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Sonic ERaZor – v8.1 (2025)
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Sonic ERaZor – v8.1 (2025)

Description
Sonic ERaZor is a complete reinvention of Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) for the SEGA Mega Drive: a chaotic, cinematic, and often bizarre remix that throws out most of the original game’s rules in favor of unpredictable spectacle. It's been described as "What if Michael Bay directed Sonic 1?" thanks to its constant explosions, visual chaos, and sheer absurdity. Originally released in 2010 as a brutally hard curiosity, ERaZor has evolved over 15 years into a polished, highly replayable, and award-winning full-game experience.

Now in 2025, it has come full circle with the release of Sonic ERaZor: Zenith Edition, a fully self-contained, standalone port of the ROM hack as a Windows EXE, coming with glorious 16:9 widescreen support out of the box! Indeed, one could argue this ROM hack is starting to play footsies with the very definition of an original Sonic fan-game (although the underlying engine of this release is still technically just a turbo-charged SEGA Mega Drive emulator, forked from heyjoeway’s Sonic 2 Community's Cut, so I'll leave it up to you what category it falls into).

For more information about Sonic ERaZor, check out the official Sonic ERaZor homepage:
https://sonic-erazor.selbi.club

Overview:

• 8 Unique Levels: Inspired and based on the original Sonic 1 levels, each one comes with its own gimmick, theme, and challenge
• 2 Unique Difficulties: Casual and Frantic, both being delicately handcrafted and wildly different experiences to allow everyone to get started with the game while also rewarding practice!
• Crazy Mechanics: From Inhuman Mode to Space Golf, from lethal cinematic black bars to intense escape sequences; this isn't a typical Sonic game anymore
• Cinematic Flair: Lots of cutscenes, stylized transitions, visual effects, and story text screens that aren't shy to break the fourth wall and give you a good laugh
• Tons of Secrets: Unlockables, alternate endings, and easter eggs (some obvious, some very hidden)
• And Also: A save select with three slots, a ton of options to customize your experience to your liking, a custom sound test, and so much more...
Popular Discussions View All (2)
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May 20, 2016 @ 6:36pm
Thoughts on the "Black Challenge" [Spoilers]
deltaTom
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Jun 22, 2016 @ 6:21pm
LOOKING FOR BETA TESTERS! [Sonic 1 Fix]
Selbi
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Selbi  [author] Mar 25, 2025 @ 1:40pm 
@AgentCPU0 As cool as that would be, it's simply not possible with the crappy emulator provided here. Sorry.
Zer0Studioz Mar 4, 2025 @ 2:08pm 
Kinda would love for the widescreen version of this hack to work here. It'd be a lot easier than trying to setup RetroArch's DOS-esque settings nightmare. Believe me, I've tried
neonsynth  [author] Jan 19, 2025 @ 7:24pm 
Still one of the best Sonic 1 rom hacks.
Peanut Noceda Sep 11, 2024 @ 7:10am 
nah its fine, its on emulators too so theres no problem
Selbi  [author] Sep 11, 2024 @ 12:57am 
Then too bad for you, Sega delisted this emulator and all its games to promote Sonic Origins.
Peanut Noceda Sep 10, 2024 @ 12:34pm 
same, theres a text saying "Sonic The Hedgehog ya no está disponible en la tienda de Steam." (Sonic The Hedgehod is not anymore on Steam)
Selbi  [author] Sep 10, 2024 @ 10:54am 
@AgentCPU0: updated the ROM to ERaZor 7
@Peanut Noceda: switched to Sonic 1 as base DLC
Peanut Noceda Sep 10, 2024 @ 10:32am 
uhmm... i tried to play it but it needs the steam ver of sonic 3 and knuckles, game that is not more on steam.
Zer0Studioz Sep 8, 2024 @ 11:11am 
With ERaZor 7 now out, maybe try and update this for us?
slider86 Jul 22, 2024 @ 10:55am 
Oh okay.