Sonic Retro

Sonic 4 Website Updated; New Assets Revealed

Tweaker — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:11:41 +0000

Today the official Sonic the Hedgehog 4 website was updated with a hefty amount of new material. The site’s design was revamped to look more like Splash Hill Zone, the first planned level in the game, and several more assets–namely screenshots and the music for the level itself–were released to suit. In addition, the second character box in the Characters section of the website has been revealed to be none other than Dr. Eggman, alleviating any prior rumors of “Classic Sonic” being the second featured character bio.

Check out the official Sonic 4 website!

More screenshots and material after the bump.

UPDATE: Now with looping ADX version of the Splash Hill Act 1 track!

Splash Hill Zone Music

Looping ADX version (right-click –> Save As)

New Sonic Fan Project Shows Promise

Tweaker — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:37:34 +0000

Forum member pelikan13 surprised the Retro forums earlier today with his as-of-yet unnamed Sonic fan project. Sporting wonderful 3D graphics and running on the Unity3D engine, the project shows immense amounts of promise, even being instantly praised as how the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 4 “should have been done.”

Here’s a screenshot:

More screenshots and even a video are available in the relevant forum topic.

Why Sonic the Hedgehog 4 will SUCK (Courtesy of Destructoid)

Overlord — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:10:47 +0000

Destructoid has an article up over here proclaiming the reasons why Sonic 4 will suck – essentially it’s a piss-take on the nitpicky little things that some have been complaining about Sonic 4 that will make zero difference to the game in general, everything from eye-colour to Robotnik/Eggman’s naming argument. Go and take a look, but remember to take it with a large helping of salt. =P

Sonic Nets the #9 Spot in GT’s “Most Disappointing Games of the Decade”

Slingerland — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:49:36 +0000

Video Games | GT Countdown | Top 10 Disappointments of the Decade

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Sonic 4 Achievements Revealed; Super Sonic Confirmed

Tweaker — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:16:15 +0000

French website Succes Full has allegedly obtained 12 of the available achievements for Episode 1 of Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Among the facts confirmed about the game include the presence of E.G.G. Station in the first episode, the existence of leaderboards for both time and score in levels, and the presence of Super Sonic playable in levels, akin to Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

The full list of achievements is available below:

The Story Begins
Clear SPLASH HILL ZONE, ACT 1. (5)

Crush Dr. Eggman
Defeat a boss for the first time. (5)

The First Chaos Emerald
Acquire a Chaos Emerald. (5)

Enemy Hunter
Defeat 1,000 enemies. (10)

Golden Flash
Clear all Acts as Super Sonic. (10)

All Stages Cleared!
Defeat the final boss and view the ending. (10)

Contender
Upload your recorded scores and clear times for all stages. (10)

Ring Collector
Collect all the Rings in ‘Special Stage 1′ and Clear the stage. (15)

Immortal
Build up 99 or more extra lives. (25)

Super Sonic Genesis
Acquire all seven Chaos Emeralds. (30)

Speed’s My Game
Clear SPLASH HILL ZONE ACT 1 in less than a minute. (35)

Untouchable
Clear the E.G.G. STATION ZONE without taking any damage. (40)

In light of this news, it goes without saying that a lot more fans are likely to be excited for this game. This is the first time since Sonic 3 that Super Sonic has been a fully playable character in normal levels, excluding outings such as Sonic R. Will this start a positive new trend of blasting through levels at breakneck speeds with the ring counter ticking down menacingly? Only time will tell. One thing we can say is this, though–shit just got real.

More Tails Remnants Found in Chaotix

Tweaker — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:27:28 +0000

Forum member and resident wiki sysop Andlabs has been very busy tearing through the Knuckles’ Chaotix ROM recently for the sake of documenting its internals entirely. Among the oodles of information he’s uncovered, though, one particular find stands out…

It’s Tails in the Tornado! It’s been known that Sonic and Tails had leftovers in prototype builds of Chaotix, but something of this caliber has never been seen before. Big props to Andlabs for the find!

Check out the forum topic here.

http://info.sonicretro.org/Game_Secrets:Knuckles_Chaotix#Removed_Character

Mega64 Takes the [Onion] Rings out of Everyone’s Mouths.

Spexfox — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:19:18 +0000

Mega64 has certainly gained a lot of popularity since starting as a mere public access TV show. Of course I liked them before they were cool. But whatever…

Today isn’t a day to chuckle at Mega64’s antics, but to observe their classy taste and analysis of…uh…fast food.

(Why this simile isn’t drawn upon more I’ll never know.)

Custom Launch Base Act 2 Arrangement

Tweaker — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:16:32 +0000

I thought this was really, really cool. NewAgeRetroGamer from YouTube whipped up this neato remix of Launch Base Zone’s music from Sonic 3 using TFM Music Maker and Madtracker, citing distaste with the lack of variety in the Act 2 remix of the song from the actual game. The results are really funky and totally worth a listen. Check it out!

Sonic 1 badniks re-imagined in Spore

Scarred Sun — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:26:36 +0000

Tired of the paper mache look of Sonic 4’s Motobug? Looking for something a bit more metallic? PsuedoHedgehog proves that there’s a use for Spore other than making Unidickorns—namely, recreating the Sonic 1 badnik cast with a coating of metal and badass.

Check out the full set after the jump.

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Toronto: Sonic Graffiti Spotted

Scarred Sun — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:15:04 +0000

A Toronto-area graffiti artist recently gave a shoutout to Sonic and Robotnik on some wall and was spotted by Robert m Williams. It’s certainly an interesting artistic take! 3383646235_3b203b9394_b-490x734 by-Robert-m-Williams 3384447358_18fb410791_b