First @ TSSZ: Stealth ports Sonic 1 to Gameboy Advance
Ryan Bloom, Editor | August 30, 2008
Proving it can be done, Green Hill Zone Acts 1-3 accurately ported to GBA
In 2006, Sega released “Sonic the Hedgehog: Genesis” for the Gameboy Advance, a port of the original Sonic the Hedgehog. The game was a notoriously bad port, with poorly “remixed” music, jittery (and sometimes dithered) sprites, and an inadequate port of Sonic’s unique physics system. Stealth, author of SonED and the multi-platform Sonic game engine E02, has now done what Sega neglected to do: successfully and accurately port the Sonic 1 game engine to the Gameboy Advance. Stealth himself explains:
These are my submissions for the [Sonic Retro] hacking contest. I’ve decided to publicize them because I figure they might be interesting and/or inspirational, and that’s really all there is to it. Please don’t ask me for anything more regarding these projects
The port includes Green Hill Zone Acts 1, 2, and 3, plus a special stage, all with accurate physics, music, and sounds. As perhaps icing on the cake, in addition to Sonic the Hedgehog (with spindash), holding either A or B on the game’s title screen when pressing start will allow you to play as Tails or Knuckles. Included in the Sonic Retro Forum post is also an image, presumably a port of Sonic CD’s Palmtree Panic Zone presumably running on Sega Genesis hardware (as opposed to Sega CD hardware). Judging by Stealth’s comments, these are purely proof-of-concept things, and we should not expect a full port of Sonic the Hedgehog to the Sega Genesis. Also included in the topic are comparison videos (simply click the images of either Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis or Stealth’s Sonic 1 port), provided below:
Sonic the Hedgehog: Genesis
Stealth’s Sonic the Hedgehog Port
Filed Under Emulation & Hacking, Fan Flash, Homebrew Slew, Sega, Sonic Fan Flash
http://www.sonicretro.org/2008/08/30/sonic-1-gba-port-by-stealth-revealed/
First @ TSSZ my ass.
We were the first news site to have it. (For reference, *I* made the change in the headline, so I’m the only one to direct blame to here if it warrants.)
Retro’s primary source material.
And judging from your story timestamp of 7AM (unsure of the timezone though since it’s not mentioned), checking the timestamp on ours in the admin panel–3.36AM–at least the illusion is there that we had a 3 hour jump…which is especially interesting since it appears the news broke about an hour previous.
But hey, if indeed we *weren’t* first, we sure were quick.
Believe the lie. =)
-T
I… didn’t link to Sonic Stadium.
Edited…admittedly, sometimes I look at stuff too quickly. >_<
-T
Yeah, regarding the timestamps, I have no idea what the hell is up with them, because I wrote up that story at like… 3 in the morning, EST and it’s coming up as 9AM.
But yeah, we were definitely first.
Not like it matters that much, but I see you slap First @ TSSZ on a bunch of articles when it may or may not necessarily hold merit. Don’t worry about being first, just worry about getting the news out. That’s the important part.