It has a significantly smaller filesize and uses less RAM and CPU than the full version. This version contains only Sonic, able to interact with open windows.

Springs, from Sonic 1, in red and yellow, horizontal and vertical varieties.

Recycle Bin, from Windows, objects that fall in will be held until you attack it, then they will all fly out in random directions.

A Nut, from Metropolis Zone, walk left and right on top of it to move it up and down.

Lamppost from Sonic 1, you will restart at the location of the active lamppost when you die.

Dragon enemy from Kid Chameleon, walks around, randomly pausing to breathe fire.

Rock from Green Hill Zone, has gravity and can be pushed.

Platform from Green Hill Zone, in static, falling, horizontal and vertical varieties.

Giant Ring from Sonic 1, entering a ring teleports you to another one.

This archive contains the following objects: In debug mode, the user can use whatever directional input they have chosen to move, Z to cycle between objects, Jump to place them, Z +Jump to cycle backwards.

The user can enter debug mode by pressing the X key.

Options menu allows you to adjust the framerate, window solidity, the way screen borders are handled, the controls, and enable viewing of debugging information.

Automatic updater will find updated/new parts and allow you to choose which ones to install.

Users can create their own objects in C# or VB.NET by inheriting the GameObject class from WindowsZoneAPI.dll and placing DLL files in the objects folder or a subfolder.

Supports three control modes: Keyboard, Controller and Random.

Most objects' animations (and the player's physics) are made easily editable by using an INI file, and an editor is available for easier creation.

If a window is marked as movable, Sonic will be able to push it across the screen.

Objects will treat open windows as solid.

Sonic's physics are very close to the original games, thanks to the Sonic Physics Guide.

The game allows the character to be controlled using the keyboard, a joypad or by randomly pressing buttons by itself. Each character and object has their own file which can be edited to change the physics or the look of the character. The user can also change Sonic to a different character (or even an enemy!) and play with it as well using the controls specified for that character.

Sonic interacts with each object like he would in the games. The user can do many things, including adding objects like lampposts, Rings and enemies to the desktop. He controls like he normally does in the Mega Drive games. Sonic can interact with the various windows opened at the time, and can even push some around.

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