With everything completely redesigned from the new zones to some of the enemies within, this is one of the more challenging mods on this list. That’s because this is the hub, and you have to pick which zone you’ll go to next, via giant rings. You start off in the Green Hill Zone, but there are no enemies and it’s been redesigned. Sonic 1 Dragon Edition (Sonic the Hedgehog 3) The bosses are also new, rather than changed-up originals. The level designs are great, with some new mechanics such as speed ramps, hot air balloons and hang gliders.

You have the spindash, but other than that both characters play the same.

In a nice touch, you retain your rings between zones.Ī complete mod which allows you to play as Blaze the Cat as well as the titular hero. On top of that is the double jump for five rings, and if you collect over 200 rings you can go into Overclocked Mode. There are certain monitors which will give you a buddy, in the guise of a bomb on two legs, which will follow you around and help you out.Īlso, the other speed move is present, but now costs five rings each time you use it. What appears at first glance to be a lesser sequel to Hyperdrive, as you only have the basic spindash, there’s actually more to it than that. Metal Sonic Rebooted (Sonic the Hedgehog)

But then you discover that there’s a hidden menu (press C on the start screen) that lets you play as five different characters!ĭid I mention that one of the characters is Kirby, and another is Mario (under the name Somari the Adventurer)? And that everyone has their own unique moves (except Mario & Sonic who share the spindash)? This is a fantastic mod, even discounting the fact that I love Metal Sonic (AKA Metalix, right fellow Sonic The Comic fans?). Then you add two speedy moves, with their own unique animations. It would have been a crazily ambitious mod if it just had Metal Sonic, along with completely new zones. Metal Sonic Hyperdrive (Sonic the Hedgehog) But what if you could play something you love that IS new? Thanks to Steam Workshop, and a copy of SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics, you can do just that!Īs a bit of a Sonic fan, I went looking into mods for the first three classic Sonic titles, to see what I could find - here are 10 of them in alphabetical order.

The decision between playing something new from the backlog or something that you already love is always a hard one.

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