Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles with this fan engine / enhancements might be nice.
Sonic CD Developer Diary, game comes out Dec 14th for $5/400MSP
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Gamecocks625
Member
oh you. so silly
Yeah is there an OT thread that I can't find, or is this thread pretty much it?
Anyways Sonic CD at 60fps, will be the best Sonic CD. The slowdown on the Sega CD version really annoyed me when I recently replayed it.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
400 points!? Sold.
DaveVoyles
Member
At $5, this is an absolute steal.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
No OT (yet? Is anyone making one?) considering the release date was just announced today! :lol
I can whip one up tomorrow morning if no one else is working on it right now.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Probably for the best. It doesn't seem like anyone's working on an OT, or at least, they haven't expressed interest in one even when the question was raised previously. I would've done it but my skills in GIMP are pretty bad...
Dreams-Visions
Member
this will be my faster BUY ever.
as for SegaCD games, I'd also love to see:
Ecco The Dolphin
Hook
Lunar The Silver Star
Earthworm Jim
brought to LIVE as well. the SegaCD versions of those 3 games offered musical scores wonderfully superior to their SNES/Genesis cousins.
as for SegaCD games, I'd also love to see:
Ecco The Dolphin
Hook
Lunar The Silver Star
Earthworm Jim
brought to LIVE as well. the SegaCD versions of those 3 games offered musical scores wonderfully superior to their SNES/Genesis cousins.
Sonic Boom - Crush 40 version that came out recently on the OST re-release. Posting to get people hyped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BjUTdD3YkrQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BjUTdD3YkrQ
The Xtortionist
Member
Sonic CD (Retro Engine) lOTl FIVE U.S. DOLLARS
Now thats a point I agree on. Honestly I just want to see a current gen Scrap Brain or Metallic madness style zone one day, with music similar to Stardust Speedway NA mix Cash Cash vs Jun Senoue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9HXSjE45zo
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
It seems like we've been making Sonic OT names a lot lately, lol.
Sonic CD (Retro Engine) |OT| Yo dawg, SEGA Heard You Like Sonic
|OT| Sonic Generations wasn't enough
|OT| The Original Sonic Time Traveling Adventure
Again, people are going to come up with joke titles anyway.
Sonic CD (Retro Engine) |OT| Yo dawg, SEGA Heard You Like Sonic
|OT| Sonic Generations wasn't enough
|OT| The Original Sonic Time Traveling Adventure
Again, people are going to come up with joke titles anyway.
Yes please. A rerelease of this quality deserves one. Kinda a personal request, but could you put together a decent Sonic CD banner too?
EDIT: Whoa anyone see the free EU Stardust Speedway PSN theme?
Anyone have the file for it?
The Xtortionist
Member
Sonic CD (Retro Engine) lOTl Where We're Going, We Don't Need Backbone
Sonic CD (Retro Engine) lOTl Playable Tails = Game Ruined
Sonic CD (Retro Engine) lOTl Playable Tails = Game Ruined
I like this one
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I love these two. Very clever.
It's free?
*runs to PS3 to get it off EU PSN if it's up*
Professor Beef
Banned
Yes please. A rerelease of this quality deserves one. Kinda a personal request, but could you put together a decent Sonic CD banner too?
EDIT: Whoa anyone see the free EU Stardust Speedway PSN theme?
Anyone have the file for it?
It ain't just in EU. I got the theme too.
Yes! Looks like I'll be getting this on XBLA, iOS, Android and maybe PC. Damn, at that price, how could you not double/triple/quadruple dip? Man, if Taxman and Sega remade Sonic 3 & Knuckles using the Retro Engine....
Oh snap.
EDIT: Unlike Generations, I really cant see a benefit to snagging the PC version over 360/PS3...unless someone would like to enlighten me.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
ok so what the hell is a Retro Engine
buy both because THEY'RE FIVE U.S. DOLLARS
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
brain_stew
Member
£3? PC, 360 and Android versions here we come.
Professor Beef
Banned
The Lamonster
Member
So this isn't actually up yet is it? And is that ps3 theme dynamic?
My thoughts exactly!
I'd SO be using this as my avatar once again if we still had animated gifs enabled.
Not dynamic in the usual sense. It just changes between good and bad future.
Sonic CD's redeeming qualities include its music (Japan/PAL...US version is bitchmade) and the fact that it's 2D. The vertical-ish level design is horrid and makes me think the devs just randomly placed pre-assembled pieces until they kinda/ sorta had something that was "playable". There's no logic to it. For years I was told how brilliant this game was...and then I played it myself. The praise it gets is unwarranted. It's by no means terrible, but it ain't amazing. It' alright.
*runs...*
*runs...*
you mean you have stages in which you actually have to routinely stop and platform? oh the humanity.
you can beat the game in under thirty minutes with getting all of the time stones and creating good futures for every stage? impressive.
Professor Fog
Member
As someone who grew up with Nintendo consoles and hasn't really played any Sonic games, is this a game that requires a decent D-Pad? Is the analog stick a viable option? Trying to decide which console version to purchase.
Yeah but most classic platformers are. You really wouldnt want the game to overstay its welcome or you'd get bored.
No, I totally love holding right to win
But seriously, what made things even worse was the art interfered with functionality. The BG constantly blends in with the foreground. I can't tell what I'm supposed to be jumping on and where to go.
Change of pace is good. Slow, methodical platforming is fine, but as long as where I'm supposed to go has some thought behind it, and doesn't look like someone got drunk while using a level editing program.
Nah, the version in Gems Collection is based on the awful PC version, where as this is basically a re-do of the entire engine from scratch, with some very nice extras. Plus choice between the two OSTs! You didn't have that in GEMS! ^_-
there's usually always some trick in the level architecture by the past/future signs that lets you maintain the speed to go back/forward in time. considering the amount of signposts, id say that the level design is a little bit better than "random". the levels are more vertical so you don't just rush through getting bad futures
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
We'll use that when Sonic Chaos's remake comes out.
This is what I get for spending my time studying instead of playing my PS3. :/...I forgot the blog existed. I found it while rummaging through the store.
Azure Dream
Member
It's basically a fanmade engine designed around reverse engineering the original mechanics and physics of the Sonic games as accurately as possible. It's a total recreation of the original Genesis/CD Sonic engines, all combined together, with modern portability and functionality.
So for example, Sonic CD isn't by nature a widescreen game. If you emulated a Sega CD copy of the game, you would be limited by the original game's programming for the most part, so there's no way to display it with true 16:9. You'd either have to stretch, crop, or border the existing image. Recreated in this engine, you'll see a true 16:9 view of the game as you play it. It also becomes much easier to add features like swappable soundtracks, playable Tails (it's already in the code in the engine, he's already set up to handle the levels just like he would in something like Sonic 2 or Sonic 3), the Sonic 2-style Spin Dash, etc.
I just realized we're going to see Mini-Tails when that laser hits him.
I vote for this one, Backbone's emulation work was easily the lowlight of Generations. It's amazing all these years later they still can't get Sonic 1 right.