I don’t know how many people were aware that Gamestop was making their own gaming tablet until someone noticed that Sonic the Hedgehog CD was being included for free on it. I know I certainly didn’t, but then again I don’t really pay all that much attention to the tablet scene. Well, the tablets were meant to be released today, and already the demo units are up and running. Soon enough all the juicy details of this port will be up on YouTube. And by soon enough, I mean starting right now.
YouTube user Spindash54 woke up bright and early, deciding to record footage from his nearest GameStop with his trusty cell phone. While there is the same footage of Palmtree Panic we’ve all seen, we get our first look at the snazzy new menus within the release. Pausing has never looked so good, my friends. And the main menu, along with an extras list? Yes, you can make out the return of D.A. Garden and the Visual Mode on there, but two more remain with the illustrious question mark. One is assuredly Miles “Tails” Prower, but the other? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see.
All I do know is that Christian Whitehead certainly isn’t unlockable. Look at his name scroll by. You certainly deserve it, Tax ol’ boy.
Oh man is that Brand-new World in your credits sequence oh man that is fancy.
22 Comments on this post
Leave a CommentIt seems like it’s running significantly slow, but I’m so glad they fixed the Spin Dash animation.
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by n00neimp0rtant
Too bad it’s not coming to the Wii.
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by TheGuyWithTheGames
You could try sonic gems on the gamecube if you want sonic cd on your wii
Reply left on 11.5.2011 by MR
Now to wait for the APK. I’ll buy it for sure when it comes out on other devices, but until then I can’t wait to play this on my touchpad.
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by Jaseman
Christian Whitehead, well done. Superb work, I am looking forward to getting my hands on this for the iPhone.
Any chance of doing S3&K for them next as “Sonic 3 Complete…?” I jest, of course. Congratulations – you deserve all the plaudits for this game.
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by Copley Hill Zone
The game is running 50gps. Is that normal?
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by Jwiwo
Yeah… something is definitely weird. Either really slow, or really floaty.
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by CGar
It looks pretty good so far, but the jump seems super freaking floaty.
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by Sureman
Now if we can only get the big whomper: Sonic 1, 2, 3&K combined into one game.
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by Alphus
That Japanese soundtrack is like a dream come true.
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by Anonymous86
I’ll add on that I got a chance to try the game out today while doing errands. As you saw, the Sonic 2 style spindash is still in. The game doesn’t look so good on video, but it ran pretty smoothly on the tablet I was using. Not 60FPS smooth, but about 55-59 or an odd hiccup now and then.
Now, I’m no tablet gamer and the best of my touch screen capabilities regard flinging birds at structures and cutting up fruit, so I found the controls a bit annoying. That said, there wasn’t any latency issue, so Sonic jumped right when commanded to.
The whole game is available there, as one of the save files was up to Tidal Tempest. There are about five or six slots for save files. The rest of interest is already highlighted in the video above.
It’s a solid job, though. The game feels very good on a tablet, so I can only imagine it feeling better on a proper console or PC.
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by GeneHF
perhaps it’s a setting? maybe the physics can be changed in the options menu…
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by evilg
i have to ask.. will it have the intro video?
Comment left on Friday November 4th, 2011 by Tonio
Yes it does, it only shows up when you start a new save file. Which is fine by me, seeing as who didn't watch the video before they started playing the game anyway? Besides, if you really want to watch the intro over and over, that's what the visual mode is for.
Reply left on 11.4.2011 by David The Lurker
Ill get it for my ipod
Comment left on Saturday November 5th, 2011 by PhotonTH
Notice how he couldn’t “hold right to win” in Sonic CD XD
Reading Christian’s name really made my day, now THAT’S a Sonic fan we can be proud of, instead of wasting his time bitching about green eyes he used his time to create a great engine that eventually was BOUGHT by SEGA, it’s almost impossible to believe a Sonic fan actually used his skills in something good =p
Comment left on Saturday November 5th, 2011 by sonictopfan
The interface alone puts the Backbone emulations to shame.
Comment left on Sunday November 6th, 2011 by AJBSONIC
wait, did i hear correctly, its going to be the Jap/Euro soundtrack we’re getting? finally. cant wait for it to be on psn
Comment left on Sunday November 6th, 2011 by 16BitAlex
sup with that blue power ranger costume the guy is wearing?
Comment left on Monday November 7th, 2011 by DaveTheSodaGuy
Backbone ruined all the ports of the classics in the 360.
Comment left on Monday November 7th, 2011 by Vandelay
Sonic Mega Collection?
Comment left on Tuesday November 8th, 2011 by MrAdventure
Hate the stupid japanese soundtrack
Comment left on Wednesday November 9th, 2011 by That_Guy