Congrats on the award! Knew you could do it!

Are they gonna have a little trophy picture or something that you can display on the site?

Thanks a lot! Apparently, yes. I eagerly await it :)

Congratulations! Always knew this site was capable! Doing a wonderful job LiQuidShade, keep going at it! Looking forward to the Sonic and Knuckles section!

This site isn't just great within the context of it being a Sonic site, but as an informational site as well. Everything is presented very professionally while still having all the charms of being a "fan site." The layout is really well done, too. A lot of other professional web designers could take some hints from you regarding how to successfully combine textual and visual data. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of frameworks do you work with to achieve all of this? (Content management system, javascript libraries, other tools, etc.)

Thanks for your kind words MoDaD and GreenBird :)
Actually, other than lightbox for the occasional full sized images, and the Vanilla forum obviously, I haven't really used any pre-existing libraries. I think everything here is largely built from scratch, even my CMS. I kind of prefer things that way because learning how to build things myself is invariably more fun and less frustrating than trying to decipher how someone elses code is working and how to manipulate it. I like knowing about every part of my code and what it's doing. I also wasn't really quite so aware of what could have been at my disposal as I am now, and this was the first time I'd really used javascript in any significant way. In future I'd probably be more keen to save time and see what kind of pre-built features I could just throw in there, though my CMS is really specific for building level pages and I couldn't put up with a more general purpose one. I can add paragraphs and images to sections and then budge them around and resize them and it knows exactly what to do with the data that's being saved, and I really like the way that works. Shame no one else can see that part of it really!

So, finally you have put the Hydrocity Zone into the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 section (we have been waiting since September) (I know you couldn't do it, I just put it since I wanna remember all from when you haven't add something to this guide).

Other than that, excellent guide.

PS: I did the first comment! xD

I voted for Zone: 0, not because you asked me to, but because it was the best. ;)

You'll win site of the year...

Even TSSZ thinks so..
http://www.tssznews.com/2009/11/03/voting-underway-for-sonic-site-awards-2009/

I voted for you, by the way.

The best New Sonic site I've come across in years. Original, to the point, and goes in deep about the build of classic Sonic games I spent my entire child-hood with. The layout is very professional, I never get lost in the site, something I've had with tons of sites, and I know more about Sonic classics now before I ever did before.

You know what your doing, as a long time Sonic fan, I recommend your site above all Sonic classic info sites.

Thank you very much, glad you're enjoying it! :D

That's amazing! I've got to try this!

It's about time they did this! How do I play the free levels?

Great find! Those new graphics look kinda nice.

But here's a thought for you: What if this is related to Project Needlemouse in some way? They would have made this tool for development of a Genesis style game, and then passed a version of it along to the public to generate more classic style Sonic excitement.

h-h-how do you play this creative game???

I've tried a free trial to this, and making a good level is actually very easy. Bad news is that most levels made by others are pure garbage, though... The actual physics are horrible, too... Wasted potential, but I hope a really good level editor comes out someday.

I can't wait to see the rest of the zones. Keep on going. This is great!

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGONG!

Hopefully we'll find out more at TGS 2009.