Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
271
News and Updates / Java chat room open!
« on: March 08, 2004, 07:09:53 pm »
Hit the "Chat Room" link on the left to go straight to the chatroom, no mIRC required (or hit IRC in parentheses for mIRC users). Hope to see you round...!
272
News and Updates / Congratulations NintenDan!
« on: March 08, 2004, 12:54:07 am »
NintenDan came out of nowhere and took 100% on Sonic Advance, succeeding mike89 and myself as champion. Every record. Wow.
273
Information Kiosk / Attn: People seeking avatars
« on: March 01, 2004, 11:32:28 pm »
Link to / email / otherwise somehow send your picture to me and I'll upload it to the site manually, since for some reason uploads aren't working at the moment.
275
General Sonic / Best. Fangame. Ever.
« on: March 01, 2004, 12:39:06 pm »
Time Attacked
There's a few things I think they did better than the Advance games (grinding, anyone?). I'm all about adding it to the rankings, if y'all're up for it.
There's a few things I think they did better than the Advance games (grinding, anyone?). I'm all about adding it to the rankings, if y'all're up for it.
276
Leaderboard Disputes / itt CosmicFalcon makes up SA2B times
« on: February 28, 2004, 03:45:04 pm »
discuss
277
Beef / First person who responds gets to decide
« on: February 27, 2004, 11:37:37 pm »
(He posted spam topics in every category.) Fire away!
278
News and Updates / Game Gear competition is open.
« on: February 26, 2004, 12:21:02 pm »
Sonic 1, 2, Chaos and Triple Trouble are ready for submissions. All you players out there who own SADX (or a Game Gear, you lucky stiff), get to it. ;)
279
News and Updates / Submission are up. Again.
« on: February 24, 2004, 12:53:59 pm »
Submissions were down for a day or so because they randomly stopped working. Now they are back.
In other news, today is F-Man's birthday. Happy birthday! ^_^
In other news, today is F-Man's birthday. Happy birthday! ^_^
280
News and Updates / IRC is better than AIM.
« on: February 19, 2004, 01:19:29 pm »
New chat room: irc.mysteria.net:6667 #soniccenter
If you don't know how to use IRC, pick up this and hit the IRC link on our menu.
edit: server changed in deference to brian/xebra.
If you don't know how to use IRC, pick up this and hit the IRC link on our menu.
edit: server changed in deference to brian/xebra.
281
News and Updates / Sonic 1 music available
« on: February 18, 2004, 05:47:24 pm »
All 19 songs, in MP3 format, are under Sonic 1 on the menu. More coming soon.
282
Competition Central / Team Blast Glitch
« on: February 18, 2004, 04:20:15 pm »
For those who don't know yet, if you press B+X/B+Y while in flying mode, it's possible to fill up your team blast meter in just a few seconds. Obviously, this dramatically changes how Team Dark works.
283
News and Updates / Sonic Advance 3... wow.
« on: February 18, 2004, 02:40:50 am »
http://www.1up.com/article2/0,4364,1529011,00.asp
Some notable highlights - you pick both a main character and a side (uncontrollable) character who affects the moves you can use (think Tails flying with Sonic). This also makes possible a co-op mode for multiplayer in which you explore different parts of the level. Another new feature: the "Zone Map" works sorta like in Mario World, except it's actually a Sonic stage, where you look for stage entrances. Sounds cool to me!
The first two zones are apparently named "Route 99" and "Sunset Hill"; there also seem to be a cityscape (maybe Route 99 again), a fantasy type zone and a techno zone.
Some notable highlights - you pick both a main character and a side (uncontrollable) character who affects the moves you can use (think Tails flying with Sonic). This also makes possible a co-op mode for multiplayer in which you explore different parts of the level. Another new feature: the "Zone Map" works sorta like in Mario World, except it's actually a Sonic stage, where you look for stage entrances. Sounds cool to me!
The first two zones are apparently named "Route 99" and "Sunset Hill"; there also seem to be a cityscape (maybe Route 99 again), a fantasy type zone and a techno zone.
284
Does anybody want / know how to use IRC? A few months ago we had a chatroom, but nobody was in it, but now we're a lot bigger so perhaps there's more demand.
For those not in the know, IRC is a chat room system that sucks a lot less than AOL's chatrooms.
For those not in the know, IRC is a chat room system that sucks a lot less than AOL's chatrooms.
285
Competition Central / Emulating Sonic CD for dummies
« on: February 14, 2004, 02:58:17 pm »
[originally posted on the first forum]
Normally I wouldn't make a topic like this. But Sega's been so incompetent in getting us Sonic CD on its own that I fear it never will. To my knowledge, it hasn't been on any compilation thus far, and for all practical purposes the PC version doesn't matter. The beef with the PC version, if you didn't know, is that it won't run with Direct X 9 / Windows XP, because it uses obsolete functionality. That's to be expected when Sega picks such a shoddy company as Expert to do its ports (and if the buzz on SADX PC is any indication, since the disappearance of Expert they've taken up the burden of making shoddy ports themselves).
So here is exactly what you need to do to get it working.
1) Get Gens, a Genesis/SegaCD/32X emulator. Make a directory somewhere on your PC and unzip it there.
2) Head over to the ISOs page of Sonic Stuff and download the BIOSes and the American or Japanese version of Sonic CD (they're all around 25MB zipped, so get ready to wait if you're on dialup). An ISO is kinda like a ROM, except it's a CD image instead of a cart. None of them have music. Unzip them to the same directory you put Gens in. If you don't care about music, you can skip the next two steps.
3) For the Japanese soundtrack (which is almost universally preferred over the American, though I like both), head over to this place; you need a GameSpy ID to download anything. If you don't have a GameSpy ID, try Sonic Stadium; they seem to be down now, but hopefully it'll be up by the time you try it. Prolly hackers again. All the music should be in the same directory as everything else. If anybody wants the American soundtrack I can rip it from my dysfunctional PC copy of Sonic CD, since I can't find it online.
4) Now we have to rename all the music files so Gens recognizes that they go with Sonic CD. They should be named as "[game name] [track].mp3", where [game name] is the name of the .iso. Time Warp (which you don't have, but isn't used in the game anyway) is Track 02, and numbering goes up from there. You have to number them 03, 04, etc - if you just use one digit, it won't work. So if you downloaded the American ISO, Palmtree Panic Present should become "scd_usa 03.mp3".
Edit: Here's the track listing, stolen from Sonic Cult.
2. - unused track -
3. Palmtree Panic Present
4. Palmtree Panic "G" mix
5. Palmtree Panic "B" mix
6. Collision Chaos
7. Collision Chaos "G" mix
8. Collision Chaos "B" mix
9. Tidal Tempest
10. Tidal Tempest "G" mix
11. Tidal Tempest "B" mix
12. Quartz Quadrant
13. Quartz Quadrant "G" mix
14. Quartz Quadrant "B" mix
15. Wacky Workbench
16. Wacky Workbench "G" mix
17. Wacky Workbench "B" mix
18. Stardust Speedway
19. Stardust Speedway "G" mix
20. Stardust Speedway "B" mix
21. Metallic Madness
22. Metallic Madness "G" mix
23. Metallic Madness "B" mix
24. Boss!!
25. Final Fever
26. Title
27. - unused track -
28. Zone Clear
29. Speed Up!!
30. Invincible!!
31. Game Over
32. Special Stage
33. Little Planet
34. Opening
35. Ending
5) Almost there! Open up Gens. If you try to load Sonic CD, you'll notice it complains about the BIOS files. What to do? Head over to Option -> Bios/Misc Files and you'll see a dialog for Sega CD bioses, with different countries. Hit Change and find the BIOSes you downloaded; you only need it for the country version you downloaded, but it doesn't hurt to set them all. The difference is that only the American BIOS calls it Sega CD instead of Mega CD and the European version is 50fps instead of 60 (which is why I said to download American or Japanese earlier). You may also want to hit Option -> Joypads to see what the input settings are as well.
6) Now if you try to load Sonic CD, it seems to work, but hit Start and it'll complain about RAM. Reboot (Tab) and hit A instead, and it'll take you to the CD player. Find Option and hit A again; it'll show you statistics and then take you to memory controls. Format the RAM and restart again. The game now should be fully working. Have fun! :)
Normally I wouldn't make a topic like this. But Sega's been so incompetent in getting us Sonic CD on its own that I fear it never will. To my knowledge, it hasn't been on any compilation thus far, and for all practical purposes the PC version doesn't matter. The beef with the PC version, if you didn't know, is that it won't run with Direct X 9 / Windows XP, because it uses obsolete functionality. That's to be expected when Sega picks such a shoddy company as Expert to do its ports (and if the buzz on SADX PC is any indication, since the disappearance of Expert they've taken up the burden of making shoddy ports themselves).
So here is exactly what you need to do to get it working.
1) Get Gens, a Genesis/SegaCD/32X emulator. Make a directory somewhere on your PC and unzip it there.
2) Head over to the ISOs page of Sonic Stuff and download the BIOSes and the American or Japanese version of Sonic CD (they're all around 25MB zipped, so get ready to wait if you're on dialup). An ISO is kinda like a ROM, except it's a CD image instead of a cart. None of them have music. Unzip them to the same directory you put Gens in. If you don't care about music, you can skip the next two steps.
3) For the Japanese soundtrack (which is almost universally preferred over the American, though I like both), head over to this place; you need a GameSpy ID to download anything. If you don't have a GameSpy ID, try Sonic Stadium; they seem to be down now, but hopefully it'll be up by the time you try it. Prolly hackers again. All the music should be in the same directory as everything else. If anybody wants the American soundtrack I can rip it from my dysfunctional PC copy of Sonic CD, since I can't find it online.
4) Now we have to rename all the music files so Gens recognizes that they go with Sonic CD. They should be named as "[game name] [track].mp3", where [game name] is the name of the .iso. Time Warp (which you don't have, but isn't used in the game anyway) is Track 02, and numbering goes up from there. You have to number them 03, 04, etc - if you just use one digit, it won't work. So if you downloaded the American ISO, Palmtree Panic Present should become "scd_usa 03.mp3".
Edit: Here's the track listing, stolen from Sonic Cult.
2. - unused track -
3. Palmtree Panic Present
4. Palmtree Panic "G" mix
5. Palmtree Panic "B" mix
6. Collision Chaos
7. Collision Chaos "G" mix
8. Collision Chaos "B" mix
9. Tidal Tempest
10. Tidal Tempest "G" mix
11. Tidal Tempest "B" mix
12. Quartz Quadrant
13. Quartz Quadrant "G" mix
14. Quartz Quadrant "B" mix
15. Wacky Workbench
16. Wacky Workbench "G" mix
17. Wacky Workbench "B" mix
18. Stardust Speedway
19. Stardust Speedway "G" mix
20. Stardust Speedway "B" mix
21. Metallic Madness
22. Metallic Madness "G" mix
23. Metallic Madness "B" mix
24. Boss!!
25. Final Fever
26. Title
27. - unused track -
28. Zone Clear
29. Speed Up!!
30. Invincible!!
31. Game Over
32. Special Stage
33. Little Planet
34. Opening
35. Ending
5) Almost there! Open up Gens. If you try to load Sonic CD, you'll notice it complains about the BIOS files. What to do? Head over to Option -> Bios/Misc Files and you'll see a dialog for Sega CD bioses, with different countries. Hit Change and find the BIOSes you downloaded; you only need it for the country version you downloaded, but it doesn't hurt to set them all. The difference is that only the American BIOS calls it Sega CD instead of Mega CD and the European version is 50fps instead of 60 (which is why I said to download American or Japanese earlier). You may also want to hit Option -> Joypads to see what the input settings are as well.
6) Now if you try to load Sonic CD, it seems to work, but hit Start and it'll complain about RAM. Reboot (Tab) and hit A instead, and it'll take you to the CD player. Find Option and hit A again; it'll show you statistics and then take you to memory controls. Format the RAM and restart again. The game now should be fully working. Have fun! :)
286
News and Updates / Yuji Naka comments on the DS
« on: February 14, 2004, 12:43:09 pm »
"We've been waiting for this! We'll be sure to try out something new with this"
"We would definitely like to release something for the launch"
-Famitsu
Sounds like Sonic fans can get ready to buy a new system...!
"We would definitely like to release something for the launch"
-Famitsu
Sounds like Sonic fans can get ready to buy a new system...!
287
Information Kiosk / give teh adminner things to do / fix
« on: February 13, 2004, 01:41:55 pm »
because if you IM them they will be forgotten.
288
News and Updates / Submissions are up.
« on: February 12, 2004, 11:08:48 pm »
Have fun. Guides, music and videos will be randomly filtering into the site in the next few days/weeks.
Update: Registration was disallowed. Oops. Now it is enabled.
Update: Registration was disallowed. Oops. Now it is enabled.
289
News and Updates / Submissions are down.
« on: February 12, 2004, 01:16:14 pm »
The beta server apparently had some different settings than this server that make submissions go haywire. So, save up new times until I fix it, perhaps tonight.
Update: Discrepancies identified. Submissions will be up again tonight indeed.
Update: Discrepancies identified. Submissions will be up again tonight indeed.
291
News and Updates / TSC update in beta testing.
« on: February 11, 2004, 05:56:23 pm »
How soon it goes up depends on how long it takes for the bugs to [a href="http://www.soniccenter.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=39"]get uprooted[/a].
292
News and Updates / Sega to develop for PSP and Nintendo DS
« on: February 09, 2004, 04:35:10 pm »
According to a report in Japan's Nikkei Industrial News, publisher and developer Sega is onboard to create software for Nintendo DS, a dual-screened portable set for release later this year by Nintendo. Sega's president Hisao Oguchi also confirmed that the company is ready to make software for Sony's forthcoming PlayStation Portable (PSP) system.
Not that it's entirely unexpected, given that they've released something for every platform being sold in the US today.
Not that it's entirely unexpected, given that they've released something for every platform being sold in the US today.
293
Information Kiosk / TSC beta testing
« on: February 09, 2004, 04:29:27 pm »
http://tsc23.parashift.org/
Try to break anything you can and report back here (random nonsensical times / data submissions are OK). None of the real data are up, but everybody's username should still work.
Try to break anything you can and report back here (random nonsensical times / data submissions are OK). None of the real data are up, but everybody's username should still work.
294
Wikkity! / TSC's Top 10 Most Frequent Visitors
« on: February 07, 2004, 10:46:19 am »
10) Tails 47 2 (485 pages)
9) [unknown] (491)
8) xebra (870)
7) SuperSonic101 (1054)
6) vgboy2002 (1191)
5) Cybrax (1438)
4) Rolken (2031)
3) F-Man (2267)
2) SadisticMystic (2289)
1) KeruptCorruption (2339)
So... a big cookie for KC! ;)
9) [unknown] (491)
8) xebra (870)
7) SuperSonic101 (1054)
6) vgboy2002 (1191)
5) Cybrax (1438)
4) Rolken (2031)
3) F-Man (2267)
2) SadisticMystic (2289)
1) KeruptCorruption (2339)
So... a big cookie for KC! ;)
295
Wikkity! / IM convo with Rolken and Green Hill.
« on: February 07, 2004, 12:29:44 am »
So this guy had been disallowed from posting times on the main site without proof since the site began because he lied repeatedly on GameFAQs. read on~
(22:07:40) Green Hill: :P
(22:07:51) Rolken137: sup
(22:08:02) Green Hill: :P :P
(22:08:19) Rolken137: :o!
(22:08:29) Green Hill: CRAZY GADGET
(22:09:57) Green Hill: sigh
(22:10:52) Green Hill: ?????
(referring to a time he'd submitted without proof, against repeated explicit instruction - I had deleted it and prevented his account from accessing the submission screen a few days ago)
(22:11:20) Rolken137: no proof
(22:11:41) Rolken137: believe it or not, you're still banned from submissions until the community deems otherwise
(22:12:21) Green Hill: that would be forever
(22:12:34) Rolken137: then so be it
(22:12:59) Green Hill: *swears like hell*
(22:13:45) Green Hill: im bored
(22:14:01) Green Hill: oh btw
(22:14:07) Green Hill: do u have hosting yet
(22:14:18) Rolken137: well, the site's up...
(22:14:24) Green Hill: ?
(22:14:34) Rolken137: what do you mean?
(22:15:03) Green Hill: hosting like on parashift
(22:15:09) Green Hill: do i get a web account
(I had given him email and webspace on the old server, in spite of the trouble he causes me)
(22:15:16) Rolken137: oh, I'm not dealing with it at the moment
(I sign onto TSC and notice that he's reregistered twice and started submitting more times)
(22:15:32) Rolken137: okay, sir, you are pissing me off
(22:15:42) Rolken137: ban evasion is disallowed
(22:15:54) Green Hill: whats ban envasion
(22:16:08) Rolken137: I disallowed you from submitting
(22:16:10) Rolken137: you registered again
(22:16:16) Rolken137: do I have to ban your IP?
(22:16:31) Green Hill: cause no one would change my user name to Green Hill
(22:16:45) Green Hill: and the i submitted a time for sky rail cause i have a pic
(22:16:56) Rolken137: you are banned from automatic submissions
(this isn't new, but I guess some things just don't sink in the first ...second... third time around)
(22:16:57) Rolken137: BANNED
(22:16:59) Rolken137: IS THAT CLEAR?
(22:17:13) Green Hill: nope
(22:17:24) Rolken137: then you are banned from submissions with proof as well.
(22:17:41) Green Hill: heh whatever u think i have the record
Man, two bans in one day (though Green Hill's not banned from the forum). I feel like a Nazi. Anyone else, if you want to get banned, antagonizing me repeatedly over AIM or email and disregarding repeated instructions is a good way to do it. :/
(22:07:40) Green Hill: :P
(22:07:51) Rolken137: sup
(22:08:02) Green Hill: :P :P
(22:08:19) Rolken137: :o!
(22:08:29) Green Hill: CRAZY GADGET
(22:09:57) Green Hill: sigh
(22:10:52) Green Hill: ?????
(referring to a time he'd submitted without proof, against repeated explicit instruction - I had deleted it and prevented his account from accessing the submission screen a few days ago)
(22:11:20) Rolken137: no proof
(22:11:41) Rolken137: believe it or not, you're still banned from submissions until the community deems otherwise
(22:12:21) Green Hill: that would be forever
(22:12:34) Rolken137: then so be it
(22:12:59) Green Hill: *swears like hell*
(22:13:45) Green Hill: im bored
(22:14:01) Green Hill: oh btw
(22:14:07) Green Hill: do u have hosting yet
(22:14:18) Rolken137: well, the site's up...
(22:14:24) Green Hill: ?
(22:14:34) Rolken137: what do you mean?
(22:15:03) Green Hill: hosting like on parashift
(22:15:09) Green Hill: do i get a web account
(I had given him email and webspace on the old server, in spite of the trouble he causes me)
(22:15:16) Rolken137: oh, I'm not dealing with it at the moment
(I sign onto TSC and notice that he's reregistered twice and started submitting more times)
(22:15:32) Rolken137: okay, sir, you are pissing me off
(22:15:42) Rolken137: ban evasion is disallowed
(22:15:54) Green Hill: whats ban envasion
(22:16:08) Rolken137: I disallowed you from submitting
(22:16:10) Rolken137: you registered again
(22:16:16) Rolken137: do I have to ban your IP?
(22:16:31) Green Hill: cause no one would change my user name to Green Hill
(22:16:45) Green Hill: and the i submitted a time for sky rail cause i have a pic
(22:16:56) Rolken137: you are banned from automatic submissions
(this isn't new, but I guess some things just don't sink in the first ...second... third time around)
(22:16:57) Rolken137: BANNED
(22:16:59) Rolken137: IS THAT CLEAR?
(22:17:13) Green Hill: nope
(22:17:24) Rolken137: then you are banned from submissions with proof as well.
(22:17:41) Green Hill: heh whatever u think i have the record
Man, two bans in one day (though Green Hill's not banned from the forum). I feel like a Nazi. Anyone else, if you want to get banned, antagonizing me repeatedly over AIM or email and disregarding repeated instructions is a good way to do it. :/
296
News and Updates / 100 members!
« on: February 06, 2004, 04:29:32 pm »
It took nearly two months for the first 50 members, and a month exactly for the next fifty. Good luck in the competitions, everyone!
Congratulations to ybbun on seizing the Sonic 1 championship with a mere 3 points, the second lowest score on any game in the site, and also to Demi for being member #100.
Congratulations to ybbun on seizing the Sonic 1 championship with a mere 3 points, the second lowest score on any game in the site, and also to Demi for being member #100.
297
Wikkity! / Kazaa gets raided
« on: February 06, 2004, 01:12:32 pm »
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Investigators from the Australian recording industry raided the Sydney offices of Internet file-swapping network Kazaa on Friday in search of evidence to support allegations of copyright infringements.
pow
I bet they had lawyers digging around for a law that would let them do that for ages.
pow
I bet they had lawyers digging around for a law that would let them do that for ages.
298
Wikkity! / itt Rolken lays down the rules
« on: February 06, 2004, 01:03:13 pm »
Okay, more like guidelines, but close enough.
1) You can say whatever you want, pretty much.
2) If your name is Paul Corby, don't post.
3) Take another look at rule 2 just to make sure.
4) If you're pressing Submit on the third one-liner in a row, you might want to stop and think about the quality of what you're posting.
5) If you're having problems with flood control, see rule 4.
6) If your sigs are longer than your posts, see rule 4.
7) Be nice.
8) If you're having problems with rule 7, don't expect people to like you.
9) Don't quote anything you're not responding to. We've already read it once.
10) Colored text is pointless and annoying and screams "noob! restrain me!"
11) The photo option is for photos. That is why it is described as such. Use it appropriately, please.
carry on
1) You can say whatever you want, pretty much.
2) If your name is Paul Corby, don't post.
3) Take another look at rule 2 just to make sure.
4) If you're pressing Submit on the third one-liner in a row, you might want to stop and think about the quality of what you're posting.
5) If you're having problems with flood control, see rule 4.
6) If your sigs are longer than your posts, see rule 4.
7) Be nice.
8) If you're having problems with rule 7, don't expect people to like you.
9) Don't quote anything you're not responding to. We've already read it once.
10) Colored text is pointless and annoying and screams "noob! restrain me!"
11) The photo option is for photos. That is why it is described as such. Use it appropriately, please.
carry on
300
News and Updates / Spiffy new news system!
« on: February 06, 2004, 11:23:27 am »
To submit news, just post it to the "News" category in the forum and it'll appear after an admin authorizes it. ^_^ In today's news... cheese is good!
The Sonic Center v3.9
Copyright 2003-2011 by The Sonic Center Team.