The character has also inspired fan content and art. The next day, YouTuber Error posted a video showcasing the demo, gaining over 36,000 views in two months (shown below). On April 17th, 2022, modder Jaronjackpot posted a demo to GameBanana for a Sonic.EYX stage for Friday Night Funkin'.
On May 18th, YouTuber Markiplier then played the hack, gaining over 4.3 million views in a month (shown below, right). On April 12th, YouTuber 8-BitRyan played the hack, gaining over 1.6 million views in two months (shown below, left). Is it just an abandoned buggy ROM Hack or is there something more into it?'Įditable ROM became a prominent subject of Let's Plays over the following months. 'You are searching for Sonic stuff throughout the internet, until you come across an unnamed ROM Hack with no info about it whatsoever. The game crashes a number of times by design and becomes further manipulated with each launch. Once Tails encounters Sonic, the game begins to glitch as Sonic.EYX manipulates it. It plays like a normal Sonic game at first where the player takes control of Tails.
On March 13th, 2022, and posted a ROM hack to GameJolt based on Sonic.EYX and a creepypasta version of Tails, Cynffonnau, titled, 'Sonic the Hedgehog: Editable ROM.' The game is presented as a cursed ROM hack controlled by Sonic.EYX.
