Sonic.exe: Spirits of Hell

Sonic.exe: The Spirits of Hell is a 2D platformer created by Danuha2526. The Game Jolt page reached 550.2k views and 792 likes. The game is available in English and Russian, which is the developer's native language.

The game is heavily based off of the original Sonic.exe creepypasta story and the playable fangame it was based on, but this game contains a number of changed elements which are all for telling a completely original story and experience. The story is followed with Tails, Knuckles, and Dr. Robotnik (Eggman) as they try to escape Exeller, a demon in possession of Sonic's body who wants to kill them and turn them into his corrupt, undead slaves. The game features a massive haul of endings, Solos, Duos, and the Trio Ending. A sequel, Sonic.exe: The Whisper of Soul, has been released in which 3 characters are added:

Version
The current public version of the game is as you would expect. You are free to download it from the Game Jolt website.

Gameplay
The game is powered by Not So Simple Sonic Worlds, which tries to imitate the SEGA Genesis gameplay of the classic Sonic games. You can play as Tails, Knuckles, and Dr. Robotnik. The game also has a choices system, in which the player must make a choice for the character - if they make the wrong choice, they will die. There are also different kind of rings - green rings can save a character if they make a wrong choice, red rings send your character into an illusion, and black rings are required for Solo endings. The game has you running from Exeller, hiding behind objects, and has many different gameplay elements, old and new.

The game has 8 endings based on how many characters escaped to Mountain Peak - three Solo endings where only one character survives, three Duo endings where one character dies and a True ending where everyone survives. If the player gets one of the Solo or Duo endings, the game tells you that everyone was killed, and Exeller will tell the player that Solo and Duo endings serve no purpose, and only the True ending does anything.

There are also 4 difficulties:


 * POOR CHILD - The player starts with 15 lives.
 * WEAK - The player starts with 10 lives.
 * BRAVE - The player starts with 5 lives.
 * NIGHTMARE - The player starts with 1 life.

The Beginning
Upon starting the game,

Tails' Route
Tails flies into Green Hill in the Tornado

Afterwards...
The big rings wil take any characters who survived to the Hidden Palace Zone. After a short platforming section, everyone will arrive at the Master Emerald and discover that Exeller is in possession of Sonic. What happens next depends on the amount of characters who are present.

Tails Solo Ending
Tails arrives at the Hidden Palace Zone, finding out that Sonic was possessed by EXELLER. He arrives at Green Hill Zone again for his plane, only to find out the plane has been broken in three pieces. He gets caught by EXELLER, and he explains that everyone is dead. Tails, (with the black ring) he grabbed earlier, making EXELLER retreat for now. He walks through Green Hill, past the souls of the critters who perished, including Egg man and Knuckles. Tails later ends up in the Blood Temple, where he meets himself from another dimension. Tails learned that there were multiple dimensions and different timelines, and he can come back and try again if he dies. EXETIOR is then seen talking to EXELLER, and EXETIOR reveals to EXETIOR he can create duplicates of himself, but can use a lot of energy doing this. EXETIOR then lets him use to defeat Tails, including Egg man and Knuckles. Eventually, Tails defeated EXETIOR's copy, but the timeline didn't reset. Tails cries, but got it together, and started to find the others, but he got killed later.

Knuckles Solo Ending
Knuckles makes it to the Hidden Palace Zone, finding out that Sonic was possessed by EXELLER. He arrives at Hydro city Zone, setting up a trap. When Sonic arrives, Knuckles turned on the switch to make Sonic fall into the spikes, only to open the door instead. Knuckles, (with the black ring) saved himself, and the door chops Sonic in half, disintegrating. After Knuckles escapes, he learns that Sonic can create copies of himself, and proceeds to try and find Amy, Cream and Sally.

Robotnik Solo Ending
Dr. Eggman runs to the Master Emerald to use it to teleport to Sky Base. Once he makes it, Exeller holds him near a propeller. saying that "the villain survived, and the two heroes are dead", (With the black ring), Egg man uses the jetpack to blast Sonic away. Egg man makes it to his machine, and has a giant battle with Exeller on the sea. After defeating him, Egg man didn't have any interest in taking over the world anymore, and decided to be the new hero.

Tails and Knuckles Duo Ending
Tails and Knuckles meet each other at the Hidden Palace. They both learn about EXELLER killing Sonic. They get the idea of going to Mechanical Green Hill Zone, to distract the demon. sonic later meets up with the two, and puts Tails in an illusion, adding a new game element. At the end, Tails snaps out of the illusion, and a big ring appears. Sonic stops himself from trying to kill the two of them. The ending is nearly identical to the true ending, but without egg man, and along with the different setting. The two then make it out alive, only to be killed later. If collecting the black ring and choosing the bad choice, Tails will be sent to his solo ending. and when tails is dead, with the black ring, knuckles either can get the black ring in his solo ending or not.

Tails and Eggman Duo Ending
Tails meets Eggman at the Hidden Palace Zone, after witnessing what the Master Emerald tells them, they decide to go to Metropolis Zone. egg man tells Tails to go to the door with a blue light bulb. Unfortunately, Tails goes to the wrong door, and the power goes out. egg man decides not to open the ventilation shaft, and Tails has to get to egg man with his help. When Tails reaches Egg man, he says to Tails that he couldn't build a machine to help Sonic, but a teleporter instead. Tails, angry, yells at him saying he lied, and wanted Sonic's death. When they escape, Tails asks if egg man promises to help Sonic, and he agrees. If Tails dies, and egg man lives, he will be sent to his solo ending. He will either die or live depending if you collected the black ring.

Knuckles and Eggman Duo Ending
If Robotnik dies but Knuckles survives, he is immediately teleported to the end. If Knuckles is killed but Robotnik survives, Tails resists Exeller's control and saves Robotnik, leading to the Robotnik Solo Ending.

Worst Ending
If Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik are all killed, the player will get the Worst ending. The American Game Over music from Sonic CD plays in the background, and Tails.exe, Knuckles.exe and Robotnik.exe walk through a corrupted Green Hill as the credits roll.

Afterwards, we see Tails.exe and Exeller in Mountain Peak. Exeller decides he does not like this ending as the characters died too quickly and he got no pleasure out of the playthrough. He says he isn't like other versions of Sonic.exe, and nearly reveals something, but decides that it does not matter and he should just reset the timeline and give the player a second chance. He also asks the player to do better next time, as he was able to best his anger, but not for long. The screen fades to white and the player returns to the title screen.

Trivia

 * The level select code is 2603DM.
 * The game is created in Not So Simple Sonic Worlds, while the sequel is in Sonic Delta Engine.
 * This game was originally going to have game called Sonic.exe: The Spirit Warriors, but this was cancelled and it declared no longer official due to the game not following the original script.