So this is the special stage theme for my continually-in-dev-hell Sonic fangame project, Sonic Edge. It was made in 2013 by Aikocho (back then he went by the name MCKaosu) and my god I fucking love this track. The idea for the special stage is that it's like Outrun, but you're Sonic on foot and you also have to deal with badniks. There is also a pinch mode at the end that was to be used when the timer got low.
I was developing Sonic Edge alongside Worlds Delta, with the latter basically being the open source version of the former. However things got kind of... corrupt-y? And I even experienced bitrotting in real time! That was around the time Clickteam started talking about Fusion 3, which would have solved a lot of issues I was facing... but that hasn't materialized, has it? But all this time, while waiting for Fusion 3, I kept refining assets and plans, and always had this song in my playlist because it is such a banger that keeps my hopes alive.
Now we have Worlds Next, which has hit version 2 recently and I'm really starting to get back my motivation on Sonic Edge. Exceeeept... another name this composer went by was NoveltyMan, and uh...
Sonic Classic 2 got Sonic Edge's special stage theme. Dangit. Now I need a new track that is just as amazing so I don't look like I'm ripping off Hez :/