"So, in conclusion, Sonic the Hedgehog takes all of the worms of Tuklanior & then puts them inside a horseblender, a blender made out of horse skin & shaped like a trumpet on top of a crocodile, resulting in a red giraffe with 18 5 centimeter long legs that look like a mix between shark fins & train whistles & 4 hands that look like human hands, but with spikes all over them."
I thought you meant since the first room hacks video (idk why my brain registered it that way) and I was like "pretty sure it's been 6 years, and I discovered antdude when he made the 2nd one, which means I've been following him for 5 years, right?". Turns out the original was 7 years ago, and I've been following him for 6 years. Yeah it did blow my mind a bit, but then knowing I read your comment wrong and that it's been 5 whole years since the from hacks 3 and knuckles episodes blows my mind even more. Like yeah I saw previous episodes when they came out, but that one, I was subscribed with notifs on at the time. So it was brand new from an hour or two when I saw it. So it always registered as "one of the recent episodes".
A quick thing to add regarding the music. Music modding is the easiest thing in the world on Sonic 3 AIR. I replaced the themes for Ice Cap and Lava Reef with the themes for Diamond Dust and Volcano Valley from 3D Blast, and swapped out the miniboss and mainboss themes for the first and second boss themes from 3D Blast, respectively. It all fits fantastically, especially during the setpiece at the end of Lava Reef Act 2 with the lava fall and the Death Egg in background with the 3D Blast second boss theme playing. I read a tutorial for music modding and, while it requires a basic understanding of Audacity, got a perfectly working music mod the same day.
@@finadoggie They existing themes for the levels in question are fine, but I prefer the ones I swapped in. I prefer 3D's boss themes to 3&K's as well. The only Jackson track I'd really miss is the Sonic 3 standalone credits. One of these days I oughta upload the mod to gamebanana.
I know there’s a lot of people saying Sonic Origins has the inferior versions of Sonic games, but if you’re like me and never played those games before, it is really cool experiencing it for the first time on a modern console.
Sega is such a weird company. We’ve seen them capable of creating masterpieces throughout the years but they keep fumbling the ball over and over and over again
@@schemar17 That's not even a joke if you know their history. Sega Japan personally had a vendetta against Sega America, and it's a massive reason why they went down the toilet
@@nyahnyahson523 yeah I know everything from yuji naka thinking about firing a team in Sega America to steal their game engine to forcing sonic boom to be released on the wii u. Sega is their worst enemy 😑
4:38 It is so nice to see people actually acknowledging Forever, Restored, and Absolute's existence. I feel as if people weren't and still don't give Team Forever and PimpUigi and their amazing stuff the attention they deserve and are always talking about the mobile ports or the decomps being the definitive versions of Sonic 1, 2, and CD and either don't talk about Forever, Absolute, and Restored or don't even know they exist. (Also, I don't know if you realize. But you're using an outdated version of Forever, and the newest update Isn't compatible with The Expansion Pack)
@@sonounapersonasulweb007 oh if it's not booting up then you probably have an outdated version? Just redownload the standalone version and I think it'll work?
17:05 Possibly the closest thing to a new Yeth Sonic rom mod we're ever going to get here. I take it all back, there's still some hope for Yeth yet folks.
34:52 ''Sadly no gun, not yet.'' Hold up! You actually can play as Shadow with a gun. Going into the sound test, putting in certain songs will activate certain cheats. One gives Shadow Chaos Spear, another reskins Chaos Spear to be a GUN. There's even a third that gives Shadow his potty mouth from his game. So yes, it is possible to weild a gun in Sonic 1.
Random, but Ant Dude videos have such a good level of replayability you don't get on some channels. I'm probably gonna end up watching this ten times over the years.
I'd say that being able to play through Sonic 1 despite making the quality so jank is a sign of accomplishment, rather than...whatever emotions you were feeling at the time Also love the ending gag
11:41 They probably meant characters from other games are playable in others now. Like Tails and Knuckles in Sonic 1, but they knew what they were doing
I absolutely love these deep dives into rom hacks. It's so eye opening to see how much has been created. Now I gotta play these! These vids are renewing my love for classic gaming. Thanks AntDude!
I love these videos because it gives me a “best of” compilation of cool and weird mods. Also they patched the Hidden Palace glitch in Origins and not gonna lie, I was mad.
I'm fairly sure in the hack at 29:00, QP is a reference to Pannenkoek2012's video "SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses (Commentated)", and QP is short for "Quadruple Parallel Universes".
When I was in early high school, I knew a kid who, on a couple occasions, referenced your original Sonic ROM hacks video, especially Yeth. I am now 24. Feel old, I command you. I require you to share the pain of knowing that video was almost a decade ago.
The Pokemon designs for Badniks are quite fascinating; back in the day, I used to imagine different kinds of battle droids/robots based on various Pokemon.
It's been a while since I've played AIR, but by golly. It's fun running mods on that. My favorite mods by far are the ones that alters Knuckles's Mecha Sonic boss to say "I'll crush you" during the initial master emerald buff and changing the doomsday boss to the version Alvin Earthworm used in Super Mario Bros Z.
Agreed, it’s seem like so many amazing and impressive sonic fangames always get cancelled after there 3rd demo, it’s a miracle if they actually get to become a full game
28:48 Might be a reference to QPU (Quadruple Parallel Universe) a thing from Mario 64 Challenge Runs, and made famous by the memes for the video "Watch For Falling Rocks in 0.5 A Presses". The Fact Sonic is glitchy, has absurd speed, and basically teleports to the end, is very similar to QPUs.
I can't get over the fact that a sonic CD might be an amazing way to create a knuckles game. Still fast and speedy but can slow down to explos that'd be perfect!
"We've been playing these games with controllers for so long. There has to be a better way." I sure someone out there heard that and is now developing a version of Sonic that is controlled with Donkey Konga Bongos.
Do not get Restored unless you’re a speedrunner. Miracle Edition is a much better and definitive mod package that gets thrown under the bus way too often. No shade or anything, just a thing to look out for.
Weird timing for AntDude to mention Sonic 1/2/CD decompilation projects and how it allowed the hacking community to port these games over to other consoles... Sonic Mania just got the same treatment fairly recently and was successfully ported over to multiple consoles too including the Wii U, PS Vita, and even the New 3DS.
You did it, Ant.. You finally mentioned the Powerpuff Girls. You’ve officially opened the gates to a video covering (almost) all of the games the cartoon(s) spawned. (Ok to be fair I don’t expect a video like that to come out from Ant, maybe I’ll do it myself)
28:15 That was real exasperation in this poor man's voice. Normally in these types of videos you can tell it's performative which is fine, but in that sentence you can really hear the pain and regret.
Fun Fact: Sonic 2 was originally gonna be the one with time travel however at the time they felt that it was too ambitious after only one game to implement this. Hill Top Zone is actually a past version of Emerald Hill Zone hence why they look like they are simply color swapped versions of each other.
I love these video's Ant and I look forward to them each year. You have also made me and many others aware of SAGE and (not trying to promote myself) actually gave me the motivation to make my own fan game for next years SAGE. Keep up the good work Dude.
They just did it again with Sonic Generations too. "It's still available via bundles on Steam" which is code for "we're still delisting it on Xbox and Steam but on Steam you can still get it if you blow $200 on a massive full franchise bundle."
I just rewatched those ROM Hacks videos last week, what a coincidence! Speaking of ROM Hacks, a few months ago there was a Paper Mario 64 hacking contest, saw them through another youtuber, and I feel they deserve a mention, since one of them managed to make an Overcooked-style mod that runs in the original console. It's the Peach cake baking intermission with replayability.
"So, in conclusion, Sonic the Hedgehog,"
Beautiful ending. 10/10. Couldn't have put it better myself.
Yes
Pretty much the best part of the video lol
@@SinisterF. It really is. Based profile picture by the way, any source?
He truly is one of the characters of all time.
"So, in conclusion, Sonic the Hedgehog takes all of the worms of Tuklanior & then puts them inside a horseblender, a blender made out of horse skin & shaped like a trumpet on top of a crocodile, resulting in a red giraffe with 18 5 centimeter long legs that look like a mix between shark fins & train whistles & 4 hands that look like human hands, but with spikes all over them."
I busted out laughing when I realized I wasn't getting an ending to that sentence.
I heard you can get these mods to run on a modded 3ds. Which by the way, is surprisingly easy to do
Amazing
@Rye Nah
can confirm, ive modded both a 2ds and a 3ds. It's surprisingly easy to do!
memes aside, i did it _long_ before it was cool lol
Aint you Nathaniel B?
Are you Nathaniel b?
The fact that it's been 5 years since the last rom hacks video made me think about life for a moment lmao
no fucking way
I thought you meant since the first room hacks video (idk why my brain registered it that way) and I was like "pretty sure it's been 6 years, and I discovered antdude when he made the 2nd one, which means I've been following him for 5 years, right?". Turns out the original was 7 years ago, and I've been following him for 6 years. Yeah it did blow my mind a bit, but then knowing I read your comment wrong and that it's been 5 whole years since the from hacks 3 and knuckles episodes blows my mind even more. Like yeah I saw previous episodes when they came out, but that one, I was subscribed with notifs on at the time. So it was brand new from an hour or two when I saw it. So it always registered as "one of the recent episodes".
2017... was the year.
You did not just say 2017 was 5 years ago bro 😭😭😭
How am I 13 yet this makes me feel old
6 now
A quick thing to add regarding the music. Music modding is the easiest thing in the world on Sonic 3 AIR. I replaced the themes for Ice Cap and Lava Reef with the themes for Diamond Dust and Volcano Valley from 3D Blast, and swapped out the miniboss and mainboss themes for the first and second boss themes from 3D Blast, respectively. It all fits fantastically, especially during the setpiece at the end of Lava Reef Act 2 with the lava fall and the Death Egg in background with the 3D Blast second boss theme playing. I read a tutorial for music modding and, while it requires a basic understanding of Audacity, got a perfectly working music mod the same day.
I looked up those OST's and damn they fit even better than the originals.
Ok but why would you ever want to replace icecap zone, that’s one of the best tracks from the game
@@finadoggie opinions. i love it but both it and lava reef are REAL short songs
@@finadoggie They existing themes for the levels in question are fine, but I prefer the ones I swapped in. I prefer 3D's boss themes to 3&K's as well. The only Jackson track I'd really miss is the Sonic 3 standalone credits. One of these days I oughta upload the mod to gamebanana.
Yeah it's pretty easy I modded the music on my phone using exagear(windows emulator) to run audacity.
I know there’s a lot of people saying Sonic Origins has the inferior versions of Sonic games, but if you’re like me and never played those games before, it is really cool experiencing it for the first time on a modern console.
Sega is such a weird company. We’ve seen them capable of creating masterpieces throughout the years but they keep fumbling the ball over and over and over again
Nah, ppl overreact because of Sonic's bad phase, Sega is pretty ok as far game companies go for the most part
Sega is ironically their worst enemy
@@akiradkcn i agree they aren’t a bad company but the Sonic series is definitely a rollercoaster of quality
@@schemar17 That's not even a joke if you know their history. Sega Japan personally had a vendetta against Sega America, and it's a massive reason why they went down the toilet
@@nyahnyahson523 yeah I know everything from yuji naka thinking about firing a team in Sega America to steal their game engine to forcing sonic boom to be released on the wii u. Sega is their worst enemy 😑
*"In conclusion, Sonic the hedgehog..."*
This is pretty much on same level as *"Sonic Dreams Collection is... Yeah, that's it, this game IS",* love it
4:38 It is so nice to see people actually acknowledging Forever, Restored, and Absolute's existence. I feel as if people weren't and still don't give Team Forever and PimpUigi and their amazing stuff the attention they deserve and are always talking about the mobile ports or the decomps being the definitive versions of Sonic 1, 2, and CD and either don't talk about Forever, Absolute, and Restored or don't even know they exist. (Also, I don't know if you realize. But you're using an outdated version of Forever, and the newest update Isn't compatible with The Expansion Pack)
How the fucking shit did you get restored up and running
Cause for me isnt doing anyting at all It doesn't even boot up pls HELP
@@sonounapersonasulweb007 oh if it's not booting up then you probably have an outdated version? Just redownload the standalone version and I think it'll work?
where can i download sonic cd
@@sonounapersonasulweb007 also, do you have the RSDK for Sonic CD? If you don't, that's probably why
17:05
Possibly the closest thing to a new Yeth Sonic rom mod we're ever going to get here. I take it all back, there's still some hope for Yeth yet folks.
Actually, Yeth is getting into SRB2 last I check.
@@benji-menji Now we need to add Yundong into SRB2 as well.
Damn, im not the only one here who remembers and someone misses yeth?
@@zachg6060 i love yeth
@@Urist_Mythrilforged looked it up, his name is Lover the Caterhog.
WHY-
34:52 ''Sadly no gun, not yet.''
Hold up! You actually can play as Shadow with a gun. Going into the sound test, putting in certain songs will activate certain cheats. One gives Shadow Chaos Spear, another reskins Chaos Spear to be a GUN. There's even a third that gives Shadow his potty mouth from his game.
So yes, it is possible to weild a gun in Sonic 1.
31:57 Best part right here. We all needed Antdude as a golf announcer
Very relaxing 😌
It's nice having all these mods to help remind me just how surprisingly easy it is to mod a 3DS
This series has always been special to me. The first sonic rom hacks video was the first Antdude video I ever saw, and I've seen every video since
23:19 I cannot tell you how happy I was to see a reference to Demon's Crest in this mod
Random, but Ant Dude videos have such a good level of replayability you don't get on some channels. I'm probably gonna end up watching this ten times over the years.
I'd say that being able to play through Sonic 1 despite making the quality so jank is a sign of accomplishment, rather than...whatever emotions you were feeling at the time
Also love the ending gag
Kid named Sonic CD:
11:41 They probably meant characters from other games are playable in others now. Like Tails and Knuckles in Sonic 1, but they knew what they were doing
Ant calling himself, telling himself that he can't make it to work because he's got the case of the Snolf
Point it, Ant is his own boss
Fun Fact:
The first ever Antdude video I ever watched was Sonic Rom Hacks 1.
Never stop being awesome, Anthony.
35:02
As one of the two Charmy fans out there, I can indeed confirm that this ROM hack appeases me.
Hi
Can y’all let a third Charmy fan on in here?
Honestly that ending took me out for some reason, I loved it lmao
Really nice candlelit dinner and everything
Seeing the Cappy Mechanic in Sonic 2 made me IMMEDIATELY think "Upgrade from Ben 10"
Antdude chuckling over Yoshi having all the chaos emeralds just made my day
AntDude: "Sonic collects Coins instead of Rings....that's Cursed."
Mario: "You're darn right it is."
I can’t believe that I’ve been watching you 7 years (I started with the first Rom hacks vid) great to see you carry this on
42:42 most people when they've finished rambling for 5 hours about the in-depth Sonic the Hedgehog lore
I've been here since the first rom hacks video and can't believe it's been 5 years since the last one. Great to see this channel grow!
24:25 the way robotnik shits the bed right after his ball drops, I’m dead
I absolutely love these deep dives into rom hacks. It's so eye opening to see how much has been created. Now I gotta play these! These vids are renewing my love for classic gaming. Thanks AntDude!
33:46 It’s not Freedom Planet but holy crap, that’s really a whole new game right there :o
You can actually use the rsdk folder from origins in the decompiled versions to play them, so yeah it's not that bad
or the free android versions
I like how as he does more and more of these videos, Anthony’s mental state dwindles more and more.
I love these videos because it gives me a “best of” compilation of cool and weird mods.
Also they patched the Hidden Palace glitch in Origins and not gonna lie, I was mad.
Hi! One of composers for Hellfire Saga here! Thanks for mentioning!
This was quite the journey. Love all the cool ideas the community has brought to life!
I'm fairly sure in the hack at 29:00, QP is a reference to Pannenkoek2012's video "SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses (Commentated)", and QP is short for "Quadruple Parallel Universes".
2:18 Don’t hold your breath. There’s a Yeth mod for Sonic Robo Blast 2 in the works.
When I was in early high school, I knew a kid who, on a couple occasions, referenced your original Sonic ROM hacks video, especially Yeth. I am now 24. Feel old, I command you. I require you to share the pain of knowing that video was almost a decade ago.
1:21 I'm gonna have to have a word with your editor, because that line was the perfect setup for some kind of a visual gag with Tails.
I feel very lucky to have unknowingly purchased the classic sonic games like a month before they were discontinued xD
The Pokemon designs for Badniks are quite fascinating; back in the day, I used to imagine different kinds of battle droids/robots based on various Pokemon.
Coming back for another comment: BRIDGE ZONE MUSIC RETURNS!!!! Gosh that's the best tune in the Sonic series ever
Just really wanted to appreciate the usage of "Cylic's Stage (Fully Armored)" used around 16:17, absolute banger
To add some random knowledge to this great video: "Pantufa" is "Slipper" is Portuguese.
You're welcome!
It's been a while since I've played AIR, but by golly. It's fun running mods on that. My favorite mods by far are the ones that alters Knuckles's Mecha Sonic boss to say "I'll crush you" during the initial master emerald buff and changing the doomsday boss to the version Alvin Earthworm used in Super Mario Bros Z.
The narration during the Snolf 3 & Knolf is top-notch.
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Magnificent all-around.
Honestly disappointed Sonic Overture never progressed past its demo, that game's so aesthetically pleasant it's just nuts.
Agreed, it’s seem like so many amazing and impressive sonic fangames always get cancelled after there 3rd demo, it’s a miracle if they actually get to become a full game
28:48 Might be a reference to QPU (Quadruple Parallel Universe) a thing from Mario 64 Challenge Runs, and made famous by the memes for the video "Watch For Falling Rocks in 0.5 A Presses".
The Fact Sonic is glitchy, has absurd speed, and basically teleports to the end, is very similar to QPUs.
I can't get over the fact that a sonic CD might be an amazing way to create a knuckles game. Still fast and speedy but can slow down to explos that'd be perfect!
When Antdude opens a video with the main theme of Pana Der Hejhog, you know you're in for a great watch.
When you drop a new video you know its gonna be a good day
"So in conclusion, *Sonic the Hedgehog.*" (Looks off blankly)
I'm dying~
I missed these so much. I love your sonic content and I keep coming back to your channel. Keep it up AntBro!
"We've been playing these games with controllers for so long. There has to be a better way."
I sure someone out there heard that and is now developing a version of Sonic that is controlled with Donkey Konga Bongos.
Sonic 2: Return of Shadow has a fully functioning, gun-toting Shadow
I have clicked on that "fat Sonic thumbnail" every time it's shown up. No need to apologize, it's a very entertaining video.
Yes! Been waiting for a new ROM hacks video!
All of the links above is clickbait.
Finnaly it’s back I’ve been waiting years. It’s been years.
Do not get Restored unless you’re a speedrunner. Miracle Edition is a much better and definitive mod package that gets thrown under the bus way too often. No shade or anything, just a thing to look out for.
AntDude: Enjoy fun things.
Apple: Hey! We hate that concept!
Yeah, I'm an Android guy 😆
Weird timing for AntDude to mention Sonic 1/2/CD decompilation projects and how it allowed the hacking community to port these games over to other consoles... Sonic Mania just got the same treatment fairly recently and was successfully ported over to multiple consoles too including the Wii U, PS Vita, and even the New 3DS.
DREAMCAST PORT WHEN
@@PosthumanHeresy Or Saturn.
I’m watching this twice. Once to see Ant and another to get everysingle one of these mods.
Y’know, it seemed like getting those mods to work was surprisingly easy to do
Glad you called me out as one of the two Charmy fans in the world.
You did it, Ant..
You finally mentioned the Powerpuff Girls.
You’ve officially opened the gates to a video covering (almost) all of the games the cartoon(s) spawned.
(Ok to be fair I don’t expect a video like that to come out from Ant, maybe I’ll do it myself)
That rhythm heaven DS shirt of blue and yellow is epic!
I've been a fan of you since sonikdude and I'm so glad you're still making entertaining content! Cheers.
28:15 That was real exasperation in this poor man's voice. Normally in these types of videos you can tell it's performative which is fine, but in that sentence you can really hear the pain and regret.
Fun Fact: Sonic 2 was originally gonna be the one with time travel however at the time they felt that it was too ambitious after only one game to implement this. Hill Top Zone is actually a past version of Emerald Hill Zone hence why they look like they are simply color swapped versions of each other.
Nice job implementing a fire emblem quote in a Sonic video
Yayyy I love your channel and I love when you do show case videos like these, at this point your old Sonic rom hack videos are classics
27:55
One word: Sonic Boom Episode 8: Eggheads.
oh wait that’s five words
I know this is off topic but u might be happy to hear this
they just announced Rayman in Mario+Rabbids sparks of hope.....
I'm gonna go of a limb here:
You really like the song "Endless Possibilities"
You scared me when you told me not to show that ROM at Thanksgiving dinner
2:19 Ant, if you go knocking on doors asking to see the Devil, eventually he will answer.
I love these video's Ant and I look forward to them each year. You have also made me and many others aware of SAGE and (not trying to promote myself) actually gave me the motivation to make my own fan game for next years SAGE. Keep up the good work Dude.
Love the Karma Chameleon remix when talking about Snolf.
31:12 " pick a god and pray"
Just wanna point out how sick that rythm heaven shirt is god damn
shadow in sonic 1 actually does have a gun, you just have to play a certain sound in the sound test
i just have to say, thank you for putting karl’s mod in this. hes my friend and he got super excited about it, this means a lot to him
I hate companies delisting old games. It’s such a scummy move
Only one solution in these situation…
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
They just did it again with Sonic Generations too.
"It's still available via bundles on Steam" which is code for "we're still delisting it on Xbox and Steam but on Steam you can still get it if you blow $200 on a massive full franchise bundle."
30:49 i’m glad we got some sonic frontier
I feel like rom hacks will never end
As long as these great modders, ROM Hackers and Fan game creators keep making incredible things, they won’t end.
Hopefully they won’t
34:54 *Happily yes gun
If you hit a specific sound test number, you can give him a gun, or Chaos Spear as an alternative
Someone NEEDS to make a mod that makes it control like canvas curse
"money doesn't matter" -rich people
"looks don't matter" -attractive people
"in conclusion, sonic the hedgehog" -antdude
i swear it feels like im the only one who appreciates fan projects while also enjoying the official stuff
I just rewatched those ROM Hacks videos last week, what a coincidence! Speaking of ROM Hacks, a few months ago there was a Paper Mario 64 hacking contest, saw them through another youtuber, and I feel they deserve a mention, since one of them managed to make an Overcooked-style mod that runs in the original console. It's the Peach cake baking intermission with replayability.
I think QP might stand for “Quick Play”
1:02
*_Don’t worry, he was saying ‘Badnik’_*
They say modding your 3DS is surprisingly easy to do, but how easy is modding a Sonic game on the 3DS?
First you'd actually have to find a Sonic 3DS game worth modding, so pretty difficult.
The Sonic 1, 2, and CD were ported to 3DS with the decomp. Surprised he didn’t cover it.
Crazy I used to watch you play Megaman in 2010 as a 12 year old. Still classic and holds up. Keep it up!
Liking this video was as easy as hacking a Nintendo 3ds
What’s the deal with this latest spam?
I find myself both relieved and disappointed that Sonic Feets isn't what I thought it would be.
These rom hacks are really awesome, why does Sega cant make any good Sonic games these days, excluding Sonic Mania.
Basically give people enough time and resources, they will come up with anything and everything.
All of these ROM hackers look like they put so much hard effort into making these hacks… Unlike modding a 3DS, which is surprisingly easy.
YASS BISH YASS IF THIS VIDEO DOESNT TREND IM GONNA CRY