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Sonic & Johnny

Original game : Sonic the Hedgehog

Platform : GEN

Author : Lone Devil

Release date : 17 October 2022

Category : Complete

Patch version : 1.03

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

Downloads : 1251

ROM Information

Database match: Sonic The Hedgehog (USA, Europe)
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20210226-213851)
File/ROM SHA-1: 6DDB7DE1E17E7F6CDB88927BD906352030DAA194
File/ROM CRC32: F9394E97

Hack description

Sonic & Johnny is a complete heavy modification of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) that features Johnny from Sonic Rush Adventure as a playable character who can be raced with Estimated Time Limits, New Zones with familiarity, Original Bosses, Sonic 1 Mode with slightly different layouts, and 2-Player Co-Op that can be played without a second controller.

Characters:

- SONIC: The same as usual, One difference is he accelerates instantly at max spindashes.
- JOHNNY: The Sultan of Speed, His invulnerability lies in his running speeds like a torpedo. Cannot Roll but can stomp onto enemies/monitors and has a Super Peelout that can be cancelled into a Quickdash and a powerful TurboJump.


Story:

After Robotnik's dissatisfaction with Metal Sonic, Robotnik and his empire decided to own land, and reclaim all the Chaos Emeralds to mysteriously summon an individual from another dimension who calls himself Johnny. After being sold with Johnny's arrogant skills, Robotnik constructs a deal that would give Johnny the fame and recognition he always wanted by inviting him to his recently funded Atomic Stadium, an small island built for the strongest of racers with a special prize if one of the racers collects all Emeralds. Sonic gets a report from Knuckles that his Emeralds is missing and later received a letter from Robotnik threatening Sonic to join his versus Grand Prix or else one of his friends will remain kidnapped forever. Sonic calls Tails to fly him to the nearest stadium to join the race to beat Robotnik's latest successor to Metal Sonic and find out what's really going on.



Obtaining Chaos Emeralds:

Find S Monitors in nearly every act including third acts to access Special Stages.


Cheats:

- 02, 02, 04, 08 = In Co-Op Mode your rival acts like a Tails sidekick. Easy Mode!
- 01, 03, 03, 07 = Unlocks Shield Abilities without a Shield.
- 03, 06, 09, 12 = Gives you Sonic 1 Sonic while both characters receive speed caps.
- 08, 12, 20, 13 = Sonic becomes RedHotSonic.
- 19, 65, 09, 17 = Unlocks Level Select, Press A on Character Select screen.
- 01, 01, 02, 04 = Gives 10 Continues.
- 04, 01, 02, 06 = Have All Emeralds at the start. (Level Select's Sound Test only)
- 01, 09, 09, 02, 01, 01, 02, 04 = Unlocks Debug Mode (Level Select's Sound Test only)
- 05, 10, 15, 20 = Reset High Score Leaderboard (Level Select's Sound Test only)

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
Lone DevilProductionLevel Designer, and Minor Programmer
JdPenseHackingCoding for Rival Racer, Every Boss, Co-Op Mode, and True Ending
RandomNameHackingCoding for Title Screen Menu, Options, Level Select, First Boss, Auto Spindash, and Dropdash
Lil-GMusicMusic for Sound Test 01, 05, 0B, 0D, and 13. (from Megaman ZX Advent & Persona 4)
KCEXEMusicMusic & SFX Ports from various Genesis games and expanded Music & SFX IDs
PaccaHackingHovering Grapple Object coded for the 2nd Zone
ProjectFMHackingHigh-Score Leaderboard with SRAM implementation

Reviews

Good global workdiablo6662023-03-09Version 1.03

It seems that nothing can surprise the aesthetes of hacks and games. HOWEVER - this hack succeeded.

Several playable characters - played in different ways, but surprisingly well.

Sonic is a classic character with his usual abilities.

Johnny is a different case. It's a little hard, but after practicing, he will go and act just as well.

Difficulty in hacking - nothing really affects anything (except time and a little HP is added to the boss), however, it gives a choice of its skill level in the game.

But it affects the hack - "game modes". You can try it out in the Classic Sonic 1 slightly modified in the Level Design, or in completely redesigned locations (Graphic changes and Level Design, new enemies, new obstacles and ideas, new bosses, a new ending)

Also the "Tag Team" mode, but let's say - for an amateur.

Is it worth getting acquainted with this hack? I, from my experience, say YES

Another quality oneaorin12023-03-09Version 1.03

Lone Devil's skills has noticeably improved over the years and this is another quality release. With the help of others in the team, this brings a new set of levels and character, with new mechanics, also the original game is here, but not the exact vanilla experience, as it features tweaked layouts and can be played with both characters, too.