Today’s game is Sonic CD. I’ve been playing some more and just really tearing through it. I made it all the way through to Stardust Speedway which has some sick ass music. I did get stuck at a part in section 2 though where it kept flinging sonic into a wall though. So I gave it a rest there.

Wacky Workbench was interesting and I had a lot of fun but it felt like the central idea was slowing down which I didn’t really care for. I’m fully willing to admit I may be missing something. But as it stands the best part for me was the music and the name.

The water level wasn’t nearly as bad as I feared. I mentioned last time the distaste for water levels because of Chemical plant zone. Thankfully here it’s not that bad. I managed too clear the boss fight in one go. It’s honestly my favorite water level so far. And it’s a big plus I didn’t struggle.

I ended by checking out Sonic for The Game Gear. I wanted to try it out, and damn it’s a cool novelty, but I’m so glad I didn’t have to grow up on that. I imaging the slowdowns are legit, but when I push down on the d-pad and press circle it freezes my game so I have no clue what’s going on there. It was interesting to see but I’m not sure I’ll ever play it again except if I suddenly feel an urge to challenge myself to play it.

  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Did you get to the Stardust Speedway boss stage? It’s quite different from all the rest of the bosses in the game.

    Also, in a rare case of 90s video games being better after localization, Sonic Boom is a way better theme song than You Can Do Anything.

    • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I stopped right before the boss fight i think. I want to finish it soon though because I have a friend in my ear who’s been hyping Stardust Speedway up

  • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I ended by checking out Sonic for The Game Gear

    The issue with the GG Sonics is that you have 3 pixels in front of you, and you die if you touch anything wrong (or if you… actually run which is the whole point of Sonic). I understand that it’s a Sega hero, but they really failed with that game. Also the levels are way too hard. You can compare it with the GG Shinobi which was great and had no such problem.

    I grew up with that stupid game and I still hate it.

    Edit: you should try the Game Gear version of Shinobi next, it’s awesome.

    • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I remember playing Shinobi on the Sega Genesis collection and struggling. You reminded me it exists. I’ll have to go back and take a look at it, and the GG one too

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Part of the problem with the Game Gear Sonics is that most of them are the same games as their Master System counterparts, but the screen is cropped. The design decisions including the fact that the boss stages have no rings are the same level of bullshit between both, but in the Game Gear versions you have even less time to react to things.