Outside of this, 3D Sonic 1 is indeed Sonic 1 as people have likely played it before. It’s rather subtle and pleasing to the eyes actually.

The 3D is applied to all levels of the background and can be seen in the parallax scrolling of the stage, meaning each scrolling layer has its own 3D effect to better simulate the perception of depth on the eyes. The 3D effect is actually really well done without being jarring or lazily added on. It’s in the game’s title after all! Players can also choose the style of the 3D, whether it sinks deeper into the background or pops out of the screen.

Fortunately, the sound problems aren’t egregious, so no sound of pans falling on the ground when Sonic crosses the goal post. The sound is not 100% accurate, but with 22 years of hearing the sound effects, it will be difficult for long-time players not to notice differences or static. Maybe MD1 style is a little louder and crisper? Either way, this one is for the sound purists. There doesn’t seem to be much difference between the two on a cursory listen, however. No, that’s more a Nintendo virtual console move, and as the old Genesis tagline goes, “Sega Does What Nintendon’t.” Not satisfied with just slapping Sonic 1 in a 3DS-friendly emulator shell, the team at M2 offer players a variety of options to customize the player’s experience.įor example, players can choose to play the game in its International version, which means static skies and flat waters for Green Hill and Labyrinth, respectively, and the inclusion of the infamous spike “bug”, or players can choose the Japanese version, which includes background animation effects and fixes the aforementioned “bug.” Furthermore, players can also change the sound emulation for the PSG channels by either emulating it to sound closer to the MegaDrive 1 or the MegaDrive 2. Sonic 1 here isn’t simply just the typical rom in an emulator shell. Instead, let’s focus on what’s a little more interesting in this project: M2’s “GigaDrive” system running this bad boy.

No, you won’t find much different here if you’ve played this game at some point in the last 22 years, and it definitely isn’t a revolution like “Team Stealth-Tax”‘s Sonic 1 Mobile update on iOS and Android. Another year, another re-release of Sonic The Hedgehog.

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