Just as we received Stealth’s great GBA hack, another technical hack has appeared. Drx, with the help of Puto, Upthorn, and Hivebrain, has created a version of Sonic 1 for the 32X. This has required extensive code changes and, most importantly, moving a sound channel based on the new hardware. More importantly, this hack has been made open source, allowing anyone with enough knowledge to try their hand at Sonic 1 with the possibility of using 32X features.

Since the hack is, currently, mostly Sonic 1 with changes to make it work on the 32X (mostly behind the scenes), rather than go on about it in length here, I invite you to see it at the thread here.

In other breaking news, drx has released five new Sonic protos. Sonic CD Prototype 806, several versions of Sonic Adventure, and Sonic Adventure 2. For more details, visit the thread here.

It’s been a very exciting time for Sonic hacking in general. Who knows what the future will hold?