Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / Sonic the hedgehog

Author
Message
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 10:25 Edited at: 1st Feb 2007 11:09
Link
i want to know because i feel so strongly about the quality of this game, but i have played most versions of sonic the hedgehog and i love all of them! Sonic is such a good game especially for its time.

I want to know, who diagrees and who agrees?
is Sonic the hedgehog just another game on the shelf?
or is it a really good one?

I mean even the TV program rules! i loved the TV program watched it whenever i could and p'ed myself laughing

EDIT: who is your favourite sonic character?
mine is "Miles Prowler" known as "Tails" as in my avatar

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Van B
Moderator
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Oct 2002
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 10:34
Link
I always liked Sonic, although these days I'm a bit too slow and old for Sonic games, I have the NDS Sonic game, and it's very cool - like the original megadrive versions but supercharged, damn I suck at Sonic these days though. I played a lot of Sonic 2's 2-player mode, far more entertaining than Mortal Kombat and the other typical 2-player games of the day (ToeJam and Earl, gimme a break!).

Personally I'd say my all-time favorite was Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast, pretty insane game, but I suppose that's part of what Sonic was about, pushing the most out of the hardware, like really fast and smooth running/jumping in the first 2D games, then Sonic Adventure was way ahead of it's time on the DC, and now Sonic is all grown up and on the 360 looking great.

''Stick that in your text and scroll it!.''
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 10:45 Edited at: 1st Feb 2007 11:09
Link
yup i own a dreamcast, they are awesome. my favourite was sonic 2 for megadrive though, played it for hours on end for over a year lol i was addicted, i even sorta like the sonic tetris game for megadrive called "Dr Robotniks mean bean machine" sonic adventure for dreamcast was pretty cool but i pefer the full platform ones

EDIT: van whos your favourite sonic character? and if u ever saw the TV program did you like it?

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Origin
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Sep 2005
Location:
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 11:17
Link
I like sonic too..
My fav character is of course Tails!


Back to top
Profile PM
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 11:19
Link
btw origin are you goth? because it seems like it, anyway did you like the TV program?

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Origin
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Sep 2005
Location:
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 11:21
Link
I loved the TV program!

No, I'm not goth... Black metal and goth are two VERY different things, I can assure you...!


Back to top
Profile PM
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 11:24
Link
ok good cos i hate goths lol well thats ok black metal is not my thing though

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Origin
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Sep 2005
Location:
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 11:35
Link
@Kieran:

I agree... I HATE goth's and not least EMO's!!!!

I HATE EMO's WITH THE FULL STREGTH OF MY BODY AND MIND!!!


Back to top
Profile PM
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 11:36
Link
some EMOs are funny some are Pathetic, overall EMOs are Okay/Randomers

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Jess T
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Sep 2003
Location: Over There... Kablam!
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 11:56 Edited at: 1st Feb 2007 12:00
Link
AUP:
Quote: "3.11 We do not tolerate posts made for the purpose of putting down another forum member, group of members, religion, our company, our staff or any of our moderators, past or present."


[EDIT]
Origin, Newbie Slapped.

Kieran, you're bordering on the same thing, be careful.
[/EDIT]

Nintendo DS & Dominos :: DS Dominos
http://jt0.org
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Manic
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Aug 2002
Location: Completely off my face...
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 12:09
Link
Jess: come one, Emos aren't real people


On topic: I liked Sonic until he left the megadrive. the addition of all the other lame characters just makes the newer games utterly tedious.

the whole point of Sonic was to run, really fast. I don't want to mess about with robots shooting things or digging for a bit of an emerald. All I want is to play as a bright blue supersonic hedgehog, who's fighting a load of robots made by some guy with a moustache, I don't even care why I'm fighting, or why I'm running around, I just want to do it.

I don't have a sig, live with it.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Van B
Moderator
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Oct 2002
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 13:00
Link
Hehe, yeah I think good old Sonic is my fave character, too scared to proclaim my love for Tails now...

Never watched the cartoon, but I think I've played every game now, damn there's a lot of Sonic multipacks!, IMO the new characters are kinda gimmocky, like they have special bodyparts added just to allow them to do something unique - started and should have ended with Tails, really I think Knuckles and co are fairly pointless gameplay wise.

''Stick that in your text and scroll it!.''
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 18:10
Link
sorry jess i didn't mean it in that way but being a christian its kinda hard to get along with goths if you know what i mean.... I wont do it again

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Grandma
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Dec 2005
Location: Norway, Guiding the New World Order
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 19:24
Link
What's all this talk about "emos" lately? What is it actually? Is it just short for "emotional people" ?

Comp : 1024mb Ram, 3.0ghz, GeforceFX 5800, 1,1TB storage
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 19:37
Link
attention seekers is all they are

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Benjamin
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Nov 2002
Location: France
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 19:47
Link
Quote: "attention seekers is all they are"

Pretty much, that's why people label themselves.

Tempest - P2P UDP Multiplayer Plugin (DBP/DBCe)
Download the free version
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Grandma
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Dec 2005
Location: Norway, Guiding the New World Order
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 19:53
Link
Quote: "attention seekers is all they are"


Oh... well i don't like that. Guess i'll jump on the bandwagon. Still "attention seekers" covers a wiiide range of people. Hating them all would prove to be difficult as with a wider range there is bound to be more and more exceptions.

Comp : 1024mb Ram, 3.0ghz, GeforceFX 5800, 1,1TB storage
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 19:58
Link
Emos are fine with me, they just a little strange and way too attention seeking...

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 20:01 Edited at: 1st Feb 2007 20:02
Link
@VanB

I agree, knuckes was okay but they should've stopped at tails, then i go buy sonic advance and they have amy, knuckles, sonic and tails. i mean a pink hedgehog who whacks things with a love hammer....PLEASE! thats lame! but sonic pretty much went to doodoo after sonic the hedgehog 2 for mega drive, although i must admit sonic adventure was good and i like sonic heroes for the PS2

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Seppuku Arts
Moderator
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 18th Aug 2004
Location: Cambridgeshire, England
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 20:09
Link
Quote: "What's all this talk about "emos" lately? What is it actually? Is it just short for "emotional people" ?"


Emos are a sect of depressed teenagers, they love dressing up in black and wearing making, sort of similar to goths in the respect of dress sense, they write poetry, as my emo friend says 'Bad poetry' (Yes I have an emo friend, he was a friend that went emo, I'm not prejudiced, so I have an emo friend, even if I do call him emo all of the time) They also tend to listen to whiny metal, like Fall out Boy. Mostly a laughing stock of the metal world, but some are alright people. Some are just attention seekers of course, because they want to be cool, they're trendies, you get them in any sect of society.

Click Me! Dolphins aren't Mammals, they're lizards.
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Agent Dink
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Mar 2004
Location:
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 20:21
Link
Sonic was cool. I used to love the the Sega incarnations, but as soon as it jumped to 3d it was all downhill. I can't stand any modern incarnations of Sonic anymore.

The ooold TV shows were good, but I haven't seen many of the recent ones, so I can't rate them. But from what I have seen it looks ok.

Sometimes the only way over a wall is to pile up enough bodies to climb over - Dave W.
Back to top
Profile PM
Grandma
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Dec 2005
Location: Norway, Guiding the New World Order
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 20:36
Link
Thanks for the in-depth Sekkupu. I can understand they might seem annoying for many, but if you might get to know one it's propably not that bad (as you said). If it's something i DO hate, it is generalization.

Comp : 1024mb Ram, 3.0ghz, GeforceFX 5800, 1,1TB storage
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 21:01
Link
i just watched a few episodes of sonic the hedgehog on youtube lol its halarious, anyway the 3D sonics suck i agree, but sonic heroes is okay...

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Dextro
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Feb 2005
Location:
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 21:07
Link
I gotta say, my fave char. was Dr. Robotnick.
Quote: "(ToeJam and Earl, gimme a break!).
"

Toejam An Earl was awesome.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
MonoCoder
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Dec 2005
Location: england
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 21:07 Edited at: 1st Feb 2007 21:42
Link
Tails Rules. The classic sonic games were the height of gaming for me, but nowadays, the games are too rushed, thus the release version plays like you'd imagine the beta would.

Edit: At least they got the music right this time. More time spent listening than playing.


Uber Tails fan. monocoder.spaces.live.com http://MonoCoder.bebo.com
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 21:12 Edited at: 1st Feb 2007 21:19
Link
toejam and earl is pretty awesome! and they pulled of 3 good 3D sonics that i've seen, Sonic Heroes(ps2), Sonic Adventure(dreamcast) and sonic adventure 2(dreamcast)

EDIT:
Quote: "I gotta say, my fave char. was Dr. Robotnick."

i always loved the robotnik music and killing him and stuff but then they renamed him eggman and made him lame...and he was really funny, some egg shaped moustached nut job who designs robots for the purpose of killing sonic....those were the days, where games were games. ive seen pathetic platform games like mario (sorry mario fans) and all these new platforms that are horrible, i'd rather play sonic anyday

well you guys may think im crazy but i wished that they continued the 2D sonic platform series.

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Jeku
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Jul 2003
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Posted: 1st Feb 2007 21:32
Link
I hate Sonic, especially after playing the crap 360 game. Down with Sonic!

Back to top
Profile PM Website
Phaelax
DBPro Master
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Apr 2003
Location: Metropia
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 03:00
Link
Enough Emo talk. If I recall, we have some members here who have emo children. (omg it looks just like owen)

Sonic was a great game, Sega's Mario as many would call it.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 03:15
Link
hehe i don't think jeku used to plasy the sega ones

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Izzy545
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 18th Feb 2004
Location:
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 04:24
Link
Quote: "They also tend to listen to whiny metal, like Fall out Boy."


Yea, Fall Out Boy definitely doesn't even try to be metal. They're an alternative rock/emo band. Definitely not metal.

Check out my books
Back to top
Profile PM
Phaelax
DBPro Master
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Apr 2003
Location: Metropia
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 04:58
Link
Offspring and Presidents of the USA are alternative, fall out boy is just emo garbage.

I've only ever played Sonic 1 and 2 for Sega.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Bizar Guy
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Apr 2005
Location: Bostonland
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 05:29
Link
Personaly just looking at the new sonic game sort of pisses me off... I'd have to say sonic is his best in 2d, especialy Sonic Rush for the DS, which I'm pretty sure is the greatest Sonic game ever. I'm actualy really exited about the Wii Sonic game, which looks like they've really got the whole 3d sonic thing down.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Jeku
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Jul 2003
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 06:28
Link
Sonic the Hedgehog - 360 - 41/100 on Metacritic

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/sonicthehedgehog

Back to top
Profile PM Website
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 07:41
Link
yes that one sucks jeku...you ever played a 2D one though?

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Benjamin
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Nov 2002
Location: France
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 10:56
Link
The original Sonic games were great.

Tempest - P2P UDP Multiplayer Plugin (DBP/DBCe)
Download the free version
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Jeku
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Jul 2003
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 17:38
Link
Yes, I used to have the NGC collection with 5 or 6 Sonic games, and I used to play the originals when I was younger. Never really got into them--- actually I preferred Jazz Jackrabbit on my PC

Back to top
Profile PM Website
Samoz83
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd May 2003
Location: Stealing Ians tea from his moon base
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 17:49 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2007 23:59
Link
Jeku your crazy if you don't like sonic , but i have always loke tails a lot more than sonic but hes not in the newer games that much

SaM
www.firelightstudio.co.uk
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzjOcOcQ90U<<
Back to top
Profile PM
lava man
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 19th Jan 2007
Location: west allis wisconsin
Posted: 2nd Feb 2007 20:59
Link
sonic is a great game thats the only reason
i didnt get rid of my sega
and i like the cartoon
my favourite character is knuckles

I use dbp and xna
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Jess T
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Sep 2003
Location: Over There... Kablam!
Posted: 3rd Feb 2007 10:51
Link
Guy's, please stop any talk that isn't to do with Sonic.
It's quite rude, and bordering very closely on a breach of the AUP.

Cheers guys,
Jess.

Nintendo DS & Dominos :: DS Dominos
http://jt0.org
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Sonic 91 Software
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 19th Mar 2005
Location: In a Cryptic Crossworld!
Posted: 3rd Feb 2007 12:42
Link
Is someone having a sonic conversation without me? Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 are the best games EVER! I cannot choose between Sonic or Tails (Miles Prower!) for my favourite character. I play a lot of Sonic games, old and new, on many different formats on a regular basis. Sonic 2 was the first game I owned, got it for Christmas in 1993 with a Mega Drive II. Sonic is a true legend and will continue for as long as video games do.

-Sonic 91-

"Fight the good fight of faith,
Lay hold on eternal life"
-1 Timothy 6:12
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
bang bang tshirts
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Jan 2007
Location:
Posted: 3rd Feb 2007 16:15
Link
I love Sonic. My fave is two as I also played it for hours and hours! Was there a Sonic pinball game too?
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Sonic 91 Software
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 19th Mar 2005
Location: In a Cryptic Crossworld!
Posted: 3rd Feb 2007 16:55
Link
Yes, Sonic Spinball on the Mega Drive and also more recently, Sonic Pinball Party on the gameboy advance.

"Fight the good fight of faith,
Lay hold on eternal life"
-1 Timothy 6:12
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Pricey
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Feb 2003
Location:
Posted: 3rd Feb 2007 17:47
Link
sonic should never have left the megadrive

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=97191&b=32
God Of Thunder DEMO
Back to top
Profile PM Email
bang bang tshirts
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Jan 2007
Location:
Posted: 3rd Feb 2007 19:56
Link
Have to agree with that. I never really played Sonic after the Megadrive as it's never been the same.
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 3rd Feb 2007 21:18 Edited at: 3rd Feb 2007 21:22
Link
thanks jess a voice of reason and sonic91 software i couldn't agree more!
and poor sonic, why did you leave the mega drive!

my favourite episode of the tv program is
the adventures of sonic the hedgehog - sonic's song

especially when robotniks butt wobbles around ROFL! thats the funniest thing ive ever seen

sonic shouldn't have canceled their TV program it was awesome

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 10th Apr 2005
Location: The Fifth Plane of Oblivion
Posted: 3rd Feb 2007 23:32
Link
Sonic Advance 1-2 rocked. 3 was too much like Heroes and sucked.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
Back to top
Profile PM Website
VR2
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 14th Mar 2005
Location:
Posted: 4th Feb 2007 00:41
Link
I maybe out of step here but wasn't the pure platformer genre killed off by 3d?

One of the key aspects to the games was that the "camera" position was always optimal (side on) so the player could always see if they could jump to the next platform or time it pixel perfectly, or see if the other side was higher or lower.

The introduction of the 3d camera to the platformer always just seems to get in the way. Various things have been tried, cameras that do not go through the scenery (leaving you at a wierd angle - no longer behind your character), cameras that do (making the game less pretty), cameras that you control yourself (making the whole process needlessly fiddly). But fundamentally, a camera directly behind a character in a 3rd person view is never as good a view (from a gameplay pov) as the old side-on view used in the 2d platformer.

The only 3d platform game I can think of that actually worked was Jumping Flash for the PSX. They used a first person view (only!) and used a concept of huge jumps where you used your ground shadow, and a look down at your feet feature to enable the player to precicely control their jumps and landings.
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Agent Dink
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Mar 2004
Location:
Posted: 4th Feb 2007 02:41 Edited at: 4th Feb 2007 03:00
Link
Nex7 was a sidescroller too. I think that was the name, maybe not... It was pretty cool. It had a gravity gun-like weapon, but you couldn't really manipulate scenery stuff much, mostly just smashing enemies into walls and stuff.

EDIT: not sure that was the name afterall... can't find it on google, so don't take my word for it.

Sometimes the only way over a wall is to pile up enough bodies to climb over - Dave W.
Back to top
Profile PM
dab
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Sep 2004
Location: Your Temp Folder!
Posted: 4th Feb 2007 05:16
Link
Not sure what one it was, but I liked the sonic on the Sega console. I can't remember what it was either, not the dreamcast. It hat cartridges.. I was too young to remember that much. But I remember that all I had to do was hit right and b and wham! instant entertainment. Though, the newer Sonics are pretty dumb. Nothing like the sega one.

Take heed, never take advantage of the things you need, never let your self be overcome by greed. Walk a strigh line, pick up your speed and try. Everyone deserves a piece of the pie By: Shaggy
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Kieran
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2006
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posted: 4th Feb 2007 07:06
Link
dabip, thats the mega drive or master system (most likely mega drive) and it was an awesome game

~Kieran
Back to top
Profile PM
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-11-18 07:44:32
Your offset time is: 2024-11-18 07:44:32