels. They are unique, unusual and interesting in their own way.
  • 2. A new "Title screen", the introduction of an "Additional Menu" and "updating the character selection screen" into the game (their number was reduced to two, although there were 10 in the plan)
  • 3. The characters are all the main ones - they have their own techniques, thus it is pleasant for EVERYONE to play in their own way.
  • 4. In some locations - there are Easter things, warps or a secret place with a secret
  • 5. In addition to the fact that the hack was updated from such points of view, the Bosses in this hack were also updated. Some have new AI, some have been rethought, some have been completed to full-fledged, and there is one - which should have been in the last version, but due to limitations in the "Memory of the game" - appeared in this version and is considered the "strongest" of all - that is in the hack
  • 6. Unique "Special Stages" - called "special missions". After completing the task, you get a well-deserved prize. Each mission is more difficult than the previous one, which was not the case in the original
  • 7. Special Act 3 before the finale (Time Attack Mode)
  • 8. I'm not talking about music, because it's wonderful and I have nothing to complement

Why did I put this in the review? Why do I love her?

Because it is completely redesigned, unique and unusual in its own way. It is interesting to play and replay it, even after a while. Although it is a hack, it came out as "New and unique". For me, this is a "NEW GAME".

I recommend that you try to play it. And feel for yourself all the work done on this and make up your own opinion about this creation.

Excellent work,even with THOSE issuesTimaeus2016-03-23Version 8-8-13

PS: This review have informations that you, reader, will want to know.

The hack is amazing. It changes everything in the game, musics, ABILITIES,bosses(there´s VERY creative bosses here), stages, gameplay, everything. It´s pretty much a new game.

The difficult is,well,it depends . With Sonia the difficult is medium and more fresh,and as Silver its more challeging,ESPECIALLY some of the bosses like the Team Metallix in White Blaster Act 3.So FOR A FIRST PLAYTHROUGH,PLAY AS SONIA.

A hint to unlock the Level Select:is in one of those menus and have something about the words DOUBLE and CHEATER.

But there´s one thing that I think it must be showed to help the people.It´s ANN boss strategy.After dealing the fourty hit,DO NOT HIT HIM FROM THE SIZES ANYMORE.If you do(from there on),he will shot a energy sphere that chases you the whole fight,making it painfull.So keep that in mind.

Issues:Destron City being a CHEAP and a VERY FRUSTRATING ZONE.it have wayyyy more trap that the original Scrap Brain and no checkpoints.Baby steps are definitely required to beat that fucked stage,and act 3 doesnt help it either,where you have to beat the regular Green Hill acts in 30 seconds,without rings,without taking ANY damage,no checkpoints and eggman nega monitors.Painfull!!

Another issues are the killable spike bug(I mean,most hacks had fixed this and this doesnt),the secret and only ANN strategy(which I mentioned up there)and the 10 minutes limit in White Blaster Act 3(only 10 minutes to beat 3 loong battles is a short time for Silver,which probably will require a propositional death).

Surely this hack have some really worried issues FOR NEWCOMERS,I mean,for me that have finished the game a lot with both,now I know how to deal with them,but the newcomers don´t and I know that few of them may suffer with them(at least without help).But even with those,it´s still a amazing and heavily modified hack(mainly becuase those modifications are veryyyyyy hard to find or there won´t be much other hacks this those kind of customization).So for those that want to play it,don´t be ashamed to watch a walkthrough help you.