Sonic the Hedgehog

Do Sega Games Work On The Amazon Fire Stick?

Many companies make TV streaming boxes such as Apple, Google, Roku and Amazon. Typically they are really just used for streaming video or listening to music but a few companies have a raft of games available and Apple TV is such a device that has access to quite a few. Metal Jesus reviewed the recent release of the Sega Collection on the Amazon Fire TV stick and it looks like the games work really well on it. It seems Sega is aiming to release all its classic games on all of the devices it can and the Amazon Fire Stick is the next platform to get them. Jesus suggests you get a controller that works with the device as the remote just doesn't cut it and from playing a... Read All

Take A Look At The Grandfather To The Switch, The Sega Nomad!

I didn't know that Sega released the Nomad which was a full blown Genesis that you could play on the go or connected to a TV. It's a great idea and something that people love about the Switch but Nintendo wasn't the first to do it. DF Retro talks about what worked about the Nomad and other consoles that tried to do that before the Switch became so popular.

"Nintendo Switch is rightly lauded for its hybrid console concept - the idea of having a fully mobile console you can also use for living room play, with full multiplayer support. But whether through design or through sheer luck, Sega actually got there first with its Nomad, way back in 1995. John picks up the story.... Read All

Sega Genesis Flashback HD Coming November

AtGames, the current keeper of the Sega Brand and games is releasing a new console next month that aims squarely at the success of the NES & SNES Classic called the Sega Genesis Flashback HD. Sporting an 85 game lineup, 720p HD, wireless controllers and the ability to play Sega Genesis games and use your old controllers it's a pretty interesting prospect. It's just that... well... it's not reviewing very well.

Kotaku gave the system and resounding "meh" while Kotaku basically think's it's terrible. How is it actually? I'm not sure, but it's a compelling system with actual Sega Genesis playback and the 85 included games is a compelling prospect. I think i'm going to... Read All

OCRemix Drops Another Remix Album "25 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog"

OCRemix released a new remix album celebrating "25 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog" that adds up to 23 tracks over 3 albums that you can download or stream right now for free. The album remixes the game music from Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic the Hedgehog (GG), Sonic Lost World, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic Advance 3, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic Adventure, Sonic the Hedgehog (XB360), Sonic Heroes, Sonic Rush Adventure & Sonic Colors. Apparently there have been a ton of Sonic games over the years and this album aims to pay tribute to them all.

http://ocremix.org/album/79/speeding-towards-adventures-25-years-of-sonic-the-hedgehog

Is Sonic, The Most Overrated Game Ever?

Jack and Rich Evans from RedLetterMedia have a new video up that asks the question "Is Sonic, The Most Overrated Game Ever?" While those are fighting words for some, they bring up good points in the video.

After I picked up my Wii and the luster of Wii Sports wore off I started collecting used games for the Gamecube(The Wii can play Gamecube games, YAY!). One game I picked up was the Sonic Mega Collection. The Sonic Mega Collection was fun in that I was able to play all the classic Sonic games but it wasn't fun enough for me to spend much time playing them. Somehow, the fun, just never arrived for me with Sonic.

What do you think, is Sonic awesome or something else?

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Travis Admin wrote on 07/31/2014 at 02:56am

The video is a little long for me right now, but I can say with no hesitation that the Genesis-era Sonic games are some of my favorites of all time. The first few forays into 3D were solid, but they got boring fast. Kinda like Mario Sunshine. The mechanics all work well but there's not much fun.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 07/31/2014 at 07:21pm

I never got into Sonic games, mostly because I always felt like I wasn't any good at them, or I was playing them completely wrong. A lot of the same frustration that Jack and Rich express in the video, actually. They weren't hard games, like Mega Man was hard. Sonic games just felt really unfairly torturous.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/31/2014 at 07:29pm

I agree scrypt, besides the first level I didn't have much luck with them.

Travis, did you ever beat a Sonic game?

Travis Admin wrote on 07/31/2014 at 08:55pm

Oh yeah, I never played the first one, but I beat 2, 3, and Sonic and Knuckles, including the various ways you could combine them (Sonic 2 + Knuckles, Sonic 3 + Knuckles. That whole mechanic was awesome). I beat the first episode of Sonic 4 that was released recently, but it just feels mushy, I didn't care for it much. I *think* I beat Sonic Heroes on PS2.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 07/31/2014 at 10:16pm

The only recent Sonic game I remember playing was Sonic Unleashed on the 360. I didn't mind the werehog stuff as much as a lot of people apparently did, even though it was completely out of place. The daytime stages were near perfect, however, and if they could do (or have done?) something solely like this in an arcade style game, I'd play that.

Zach_Foster wrote on 08/02/2014 at 03:37am

The Sega Genesis being my very first console, I had a lot of time into Sonic games at a very very young age. I'll admit that to this day i've never beat a Sonic game, but they will always hold a strong nostalgic value to me because they're some of the first games i had ever played. Other than that though, I would say that Sonic eventually turned into more of a fanfare device for Sega. They were trying to achieve what Nintendo had done with Mario, and it just didn't really work out for them.

The only post-Genesis Sonic game I can remember playing was Shadow the Hedgehog, which i distinctly remember as being a classic sonic running-style game in a semi nicely done 3D third person, but it was also a shooter which I thought was very odd considering the point of the original sonic games was to save animals, not kill people.

I did enjoy the old television series also, if any of you guys remember that.

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Sonic - (Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Film)

These kinds of videos are always interesting. The film has James Rolfe the Angry Video Game Nerd as a news caster and features the original voice of Sonic in the Cartoon Jaleel White.

What did you think of it?

Do Sega Games Work On The Amazon Fire Stick?

Take A Look At The Grandfather To The Switch, The Sega Nomad!

Sega Genesis Flashback HD Coming November

OCRemix Drops Another Remix Album "25 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog"

Is Sonic, The Most Overrated Game Ever?

Sonic - (Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Film)

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