Sonic the Hedgehog
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ForceStealer
Double Growth
Keveh Kins
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I beat the original Sonic the Hedgehog and collected all the Emeralds in it for the first time to day 
Played it on the PS4 Mega Drive collection thing.
Older games have been a godsend with how little time I have to game at the moment, still getting that endorphin hit of finishing a game but it only takes me three 1 hour sessions to beat instead of like, 100 hours per game.
Sonic 1 is much more so-so than I remember it being as a kid, and is filled with absolute bullshit enemy and spike trap placement. Worth beating just to see what it was like but it's no Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Played it on the PS4 Mega Drive collection thing.Older games have been a godsend with how little time I have to game at the moment, still getting that endorphin hit of finishing a game but it only takes me three 1 hour sessions to beat instead of like, 100 hours per game.
Sonic 1 is much more so-so than I remember it being as a kid, and is filled with absolute bullshit enemy and spike trap placement. Worth beating just to see what it was like but it's no Sonic 3 & Knuckles
ForceStealer
Double Growth
Yeah Sonic 1 has some great levels, which accounted for the popularity and reason for it to continue. But a lot of hte levels also run completely counter to what it seems like the design philosophy of the game was supposed to be? 
Keveh Kins
Pun Enthusiast
A thousand times this! Think it was Starlight Zone, but there's a section in one of the later levels where it's clearly encouraging you to build up as much speed as possible and zip along the loops and whatnot, and then just randomly they stick two fucking worm things in the middle of it to fuck you up.Yeah Sonic 1 has some great levels, which accounted for the popularity and reason for it to continue. But a lot of hte levels also run completely counter to what it seems like the design philosophy of the game was supposed to be?
I get the style in the 90s was trial and error but sheesh
ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
We have some more info on Sonic 2's development, keep an eye on this thread again:
Judy Totoya is sharing some clean scans of documents and things. We've finally got good scans of the level maps that came out in 2017, and I'm sure there's one we didn't have originally, with only Genocide City left and a burning lsland.
Judy Totoya is sharing some clean scans of documents and things. We've finally got good scans of the level maps that came out in 2017, and I'm sure there's one we didn't have originally, with only Genocide City left and a burning lsland.
ForceStealer
Double Growth
A thousand times this! Think it was Starlight Zone, but there's a section in one of the later levels where it's clearly encouraging you to build up as much speed as possible and zip along the loops and whatnot, and then just randomly they stick two fucking worm things in the middle of it to fuck you up.
I get the style in the 90s was trial and error but sheesh
But dat music tho
It's been my phone ringtone for years
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ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
New game coming to Apple Arcade on Dec 5th:
ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
Some more concept art goodies, this time from the Saturn era:
There's a full body image of the character that appears in the posters in Speed Highway, an unnamed female Spider.
There's a full body image of the character that appears in the posters in Speed Highway, an unnamed female Spider.
Tetsujin
he/they
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- Tets
ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
There's a stream coming on Tuesaday revealing more of the Genocide City things that came out earlier this year. They teased "more surprises", so maybe more than just Genocide City is coming.
The stream says Stages but they means Acts.
The stream says Stages but they means Acts.
ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
Here we go, Brenda Ross found her old portfolio showing off her levels. We can see the Winter Zone for the first time ever:
There was also her an animated version of her famous Sand Shower mockup that showed the flowers animating, and one of Wood Zone showing the level with Rings and Spikes, it a part that we haven't seen. It even has more finished tiles and background.
There was also her an animated version of her famous Sand Shower mockup that showed the flowers animating, and one of Wood Zone showing the level with Rings and Spikes, it a part that we haven't seen. It even has more finished tiles and background.
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ForceStealer
Double Growth
Cooool. I love how the concept levels from Sonic 2 have names ranging from the double-take-inducing "Genocide City Zone" to the truly inspired "Wood Zone."
ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
Now we have some sketches of Blue Lake zone:
It looks like the red bird enemy from Sky Chase was a part of this level originally. It looks like it started as a Shark.
It looks like the red bird enemy from Sky Chase was a part of this level originally. It looks like it started as a Shark.
ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
Another Sonic 2 discovery. Remember Tom Payne dumped his floppy disks that had the unused enemy art on it? Nobody checked the raw data on it until now...it contained a small portion of the Sand Shower mockup:
So this is the first time we've ever seen the legit tiles. There's no pallete with it though, and the rest is cut off.
So this is the first time we've ever seen the legit tiles. There's no pallete with it though, and the rest is cut off.
ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
There's a possibility that a Generations remaster will be announced at State of Play:
www.sonicstadium.org
There's speculation that it'll add Shadow as a playable character.
RUMOR: Sonic Generations-Related Announcement Coming Soon (UPDATE: State of Play Confirmed)
UPDATE 1/29/2024: A State of Play has been announced, which lends much more credibility to this rumor. In the latest of what has been a surprisingly fruitful month for reportable rumors, it appears Sonic Generations may be getting some kind of announcement in the coming days at a currently-unconf...
www.sonicstadium.org
ForceStealer
Double Growth
To any other company, that game would have represented a DLC goldmine. Overcharging for individual levels from the series past, done up in a modern and retro act each. On the face of it it seems liek Sega should be congratulated for their restraint. For having confidence in the game they released and leaving it at that. The problem is we all know that's not why, just that they were too scatterbrained to think of it, and we missed out on the potential of some fantastic levels.
Nandemoyasan
Standing guard
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- Johnny
Video games were a lot better back when only some of us were playing them
Everybody and their grandma has played a video game these days, it's just got too spread out everywhere
I miss hiding in my nerd cave being a nerd with my nerdy video games, sue me
Why's everything gotta be Star Wars nowadays, even releases of automated bird feeders have to be a "blockbuster"
Blurr dee blurr blur, Old man shakes fist at video game industry
Everybody and their grandma has played a video game these days, it's just got too spread out everywhere
I miss hiding in my nerd cave being a nerd with my nerdy video games, sue me
Why's everything gotta be Star Wars nowadays, even releases of automated bird feeders have to be a "blockbuster"Blurr dee blurr blur, Old man shakes fist at video game industry
ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
So it's real, Sonic X Shadow Generations. He has his own campaign and levels, even Black Doom and Biolizard:
God help anyone searching google for it.
God help anyone searching google for it.
Makoeyes987
Listen closely, there is meaning in my words.
- AKA
- Smooth Criminal
One of the best modern Sonic games has just gotten better.
Un-fucking-real.
Un-fucking-real.
Tetsujin
he/they
- AKA
- Tets
ultima espio
Pro Adventurer
Eager to see what we get with this. Johnny's tweet gives me hope we'll hear full live and learn. I hope we see the Biolizard. Wonder if we'll see Amy or Rouge this time?
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