Homebrew RELEASE Sonic 3 AIR

[ottos1989]

can u please also share a forwarder for Sonic CD? It's the last one im missing. Also would love to see all 4 games with a uniform icon theme

 

[RupeeClock]

This is some amazing stuff, when the time comes that I mod my Switch I'll absolutely be putting this on there.

Down the line, if Eukaryot decides to make Sonic 3 A.I.R. open source, I really hope that it gets developed into a Retroarch/Libretro core. That'd be the simplest way to get it running on a multitude of systems much like NXEngine for Cave Story.

 

[Robika]

Is there a vita version for this?

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

You had me at tails flight cancel.
You REALLY had me at drop dash.

 

[MetoMeto]

And many more...

thanks~

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Is there a vita version for this?

finally people asking for vita! thank you!

 

[raxadian]

So.... how good is the Dreamcast emulation on the Switch?

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

So.... how good is the Dreamcast emulation on the Switch?

pretty much perfect except for a handful of windows CE games

 

[raxadian]

pretty much perfect except for a handful of windows CE games

People actually played those?

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

People actually played those?

Yeah? Sega Rally 2 not being playable is a real bummer
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/threads/43804-WinCE-games-List

 

[mathew77]

People actually played those?

Why not?.. Art is immortal.

 

[raxadian]

Yeah? Sega Rally 2 not being playable is a real bummer
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/threads/43804-WinCE-games-List

Why it was even done in Windows CE? The original was an Arcade game so a direct port would have made more sence.

 

[LeyendaV]

Forwarder already available!

Sonic 3 & Knuckles A.I.R. FORWARDER | GBAtemp.net - The Independent Video Game Community

 

[PZT]

Is there a vita version for this?

I hope the creator of this thread does it, because closed-source means somebody needs to be given the code and be allowed to make the port, and it'd be easier for TC to do it than for yet another person to be able to convince Eukaryot to share the source with them
Whether or not somebody is allowed to is probably based off whether people beg enough for it to be considered worth it lol
And people hate begging, it's not considered A Good Look, but what did they expect from making such a valuable engine closed-source, placing the ability to port it only in the hands of a chosen few

 

[ottos1989]

Forwarder already available!

Sonic 3 & Knuckles A.I.R. FORWARDER | GBAtemp.net - The Independent Video Game Community

What about sonic cd?

 

[Deleted member 418227]

Published an update to fix issues with loading mods at startup.

 

[Tales117]

Hello,

First of all, thank you so much for making my dream comes true!
I've been waiting for the moment to be able to play all the Classic Sonic Series as the remastered version on Nintendo Switch!

Since the original icon had a different design concept from the other three, I made an icon for the Sonic 3 AIR switch port that follows the others.

The quality is not as good as the others, but it may look suitable as a collection on hbmenu.

I hope it helps in your future updates!

Thank you!

 

[MultiKoopa]

I'm curious, is this even remotely possible on 3DS, even a New 3DS? or is AIR more demanding than the Whitehead ports of 1/2/CD?

 

[RupeeClock]

I'm curious, is this even remotely possible on 3DS, even a New 3DS? or is AIR more demanding than the Whitehead ports of 1/2/CD?

It might be a similar situation where the main sidescrolling platforming gameplay isn't too demanding, but the special stages are since they're built from the ground up. The blue sphere minigame in particular is much higher resolution and runs at 60 FPS.

Sonic 3 Air is built for 16:9 displays whilst the 3DS top screen display is 5:3, which is slightly narrower horizontally. It probably wouldn't be much of an issue aside from needing to adjust the HUD display, and maybe the locked camera for certain screens.

A 3DS port would be doable but you'd probably need to refactor aspects like removing some graphical enhancements and limiting frame rate for the blue sphere minigame.
The project is not yet open source anyway, it's only in the hands of a few trusted individuals to port it to other systems like the Switch or Android.

 

[MultiKoopa]

what, does the developer have plans to make it open source eventually?

 

[MikaDubbz]

I'm curious, is this even remotely possible on 3DS, even a New 3DS? or is AIR more demanding than the Whitehead ports of 1/2/CD?

Likewise, can this be ported to the WIi U? Surely that system could handle this no problem.