Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
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 Sega Technical Institute Polygames |
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| Publisher |
 Sega
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| Senior Developer |
Peter Morawiec Steve Woita Scott Chandler Katsuhiko Sato |
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| composer |
Howard Drossin Barry Blum |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Sega Mega Drive : November 15, 1993 November 23, 1993 December 10, 1993 Sega Game Gear : August 12, 1994: September 1994 Sega Master System : January 25, 1995 Wii Shop Channel : March 12, 2007 April 5, 2007 Steam : September 13, 2010 iOS : December 16, 2010  |
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| platform | Sega Mega Drive , Sega Game Gear , Sega Master System , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo GameCube , PlayStation 2 , Xbox , Windows , Wii , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , iOS , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , Nintendo Switch | ||
| genre | Action | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| language | English | ||
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Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball is a Action - computer game , which by Sega Technical Institute as well as polygamous developed by Sega for the first time in Europe on 15 November 1993, the Sega Mega Drive was released. You play Sonic mostly in spherical form and maneuver him through pinball machine- like levels. The game was published for several systems with different graphics, but largely identical content.
An indirect successor is Sonic Pinball Party from 2003.
action
The renegade scientist Dr. Ivo Robotnik built his new fortress on the active volcano Mt. Mobius in order to be able to use the forces of nature and the magma for his own purposes. He controls and regulates volcanic activities with the help of the Chaos Emeralds . Sonic and Tails fly towards the fortress on the Tornado biplane , but are met by Dr. Robotnik's laser defense beams hit and crash. Sonic manages to escape to the fortress sewer area and begins to infiltrate it.
After Sonic has collected the Chaos Emeralds, he releases the forces of nature to destroy the fortress. In addition, Dr. Robotnik held up in his escape vehicle. Tails is able to take Sonic back into the tornado with a skilful flight maneuver and thus escape the destruction.
Gameplay
In Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball , the player takes control of the blue hedgehog Sonic, who this time only has ground under his feet in exceptional cases. Usually Sonic is in his spin attack form and is thrown accordingly with flipper levers that the player can operate at the push of a button. While in the air, Sonic can easily be steered in any direction. If he falls into a deadly abyss, he loses an extra life, of which you have three at the start of the game. If you collect 20,000,000 points that come about through all possible actions, you get another extra life.
The game consists of four zones ( Toxic Caves , Lava Powerhouse , The Machine and Showdown ), which can be defined as levels in which you have to find and collect the Chaos Emeralds. At the end of each zone there is also a fight against Dr. Robotnik and one of its deadly machines. After the first three zones there is also a bonus stage in which you can earn additional points.
8-bit version
In contrast to the jump-'n'-runs , in which the 8-bit variants have to be viewed as completely separate games, the Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System versions of Sonic the Hedgehog spinball as much as possible true to detail copies with weaker graphics and sound as well as an adapted bonus stage . In Japan neither the Game Gear nor the Master System version were ever published; the USA also waived the master system variant.
development
After the completion of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 , the Sega Technical Institute was divided into an American team, which started developing Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball , and a Japanese team, which was supposed to develop Sonic the Hedgehog 3 . Inspired by passages in the Spring Yard Zone and the Casino Night Zone , developer Peter Morawiec came up with the idea for Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball .
The goal from Sega's point of view was a publication for the Christmas business 1993. Developer Katsuhiko Sato was flown in from Japan to the USA for the timely completion. Due to technical problems, the programming language was changed from assembler to C , which was rather uncommon at the time of the Sega Mega Drive, but ensured the timely release.
New releases and successors
New releases 16-bit version
The 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball for the Sega Mega Drive was modified in 2001 with a smaller image section on the Sega Smash Pack for the Game Boy Advance . This version was also on the Sonic Mega Collection (2003 Nintendo GameCube ) and Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004 PlayStation 2 , Xbox , PC ) before it reappeared on the Virtual Console of the Nintendo Wii . It was also part of the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (2009 PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 ), Sonic PC Collection (2009, PC) and Sega Mega Drive Classics (2010 for PC, 2018 for PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , Nintendo Switch ). The iOS version released in 2010 was removed from the store again in 2015, along with other Sega games.
New releases 8-bit version
The 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball for the Sega Game Gear was on Sonic 2 in 1 (1995 Sega Game Gear), Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003 Nintendo GameCube, PC), Sonic Gems Collection (2005 Nintendo GameCube , PlayStation 2) and Sonic PC Collection (2009, PC) included again. The Sega Master System version was not implemented again.
successor
An indirect successor is the 2003 Sonic Pinball Party for the Game Boy Advance, which, unlike Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, has clear pinball tables.
reception
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Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball received mixed ratings. The graphic presentation and the idea that there was criticism primarily for the short playing time and for frame breaks were praised. For new releases z. B. for the Nintendo Wii, the ratings tended to be lower.
The game has sold around 1 million times on the Sega Mega Drive.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball for Genesis . CBS Interactive . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.