I really love the presentation here - the title screen is phenomenal, along with the rest of all the artwork! However, this hack has several gameplay issues that hold it back for me. One, the boss kept crashing on emulators like Blastemu, whenever it loaded, so I had to play it on Kega. It also wasn't completely clear to me on how I was suppose to attack the boss until I jump on it's saucers. Two, whenever I entered into a bonus stage, the game would automatically soft reset back to the title screen.

This hack is beautiful

Unique presentation, level design boring but boss is okay

The visual direction is pleasant in terms of the aesthetic (the title screen animatic is cool!), but it might be good to explore changing Sonic's sprites (and the other stock Sonic 3 objects) to match.

I love that you have a custom boss, but how to defeat it is very unclear.

Also, I only heard Rudebuster, and Green Grove only played after dying to the boss and coming back.

Weird, I can't even get into the boss. Once I hit the end of the zone where the scenery changes, the game just... resets, back to the Sega logo screen. Using latest BlastEm nightlies here.

Other than that, the gimmicks are nice (giving new life to some of those CNZ assets, cool!), and I like the short intro scene right on the title screen