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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 1d

y'know maybe trying to play all the judged ROM hacks within two days of votes closing wasn't a good idea

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193. Sonic: Project Revenge (SHC 2025 demo) -- 7/10

's alright

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 1d

193. Sonic: Project Revenge (SHC 2025 demo) -- 7/10

's alright

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192. Sonic 1 Co-op (ROM hack) -- 8/10 (quick look)

this would be great if I could play it

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The SHC thumbnail image for Sonic 1 Co-op, a drawing of Sonic and Tails with headsets and controllers on opposite sides of a jagged line separating them.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 1d

191. Sonic the Hedgehog: To Be a Star (SHC 2025 demo) -- 7/10

man I'm such a sucker for funny cutscenes in Sonic hacks

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The SHC thumbnail image for Sonic the Hedgehog: To Be a Star, showing Sonic napping in a beach chair beside a little table with a radio sat on top.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 1d

190. Sonic Sudoku (ROM hack) -- 8/10 (quick look)

this is the most "how the fuck does that-- oh my God" hack in this contest and I'm sad most of my trophy votes are already taken up or I'd give it more

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The title screen for Sonic Sudoku, showing the Sonic emblem ribbon and the word "SUDOKU" spelled out in blue and brown tiles in front of a giant sudoku board.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 1d

189. Sonic Spazdunka (SHC 2025 build) -- 7/10 (unfinished)

verty fas

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The title screen for Sonic Spazdunka. The water's green and the sky's black.
Sorry if these descriptions are lacking, I'm starting to get tired.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 1d

188. Sonic: Eggman's Conquest (SHC 2025 demo(?)) -- 6/10

this took three minutes to finish and it was kind of a blur so I don't really know what to think of it

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The SHC 2025 thumbnail image for Sonic: Eggman's Conquest, showing Sonic standing next to a cactus in a desert. The frame is also very horizontal for some reason.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 1d

187. Sonic CaDa (ROM hack) -- 7/10 (unfinished)

love me a good "blitz through levels at ridiculous speed for zero cost" hack once in a while

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

options aren't very extensive as of this demo but there's
a good few
plus they have actually good versions of the prototype tracks and a dynamic camera that I've only seen in like two other things

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

186. Sonic 3: Master Edition 3 (SHC 2025 demo) -- 6/10 (quick look)

I always feel like there's like sixty more versions of this than there actually are

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The title screen for Sonic 3: Master Edition 3. It says Master Edition 3 instead of Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

185. Sonic 3 Rebuilt (SHC 2025 demo) -- 7/10 (quick look)

this could become the new Sonic 3 Complete and that scares me

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The title screen of Sonic 3 Rebuilt. It says Rebuilt instead of & Knuckles, that's it.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

184. Sonic 3 Extended World CD (demo? I think?) -- 8/10

I went "holy shit" at multiple points during this, I'm genuinely impressed

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The SHC thumbnail image for Sonic 3 Extended World CD, showing the game's title in the stage title font in front of four screenshots from the game. In order, they show Sonic in:
-- one of the Blue Spheres stages, walking over two green spheres
-- Angel Island Zone, underwater, about to jump off a wall
-- Ice Cap Zone, standing on some chunks of ice floating over rising water
-- The intro cutscene, where Sonic surfs on the water

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

183. Sonic 2 Westside Plus (SHC 2025 demo) -- 7/10

what if Sonic 2 but pretty (and also Oil Ocean had the best song ever composed)

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The SHC 2025 thumbnail image for Sonic 2 Westside Plus, an edit of the abstract and zany Japanese box art featuring Sonic & Tails.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

182. Water Temple (Unleased Recomp mod) -- 6/10 (unfinished)

neat concept with a really clever way of implementing Dark Link, but it's way too difficult after that point for its own good

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The SHC thumbnail image for the Water Temple mod for Sonic Unleashed Recompiled, showing a title card and the entrance to the very same Water Temple.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

181. Sonic 2 Restoration Ultimate (ROM hack) -- 5/10

hey remember the Sonic 2 beta? remember the Sonic 2 beta? remember the Sonic 2 beta? remember the Sonic 2 beta? remember the Sonic 2 beta? remember the Sonic 2 beta? remember the Sonic 2 beta? remember the Sonic 2 beta?

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The title screen for Sonic 2 Restoration Ultimate. It is the exact same as Sonic 2's but the sky and ocean are orange.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

180. Sonic 1 on Bird Hill Island (SHC 2025 demo) -- 7/10

fun lil pack of levels. props for actually putting the Special Stage rings in the act 3s of each zone, that was always a huge pet peeve of mine
...shame the Special Stages aren't worth going to

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The title screen for Sonic 1 on Bird Island, showing the ribbon from the Sonic 1 title screen emblem in front of a pair of side-by-side rivers between two mountains under a darkened sky.

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JaxDrawz @jaxdrawz.bsky.social · 2d

Poké style Rosalina

#rosalina #fanart

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

man I'm so good at including links in my media thread entries for fan works

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Sonic Hacking Contest :: The SHC2025 Contest :: Sonic Like Legos :: By Rhythm_and_Tempo

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Sonic Hacking Contest :: The SHC2025 Contest :: Mean Bean Tsuu - SHC 2025 Demo :: By Team Tsuu

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

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Sonic Hacking Contest :: The SHC2025 Contest :: Hatsune Miku in Sonic 1 :: By Team Brickheads

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

did it again, whoops
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Sonic Hacking Contest :: The SHC2025 Contest :: Sonic Vania (2025 Demo) :: By JvneTh

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

179. Sonic Sunventure (ROM hack) -- 8/10 (replay, kinda)

I feel like there's five other hacks like this one but God damn does this one do it good
shame there's so little of it that made it into this last version

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The title screen of Sonic Sunventure. It's mostly the same as the one in base Sonic 1, but the background is changed to a mountainscape blanketed at the bottom in greenery under a starry twilit sky.

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Player 666 😈 @playahwon.bsky.social · 2d

178. Sonic Vania (SHC 2025 demo) -- 4/10 (unfinished)

unbelievably good concept but the whole thing is marred by hokey controls, frustrating design, a really easy softlock right at the end, and one song that goes on for waaaaaay too long for how noisy and grindy it is

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