Silvawuff
Member
I saw this today. I think it's great to see S2HD get a development revival.
http://sonic2hd.blogspot.com/
http://sonic2hd.blogspot.com/
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Sonic the Hedgehog Community Thread |OT3 & Knuckles|
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Ooooh nice. Also looks like they just recently finished all of Sonic's sprites for the game.
Also their wallpapers are so nice, I added them to my laptop:
Professor Beef
Banned
I can already hear the meowing by looking at that second wallpaper.
Also, hi everyone. Evo was excellent.
Also, hi everyone. Evo was excellent.
RubyEclipse
Sega of America
Hello there, SonicGAF!
Professor Beef
Banned
Hi Dr. Nick!
I don't recall this GDC talk being free recently.
Some fun stuff:
Some fun stuff:
Black Knight's Stage Geometry in Hedgehog Engine running on PC to showcase how much Global Illumination can help despite just being Wii geometry. (Don't remember seeing these) He clarifies these didn't mean the game was going to be ported, it was just an experiment to see the benefits of GI on low-detail geometry.
Hey! Glad to see you back at SoA, and more importantly loving your current job.Hello there, SonicGAF!
Hello there, SonicGAF!
Ayy
SpikedGunner
Member
Hello there, SonicGAF!
Great to see you back Ruby and love the stuff you're doing right now.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
Oh wow that looks amazing. Does it take a lot of tweaking to get the Hedgehog Engine in Generations to work with each imported level? Just seems like the lighting is never this dramatically improved in something like, say, the Colors level imports you see.
KLatin Scelus
Member
You know what you must do.
Hey Ruby, long time no see
yo ruby when are you setting up a hatsune miku twitter account like the sonic oneHello there, SonicGAF!
I've never realized before now that I really badly need Aaron Webber acting online like he's a robot that looks like a human teenage girl who sings in Japanese.
There are sites for that sort of thing.
Yo,neat
HiHello there, SonicGAF!
Azure Dream
Member
"I don't even like scallions."
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I was out of state when Sonic Runners launched in America, so TSSZ had someone else do a review for that. Other folks asked me if I was still willing to review Sonic Runners myself, so I posted that over at my personal game writing site:
http://www.bltn.net/post/125137118543/sonic-runners-review
It's rather lengthy! But I think I cover everything I felt was important.
http://www.bltn.net/post/125137118543/sonic-runners-review
It's rather lengthy! But I think I cover everything I felt was important.
I'm surprised you liked it; considering the negatives you mentioned literally makes the game unplayable and insufferable.
http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/character/sticks.html
looks like our friend Sticks is here to stay
Cool, I have no qualms with this.
Can she also push out marine and omega at the same time.
That would make the comic better
Azure Dream
Member
So NerdBlock was going on and on about having a new, exclusive Sonic item in this month's ArcadeBlock, so I bit the bullet, not having gotten one of these things before...
It was an issue of the comic with an exclusive (not particularly great) cover. That's good for the comic's exposure, I guess, but certainly not what I expected.
It was an issue of the comic with an exclusive (not particularly great) cover. That's good for the comic's exposure, I guess, but certainly not what I expected.
TFRazorsaw
Banned
Yo
You have a problem with Omega you have a problem with me. He's great.
"WORTHLESS CONSUMER MODELS"
BlazeHedgehog
Member
Unplayable is a bit of a stretch. Streamlined mode murdering my performance was a headache, but I found a work around. The ads aren't that bad. Not enjoyable, but tolerable.
Which, I mean... mobile game. That's the whole point.
Have you tried Crazy Taxi: City Rush? That's a good mobile game that can provide a great experience even with the standard mobile trappings of timers and ads. Sonic Runners is a huge downgrade from that title.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I have the mobile version of the real Crazy Taxi (which plays quite well!) so I figured I didn't need to bother with City Rush.
They are very different games, its more of a modern sequel than a F2P remake. Controls are simplified but the gameplay, missions, and locations are more varied.
Professor Beef
Banned
Sally is so right, math is hard.
The comic's early run was a golden age.
Well that was after Robotnik was annihilatedSo is Eggman's Sonic Heroes bio just a lie then?
Azure Dream
Member
Came upon this "gem" while reading some of the older issues. Guess who wrote it?
Mr. Muh Lara-Su The Enchillada himself...
To be fair, this is a blatant reference to the Barbie doll controversy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO0cvqT1tAE
Pretty much everyone shortened it to be "Math is hard!" when they referred to it back then.
We have Feminist Hacker Barbie these days to compensate.
Shadow Hog
Member
Ignoring that these are totally different continuities, the Eggman in Archie Sonic around the time Heroes was relevant was actually Robo-Robotnik; the Robotnik playing with dolls had already died by then.So is Eggman's Sonic Heroes bio just a lie then?
7echnicolor
Member
Was wondering if anyone could help me out with this..
There's two versions of Sonic 3 & Knuckles on Amazon as digital downloads. One of them is $2.50 (and 18mb) and the other is $4.99 (and 50mb) . I was gonna get the $2.50 version since it's.. well, cheaper. But I assume since the file size is smaller, it doesn't include all of Sonic 3 & Knuckles..
Also, for anyone who has these downloads, is the music for Carnival Night Zone/Ice Cap Zone/Launch Pad Zone the PC version music? Or the original (lesser) music?
There's two versions of Sonic 3 & Knuckles on Amazon as digital downloads. One of them is $2.50 (and 18mb) and the other is $4.99 (and 50mb) . I was gonna get the $2.50 version since it's.. well, cheaper. But I assume since the file size is smaller, it doesn't include all of Sonic 3 & Knuckles..
Also, for anyone who has these downloads, is the music for Carnival Night Zone/Ice Cap Zone/Launch Pad Zone the PC version music? Or the original (lesser) music?
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I'm... not actually sure what the difference between these two versions are. Both are being sold under the "Sega Genesis Classics" banner, which on Steam, is just a Sega Genesis emulator that they're selling. Comes with save state support, smoothing filters and everything like that.
The original PC version was technically called "Sonic & Knuckles Collection" and doesn't work properly on modern computers without a fan-made compatibility patch. What Amazon is selling there is probably just the same emulated version that's on Steam, I'd assume. None of the music is modified in that version, because it's just an emulation of the original game.
Why it's listed twice, at two different prices, is rather mysterious, however.
Jack in the Box used to give away Sonic and Knuckles collection with their kids meals.
7echnicolor
Member
Ah okay, that makes sense. Thank you for the info.
That sucks the Sonic & Knuckles Collection doesn't work properly without a compatibility patch. I know I'm in the minority, but since I played that version first I actually like the modified music more than the genesis version music.
I wonder if there's mods for the Steam version of Sonic 3 & Knuckles to change the music to the PC collection music...
Don't know about Steam but there are rom hacks that replace the original tracks w/ the S&K Collection music, most notably Sonic 3 Complete.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I don't think there are mods for that, but if you google a hack called "Sonic 3 Complete" it actually has the PC soundtrack converted to the Genesis sound format as a toggleable option.
It has a ton more options, too.
Actually, there might be a way to get the Steam Genesis emulator to recognize and play Sonic 3 Complete instead of the vanilla S3&K ROM, but I haven't the slightest idea how. You'd have to figure out some way to insert it in to the emulator's PAK files.
Edit: Wow, big lapse in reading comprehension there for me.
So sonic is an allegory of the power of conservative values then?So is Eggman's Sonic Heroes bio just a lie then?
please don't tell me this is an actual theory, although nothing surprises me anymore
He's actually the most worthless consumer model. I don't think team dark should be a thing that a thing again, and with that I wouldn't mind if omega just went. He's gimmic is " we needed a 3rd " robo ten ten.
If they if replaced omega with shard or now shard emeril i would totally be ok with that. Dude is a WAY better robotmen.
Thats some odd gold.
Professor Beef
Banned
Seven Force
Banned
3D Sonic 2 was okay I guess, but the Taxman releases seriously spoiled me. I can't go back to pixelated Sonic 2 special stages after the 60FPS, redrawn goodness in the mobile versions.
Shame they're y'know, on mobile and all, tho
Shame they're y'know, on mobile and all, tho
Shadow Hog
Member
I remember an even earlier port of Sonic 2 to mobile phones (like, pre-iOS mobile phones) actually completely redid the Special Stages in full, polygonal 3D. It still played the same, unlike Saturn Sonic 3D Blast's take on the same concept, but it looked mighty pretty.
Shame it never left that version!
Shame it never left that version!