Sonic 1 Random Hack SHC 2026 Demo
By dawidooo301
The hack's name says it all! Go through three "random" zones as Sonic and immerse yourself in this random hack!
Here are some controlls for Sonic's moveset:
1. Spindash - down+A, B or C
2.Dropdash - Jump then hold B or C
3. Air Roll - Press A while being midair to curl into a ball
4.Peelout - Up+A, B or C
In this demo there are 3 zones: Sunset Hill Zone act 1, 2 and 3; Sandy Hills Zone Act 1, 2 and 3 and Mega Core Zone Act 1.
PS. Look out for the EASTER EGG, I will give you a hint, "Green Pillar".
- Owner, Programmer, Level designer - Dawid (AKA Grosy on SSRG)
- Workers/Helpers - EddyTF, Aledrawer, RetroGreg_EF7IM, Nanorola68k, Guester, SidneyTheHedgehog, Sanchiboy
- Beta Testers - ArifTheSpriter, ConicTheCat, EddyTF, ChilliHog, Marievpyre, pentick, TheGamer2000
- S1 SMS SS song arranger - TheGamer2000
- Voice acting - KSAVV, ArifTheSpriter
- DropDash SFX by Cinossu
- M.T. Boss Help - Aubrey, Hipsnake
- M.T. Boss Assets - Dely Bulacha
- Dropdash fixing help - Hame
- Sonic Sprites - Kris (Deno)
- Software used: Flex2, Notepad++, Audacity, S1TCG, SonLVL, SonPLN
- Sunset Hill palette by ChilliHog
File Type: rom/mega-drive
File Size: 794.25 KB
I still haven't found it. Any other clues? PLEASE! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR HOURS!
Okay this one has to give it away "30 seconds" and the previous hints were ducking and green pillar
Some of the stage gimmicks and enemy design was pretty cool, but I wasn't a fan of the level design. There are too many bottomless pits placed in arbitrary places, which reminds me too much of dimps level design. The boss had neat ideas, but some of them could be fleshed out a little more. Although the final boss was pretty cool, and the other bosses should have more attack patterns like how the final one has.
Level design is 50/50 okay, moveset is fun and A FUCKING METAL TAILS MENTIONED
I found this hack interesting, but I ran into some issues. Here are my thoughts:
-Love the custom bosses! One of them sort of teaches/reminds the player that you can curl in mid air, although maybe that move could be conveyed earlier somehow?
-The special stages music samples are a bit to loud imo, and Sonic really could use variable jump height in these.
-The level layouts have some rough moments; it's often recommended to avoid having so many bottomless pits and leaps of faith, especially early in the game.
-MegaCore is visually rough, but has some really cool gimmicks, and reminds me of The Machine from Spinball (I'm sure this is intentional). Maybe you can take some art and inspiration from that stage to develop this more?
-On the second zone, those scrolling rocks in the foreground are incredibly distracting, and don't add much to the level visually. I'd recommend getting rid of them.
-Good job on the music!
The custom bosses are nice. They may not be heavily elaborate, but it beats getting something fresh tried for once rather than the Egg Wrecker for the umpteenth time. In particular I quite liked the "mobile springboards" one, as it forces you to remind the special skills you can (and NEED TO) use. And that final boss... a total surprise out of the blue if you don't start moving as soon as the score tally goes away!
The Mega Core Zone BEGS for an actual depiction of a G/MD motherboard at the background :D
pls fix paralax in desert level am going to vommit and pukes
In what way is it bothering you exactly? Is the ripple effect bothering you? If so I may add an option to disable the ripple effect if you want
this sure was a random hack!
nah but fr this was a fun hack to play thru, level choices were nice hehe
Have fun
25 OCT EDIT: Has anyone found the easter egg? If not here is another clue: ducking is the key
Last modified by dawidooo301 @ 2026-10-25 07:23:38