The Evolution of Sonic.exe

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[jewjewsbizarreadventure]

For as important as Sonic.Exe is to the history of creepypastas, its hard to deny the original just isn't that good so I'm happy people have taken what was a pretty neat concept and worked it into something geniunely unnerving

[adriansolea]

Something I find funny about EYX is that sonic has only one big eye which is a mutation that usually happens when there's a lack of sonichedgehog protein during the developement of the foetus.

[epsilonprotocol]

I like how Knuckles of all characters is the only one who is truly aware of what's going on. Eggman and Metal seem to know that something is very wrong but have no idea just how bad things really are.

[windowsalpha]

What boggles my mind is how unapologetically aggressive this rom hack is. It just completely bum rushes you every chances it gets with some form of visual or audio stimuli. The way it has Sonic just peer across the level only for Eggman to just instantly show up laughing and Metal Sonic just shoves you completely across the map or how Tails when seeing EYX in that hell cave, all the little dude had time to do was look away and position himself to run only to have his skull toasted. I'm just so used to EXE games being so passive with their scares and nothing really being in your face so when I see an EXE/Creepypasta game actively trying to scream in your face constantly in rapid bum rush succession I'm actually put off in a good way. I really hope EYX drops an update soon. It's been long enough.

[notdemomantf]

The creator of EYX has released spritework and concepts for the characters, as their "dead" forms. The tails seen near the start with "Go Back" is the dead version that is "official".
Most of the other ones are probably just references. Or maybe it is multiple lives of Tails that have died, which would fit with Knuckles being mad about dying repeatedly.

[admiralwaltz]

EXE is probably my favourite example of "Just because its bad doesn't mean the idea wasn't good"
with creative media I like to believe anything can work if executed well.

[cosmic-frost]

Fun fact: During that scene where it slides to where Sonic is looking, there can be other characters instead of Tails that appear.

[dalejhunter]

Ah Youtube... Because of it, blurs are mandatory if you don't want to be hit by the Age Restricted and demonetization hammers... Which is a shame since I wouldn't mind seeing the horror while Sacrow talks in his usually calm, yet chilling voice.

[SariSorta]

This and Sonic PC Port show just how much potential the idea of sonic.exe has

[TFFES]

What I think would make EYX better is if you force close the game with ALT + F4 right when ray says "player Save Me", When You open the game again, you get jumpscared by EYX while he says "WHY DID YOU LET MY PREY ESCAPE" and then crashes and deletes the game.

[quiviknotpotato]

The demonic Sonic and Tails actually have names in the EYX lore and are known as Draenog and Cynffonnau (Welsh for Hedgehog and Tails, respectively). They are the same entity (EYX) split into two, the Tails with his head burnt is the real one, you play as Cynffonnau in Green Hill Zone.

[nomalthenomal]

I love the ending screen of the game.
The Doom ending background (the most epic part), the sprites crudely edited.

Its beautiful

[ImmaLittlePip]

Honestly the second game is a really interesting concept of .exe games and really does improve and deconstruct the concepts really well

[AwesomeGamer-omhm]

On the Green Hill one, the thing that kills Tails is Cynffonau, the other half of EYX. While EYX himself looks like Sonic, Cyn takes the form of Tails, and it is possible that he's the one who convinced Knuckles.

[wrench]

I remember being young enough to actually be scared by Sonic.exe, simpler times.

[SamNaz]

Am I the only one who realized that that weird character used as the level's name at 23:22 kinda looks like .EXE (or EYX ?) carrying a dead Tails' body ?
It's crazy how much detail was put into Sonic.EYX. I feel like I learn more and more obscure secrets about it each time I watch it being played through. Can't wait for part 2.

[HaxTheCharizard]

Editable ROM is surprisingly deep, I'm curious as to how far it will go.

As for comparing it to MARIO and Personalized Mario 64, another fantastic one is 'The. A Super Mario World rom hack that breaks the fourth wall in a unique way, has several endings, unnerving visuals (maybe not as much as EYX, but still impressive for working on an actual SNES)... not to mention the seemingly endless dialogue boxes the game gives you, and the fact that it will MODIFY itself as you play, tracking what you do, and even mocking you in some spots.

I'd love it if you'd cover this hack, as pretty much every instance of it being covered only gets one ending then quits, thinking that the game only loops after that.

[M_Clanks]

I love creepy games that actually fuck with your PC (or pretend to) and trick you into thinking you downloaded a virus.

[insertjokehr]

The character in the foreground after sonic looks over at the pod before getting attacked by metal sonic is randomly decided between ray, tails and amy.

[irishuisman]

I think that another version of the .exe concept that isn't really talked about enough is the Nightmare series by Jaizkoys (I might've mixed up the i and y there but I'm not sure). Those games all have so many endings, a decently well-told story, and so many different elements in the gameplay. Continued Nightmare: Eye of Three is the one I watched the most playthroughs of when I was still going through my Sonic.exe phase, but all of the games, even the first version of Nightmare Beginning that's honestly kinda barebones compared to the rest, are actually pretty decent games on their own, even aside from the creepypasta elements. They don't rely as much on jumpscares where they don't feel necessary, and the ways that the different endings are achieved actually make a lot of sense