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October 2011

Game News

UPDATE: Sonic Generations PC Specs Detailed, Official Press Release

[UPDATE: Erase all doubts about the PC version now. Sega Europe and Sega of America put out a press release confirming a digital version for PCs, which includes support for Steamworks so players can use their saves via Steam’s “cloud” to play their save game from any computer. No word if this will include PC/PS3 interoperability like other Steamworks title Portal 2.]

If any doubts of a PC version of Sonic’s 20th Anniversary flagship title remained, today’s releases from GreenManGaming may be enough to clear it all up.

So what will you need to run this on your computer?

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Fan Works, Music

How Dr. Eggman Listens to Green Hill

Look, I’m not going to lie. There are about 12 million different versions of the Green Hill Zone theme on the Internet. Some are nice, some are terrible, some should never have seen the light of day. YouTube user EnergyLabsBR decided to throw their hat into the ring a couple weeks ago, but instead of using instruments or making up words to sing, they decided to go the extra mile. All they need? A tesla coil.

Fair warning: the video is loud.

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Site News

“Dr Eggman: Funk Explosion” and More With Sonic Generator

So, you may have heard on the Tweeter Twats yesterday that we were developing an app for Facebook. Since we were convinced that some Sonic titles must have just come out of a random word generator (hi, Sonic Free Riders!), we figured we could one-up that, and thus Sonic Generator was born. The app is pretty much what it sounds like: it generates…unique titles for Sonic games and allows you to share them with your friends.

The problem? The Retro staff may have had spent more time “beta testing” the software than working on it. Thus, a chat log full of:

  • Sonic & Sega All-Stars Go-Kart Mayhem
  • Mecha Sonic’s Zombie Arena
  • Sonic Weight Loss CD
  • Sonic vs. the Yakuza: Spatula Combat
  • Amy Underwear Safari

…and very little work was done that day. As such, we have released Sonic Generator to be a massive timesink for everyone! There’s only one caveat: you’ll need to be a fan of our page on Facebook, which we’ve revamped to be 95 percent more awesome than before. There, you can get the latest front page stories put in your feed, check up on forum and wiki updates, and post on our wall. We’re also looking adding more unique content to Facebook subscribers in the same way we do for our Twitter followers, so check us out!

You can like us at http://www.facebook.com/sonicretro, and if you’re already a fan, can access Sonic Generator directly using this link.

Game News

It’s Wednesday! Let’s Watch Some Classic Sky Sanctuary Footage!

Gamesradar received some hands-on time with Sonic Generations in its near-complete form recently and was nice enough to do a write-up of what they’ve seen so far. Things look promising: the jump height issues have been addressed, running up curves now has some basis in reality, the 3DS version has received a major revamp, and the plot is thankfully non-melodramatic (spoilers in that link, btw.) Additionally, there’s more information on Doppleganger races and optional missions (complete with unlockable content) over at SPoNG.

But really, the main attraction here is seeing Classic Sonic play through Sky Sanctuary Zone. Let’s go! (Sorry no embed, Gamesradar’s JavaScript doesn’t appear to be working.)

Game News

New Shots Of Speed Highway, Along With Some Radical Screens For The Road

Earlier today, Sega of Japan’s official website for Sonic Generations started to fill in some of its semi-mysterious question marks by adding a handful of new screenshots for both versions of the game meant to be hitting in November. The levels sharing half a name, the one designed for home consoles only recently received the full reveal treatment, making people live like it’s 1998 all over again.

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Community, Game News, Humor

This Adorable Bunny Invites You to Guess the Next Digital Sega Release

With these Sonic the Hedgehog soundtracks coming out, this little critter would like to invite you to guess the next digital release from Sega by listening to a choice song from a soundtrack of another prolific Sega franchise. You’ll get no hints from reading this, but if you watch the video, it will be more than enough for you to wonder/guess/predict/excite/all-of-the-above about Sega’s next release. Even though it’s well past Spring, this contest ends October 10th at 7PM PST, and you can read up on the rules from Sega’s US blog here.

I’nnt he cute?!