Worst Sonic Game ever!

Post by **Esrever** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 4:22 pm

Ooh, the Doc makes a good point. I'd forgotten all about that game! As I recall, the main problem was that the AI was so incompetent that it was practically impossible to lose a race. So in a sense, it was barely a game at all. That is a whole different kind of bad.

I like Spinball, too. Mind you, I remember being really disappointed when I bought it, because I was actually expecting a standard Sonic platformer, only consisting entirely of casino levels. Man, it's hard to remember a time when I would have known so little about a Sonic game before actually playing it... when I had never seen a videogame magazine or website before. I think the only glimpse I had caught of Spinball before I bought it was three screenshots in a comic book ad.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 4:58 pm

I think I just bought games that had cool covers and a neat description on the back. Sonic 1 came with my genesis though so after that I just bought every Sonic game that came out for Genesis. How much were games back then anyway? I never bought a single 16-bit game with my own money until like 2000, I always got them as gifts so I never knew the original retail price. How much was a Genesis when it first came out too?

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:27 pm

The Doc wrote:I never said Sonic Drift was bad. I said it was BORING. I played Super Mario Kart before Drift, so it just felt like a rehash, which it was.

Sonic Drift was bad and a rehash. I'm just saying I disagree with your assessment of it just being Mario Kart with Sonic graphics, Sonic Drift was infiinitely less than that.

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:45 pm

The original Sonic Drift was awful. Sonic Drift 2, however, was pretty passable. More racers, better courses, better music... 'twas one of the first Game Gear games I ever bought.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:51 pm

Wasn't the first one only released in Japan?

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:51 am

Indeed. SADX marked Sonic Drift 1's first american release. As far as I'm concerned, it could've stayed in Japan :P

Post by **Esrever** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:31 am

Sometime around 1994 (I think) I stumbled across Japanese copies of Sonic Drift 1 and Sonic 2 GG at a used video game store in Winnepeg while I was on summer vaction. Man, I was SO excited... I had never heard of Sonic Drift before. It was like this SECRET Japanese Sonic game.

So, you can imagine my disappointment once I actually PLAYED the thing. So then I tried the Japanese Sonic 2, and of course found that it was completely identical to the American version. Bah!

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 5:31 pm

Sometimes, I wonder why I bought SADX. Yet, for some reason, I don't regret it.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:12 pm

I do. And yet... I can't part with it.

Nova · Post by **Nova** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:35 pm

Sonic LabyrinthÃ¢â‚¬Â¦what drugs they were using when they did that thing?

Sonic Spinball is not a bad game, i like it. If you like pinballs and you like Sonic that game rulez, if you dont...play another Sonic game.

Maybe is a bit too hard for a game that is supposed to be for kidsÃ¢â‚¬Â¦but that is the only problem I see in the game.

The only Gamegear Sonic game that I played was Sonic 1, lucky me? no. I wish I had a gamegear whith Tails Adventure.

PRV · Post by **PRV** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:26 pm

Funnily enough, I actually rather enjoyed Sonic Labyrinth when I played it. Along with SADX and Sonic Advance 1, it counts as one of the three Sonic games that I'm actually reasonable at (maybe because it's meant to be a slow-paced think-em-up rather than your standard high-speed Sonic game).

Umm... Sonic Advance 2, for the sheer imbecility of those bloody annoying rolling bosses...[/i]

aso · Post by **aso** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:26 pm

Can we say Sonic 2 on the Game Gear? The only Sonic game that I've properly played, beyond Sonic Spinball, that I've never, ever been able to beat? I actually managed to get all the way to Scrambled Egg, Act 2, when I was a lot younger...

And, no matter what, I always died in those tube mazes. Always.

I swear, if they try to remake such a thing in 3D, it will be a dark day indeed.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:26 pm

Shut up! They might be listening.

WhoopA · Post by **WhoopA** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:23 pm

Is it a feat that I beat Sonic 2 GG with all six Chaos Emeralds?

aso · Post by **aso** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:10 am

The Emeralds were actually pretty easy to find, once you get the hint of where they've been hidden.

Now, beating the game itself without tearing your hair out - that's somewhat impressive.

Post by **Esrever** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:58 pm

OK, I've been tempted to say this many times. I haven't because my memories are too vague to defend the point properly, but... I used to love Sonic 2 for Game Gear! It was always my favourite of the GG series. I must have played through it about ten-million times. It was neat!

I don't remember it being especially cheap or hard at all, with the exception of the first level boss and that annoying pipe maze reflex test in... um... Night-time-tubes-and-metal-sonic Zone. Certainly nothing on par with my experience with Sonic Advance 2. So what am I forgetting?