History of Mystic Realm

Mystic Realm has come a long way from where it started. The original idea behind Mystic Realm was simple: Extend SRB2 beyond the three zones that are included, by adding the levels that I had created on my own onto the end. Thanks to the level headers in Final Demo, this was possible, so it started there.

For a while afterwords, I simply extended it by adding new levels as I built them. Eventually it started getting rather large, but it was unbalanced and didn't have logical progression, because it simply added onto the end of the game.

Version 4 included much more than ever before, making the mod a full game in its own right. There are plenty of new zones, and the zones from before have been edited, some minor, some drastic. Hopefully I can include even more than my original plan intended for. It's not like this hasn't gone well beyond the original intent at this point.

Version History

• Ported to SRB2 v.2.1. Thanks to Prime for porting his SOC as usual.
• Changed the unlockable structure to finally handle the secret stages. You can now access Prismatic Angel and Mystic Realm Zones from the Secrets menu after completing them.
• Fixed a few minor bugs.

• Ported to SRB2 v.2.0.
• Small modifications to the bosses to make them less unfair.
• Knuckles can climb walls in SPZ and AGZ to prevent unwinnable situations due to his lower jump height in 2.0.

• Added unlockables and upped emblem count to 75.
• Fixed a bunch of random stuff, and made tweaks where I felt it was appropriate.

• Revamped Jade Coast 1 so that it's no longer as cramped.
• Added textures to make it possible to see breakable walls. (Thanks, Blaze!)
• Added Golden Sands Zone for Race mode.
• Added two CTF stages, one old and one new.
• Modified several parts of the game to be a little more forgiving and/or because they were unfair to the player.

• Revamped Aerial Garden's emerald stage.
• Levels no longer reset upon dying. Mystic Temples, falling platforms, and switches stay active after the player has died.
• Various bugfixes and little tweaks. A certain hidden stage will not crash out the game on level load anymore, among other things.
• Added something a little special ^_~

• Added little modifcations to make characters than cannot spin, such as Amy, capable of completing the game with all emeralds.
• Added some match stages to the pack.
• Lots of bugfixes and little tweaks. Hopefully Sunken Plant 2 won't SIGSEGV all the time now.

• Added two new three-act zones: Tempest Valley Zone and Sunken Plant Zone.
• Added seven one-act zones to house each of the chaos emeralds.
• Added a section for when Sonic has all emeralds on Normal or higher.
• Added emblems to the stages. Try to get all fifty!
• Retextured Flame Rift Zone and changed the enemies.
• Added snow pack to Midnight Freeze and changed the enemies.
• Revamped Aerial Garden Zone completely.
• Renamed Crawla Isle Zone to Jade Coast Zone.
• Removed the original SRB2 levels from the rotation.
• Added a title screen logo by Blaze. Thanks to a441 for fixing the red stars, as well.
• Added an original soundtrack by RedXVI and Arrow. Thank you both a ton.
• Generally altered levels to do various things, from game balance to adding scenery.

• Added Midnight Freeze Zone.
• Retextured Verdant Forest Zone and changed the enemies.
• Retextured Final Zone, and renamed it.
• Optimized the levels using DoomBuilder.
• Fixed a lot of texture problems.
• Changed the powerups a bit around the levels, mostly adding extra lives.
• Changed the music, and added custom music for Verdant Forest and Aerial Garden, thanks to Arrow.
• Renamed the pack AGAIN to "Mystic Realm", where it should stay.

• Added Flame Rift Zone.
• Renamed the pack to "Mystic Way".

• Initial Release.