It's my 6 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳
Huh, it is? ….neat.
VIRUS HUNT! EXPLORING A NEW SONIC VIRUS
“Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(USA,_Europe).bin.exe”
AlteredAlex988
Posted July 16th 2012 11:45AM
Salutations readers, I’ve returned from my short hiatus! I planned on taking off a bit more time to focus on school, but recently I’ve been getting a lot of messages asking me to cover a new SEGA related virus, and who am I to deny the people of what they want?
Today we’ll be talking about the new “Sonic ROM Scam” that’s been going around on AGESISLAND.NET, a popular hosting site for Genesis/Megadrive ROM files.
I was notified of its existence first by my pals in a few PM’s, but it was hard to ignore when it flooded these forums with thread after thread about a new “Haunted DarkNet Game”. As if that actually means anything!
Rampant rumors aside though, I have the Virtual Machine set up, and screenshot software ready. The file runs on XP (luckily the one disc I still had!) so getting it set up wasn’t hard. Now with the EXE sent over, we can get started!
I bring you guys, Sonic the Trojan.
Upon opening, of course, it doesn’t load into an emulator because it’s not a real rom file, and it instead brings you to your typical install wizard.
You see these kinds of malware scams a lot with rom websites, having you install their client for rom usage, and like a million toolbars and adware to boot.
However opening this install wizard gives us something rather unique.
Trademark “SEGASEGA-SBI” (no clue) it offers a download for 3 packages.
I’d assume the rom is one of them.
Installing them just adds three icons to your desktop, so that’s that for the install.
Here we have Sonic1.exe (lol), and two ZIP files.
I downloaded WinRAR on the VM but both zips are password protected. We can try cracking them later though, for now we have a haunted evil deep web game to play, don’t we?
So far so good. I’d assume this is an emulator without its usual options, just running a rom hack.
I wonder if it’s just a basic freeware emulator? Only difference here from the actual game, is Sonic’s eyes are way open.
Starting the game we’re presented with Green Hill Zone as normal, with Sonic’s sprite being identical minus the open eyes.
…Actually, had to look this up to be sure, but the stripe on his shoes is gone too. Could’ve fooled me into thinking it was a quirk of Sonic 1, it’s been a bit.
It plays identical to Sonic 1, so any question of if it’s a romhack or not has been answered. I’d be very surprised to see a fake Sonic trojan of all things be the fangame to mimic Sonic 1 physics perfectly.
Well, with the game loaded, I guess I’ll update this post with findings. If I miss anything, reply so I can correct it!
💥 CRASH! BOOM! BANG! 💥 there’s a terrific noise coming from the building nearby…
Wow. Talk about attention to detail.
I will probably reblog this every time I see it on my dash because it’s absolutely stunning
This is literally insane. How did you have the patience. Tell me your secrets o’ art god.
So good
Merry Christmas y’all! So I was not sure what to make so here are two little special pictures I made for Deltarune X @invertedfate So since I am the only one that usually does the drawings I have decided to add in some followers of this blog into the fun! So first up is the Spectator NPCs for the DT version of Primetime Turnabout featuring @kankanamiade @rhymebeat @verstamech @lordnindroid & @supafont For the equivalent to the Spouting shop it is now the shop of @pinewsun I also added in a few @ut-metal-and-magic related stuff since I thought that would be a neat little touch since that’s Pine’s AU. That’s all I have to say and hopefully 2021 will be a much better year!
deaf-renau
kissu ryuji day uwu.
I didn’t have the time to do all of the thieves in a nice manner so have these very lazy sketchus because i just lov one blonde boye uwu.
Cute
Another Deltarune upgraded cutscene animation but this time in video format for convenience, hope you all like :)
this is amazing holy shit
WHAAAAAAAAAT
This is sick as fuck
Could you perhaps draw “Name the fallen” papyrus? It’d be really cool of you if you did, thanks
Veeery big spoilers for @namethefallen under cut (which I highly encourage checking out, by the way, it’s one of my favorite AUs)
Looks great! I love it!
SO
It’s been a while,I’ve worked in this for a long time now,so I hope that you all like this. This is my submission for FMS’s contest @undersprite , it was a very fun ride! Enjoy!
Special thanks to Anel,Alex and Pixel-Icon for helping me with this project :,)
Oh yeah,reblogs are appreciated as well.
One of our dear participants has made their entries public! Check them out.
Good comic. I enjoyed it a lot.
FRACTUREDSTORY (FIRST RELEASE)
As I mentioned prevously, in order to take this new direction to the next level, Fracturedstory will not be a comic like its previous incarnation. For what you are looking at right now is instead a game built from the ground up.
Please enjoy it to your heart’s content. If you wish to report any bugs or discuss the game, you can send me an ask or join the discord server.
funkyfable-au
Here is Sans, our main monster in this story. In a twist of (familiar) fate, Sans comes to Mt. Ebott in pursuit of his rebellious and rash brother, Papyrus. I’m sure YOU can guess what happens next, right?. I hope you look forward to the adventure in.. FUNKY FABLE.
[Cast drawn by @treppyart] The so far revealed TS!US cast. Because some people’s first experience might not be the GJ page and some people could just use a reminder!
Mettacrit A jubilant ghost looking for fame, so he can follow in the ectoplasm-trails of his cousin. Asgore An old boss monster living in Ruined Home. Only a few people seem to remember him from the glory days, which is fine by him. Sans A skeletal superhero who utilizes his wits and various gadgets to apprehend the troublemakers of Starlight Isles! Papyrus The co-creator of Sans’ gadgets, as well as the creator of various puzzles littered about the Underground. Temmie Is it a cat? Is it a dog? Is it some sort of abomination? Nobody knows for sure, but they know one thing; it’s TEMMIE!!! This strange doll-like creature wishes to help the human, it seems. Chara The human who has fallen down into the Underground, and will have to deal with a whole lot of nonsense to get out.