Bugfix: What button do we press?
For the very first post in this blog, I decided that we should take a look at the very first bug that can be seen in Sonic 1, which is a little ironic because it's a bug that, in fact, can't be seen! Look at the Title Screen and ask yourself if anything seems amiss: It all looks good, right? Sonic looks normal, as does the title and the background, right? Ok. Now look at the title screen a second time: Wait, where did this come from? "PRESS START BUTTON"... A keen eye that's seen Sonic Mania, or the Mobile release of Sonic 1 will recognize the font style of these letters, so what's the deal? Did I just photoshop, or hack, this prompt into existence? Well, not exactly. I mean, I did some minor hacking to make it appear, but the fact is that they've always been there the entire time, but were never seen due to a minor glitch. How do we fix it? Fixing this is quite easy. Assuming you are using the updated Sonic Retro GitHub disassembly (), go to TitL...