sonic the hedgehog 2 world rev b gamecube edition

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Just make sure you jump off at the right time. The mine cart is a novel touch, although you don’t actually get to control its speed, so you’re pretty much a captive passenger. However, despite the urgency of the main theme and the abundance of spikes, this is still an accessible, easy first zone.

I’ll be making the odd reference here to the Game Gear (GG) version of Sonic 2, which was almost the same as the MS, except for some differences in execution which made it a lot trickier to master.Ī Sonic game that didn’t begin in a pleasant, greeny/emeraldy, hilly environment? Now there’s a reason to love this game right from the off. In fact, special stages were absent entirely from this sequel. Chaos Emeralds, like in the first MS Sonic, were not to be won during special stages but to be discovered somewhere in the zones themselves. There are no rings in the third act, so be extra careful. If you get hit again without any rings, you’re dead. You know the score – collect the rings, don’t get killed, reach the end, etc. To summarise, we get six zones (seven if you get all the coveted Chaos Emeralds), each with three acts. I had a Master System with its own Sonic 2, so let’s play! The Mega Drive seemed so out of reach that there was no point getting worked up over it. To be honest, I didn’t care about not being able to play Tails. Oddly, each zone’s title card featured an image of Sonic within the level with Tails in tow, even though at no point in the game can you actually play the latter. Robotnik – we see the moustachioed bastard flying off with the poor fox in the pre-title sequence. Instead, the MS plot circled around rescuing Tails from the clutches of Dr. I mean, he’s on the front cover of the game! Oh well, at least there was Tails to look forward to in the MS version. It was a novel addition to the MD Sonic 2 that made it even faster than its predecessor. This year it was all about the spindash, where Sonic could attain instant super-speed just by pressing down and one of the main buttons. It belatedly delivered the loop-de-loops, but loop-de-loops were so last year. Nothing wrong with that, everybody agreed.Ĭompare all of that to the MS version of Sonic 2, which, like the first MS game, seemed so small next to the MD. Come to think of it, apart from a few neat extras and those crazy halfpipe bonus stages, Sonic 2 was essentially more of the same of Sonic, but with bells on. For the most part, the game was a total success.

On top of all of this, you had two-player split screen! This was very, very cool back in 1992, even if the picture looked stupidly squashed and the slowdown was a pain in the arse. We all loved Tails back then, the little two-tailed fox.

Why? Well it was just like the first one but faster, harder, better, stronger… and it had Tails! Critics praised both versions to the skies – obviously the MD version was the one that got all the attention.

No one was disappointed when the big release date came. For those of us who couldn’t afford Mega Drives however, it was a game we took to our hearts, and anyway, regardless of which of the two consoles you had, by the time Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was due to come out, hedgehog hype was at fever pitch. The only real criticism you could have against it were that it simply wasn’t as good as the MD. I suppose you could say that things felt a lot less quintessentially Sonic on the MS, but it was still a wonderful game, a really great platformer and, although no game-changer like the MD, a smaller, cosier experience that was very charming indeed. Therefore, instead of weakly porting the MD, the developers of MS Sonic decided to create its own game entirely.

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Stuff like the beloved loop-de-loops, the wild and wacky bonus stages and the torrent of rings that were released whenever you sat on a spike were nowhere to be found on the MS. Because the MS was half as powerful as the MD, it couldn’t hope to emulate its big brother’s speed and complexity. In comparison, the version of Sonic the Hedgehog that was released for the Sega Master System (MS) was a different kettle of fish (or should I say bag of hedgehogs?). Oh, did I mention that I’ve been referring to the Mega Drive (MD) version? That’s what most people think of when they think of Sonic.

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I’ve played Sonic recently and it really still is a joy – slick, sleek and super-smooth, full of inventive levels, eye-popping graphics, wonderful music and thrillingly fast gameplay. I know, I know, we were wrong – the plumber would ultimately win the war, but who can be blamed for falling for the blue one’s thrills back then? Besides, time has been exceptionally kind to both sides. Back in the early 1990’s, Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog was a top-speed sensation – gorgeous, dazzling, kinetic… it was a sheer thrill to play.

Sonic the hedgehog 2 world rev b gamecube edition