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Re: All The S@nics - 1 (8-Bit) - Bridging The Generation Gap

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raocow eventually gets to the Adventure-era games and somehow fails to get all Chaos Emeralds despite them being completely unmissable.
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The Chaos Emeralds in Sonic Spinball are required.
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When I was little I found this game super average, and don't think my opinion's changed much on that end. It's fun overall, it just has some pretty rough aspects and was never as memorable to me as the Genesis ones or the later 8-bit entries.

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Act 1 is not a level to watch in fullscreen with that flashing. Oof.

Also that final boss is almost kinda a fusion of Sonic 1's final boss with

Wacky Workbench's boss

. But, like, not as good.

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It's the DT3 warship!

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And to this day, no one ever stole Sega's OC character
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:/

anyway, i feel like the concept of sky fortress is more climatic than labyrinth 4 in 16 bit
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Interesting game. Never went through any of these ones fully since they didn't hook me in at the time. There's a good game here at times though. Looks like the only thing that changes if you have the emeralds is that dark cloud above the island goes away.
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Oh, man, what a trip!

I really hope that raocow gets all the emeralds in Sonic 2 SMS/GG, since it's absolutely required for the final zone. Also dang that game is still tough. Can't believe I played it as much as a kid as I did, but then again things were way more simple back before this weird thing called the "internet"



Makes me wonder, since I have legit no idea, did other things like Sonic Chaos, Triple Trouble, and Tail's Sky Patrol get SMS versions? I know there's options in KFusion to play GG games in SMS screen size if nothing else so it's not so zoomed in.
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Awoo wrote: 4 years ago Oh, man, what a trip!

I really hope that raocow gets all the emeralds in Sonic 2 SMS/GG, since it's absolutely required for the final zone. Also dang that game is still tough. Can't believe I played it as much as a kid as I did, but then again things were way more simple back before this weird thing called the "internet"



Makes me wonder, since I have legit no idea, did other things like Sonic Chaos, Triple Trouble, and Tail's Sky Patrol get SMS versions? I know there's options in KFusion to play GG games in SMS screen size if nothing else so it's not so zoomed in.
Sonic 1 & 2, the 8-bit versions of Mean Bean Machine and Spinball, Sonic Chaos and Sonic Blast all got Master System ports (though the Sonic Chaos one was Europe only and Sonic Blast was Brazil-only)
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Super Llama wrote: 4 years ago
Awoo wrote: 4 years ago Oh, man, what a trip!

I really hope that raocow gets all the emeralds in Sonic 2 SMS/GG, since it's absolutely required for the final zone. Also dang that game is still tough. Can't believe I played it as much as a kid as I did, but then again things were way more simple back before this weird thing called the "internet"



Makes me wonder, since I have legit no idea, did other things like Sonic Chaos, Triple Trouble, and Tail's Sky Patrol get SMS versions? I know there's options in KFusion to play GG games in SMS screen size if nothing else so it's not so zoomed in.
Sonic 1 & 2, the 8-bit versions of Mean Bean Machine and Spinball, Sonic Chaos and Sonic Blast all got Master System ports (though the Sonic Chaos one was Europe only and Sonic Blast was Brazil-only)
Oh, man, the 8-bit version of Spinball is seriously different. I'd completely forgotten that was even a thing.
Different enough to justify raocow playing it in addition to the Genesis one I imagine?
Let's find out together! :rao:
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So this may have addressed already, but...I have a theory as to why the ratchet scrolling messed up in the Jungle Zone Act 2, with raocow dying in spots where he shouldn't have.

The Master System and the Game Gear are basically the same hardware, with the only major difference being the screen resolution (256 x 192 vs 160 x 144). This game was designed originally for the Game Gear, with Ancient (the developer) creating a Master System version on Sega's request. My guess is, this game was given a code copy-paste on the SMS version with only visual adjustments made to account for the better display size/resolution, along with some changes to compensate for the additional screen real estate (for example, the final boss is quite different in the GG version). For 90% of the game, this was okay to do. However, in Jungle Zone Act 2, its ratchet scrolling maintained the code parameters from the Game Gear version regarding what triggers a death in that particular stage. Because it was such a minor detail, it was likely just forgotten.

To put it in simple terms, if raocow were playing this game on the Game Gear, his deaths would've actually made some sense because Sonic would be below its screen threshold. Granted, it would be rather strict regardless, but it would still make sense in comparison to how it looked on the Master System.
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And now I just learned there are two different versions of Spinball
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16 bit spinball is garbage and shit but 8 bit spinball is downright unplayable. that's the difference
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Man, I haven't touched Spinball since I played my cousin's copy way back when. I have vague memories of liking the idea but finding it super frustrating due to the limited amount of the board you could see, and there being a lot of ways to get killed. Loved the idea, though.
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thatguyif wrote: 4 years ago So this may have addressed already, but...I have a theory as to why the ratchet scrolling messed up in the Jungle Zone Act 2, with raocow dying in spots where he shouldn't have.
Strong flaw in your argument: the GG version does not have ratchet scrolling at all
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If anyone wants to play Sonic Spinball because of good nostalgia, and doesn't have prescription strength rose tinted glasses that'll let you enjoy it regardless of its glaring flaws (I'm lucky enough to own such a pair), I just wanna recommend Yoku's Island Express. It's on PC and all the consoles. Pinball metroidvania, basically. Quite charming and lovely. Not very challenging, but a good 6-10 hour romp through lovely visuals, music and atmosphere with some genuinely good pinball "tables".
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oh, this should probably go here now since gg aonic is the same as sms sonic

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I can't believe raocow would do a completely blind jump into the abyss only for it to lead to where he needed to go for the chaos emerald and then not get it cause he barely missed a jump
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Blivsey wrote: 4 years ago
thatguyif wrote: 4 years ago So this may have addressed already, but...I have a theory as to why the ratchet scrolling messed up in the Jungle Zone Act 2, with raocow dying in spots where he shouldn't have.
Strong flaw in your argument: the GG version does not have ratchet scrolling at all
Perhaps not, but raocow's deaths could only make sense if the devs coded it with a GG screen in mind.
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...no?
Well it is a decent hack but sometime its just too repetitif there no level that actually pop in your face and your like oh yeah that level they all ressemble themselves and just monster along the way.
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acab

first demo, now sonic, why are all my idols being ruined
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sonic has had voice acting since since 1991!
Well it is a decent hack but sometime its just too repetitif there no level that actually pop in your face and your like oh yeah that level they all ressemble themselves and just monster along the way.
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Why don't you eat me?

I am perfectly tasty...

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