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Is Spinball really this hard?

>> No.4679479

>>4679471
It was too boring to even attempt beating

>> No.4679483

>>4679471
For a pinball simulator, the ball physics are terrible.

>> No.4679489

I've played it 10-20 times and never beat it. I imagine it's probably pretty easy once you figure out everything to do/get used to the ball physics.

>> No.4679519

>>4679471
It's not nearly fluid and fast enough to be worth the effort. It's slow, plodding, janky and only vaguely pinball-like.
Not worth the time or frustration.
Of course some jackass will come here and say "I 1cc'd on my first try bro. Its easy as hell" but fuck that. just watch a video of it getting beaten by an autist with more time than brains if you want to see what the game is all about.

>> No.4679523

>>4679471

It's a cool game but hard as fuck

>> No.4679524

>>4679471
I've had Spinball since it was new. Beat it only once. I'm actually in the small minority of people that actually enjoy Spinball but that is really only the first 3 stages. Usually die or quit on the last stage.

>> No.4679525

High difficulty can make good games great, but it can turn mediocre games into shit.

>> No.4679550
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4679550

Obligatory ear rape post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62N_RRb2xw8

>> No.4679561

>>4679524

The third stage has a lot of bullshit in it too.

>> No.4679643

>>4679550
I unironically enjoy the entire soundtrack for this game. Between this and Sonic 3D Blast is my #1 Sonic OST.

>> No.4679649

>>4679471
>>4679489
>>4679524
I beat this game in sixth grade, I honestly don't remember anything too difficult

>> No.4680425

>>4679643
Mega Drive's sound chip is shitty. They did a miracle with the Sonic franchise's soundtrack…

>> No.4680447

>>4680425
>Mega Drive's sound chip is shitty
(You)

>> No.4680465

>>4679471
Huh? Beat the game several times as a kid and I didn't even own a cheat peripheral for the Genesis.

>> No.4680468

>>4679550
>on /vr/
>complains about chiptunes

>> No.4680564

>>4679479
That was my problem. Takes WAY too long to get through the game. I got to Lava Powerhouse and said fuck it.

>> No.4680585

>>4680468
seriously ? you're going to defend that piece of shit music simply because its chiptunes? are you a fag by any chance?

>> No.4680609

>>4680585
It sounds like shit because FM emulation is garbage. Wow look when recorded off actual hardware the options music sounds actually sounds relatively normal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MlptWVHpGA

>> No.4680646

The game's difficulty spikes hard on the final stage. I've only reached the final boss twice and both times lost there.

>> No.4680691

dumb frogposter

>> No.4680703

It's really not that hard. I remember watching my Mom beat this game multiple times when I was a kid. I was able to beat it myself at about 6 years old.

>> No.4680710

>>4679649
Same... Now I gotta replay this shit to see what everyone is whining about...

>> No.4680724

>>4680585
>REEEE
>I ONLY LISTEN TO EPIC ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS FROM MODERN VIDEO GAMES

>> No.4680735

>>4680646
Yeah me too

>> No.4680741

>>4679483
>pinball simulator
like Sonic R was a racing simulator?

>> No.4680837

>>4680741
Sonic is a Mario simulator.

>> No.4680872 [DELETED] 

It's really not hard.

>>4680703
Hey, you're not dumb. Congrats.

>> No.4680895

It's not hard, it's just poorly designed. The ball physics are bad and the objectives are a bit obtuse.

>> No.4680901 [DELETED] 

>>4680895
>It's not hard, it's just poorly designed
This is probably the most pathetic line utterable.

>> No.4680912

>>4679471
I beat it when I was like 6. It was hard and took a lot of tries but I eventually did it.

>> No.4680952

>>4680425
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqyEbu8cmMg

>> No.4681050 [DELETED] 

>>4680952
>multiplatform game
>SNES version still has better soundtrack
Thanks for proving my point, dumbass!

>> No.4681108

>>4681050
Not that guy you're shitposting, but you have to be either committed to shitposting or a deaf cocksucker to even attempt to say that the SNES version is better.

>> No.4681117

>>4679471
Why was it so creepy? Were the devs high and depressed?

>> No.4681174

>>4681117
It's the only Sonic game ever released based on SaTAM, which is know to be a very grimdark and depressive show…

>> No.4681484

>>4679550
There's nothing wrong with it. Would you prefer some PCM baby music instead?

>> No.4682602

>>4680425
It's the devs fault if their game sounds like it's using every default preset of the synth, which was probably the case with this game.

>> No.4682638

>>4679550
It's a horror game. Everything about Spinball is eerie, just look at the bosses. Fun game though

>> No.4682657

I always thought Spinball was really good and underrated even.

To me it felt like the rep it had as a mediocre game was more caused by “I can’t handle my IP changing genre” autism.

>> No.4682702

>>4682657
3D blast reputation is even worse and that one is unironically one of the best sonic games.

>> No.4682709

>>4682702
I personally can’t agree on 3D Blast but I can see why some people may like it.

>> No.4682714

>>4682702
You know what really turns me off about 3d blast? When they used sound fx from Sonic 3, it makes what im currently playing seem like total shiylt in comparison when i hear better game sounds from a better game. Maybe the Saturn version doesn't have them

>> No.4682952

>>4679471
a bit difficult

>> No.4683025

>>4680741
>like Sonic R was a racing simulator?
You are this retarded.

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>>4679471
Play it without slow down and make it even harder.

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>>4679471
I remember sitting down once when I was like 12-13 to beat it.
One of the proudest moments of my life.

>> No.4684518

>>4680609
It still sounds like shit. Try using MD sound without retarded use of the FM chip.
https://youtu.be/SO9eox0UL2g

>> No.4684529

I thought Spinball was cool when I played it in the 90s. Nowadays, though, I can't stand how sluggish it is (especially for a Sonic game).

3d blast was always terrible though. I remember playing it and wondering who could ever enjoy such a terrible concept.

>> No.4684573

So.
Can we all agree it is the hardest Sonic game on the Genesis/Megadrive?
Scrap Brain, Death Egg in 2 and the barrel have nothing on this game.

>> No.4684605

>>4684573
While for Game Gear it's definitely Sonic 2.
Its small screen doesn't help much either.

>> No.4684619

>>4684605
I am ok with that.
2 is the harder on Master System as well,
there are still parts where you can't see nothing, like in green hill 3.

>> No.4684939

>>4682702
>>4682709
I think 3d Blast with the super sonic/no flickies mod makes the game on par with sonic 2 and 3 desu
pretty good game bogged down by a shitty escort gimmick

>> No.4685105

I had Spinball when I was about 8 and I made it to the end of the game. Never beat it, and yes it was hard but there were way harder games out there at the time

>> No.4685178

>>4679471
>>4679479
>>4679483
A remake would have went a long way. I think the game is still really fun. You just need to get good, seriously.

>> No.4685219

3D Blast, R and Spinball are all classics. They're good games, deal with it. Also, Sonic Heroes is Sonic Adventure 3.

>> No.4687160

>>4685219
I thought that would be '06…

>> No.4687528

>>4687160
'06 Is just the beginning of a new era of Sonic. Where it became about time travel and alternate timelines. It also introduced Blaze and Silver.

>> No.4687539

>>4687160
The only reason Sonic Heroes wasn't called Sonic Adventure 3 was because Sega didn't want to scare off new players who hadn't played the first 2 Adventure games.

>> No.4687542

>>4685178
You can agree that the last level in particular is hard, right?

Like, I've gotten to the last boss and I've beaten the minigames, but I've never beaten the game.

>> No.4687726

>>4685219
Unleashed is more like an Adventure game than Heroes

>> No.4687754

>>4682657
dude sonic autism didn't exist at the time.

>> No.4687957

>>4679471
Dunno I always got bored partway into the second level and stopped playing. Spinball is cool on a conceptual level but it's just way too fucking slow and the levels take forever to get through.

>> No.4687969

>>4680724
Are you pretending to be this obtuse on purpose?

>> No.4688098

>>4684518
Sounds awesome.

>> No.4688210

>>4679471
did you save this image in like '11 OP?

>> No.4689716

>>4688210
Yeah, back from a /v/ Sonic thread.

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>>4689716
>Yeah, back from a /v/ Sonic thread.
>/v/
As if the OP image itself wasn't shameful enough to inform Sonic Pinball is "too hard", I can't believe /v/ is now this much of casual, so casual that one has to resort to cheats to beat fucking Sonic Spinball off all games. I REALLY beg to doubt it.

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>>4679471
I never beat the last stage. its an awesome game, but stage 3 has bad purple design, which is very lackluster, and in the last stage it gets difficult to figured out what to do, and progressing through the last level is hard and slow.

>> No.4691013 [DELETED] 

>>4684518
Do you understand what cover means?

>> No.4691168

>>4684003

This. I first played the game when I was 6 but didn't beat it until I was at least 10 but possibly 12 or so also.

The hardest part was the final boss if you fucked up too much, since it could be so difficult to reach him again.

I eventually went back to my Genesis and also beat The Adventures of Batman & Robin and Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure around the same age. I went back recently and tried to play for nostalgia's sake and these games kick my ass now.

Not trying to say I'm so gud. I only had a few games as a kid so I had tons of practice and failed 100+ times for sure. That's the only reason I was able to do it.

>> No.4691216

>>4679649
Same. Used to beat it quite a few times as a kid.

If I recall, it wasn't so much 'hard' as it was time consuming. I remember some parts of level 3 were a pain in the ass to get right, and the final boss can chuck you off the top of the level right back to the bottom if you're not careful. It just wastes your time.

>> No.4691407

>>4679471
I never figured out how to beat the first stage but I still think its a pretty rad game

>> No.4691415

Don't forget to check the game speed in the options.

>> No.4691580

>>4691168
>Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
I loved that game as a kid

>> No.4691707

>>4679550
I hate the fact that I knew exactly what song was going to be there before I clicked the link