Opium said:
The demo was great. It looks like they have Sonic's physics down perfectly, the music was awesome too. The only complaint it because the screen is so busy it is a little hard to see the enemies, but other than that it's wonderful.
I really hope they get a chance to finish it before Sega sends them a cease and desist. They should hire the guys to make a Sonic 2 remake for XBLA instead...
I've actually never heard of Sega sending C&D letters to any fangame, even ones that use official graphics, sound, and even level design. Heck, Retro Sonic had remakes of classic levels and is one of the most popular fangames out there. It never had any legal trouble. I think as long as you're not trying to sell the game, you're perfectly fine. SEGA, whatever their games may be like, is actually very tolerant to the fangame and even hacking community. Heck, they've even hired emulator authors to work on their compilations of classic Sonic games. Two that come to mind are Steven Snake (author of Kega Fusion, who i believe handled the Smash Packs), and Stephen Dittrich (author of JenesisDS, who also headed development of Classics Collection on DS).