Sonic's accelerates so quick... I would really love to see someone getting their hands on a proto of the game and dump it for the internet to play but after all these years of nothing, it's probably unlikely...
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Sonic's accelerates so quick... I would really love to see someone getting their hands on a proto of the game and dump it for the internet to play but after all these years of nothing, it's probably unlikely...
I don't know, you'd be surprised at how often prototypes pop up out of nowhere. I mean a few years back we managed to get a dump of the Game Boy Color port of Resident Evil after all.
The issue is basically that many prototype collectors are reluctant to dump what they have because undumped prototypes are worth a ton more. This is especially true if they bought the prototype at market value, dumping it for the public makes it less likely that they'll be able to make that investment back when they resell. This is why you sometimes see those fundraising drives.
It's also a really hush hush community, people who actually own the really rare and sought after stuff aren't likely to make it actually known that they own it. Often people buy and sell anonymously through third parties, etc etc.
So yeah in a nutshell I wouldn't discount a Sonic X-Treme proto showing up online someday.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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It's Sonic Dash.
EDIT: Dammit, qq.
EDIT: Dammit, qq.
It's been a couple of pages, but I gotta say I always really found Emerald Hill really bland. Like probably the blandest of Sonic 2 (aside from Hill Top maybe) and one of rthe blandest of overall all Classic Sonic games.
It's like a poorer Green Hill, in stage layout, color palette and music....Green Hill left a much bigger impression.
It's like a poorer Green Hill, in stage layout, color palette and music....Green Hill left a much bigger impression.
Hot Coldman
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Oh man, I was wondering what the hell that Sonic looking thing was supposed to be.
Fucking Android. >:|
Fucking Android. >:|
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Seriously, what exactly is that thing that Sonic's eyes are in?
It's the Android logo.
SonicGAF's Song of the Day - #61
Song: Bad Taste Aquarium ...for Hot Shelter
Game: Sonic Adventure
Composer: Jun Senoue
The intro to this piece has a heavily distorted guitar simulating a klaxon. That's badass.
Not Senoue's best work - although the slower pacing does suit the Amy/Big/Gamma trio that plays the level - but it still blows away most of what he's written since on a production level. It's got that wailing Sonic 4 synth in it and it still sounds good, thanks to superior mixing that keeps it from overwhelming the guitar and brass.
So Jun Senoue's been killing these poor cats since 1999? Sick, just sick!
Tizoc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVl6qhdJULY
I liked how they were hyping a game that never ended up getting released.
I liked how they were hyping a game that never ended up getting released.
Aww, yeah, more SA1 goodness. I genuinely love this piece, the opening guitar is just awesome. It's the bizarre combinations of instruments that does it in a lot of Jun's work that makes him shine, and no different here. Once you get into the middle of the piece it isn't quite as exciting but it keeps up a good tempo. And yes, the klaxon guitar is badass.
Lightning Lord
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Dang it, why did you have to make a connection to Sonic 4.
Now I can't unhear the cats.Intro is really good, though.
BlazeHedgehog
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We've already had at least one Sonic X-treme proto show up, actually
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW_Pd-PTAtM
I've been replaying Sonic Adventure on Steam after a long time that I haven't touched it, and the soundtrack is rather good. I think I prefer it to most other Sonic soundtracks of that period. Although that might be due to the fact that I like instrumental tracks more than ones that have vocals, which Sonic games started using a little frequently after Adventure 2.
Speaking of the game itself, it's pretty fun, more than I remembered. I could do without the hub between levels, though.
I think this might be my first post here, so hi.
Speaking of the game itself, it's pretty fun, more than I remembered. I could do without the hub between levels, though.
I think this might be my first post here, so hi.
Shadow Hog
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Really? I swear I've seen you around here before. I'm probably just mixing it up with SmashGAF, though.
Not released to the public though, which is more along the lines of what I meant.
I thought it was? I remember a really early green stage demo being released at AssemblerGames YEARS ago...
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Funny, when Generations' soundtrack leaked and I heard Crisis City - Act 1 for the first time, the first thing I imagined hearing the guitar riffs was a bunch of cats meowing and head-banging to the music.Dang it, why did you have to make a connection to Sonic 4.
Intro is really good, though.
Shadow Hog
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It was.
It's also absurdly barebones; all you do is run around a field that you can barely interact with. Barely more than a proof-of-concept. Still nice to have.
Professor Beef
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We're already near the 3rd OT
|OT3| & Knuckles will soon be a go.
|OT3| & Knuckles will soon be a go.
As far as I know, no version of X-treme was in development enough time to allow for any real content. At the most they had a few levels that were dedicated to show the game in action. But I'm likely forgetting something.
I'm pretty sure I never posted in SmashGAF as well...
I'm pretty sure I never posted in SmashGAF as well...
Shadow Hog
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I probably shouldn't be dragging this back up, but despite the claims you can send PMs to three mods at once, I've only ever been able to do 1 at a time.
I know I follow you on Twitter, but I swear I see you regularly on GAF somewhere, too, and can't place where.
Well, now I'm really confused.
I know I follow you on Twitter, but I swear I see you regularly on GAF somewhere, too, and can't place where.
Hot Coldman
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Can't wait.
So this was one of the worst OTs while the third will be the best one?
What about the 4th? D:
Professor Beef
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The OP will be full of cats.
Shadow Hog
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Sonic the Hedgehog Community |OT4:Ep1| Pikachu in a Sombrero
Hot Coldman
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Wait wait wait wait wait. We've got the title for the third thread all wrong.
Sonic the Hedgehog Community |OT CD|
Sonic the Hedgehog Community |OT CD|
possibly with a "STRANGE, ISN'T IT?" subtitle
Professor Beef
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LOL, that's perfect!
Annddd this is why I never bother making threads in gaming
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=722614
EDIT: Oh it got locked on top of that.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=722614
EDIT: Oh it got locked on top of that.
Even those playable level demos would be great. Though I believe more will be found at SOME point...
The Nick Arcade beta of Sonic 2 was found after sooooooooooo many years of searching. 2006 I think? Anything is possible. Eventually, the Sonic Retro community (or some other rich, dedicated Sonic fans) will get their hands on X-treme. I'm sure of it.
The other holy grail is the Sonic 1 beta:
Shadow Hog
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In the thread where the Master System music for Marble Zone was found, drx mentioned he had his sights on a beta of the first Master System game where the connections to the Genesis title were a bit more than just three zones (Green Hill, Labyrinth and Scrap Brain). No idea how hot the trail was, just that he was looking into it.
That'd be interesting to have, though, particularly if Marble Zone wasn't cut.
That'd be interesting to have, though, particularly if Marble Zone wasn't cut.
Didn't realize that one was released to the public.
Still though...
well yeah Anth0ny covered what I wanted to say.
Not Sonic-related, but personally, the "holy grail" proto I'd love to see is Twelve Tales: Conker 64. The happy, pre-Bad Fur Day version of Conker 64. Apparently someone out there does have it.
It was suppose to be blunt and ironic. I criticized games journalism for using loaded phrases for clicks. I made sure to diffuse it somewhat in the first sentence... which under have of the respondents apparently read.
Shrug
Ah, yes, obviously. The more there is available, the better, especially when talking about an unreleased game such as this. I'm just saying, don't expect too much content or polish once some of this content will be released, since the game had a pretty troubled development and was canned relatively early in the content creation.
SonicGAF's Song of the Day - #62
Song: Cyber Track Act 2
Game: Sonic Advance 3
Composer: Kenichi Tokoi
For all the flak that Advance 3 rightfully gets, it made a decent effort to mix up the usual platformer level tropes. The digital theme is still more uncommon than you'd expect in this day and age, perhaps because coming up with appropriate hazards isn't the easiest thing unless you're designing a MMBN game. Sonic played around with it three times between Advance 2, 3, and Shadow, and we got some nifty music out of it each time. Of the three Cyber Base tracks I like Act 2's arrangement in particular, but it's fun to go through all three and listen to how the music becomes progressively more unhinged. It could use the sort of instrumentation upgrade Emerald Beach got in Generations though, or the three stage 1 tracks in Mario & Sonic; like so many other Advance tracks, the organ sounds great, but the rest hasn't aged well.
Song: Cyber Track Act 2
Game: Sonic Advance 3
Composer: Kenichi Tokoi
For all the flak that Advance 3 rightfully gets, it made a decent effort to mix up the usual platformer level tropes. The digital theme is still more uncommon than you'd expect in this day and age, perhaps because coming up with appropriate hazards isn't the easiest thing unless you're designing a MMBN game. Sonic played around with it three times between Advance 2, 3, and Shadow, and we got some nifty music out of it each time. Of the three Cyber Base tracks I like Act 2's arrangement in particular, but it's fun to go through all three and listen to how the music becomes progressively more unhinged. It could use the sort of instrumentation upgrade Emerald Beach got in Generations though, or the three stage 1 tracks in Mario & Sonic; like so many other Advance tracks, the organ sounds great, but the rest hasn't aged well.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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That's... really something. Don't really want to bash it, but it signed like someone just put a keyboard into a blender or something.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Sonic Dash is now out on Android.
...am I supposed to guess what that thing is?phantom pls ( ‾ʖ̫‾
PhantomOfTheKnight
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...do I seriously have to watch a fucking ad in order to get a free revive? What?
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Yes and yes. Jump doesn't have any ads, so what gives?
Because Sonic Jump is paid while Sonic Dash is free.
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