The demo only lets us play the older Sonic which is good, because after the so-so release of Sonic 4 - Episode 1, everyone wants to see if SEGA can finally get back that feel we remember from the Genesis days. I have to say that I was pretty happy with the results. There is only one playable level, a re-imagining of Green Hill Zone. You take Classic Sonic through the level as fast as you can, with controls and momentum just like you remember it from the older games. With SEGA finally nailing the feel of Sonic (again) it gives me more hope for this game than I had before I played it. He runs and jumps just like you remember and of course his spin dash attack is there as well.
Today, Sega announced its financial results for the full fiscal year that started in April 2024 and ended in March 2025.
I like what's on their legacy IP list, but there are still many more franchises they could revive. Shining Force and Chakan come to mind.
"That’s not how you launch a system".
I wish we lived in the Alternate Timeline where Sega was still a dominant force in the console space and it hadn't been Microsoft.
Saturn was a fantastic piece of kit... they just went a little too ambitious with its dual CPU setup. which turned a lot of developers off (at the time). The homebrew community have done some amazing work many years later, thanks to multichip experience. It is still the best platform for arcade fighters and shmups of all time. Dreamcast is a close 2nd though.
Yeah it was a interesting decision especially when looking at how dual CPU is considered a root cause of why the Jaguar was a failure.
Also the hardware rendered four sided polygons where the standard was three if they kept with triangle polygons I feel the systems development would have been easier to work with and we would have seen more third party ports in the west.
I think it was a victim of its time more than anything it saw huge success in Japan but the leadership and internal turmoil in the west meant games were not getting localised along with a focus on arcade like games were the PlayStation and later the N64 were pushing more in depth experiences over coin munching high score driven games.
I still enjoy my Saturn it was the first console I mowed lawns for and saved up for to purchase. I went so far as to purchase a used Saturn to run off an SD card. I even have a second Dreamcast modded to run off an SD card as well.
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I think Sega have got it right with this one , the demo was great - old Sonic plays fine , if modern Sonic still plays like the daytime levels in Sonic Unleashed then it's going to be a great game!
I think where Sega screws up with Sonic is gameplay. All he ever did for years, was run, jump, and dash. Now you got melee, you have to run then duck under obstacles. My kids can play older sonic games, the new ones they can't even get past the first level.