After collecting the Chaos Emeralds and teleporting out of Robotnik's crumbling Death Egg, stopping the mad doctor's plans yet again, Silver Sonic finished his vacation on the Kirgony Isles before wandering back to West Island, and go back to Scrambled Egg Zone. There were rumors of Tails, Sonic's best friend having discovered a new species upon his return from defeating the evil Witchcart. Curious, and wanting to befriend the fox that he had been forced to help keep captive by his evil creator, Silver Sonic speeded towards Green Hill Zone where he expected them to be and sure enough, Tails and Sonic were hanging out while Tails was examining an odd, crystalline blue turtle with spikes that was sleeping.
After introducing himself, (And bribing Sonic with chili dogs to not have his face smashed in) Silver Sonic asked about the odd creature. Tails explained that the creature (Dubbed Tsumuri by himself) was the jewel in Witchcart's staff that had allowed her to turn the inhabitants of the island Tails had found into crystals, and upon further examination had come from the Crystal Islands, the place where Robotnik had built the Crystal Egg Zone to emprison Tails, and work on interdimensional teleportation experiments as the island was known for its odd mystical properties, odd creatures and for the mysterious alien species Sherumis sometimes teleporting in from another universe. Sonic further explained that ever since he had defeated Robotnik there, it seemed like the island's mysterious crystalline population had surfaced again, but that they were being controlled by one other Master Robot that he had failed to defeat and that ever since Tails came back, Tsumuris were coming out of the water and attacking the animals of West Island.
Silver Sonic then remembered that he had once seen the blueprints for himself and the other Master Robots when he left Egg Base Zone, and had spotted a blueprint for a mermaid Master Robot named "Splashy" that had been designed to control exotic creatures with her beautiful singing voice. Could this be her, and could her program still be aimed towards Robotnik's evil goals for world domination? Wanting to save what was possibly the last remaining Master Robot, and preventing an invasion of strange, mostly one-eyed crystalline creatures, Silver Sonic set off to find the Crystal Islands...
Hey hey, it's-a me, Roebloz, back with another Silver Sonic hack! (Who'd have figured...) This is my second hack based on Sonic 1 8-bit, (Which should hopefully feel a lot more polished to hardcore SMS fans and regular Sonic players alike, since now I had a better grip with the engine. There are still things out of my control like slowdown and slight visual bugs, but that is just the nature of Sonic 1 SMS) and this time Silver Sonic explores the mysterious Crystal Islands where Robotnik had built his Crystal Egg Zone to work on his teleportation experiments. It turns out that there was another Master Robot that had not been angrily scrapped and thrown into Labyrinth Zone who was still on the island and controlling its mysterious crystalline fauna to prepare for an invasion. (Which had been initiated by her recruiting the evil Witchcart to conquer an island, which had thankfully been stopped by Tails during Tails Skypatrol) But aside from Robotnik having created her and his code being the reason she is evil, the mad doctor himself doesn't appear in this bouncy adventure himself.
This new adventure, starring the epically cute robotic double of Sonic, features many hoops and challenges to try and stop the mermaid robot Splashy and the various funky wild creatures and robots of the Crystal Islands. There's plenty of fun and Sonic action to be had with various powerups scattered throughout that you'll want to find, including the elusive Program Disks scattered across the island to hopefully help Silver Sonic remove Splashy's evil domination code and become her friend, after 6 zones of zany all-star action.
Will Silver Sonic succeed in freeing Splashy from Robotnik's outdated evil program? Will he make new friends with the inhabitants of the island? Will he find the Program Disks to get Splashy's love? And finally, will he partake in a story that actually makes sense? You'll be able to answer yes to three of these questions by playing Silver Sonic The Crystal Islands, today! And, once you're done with the Easy Mode, (Which I highly recommend you to start with) there is a bonus Hard Mode to play through, filled with cheap blind jumps, spikes and annoying enemy layouts! Wowzers!!!!
And if you are an absolute madman, there is even Perfect Mode, which is basically Hard Mode but no powerups, no items, no rings, no extra lives, and barely any continues. For Masters Only. (no seriously, don't play it on your first go) If you manage to be the first one to fully beat it without savestates, you will get a shoutout in my SHC video on my YouTube channel, as well as general bragging rights.
If you need any more game tips (Or don't know how Sonic 1 8-Bit works) and other useful info, I have included in the download some extra stuff like the box art and its original Paint.net file (Including a lot of unused variations since I had a lot of trouble deciding which version to use), the joke box art, full level maps and even a funny manual with all of that for the ultimate retro video game box experience, all on your PC!!! There is also an extra download for the soundtrack, (In both MP3 and VGM form) as well as a bad GBA port if you're into very wacky graphics and sound quality.
Toot-Toot Silver Sonic Warriors, jump & roll into some crystal-headed ambiguously alien or non-alien creatures, make stupid theories about said ambiguously alien or non-alien creatures, and vote for the Best Use of a Game Not Commonly Modified trophy again! (If you wish...No one is forcing you to of course...) As for me...This is where I get off.
Hi, I'm the credits.
GAME:
OUT OF GAME: (Song and image references)
File Type: rom/zip
File Size: 266.17 KB
I guess no one has anything to say...?
Oh also I forgot to put it in the credits, but I used some Sonic 2 8-bit Scrambled Egg Zone tiles in the credits. (And I used DoctorSMS's SMS to GBA tool, though considering said GBA version has a huge splash screen I think it was pretty obvious...)
Last modified by Roebloz @ 2023-10-24 08:17:09
This hack has improved A LOT since the borderline unplayable version from the previous SHC!
The physics of the SMS engine are still something to be well aware of, but at least I don't find myself dying over and over and over within the first boss. However, if my emulator were a car, I would need to call a mechanic afterwards becuase I kept slamming on the brakes on the veeeeery slippery surfaces! Go slow, watch your surroundings, and STOP before moving - that's the key for survival here.
Thank you! (Though its not a new version of Rise of the Death Egg; It's an entirely new hack altogether...)
And yeah, its more of a traditional platformer than a all-speed Sonic-esque gameplay.
Hey @Roebloz! Cool Game, Why did you made this Sonic Hack SMS? what's your Sonic Hack SMS was been made on your Software? What's the ROM was Software made this SMS Rom?
Excuse me, nice hack but how did you get a character to breahe underwater infinitely like in Labyrinth Zone act 3? I see you made Silver Sonic to breathe infinitely in Aqua Mermaid Zone so how do I do that?
this game is a really good hack for the master system! if you always liked to play as one of robotnik's robots, now's you're chance!
Hope you'll enjoy~♡