Haven't spent any time on Sonic games beyond 2 despite owning a couple of compilations - have the Saturn and Gamecube collections.


Messing about with Silent Scope on Dreamcast this week. Fun game but I'm glad I didn't pay full price for it!

I've played through it so many times I thought I'd devote my evening to something retrofresh, so inspired by a brief fiddle with S&K I decided to tackle Streets of Rage 3 on the RetroPie.  I'd only played it briefly before this evening, I don't think I even rented it at the time as I only recognised the first level.  It's such an odd sequel, a couple of steps forward from no.2 in certain areas, but certainly a step back in others (not least in terms of visuals and wow, the music is phoned in from a smashed telephone box).  I made the mistake of switching to Skate/Sammy after breezing through 4 stages with Axel, then promptly lost 3 more lives on that stage and continued with Zan, who appears to be The Man.  Didn't quite make it though, the countdown ran out on level 6 and I got gassed to Game Over.  It's good, and it's bizarre playing a game that was already presumably faster than SOR2 at an extra 17.5% on top; it's nippy.  Definitely the weakest in the series imo, but still a solid 84% from me.

Yeah. SoR3 is weird. Certainly takes a step back in some areas.

Still solid though.

It was the Bare Knuckle 3 ROM I played, complete with the green tight-wearing leather-clad chap that cries when you beat him up.

Just played 4 levels of Vice: Project Doom on NES.  It's a good 'un.

tigerswiftly wrote:

Awesome. Thanks!

Sonic 3 & Knuckles is so damn good.

Best Sonic game ever.

Because it was such an improvement over Sonic 1, but similar.

Sonic 3 was different.

If that makes any sense. Probably not, lol.

retroking1981 wrote:

Cool. Never heard of that. We gotta get back on the retro club thread and get the most out of our Pi's.

Was thinking that.  It's shocking how little I play it considering how much I enjoy myself when I do.  Managed to fix that ratio problem on my telly too, so I've finally got it in full 4:3.

So that's what happens when you paste in the squared symbol.

I suspect the fact that it is a bit deeper is what put me off. The fuzzy controls and platform edges don't help either. It isn't as much as an issue with the first two games with their cleaner, simpler layouts. I much prefer the Mario games' crisper feel.

My opinion of Sonic CD is that it is total fucking trash.
If you can find it for a few quid then give it a go for yourself but don't spend over a fiver on it.

I like Sonic CD, there's plenty of exploration if you want to finish it properly, and the music is fantastic.

It's more Sonic 1 than Sonic 2 though.

Live is right, it's pretty shit.

Looking to JP get copies of Outrun and Christmas Nights. Have PAL versions but PAL Outrun is borked. Want JP Christmas Nights just because it comes in rather nice packaging.

JP Outrun comes in 2 revisions - the 1st only plays on model 1 consoles so it's a pain finding a 2nd revision to work on my white Saturn.

There's a also a white 3D controller I'm trying to talk myself out of getting.

I have 2 PAL black ones (no idea why I have two) but the white one looks the business.

Blue Swirl wrote:

davyK wrote:

Didn't enjoy Sonic 3D I'm afraid. It looked very nice with its isometric design but it was a bit long winded - the lack of any save (Saturn version) didn't help.

Sonic CD is a different game, though, right? CD is standard 2D fare, no isometric stuff iirc.

Standard 2D with Mode 7 style bonus stages.