Paraemon's Comprehensive Ripping Project Thread [Expansion Station]

[Paraemon]

Thanks! And yeah, it's hard to avoid seeing the changes that occur in most of the backgrounds throughout the early games, be it any of the following:

- Parallax (stacked strips that move independently based on X-axis movement (or also Y-axis in Ice Cap Zone Act 1)
- Integrated Parallax (sometimes stacked, but the 'closer background' over one or more partly-covered strips)
- Auto-scrolling (typically clouds, but also seen in Sonic 2's Death Egg Zone or The Doomsday Zone)
- Rotating palettes in parts of the backgrounds
- Underwater palettes
- Heat Haze effects (Sonic 3/&Knuckles)
- Flash Cycle (Sonic 1 Epilogue, Sonic CD & Sonic 3/& Knuckles)

Which is why I'm taking time to make sure they're all covered.   



Nothing new to share in the form of images, but I can finally say when I'm going to make a large upload set, and what's in it. It'll be on Friday, March 1st. Basically, anything I get finished by the afternoon of that day will be uploaded to the website later in the evening, one way or another.

What I can confirm to be in the finished sheets, will largely consist of the backgrounds that have been seen already, and some others not seen yet. I'll outline here with a full list.

Sonic 1:
Spring Yard Zone Background
Labyrinth Zone Background
Star Light Zone Background
Scrap Brain Zone Act 3 Background

Sonic 2:
Death Egg Zone Background

Sonic CD :
Wacky Workbench Past Background (Final Game)
Special Stage 7 Background -> Apologies to WizToad for his recent upload, but this would have the full parallax breakdown.

Sonic 3:
Hydrocity Zone Act 1 Background
Hydrocity Zone Act 2 Background
Marble Garden Zone Act 1 Background
Marble Garden Zone Act 2 Background
Ice Cap Zone Background (Snowboarding)
Launch Base Zone Act 1 Background
Gumball Machine (Everything)
Azure Lake (Everything)
Desert Palace (Everything)

Sonic & Knuckles:
Flying Battery Zone Exterior Background
Flying Battery Zone Interior Background
Sandopolis Zone Act 1 Background
Sandopolis Zone Act 2 Background
Lava Reef Zone Act 1 Background
Lava Reef Zone Act 2 Background
Hidden Palace Zone Background
Death Egg Zone Act 1 Background
Prototype Glowing Spheres (Everything)
Slot Machine (Everything)

Let's see what else will be included by the start of March!