Here are some more technical details in case you’re interested: - The footage being fed from the OSSC was captured in a true 4:4:4 video format (XRGB). So, the source was not subsampled (uses full-colour-resolution). - The capture was recorded in a proper PAL 50fps rather than the usual 60fps. This was to ensure the maximum fluid video on 50fps displays (recording a 50fps source in 60fps would cause constant stuttering in either 50/60fps displays, so recording in 50fps made sense). - The colour range was recorded in full rather than partial. This should look natural on PC monitors and mobile phones or tablets but for some TV’s which uses a partial colour range, you may notice a tad more video noise than usual. This is normal. Star Light Zone with it's night sky background is the worst offender in this regard. - The sound was recorded via the stereo audio jack for the best sound from the Mega Drive. - The RGB cable was from ‘Retro Gaming Cables’ from their PACKAPUNCH line, securing the best-shielded cable for minimal video/sound noise.
is the colour range the reason why sonic looks a bit more vibrant here? i'm not sure if it's just me but sonic seems less purple and more saturated than he did in the original game
Thanks for making this gorgeously looking playthrough! And congratulations on the first 4K video on your channel (I know how hard and tiresome rendering of these may get~) If anyone's looking for a side-to-side comparison with the original game, I've recorded a video just for you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-doK_IKs-7ww.html I also know people were noticing some inconsistencies between this hack and the original game. Most notably, the altered Sonic's palette and a blocked way in SYZ3. It's because this hack was built on top of Sonic 1 Blastless (which was covered recently on this channel), as it had that extended resolution already programmed in (as it was designed to support arbitrary screen resolutions from the beginning). But its engine was so heavily modified and optimized, that inconsistencies and new bugs were inevitable. Sonic's palette also came from the Blastless source code, I didn't edit it in intentionally. It's just a common altered palette shared between nearly all of my Sonic 1 hacks. Sorry if it didn't appeal to some people, I forgot it was there. To be honest, this particular hack was kind of unplanned. It only happened because after Sonic 1 Blastless was released and introduced 240p in a Sonic hack for the first time, some people (most notably, redhotsonic himself =P) encouraged me to make a vanilla Sonic 1 ROM with the same feature. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to fix a few bugs and make it look and feel bit-perfect to the original. But I hope you all enjoy it regardless!
From a technical stand point, it's the greatest Sonic 1 experience on the PAL Mega Drive to date, so vladikcomper, you should be extremely proud of yourself. Love how your hack has the optimised music with almost no borders on top and bottom of the screen but still retains the native 50Hz floaty feel of the game, I also love the little warning message added when the hack is booted in NTSC 60Hz or PAL 60Hz (Brazil) warning the player that the hack is personally designed for 50Hz and will not function as intended if played in NTSC, definitely a first for the PAL Mega Drive. Love to see a Sonic 2 hack done in this same 240p method. Well done!
As someone who uses OBS a lot to both stream and also record Sonic footage, I was unaware of the scale filtering option. Thanks for bringing that to light! I always noticed before how there was imperfections in my upscaling when using this program to record Sega Genesis gameplay. That's no longer, I can now record it in proper HD. :)
Wow,50 minutes it is almost like watching a video on the secondary channel. I think mobile users do not jave a choice but to see it in 50Hz cause quailty show 720p50 which is 720 pixels in 50FPS as the same for 1080p.
Great video once again and I really enjoyed it (for the way I could view it anyway). Unfortunately for me I can't watch it in solid 50Hz from my PC as it doesn't support 50Hz in my monitor options and so putting the video to 720p does absolutely nothing to smooth out the framerate, all it does is continue to judder and pause every now and then on the count of my bandwidth not being strong enough for videos higher than 480p, so yeah the clouds judder in Green Hill but that doesn't worry me, even in 480p is does look visually sharper still. Funny thing is, I have an Analogue Mega SG upstairs in my bedroom hooked up to a Sony smart TV through HDMI and the settings are set to 1080p 50Hz and the ''Zero Lag Zero Delay'' option and it eliminates the 7 second judder that appears on screen making it completely smooth, but if I hook my PAL SEGA Mega Drive model 1 up to my smart TV through composite video, I get video lag and a 7 second judder. This is why downstairs in my loungeroom I still use a CRT analog monitor for the original consoles and use the flat screen smart TV for digital consoles. Interesting ROM hack, the 4K thing I believe is a first for a Sonic 1 ROM hack but the 50Hz optimised audio has been done several times before over the years, I believe the first and second was from the early 2000's from the (now public disgraced Tweaker) who used to be an adminstrator on Sonic Retro, he made the first attempt using Sonic 2's cloned V1 SMPS driver in Z80 much like Sonic 2, the second he done it using Clownacy's own SMPS Sonic 2 Cloned V2 driver in 68k, the third was from Clownacy himself who done a full all out Hyper Sonic in Sonic 1 hack with optimised audio for 50Hz using his own driver and this is probably the fourth hack to have optimised audio. Out of curiosity, I wonder if this hack uses the original SMPS 68k or the superior Clownacy one? I'll have to investigate using my Mega EverDrive X7.
Sounds like the music is slower but the speed has been compensated for, real nice to have higher rez md games, only a few games did full screen pal including ecco 2, skidmarks, sor 2, beyond oasis and some homebrews. The extra detail is appreciated.
I must be missing something. From where I'm sitting it just looks the same as the original or to a point. The exact output I'd expect from retropie on a pi 4 ? Maybe I'm being negative sorry 💋
@@redhotsonic yeah, I wasn't expecting a new game reskinned, I just guess I can't see the point, I feel a bit ignorant but at the same time curious, Sorry no insult intended
Sorry rhs but a bit of commentary would made this a lot easier to watch. Still love the video though . Thumbs up ! How much lag did you have playing the game like this ? Or did you play on 720p or even on a crt?
I've played S1 on this channel a few times. Commentary would have been repetitive or even boring, haha. I have my Mega Drive outputting via an RGB SCART cable which then hooks into a GSCART. That can then output RGB to two different locations. One goes to the OSSC for recording purposes and the other goes to my Sony BVM which I used to play the game for minimal lag. And full 240p on a BVM looks stunning!
1.2x speed exactly would be best for turning this 50Hz video to 60Hz When choosing Playback Speed, just hit the "custom" button to change in increments of 0.05
The nice thing about the rom hack used is that it appears to run at the same speed as NTSC even at though its only running at 50hz, which would otherwise be a serious limitation. This is apparently due to the Dev tearing the game inside out while making more complicated rom hacks, and making tons of tweaks, bugfixes and optimizations along the way. This makes the PAL Mega Drive one of the best ways to play Sonic 1 now, assuming you have the 240p hack.
No, it clearly runs slower than it was originally designed. That's 50hz speed through and through, you can tell by the speed at which sound effetcs are played like this one: 8:37
I dunno if I'm imagining things from the slower frame rate, but it feels like not all of the audio was optimized for PAL. Specifically to me, the Get Continue sound effect seems wrong. I'm probably just imagining it though
Most music is optimised but not all of it. For example, the drowning and continue jingle aren't optimised by choice because if they were, they'd end too quickly and the drowning/continue timer will still be counting down. An example can be seen in my Sonic 3 50Hz Vs 60Hz video.
I am still getting used to 4K video as I had just gone from an HP laptop only capable of a max resolution of 720p (no longer considered HD), to a Microsoft Surface Pro 5 that has an, I believe, IPS or OLED panel capable of 4K resolutions. This video looks great. Cheers!
I must say Sonic one looks really good like this, but personally I think I'm just going to stick to a Christian Whitehead Port because I think the wide screen is much more appealing and the PAL 50fps slow down bugs me more than it should, although 0I won't deny this is probably the best looking Sonic 1 gameplay from the Genesis or pal Mega Drive I guess I should say
@@jc190782 it is normal speed for the PAL Mega drive, but compared to other versions of Sonic 1 this is 17% slower as Redhotsonic stated before hand in his 50 hertz vs 60 hertz videos and the occasional but doesn't work on real Hardware video, and I was kind of my whole point, the fact that it play 17% slower shouldn't bug me that much but it does
i think because of youtube compression,there is 2 pixel blur so it's not technicly perfect scale but you can play the 2013 decomp in true integer scale with the right compatiblity options
9:55 Not sure if it's a frame rate thing or something else, but it looks like some hits on Robotnik weren't registering the flash that normally shows on impact.
Are you viewing this at at least 720p? That will ensure 50fps being delivered by RU-vid. (480p or lower will only play in 25fps so that would make the flashes look solid). Also, if you're viewing this on a 60fps monitor/device, it may look odd but solvable as explained at 3:43.
@@redhotsonic I can confirm, viewing at 720p50, the hits properly flash and oscillate. :) When on the go, youtube often goes to 480p or 360p and I don't normally give that a lot of thought. Looks like youtube's algorithm for lowering the resolution has issues when the original FPS is 50 (or perhaps when divisible by 30 or 60 or so.)
Sonic 1 Blastless changed Sonic's shade, which was the original hack that had the 240p optimization. This ROM is based on that as said in his Sonic 1 Blastless BDIWORH video.
Oh god The slightly sped up from PAL music , I can gel with What bothers me is that the FM patches are still PAL timed as well as the vibrato and Jesus it just sounds wrong
I have the Mister fpga and wanted to know what is more accurate with the developers art concept, is it the Original aspect 1:1 or the Corrected aspect which stretches a little bit horizontally to simulate the same effect on CRT screens back in the day?
Honestly? It's down to personal preference. 256 should be stretched to 320 in most cases but some do not. Most games have art designed to be stretched. So keeping it at 1:1, the circles won't be circles anymore. My Life in Gaming goes into a lot more detail but otherwise, try a game in both options and go with what you prefer.
@@Huwitto This is just a modification from this special sonic 1 rom. If the original creator decides to release it publicly, it probably will be back to normal.
