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Holy loving poo poo, we're alive again. And about time, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK1_8DZLbvw That X6 finale took a shitload of the wind out of our sails, so we're still recovering, but we're getting back on our feet. I brought this video up in our Breath of the Wild thread as well, but we had a Patreon hangout last week where we talked about the status of a bunch of stuff, and The Super Sonic Let's Play was among them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGqWqu6xHDQ Either way, looking forward to continuing with the series!
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ricdesi posted:Holy loving poo poo, we're alive again. And about time, too. Ah, the last of the Game Gear games. I don't remember this game being completely terrible but it's not a great one either. Though technically wasn't Sonic 3D Blast released before this?
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Same week (if not the same day) in November 1996. Tiebreaker was that Sonic Blast came out in Japan in December 1996, but Sonic 3D Blast didn't come out in Japan until 1999. BONUS POINTS: Sonic Blast is the only game in Part 2 of the Super Sonic Let's Play that is a standard-form, sidescrolling platform Sonic game. Knuckles' Chaotix takes the silver medal for coming close but needing the stretchy ring tether, and Sonic Jam gets a participation trophy.
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I'm just looking forward to the one actual good game of Part 2: Sonic 3D. e: Will you be running the Genesis or Saturn version?
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Working fervently to make the Saturn version happen, based on requests from here and elsewhere. It's touch and go, but I'm getting close.
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ricdesi posted:Working fervently to make the Saturn version happen, based on requests from here and elsewhere. It's touch and go, but I'm getting close. You're doing God's work Rick. Though someone can correct me if I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure the PC version is a port of the saturn version.
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Wasn't sure you guys were getting back to Sonic games any time soon. I picked up Zelda as well and been pretty much playing only that myself. It's good to see you guys haven't abandoned the Blue Blur
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I went and revived the thread, then totally spaced on updating it, gently caress me right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI5-8xuqQ44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjeIOwBE610 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USO4XR69AcY Every day we get closer to real Sonic games again. I can TASTE it...
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Sonic Blast looks and plays like a third party Sonic game ported to the DOS would look like. This just makes Sonic 3D Blast that much better looking by comparison, so I'm fine with that. I can't really fault them for attempting to make a Gamegear game look 3D and fancy when the systems are putting out more robust games...but holy hell is it a gaudy mess. Seems like the levels are either completely flat , or full of a bunch of random platforms and pipes with no sense of momentum or level progression,.
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ricdesi posted:That X6 finale took a shitload of the wind out of our sails, so we're still recovering, but we're getting back on our feet. I brought this video up in our Breath of the Wild thread as well, but we had a Patreon hangout last week where we talked about the status of a bunch of stuff, and The Super Sonic Let's Play was among them: X6 was the worst game I have ever seen, you did good managing to finish it.
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For bad or boring games, I request/suggest you put a Goji-Cam™ in the corner of the video, because you keep telling us about the cute things she does while I am watching Sonic drown repeatedly.
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That's just one step away from the Goji Show, featuring The D-Pad.
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Houle posted:Sonic Blast looks and plays like a third party Sonic game ported to the DOS would look like. This just makes Sonic 3D Blast that much better looking by comparison, so I'm fine with that. I can't really fault them for attempting to make a Gamegear game look 3D and fancy when the systems are putting out more robust games...but holy hell is it a gaudy mess. Seems like the levels are either completely flat , or full of a bunch of random platforms and pipes with no sense of momentum or level progression,. Yeah, I mean I see what they were going for, but like... GEEZ what a loving mess. Grapplejack posted:X6 was the worst game I have ever seen, you did good managing to finish it. Thank you! I hate myself now! YggiDee posted:For bad or boring games, I request/suggest you put a Goji-Cam™ in the corner of the video, because you keep telling us about the cute things she does while I am watching Sonic drown repeatedly. It would certainly make it more bearable for us, too, gently caress. Technical Analysis posted:That's just one step away from the Goji Show, featuring The D-Pad. Really, that's what it's been all along, whether we're willing to admit it or not. SO ALSO I'M BAD AT KEEPING THINGS UPDATED ON HERE. In fairness, Ben went to the hospital, so like... yeah, there was that. (He's totally fine now, no worries.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnrCJjF-QCc New game starts Wednesday, since we need to record the intro still. Should be a grand old time!
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Mar 27, 2017 22:11
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God that game looks miserable to play. And poorly animated.
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Mar 27, 2017 22:16
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It was an absolutely MISERABLE experience. THIS, on the other hand... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOr6uGtzrtg
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As a huge Sonic fan growing up who didn't own any SEGA consoles until the Dreamcast (my parents were incredibly lame), Sonic CD and Sonic 3D Blast and their PC ports are what kept me going. Keen for this one.
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The genesis special stages make me motion sick as well, I have to focus on the bridge because the background is doing something it really shouldn't. That said the way you guys went from "oh god this is going to suck" to "holy poo poo sonic 2?" in 3 seconds flat was amazing and I'm glad we were able to convince you to play this version. As far as the level layout, I'm reasonably certain that the absolute level map is the same, but for instance the rock you spindashed through to get to tails is a solid wall with a single cracked part in the genesis. Also here's the genesis music for Green Grove, which will be relevant a game or so from now.
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Apr 5, 2017 21:39
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You probably recognize the special stage music from Sonic's social media. They use that theme for the White Board Adventures videos.
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Kurieg posted:The genesis special stages make me motion sick as well, I have to focus on the bridge because the background is doing something it really shouldn't. That said the way you guys went from "oh god this is going to suck" to "holy poo poo sonic 2?" in 3 seconds flat was amazing and I'm glad we were able to convince you to play this version. As far as the level layout, I'm reasonably certain that the absolute level map is the same, but for instance the rock you spindashed through to get to tails is a solid wall with a single cracked part in the genesis. I KNEW I RECOGNIZED IT. When we recorded the Special Stage bit, we had to play a little of the game itself, that's the tornado-y bit from Emerald Coast! (And another one, I still can't place it.) The Genesis intro (and Panic Puppet 1) is Twinkle Cart too, holy poo poo. I'm... honestly SUPER surprised they reused so much from this game, though I guess considering the concept art shift they were already gearing up in the first place. ALSO, HELLO FROM BEING DEAD FOR TWO DAYS HERE ARE VIDEO GAME GAME VIDEOS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4I-1EJh-Fg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ER9H83Ij7k
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ricdesi posted:I KNEW I RECOGNIZED IT. When we recorded the Special Stage bit, we had to play a little of the game itself, that's the tornado-y bit from Emerald Coast! (And another one, I still can't place it.) The Genesis intro (and Panic Puppet 1) is Twinkle Cart too, holy poo poo.  The tornado's from windy valley.And the reason why there's some music re-use is because the Genesis version was the first game Jun Senoue was the lead composer on. He did some sound work on S3&K but the genesis version was the first one where he made the songs. Unfortunately the only two tracks that have references are Twinkle Circuit and The Sky. The Saturn/PC version had the same composer that Sonic R did. Speaking of music. Here's the genesis tracks for Rusty Ruin.
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3D Blast = tornadoes, got it. The Rusty Ruin ones are great, I think they would have fit in perfectly with almost any of Aspect's GG games along with 3D Blast.
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I've been listening to the soundtracks side by side, and there's bits and pieces I like better out of both of them. The Saturn version definitely shows it's pedigree from Sonic CD, and leading on into Sonic R, and has a constant melodic motif (You can really here it when you compare the saturn version of Rusty Ruin with a song from a later zone) Whereas the Genesis version has some songs that fall somewhat flat, probably due to the soundfont, which is odd considering Sonic 3&K had an amazing soundfont which got re-used for Ristar. Though maybe that had something to do with Traveller's Tales being involved. Third Party genesis games tended to have really lovely soundtracks. You can still really hear Senoue's trying to hammer down sonic's "style", which only gets more obvious with the tracks that got full remixes in Adventure.
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The Saturn was my first Sega system, and 3D Blast was my first Sonic game after being a fan for a long time thanks to the cartoons and comics. Game's obviously not perfect, but I'll always love the special stages and Richard Jacques' wonderful soundtrack. Rusty Ruin is probably my second favorite theme in the game, and since it sounds like an Enigma track I was always reminded of it whenever I saw the Pure Moods commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJSjrox_2s
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God, that music is super relaxing... though I guess that makes the Special Stages a good counterpoint to that, cause god drat they really pump up the adrenaline. Between the sound and the action, it's getting hard to ease back down after each one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq7_m1BtRT0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gni3t1k8dNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtCtfzN7BEk
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The saturn music does eventually get more high energy. Unfortunately the next world's music is basically the platonic opposite of high energy. But that's next world, let's hit the low point of the Genesis soundtrack with Spring Stadium. Seriously, Spring Stadium is just a slog in every sense of the word, the music, the layout, the spikes, the bumpers loving everywhere. Kurieg fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Apr 13, 2017 |
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See, the Act 1 theme is bearable. Even seems to carry motifs from elsewhere in the game. Act 2 on the other hand, makes we want to stab myself in the fact until humming Carnival Night Zone's music is the only thing that distracts me from the endless pain.
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Act 2 sounds like someone had a very serious argument about what sounded "Carnival Enough" and lost. Also, while grabbing those youtube links I stumbled upon the European Box-Art for the game. I am suddenly very glad that I live in the US and got the "My first photoshop" version instead.  It's like someone mounted his head on a wall.
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Oh yeah. It's loving nightmarish. I couldn't think of a good way to include that in the intro but it is straight up the scariest thing Sonic's ever been involved with.
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Honestly, that thing just... scares me. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the slightly metallic sheen? Maybe it's his spines looking so skeletal, or like they're pulling back the skin on his skull? Or maybe it looks like depth perception is scaled out of control, but something about that thing... *shiver* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejs57s5wG9o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGfkGYnHSEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxjIObIZF5o
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I'm not sure if you guys figured it out, but the spinning sonic heads on top of the springs are how you get Continues, I'm not sure if you need to collect 10 of them, or if each one is a continue. On the music front, Diamond Dust Zone. I really prefer the Genesis music to the Saturn music again, cause Saturn's trying really hard to be Christmas-y which doesn't really fit beyond the fact that there's snow. Also remember the act one music, it will come back in the place you least expect and you will hate yourself for it. And since we're here, Volcano Valley. The genesis music is more traditional whereas the Saturn music sounds like someone invented a time machine and stole some tracks from Kingdom Hearts. This isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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Corrode posted:That was the cover I knew as a kid, I thought it was great Same here. I always thought it was cool too, so you're not alone.
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I think it just always looked like horns or something, I don't know... :\ John's opinion on it yesterday was "It looks like someone shot Sonic and mounted his head on a wall.", which... yeah I can see it. I neglected to update this thread when I was busy chatting up folks in the Zelda and Mega Man ones... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tnIWV-eZPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lm9vo0egTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQAIcpvxXIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-jWM5fQOoc ...because I am King rear end in a top hat and I'm bad at time management (as evidenced by why am I doing this, who hurt me and made me put twenty thousand hours into this thing???), anyway today there is a new series! Finally! And uh... boy, I dunno how to say it, this one surprised us. And got away from us. It's... you'll see.
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Gene Gadget and Panic Puppet And while we're at it The Final Fight I'm not sure whether I like The Saturn or Genesis versions of Gene Gadget more (The "Early 90's electronica" asthetic was pretty novel in videogames back then) but the genesis version of PP Act 1 is probably one of the best Genesis tracks, period. Which is why act 2 is such a weird let down. As far as the game itself. It was an End of Life game that was taxing the Genesis' hardware as it stood, and was a floaty mess besides because forced perspective isometric games always are. The Saturn version isn't any better because it's the same engine with a shiny coat of paint over the jaggy bits. I still like it for the soundtrack, if that wasn't blindingly obvious.
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I'm enjoying watching the Sonic World bits, I loved the hell out of that when it came out. Not having a PC or internet made being able to see the ads, manuals and the OH SO 90's artwork such a cool thing. Are you definitely not going to be doing any of the game content? I know Sonic 2 and 3&K has been done to the death in this LP, but a run through of Sonic 1 on Easy with spindash could be a pretty quick way to show off some of the port differences- especially as Easy drops so many Acts.
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I totally agree with what you guys were saying about the sonic artwork being comforting, for lack of a better word. They have an art-for-kids look that is really well done, which is tinged with a joint nostalgia I guess we have for liking Sonic as kids. I'm not sure I'd put it in a game room, but I'd really like some of those as prints to put up in a kids room when I have them. EDIT: Oh, and regarding the Sonic Hedgehog protein, you missed the best part. What inhibits the fuction of the Sonic Hedgehog protein? Reveilled fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Apr 25, 2017 |
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All of that artwork was included in the Sonic Screensaver, which I had, because it came with the North American release of the sonic and knuckles collection for PC. it also included the entire japanese soundtrack of Sonic CD, So as your computer dropped to idle it would suddenly show sonic drinking champaigne with tails glaring in from the window while the speakers blared "SONIC DEAD OR ALIVE IS MINE". Seriously it's one of the most bizarre products I've ever owned.
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Anonymouse Mook posted:Are you definitely not going to be doing any of the game content? I know Sonic 2 and 3&K has been done to the death in this LP, but a run through of Sonic 1 on Easy with spindash could be a pretty quick way to show off some of the port differences- especially as Easy drops so many Acts. I was debating doing this, let me see how this weekend goes -- we might give Sonic 1 one last look! Reveilled posted:I totally agree with what you guys were saying about the sonic artwork being comforting, for lack of a better word. They have an art-for-kids look that is really well done, which is tinged with a joint nostalgia I guess we have for liking Sonic as kids. I'm not sure I'd put it in a game room, but I'd really like some of those as prints to put up in a kids room when I have them. It's so relaxing, I have no idea what it is but that artwork just puts a huge smile on my face! Reveilled posted:EDIT: Oh, and regarding the Sonic Hedgehog protein, you missed the best part. What inhibits the fuction of the Sonic Hedgehog protein? ...that's PERFECT. WELL DONE, SCIENCE. Kurieg posted:All of that artwork was included in the Sonic Screensaver, which I had, because it came with the North American release of the sonic and knuckles collection for PC. it also included the entire japanese soundtrack of Sonic CD, So as your computer dropped to idle it would suddenly show sonic drinking champaigne with tails glaring in from the window while the speakers blared "SONIC DEAD OR ALIVE IS MINE". I may have been scouring the internet to find us a copy of it, it's so bizarre-sounding I can't just ignore the potential for comedy gold. Things have been pretty crazy, so why not kick back and relax a little before the franchise goes into overdrive again? Let's have a cool glass of lemonade and enjoy a steamy chili dog while we look back at the past in Sonic Jam... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6qmh6y0VMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1JqIVcyHps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HxWmOEdNuc
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ricdesi posted:I may have been scouring the internet to find us a copy of it, it's so bizarre-sounding I can't just ignore the potential for comedy gold. I think my copy might still be at my parents place come to think of it.
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This game is TEARING ME APART, LISA. Well, not me. John. I'm watching. It's pretty drat entertaining. My comeuppance is coming up (ance), though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e96KwvpwSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clSnki_0rPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xAuDXcBJAs
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