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[Sonic Spinball - Slightly Better Edition v1.0]


Sonic Spinball was a decent enough game held back by a couple of issues.
One of those being the difficulty. These patches are intended to provide
a more forgiving experience for the players, while also keeping most of
the game's natural feel intact. You'll find the following changes within:

-15,000,000 Points to get an extra life (Was originally 20,000,000 Points)

-The player starts with 5 lives instead of 3. Not too little or too much.

-The timer in which the final boss is vulnerable has been doubled. It was
 30 seconds originally, but has been extended to a full minute. With how
 difficult it is to damage him/return to the boss arena after accidentally
 falling back down, and with how hitting the button again once causes him
 to reset his defenses, this felt like a necessary change to reduce player
 frustration. If this is seen as too forgiving, I could modify it later.

-Other minor miscellaneous changes. Mostly due to personal preferences.

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[Patching Info]


There are two different patches for each region. The first of which has
Sonic's original gravity and physics (14392). The other increases this
value slightly (14413), which makes Sonic feel slightly less "floaty" as
well as decrease the amount of time Sonic reaches his maximum velocity.
In some cases this can increase direct player control of his momentum,
and in other cases he'll bounce around faster and a bit more chaotically.
You can use either patch depending on your preference. All other changes
to reduce the overall difficulty will remain the same regardless of patch.

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[Credits]


Credit: Sonic Spinball - Slightly Better Edition was made possible due to
the "Sonic Spinball ROM Editor" by Tony Hedstrom. Check out the link below:

https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1690/

This hack was made with his permission. I only did some minor playtesting.


Playtesting & Release: ItsRainingGravy / AkogareMusouka

I made sure that all rings, bonus tricks, etc were obtainable with minimal
resets and bugs/glitches with the patches that alter Sonic's gravity. So
the game is definitely completable regardless of which patch you choose.

With all of that out of the way, I hope that you enjoy!

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