IPS Archive - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Notes
These are not ROMs. You need to download ROMs from elsewhere to use these patches. File nomenclature: [ROM to be patched]_[author]_[patch title]_[version number].[file type] It would be helpful to observe this system when submitting your own IPS files. Rating System: = Good; = Super
Downloads
Files	Description	Rating
s2_(dumped-from-cart)_sonic2japan.ips	Japanese version of Sonic 2. No different to the regular version.
s2_(dumped-form-cart)_sonic2pirate.ips	Sega logos and copyright messages have been removed.
s2_anthony.rar	Pallete and level hack.
s2_anthony_sonic2refitted_v0.04.rar	Pallete and level hack.
s2_cinossu.rar	Pallete hack.
s2_bmc4eva_ashura2.rar s2_bmc4eva_ashura2.txt	Pallete hack.
s2_chaosmaster_sonic2hell.rar s2_chaosmaster_sonic2hell.txt	Pallete and level hack.
s2_donte_sonic2badfutures.rar s2_donte_sonic2badfutures.txt	Pallete hack.
s2_donte_sonic2megasis_v0.01.rar s2_donte_sonic2megasis_v0.01.txt	Pallete hack.
s2_dr-eggfan_sonic2-aluminium-edition_demo3.rar	Pallete & level hack.
s2_dr-eggfan_sonic2k2.rar s2_dr-eggfan_sonic2k2.txt	Pallete & level hack.
s2_dragoon_tikal-in-sonic2.rar	Sprite hack
s2_drakmyth-master_sonic-eclipse2.rar s2_drakmyth-master_sonic-eclipse2.txt	Pallete & level hack.
s2_dusthillresident_evilsonic2.rar s2_dusthillresident_evilsonic2.txt	Sprite hack.
s2_emeros_sonic2e.rar	Level & pallete hack.
s2_esrael_s2k-1mb.rar	Knuckles without the need for Sonic & Knuckles, and the result ROM is only 1Mb, the same size as Sonic 2.
s2_esrael_s2kupmem.rar	Knuckles in Sonic 2 without the need for the Sonic & Knuckles ROM. The result ROM is much smaller than a normal Sonic 2K ROM.
s2_esrael_sonic2delta2_v05.rar	Play as Knuckles in Sonic 2 Delta.
s2_esrael_sonic2delta2_v07.rar	Hidden Palace Zone, Wood Zone, and other levels from Esrael's Sonic 2 Delta have been completely restored.
s2_esrael_sonic2delta3_v02.rar	Hidden Palace Zone, Wood Zone, Dust Hill and other levels have been completely restored. This patch also has elements from revision 02 of Sonic 2.
s2_hyper-sanderson_sonic322.rar	Level & pallete hack. It has different palletes for acts 1 and 2 of a level, which is rather neat.
s2_johnny-uk_projectshadow2_demo3(v0.68).rar	Sprite, pallete & level hack. Play as Shadow.
s2_johnnyuk_sonic2hard.rar	The first 2 levels have been made harder.
s2_kojichao_mtam.rar s2_kojichao_mtam.txt	Sprite & pallete hack. Play as Shadow and Chao.
s2_krheathjr_sonic2ultimate.rar	Level hack. Metropolis Zone is very good.
s2_leon_s2ghz_v01.rar	Green Hill Zone ported to Sonic 2.
s2_leon_sonic2(rev02).rar	Version of Sonic 2 which appears on Sonic Compilation. This is, to all intents and purposes, the same thing as the undumped Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (REV 02) ROM. It can even be combined with Sonic & Knuckles.
s2_machsonic_sonic2k2.rar	Level hack.
s2_mystic_sonic2z_v0.45.rar	Pallete & level layout hack.
s2_nebula2.rar	Pallete hack.
s2_neo-genocide-city_sonic2neo_demo2.rar s2_neo-genocide-city_sonic2neo_demo2.rtf	Pallete hack.
s2_ordos-alpha_son2rem_v060e(delta).rar s2_ordos-alpha_son2rem_v060e(delta).txt	Level hack.
s2_overlord_sonic-xp_v0.03.rar	Pallete and level hack.
s2_pachuka_return-to-hpz.ips	You start in the final (with garbled graphics) Hidden Palace Zone.
s2_psychosk8tr_mechas2.rar	Pallete hack.
s2_rabid_dildo.rar	Sprite hack.
s2_rabid_shadow-adventure2.ips	Pallete hack.
s2_rabid_sonic2-project-rabid.rar	Sprite hack.
s2_ramosdevil_sonic-rev2rrz01.rar	Pallete hack.
s2_salus_s2retiled_v0.01.rar s2_salus_s2retiled_v0.01.txt	Tile hack.
s2_salus_sonic2take2.rar s2_salus_sonic2take2.txt	Level hack.
s2_saxman_srile.rar s2_saxman_srile.txt	Contains internal level editor for Sonic 2.
s2_saxman_timezone.rar s2_saxman_timezone.txt	Sprite hack. Has lives icon from Sonic CD. Also has Time travel feature.
s2_ssuk_sonic2-egg-version_beta2.rar	Level and pallete hack.
s2_stmp_version3.rar	Level hack.
s2_ultima_sonic2337.rar	Pallete & level hack.
s2_ultima_sonic2aiz.rar	Angel Island Zone imported from Sonic 3.
s2_ultima_sonic2ultima_v0.55.rar s2_ultima_sonic2ultima_v0.55.txt	Pallete & level layout hack.
s2_ultima_tohaka_v0.11.rar s2_ultima_tohaka_v0.11.txt	Pallete & level layout hack.
s2_unknown_s2wood.rar	Start playing EHZ Act 1 from level select to play in Wood Zone.
s2_unknown_sonic2-millenium-edition_v0.84.rar	Pallete & level layout hack.
s2_unknown_sonic2x.rar	Pallete hack.