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What do you think of the 8bit Sonic games?

>> No.717579

Honestly I think Sonic SMS is the only good Sonic game.

>> No.717587
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717587

Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 are great.

>> No.717590

All the 8 bit 2D platformer sonic games were pretty fun, except Sonic Blast which was just unplayable. Where there was an SMS version nearly identical to the GG version (1,2,Chaos) the SMS version was much less annoying (with the slightly bigger screen).

>> No.717593

They're not bad, but I would never play them over the 16-bit games.

Actually, the NGPC game is really great.

>> No.717656

>>717559
They're decent. Wouldn't want to play them again, though; except maybe Triple Trouble.

Pocket Adventure was really good though.

>> No.717659
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717659

Sonic Drift 2 was actually pretty good.

>> No.717663

>>717593
Sonic Pocket Adventure is 16-bit.

>> No.717672

pointless ports for poorfags

>> No.717679

>>717672
They're not ports.

>> No.717678

That feel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeBiJO5yevA

>> No.717696

8-bit sonic 1 > 16-bit sonic 1

>> No.717703

God Tier:
sonic chaos

>> No.717719

Personally, I always loved them. Still have all of them on the Game Gear.

>> No.717728

>>717559
They were shit.

But that can be justified, given how they were running on inferior hardware.
The GameGear Sonics were nearly unplayable given the lesser resolution and tiny screen, which gave you way less space to move and react before crashing against an enemy or falling on a pit if you were running too fast.

>> No.717740

All very bad with weird jumping physics that ruin the games for me. The weird level design and the limited screen don't help things either. Never understood how Sonic Triple Trouble could get as popular as it is when it plays like something off of Action 52.

>> No.717747
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717747

Sonic Triple Trouble is the only one I could really stand. It actually stands with the 16-bit games fairly well, and it had NACK THE FUCKING WEASEL. Honestly, it really could have been Sonic 4 or something if it had a 16-bit remake.

>> No.717750
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717750

They had awesome music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dot0iGpUL5I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxd78fX447g

>> No.717752
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717752

>>717747
>Nack the Weasel
I always thought his other name was cooler.

>> No.717758
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717758

Thoughts, /vr/?
Better than Sonic Adventure?

>> No.717762

>>717750
Dat train boss did have some awesome music.

>> No.717805

>>717758

That game was boss as fuck, and caused massive raging out when I misswrote a password.

>> No.717820

>>717758
Slow as fuck, uninspired level design and most of the gadgets collected by Tails -literally- did nothing.

I would like to see a remake though.

>> No.717829

Epic music!

>> No.717872

>>717758
Best looking of the bunch but too slow to be enjoyable.

>> No.717894

Fucking hate Sonic 1 and everything it stands for, Sonic 2 is decent though and Chaos is neat

>> No.717901

What was up with that part in the SMS Sonic 2 (I think) where Robotnik saves you from falling into that pit of lava? Then he tries to kill you and fails miserably. That was kind of retarded.

>> No.717903

I love 2 on the SMS. It was my first Sonic and one of the first games I ever owned/beat (SMS was my first console). I can't speak on the others though as I still haven't played them but I've never heard anything bad.

>> No.717906

>>717901
He didn't want the emerald to drop into the lava.

>> No.717951

>>717703
Mah nigga.

I played this so much more than the 3 Megadrive Sonic .

>> No.717967

>>717679
Well, the game gear versions are.

>> No.717970
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717970

>>717747
>NACK THE FUCKING WEASEL
Yes, one of the things I regret about modern Sonic. No varied rogue's gallery. It's Eggman and more Eggman. Not even a rival who stays evil for more than a game.

>> No.717972

>>717752
Even as someone who grew up knowing him as Nack, I agree with you. He fits the existing naming scheme much better.

>Tails
>Knuckles
>Fang
Makes sense to me.

>> No.717975
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717975

On the topic of inferior non-Genesis/Mega Drive Sonics, anyone else play the gamebook as a kid?

>> No.718136

>>717975
Had that one and the theme park one.

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718305

>>717970
Yeah, the Game Gear games started to get a good thing going in that respect. Fang/Nack made for a fucking great comic relief type villain, and then you had pic related as a decent alternative to Eggman.

>> No.718336

>>717758
Better than SA isn't exactly a high standard. It probably is.

>> No.718357

SMS ones = good.
GG ones = not good, except for Triple Trouble.

>> No.718362

I had a Game Gear for a year or two before I had a Genesis.
I had Sonic 2 GG and I mastered that shit having no idea that the Genesis Sonic games were nothing like it at all. I still like it but I can see how its a tad odd to people who had the 16-bit ones first

>> No.718373

>>717559
I always thought it was weird that the first boss was an antlion.
What is it with Japanese developers and antlions?

>> No.718383

>>717559
1 was the easiest thing ever.
I NEVER got past the first boss in 2.

>> No.718402

Loved them as a kid. Haven't actually played them since.

>> No.718407

>>718373
What other antlions are there? The only other one I know of is in Gimmick on NES

>> No.718412
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718412

A Game Gear was my first home console. I grew up with 8-bit Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and loved the hell out of it.

In retrospect that game was massive bullshit, of course, but the game still holds a place in my heart. Probably what gave me my love of older video game music.

>> No.718450

>>718412
I love that picture.

>> No.718467

I love the music from the games. Jungle Zone, Scrap Brain Zone, Sky Base Zone, Sonic 2's Green Hill Zone, Sonic Chaos' Mecha Green Hill Zone...

>> No.718474

>>718407
There are antlions in tons of games.

I think FF9, Legend of Mana maybe, in a Megaman X game I believe, and I just woke up so my mind is dizzy but I'm sure I fought quite a lot of those in games.

>> No.718504

>>718474
There's also Actraiser, and Super Star Wars...

>> No.718507

>>717758
I actually think this is the best game on the Game Gear.

Come at me faggots.

>> No.718521

>>718507
SOR2, Ristar and Puyo Puyo 2 shit all over that sorry excuse of a platforming game. Still better than the ones with the Sonic name slapped on them though.

>> No.718529

>>717758
It had it's faults, but I actually really enjoyed it. It's a shame they didn't keep doing side games like this with Tails, with a little polishing it probably could've evolved into a solid series.

>> No.718546

>>718474
>>718504
Not retro but they're also in Half-Life 2 and Renegade Ops.

>> No.718558
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718558

Hey guys...

>> No.718573
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718573

>>718558

Go away, you!

>> No.718595

I thought Sonic Drift 2 was actually about as good as Super Mario Kart. Fun times.

>> No.718629

I beat IWBTG on very hard, Castlevania for nes without cheating, and mega man 1-3 and x, and I still throw an attempt at sonic 2 once in a while... that game is fucking hard, and I love it. I hope I can beat it someday. For now I haven't gotten past the boss of Sky High Zone(Which I like the name of)

People that say it's unfair because of the screen size just don't get it.

>> No.718652
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718652

I like them. I remember my friend had a master system and as a kid I always wondered why his Sonic games looked weird.
also dat Bridge Zone music
also does sonic Pocket Adventure fit in the 8 bit bracket? It's awesome. A way better mashup than Sonic 4.
>>718629
You'll be able to do it. I can't even do Contra without cheating and I've beaten it. Maybe play the Master System version before the Game Gear

>> No.718658

>>718652
Also SPA probably has the cutest sprites of the whole series

>> No.720004

I should give the SMS games a try, I never played any of them.

>> No.720009

Tails Sky Patrol!!!

Whichever one is in the Op had awesome music

>> No.720668

>can't even get past first boss in Sonic 2.
>feels bad man (._.)

>> No.720697

>>720668

they unintentionally made that the hardest part of the game when they shrunk the screen to fit on GG

>> No.720752

I owned a master system and had sonic. It was good but alex kidd was better.

The problem is I played the mega drive version before so some things bothered me like the power up effects, dropping only 1 ring when hit, and when you killed enemies they didn't become critters.

>> No.720775

>>720697

Actually there's more to it than that. I've beaten both the SMS and the GG versions. The iron balls in the SMS version always move in th same pattern: a low bouncing arc. But in the GG version the balls can bounce in any one of six patterns, from very long bounds to very high but short bounces. The GG version is a lot harder because not only are the patterns random, but with the smaller screen size you have less time to react.

>> No.720793

>>717747

Sonic Triple Trouble is actually my favourite handheld Sonic and honestly stands up to the Genesis versions in my opinion.

Getting that last Chaos Emerald was harder than all hell

>> No.721372

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfMwqd5_3d8

Hardest shit ever

>> No.721440

>>721372
This is so painful to watch.

>> No.721596

Master System Sonic 2 is perhaps my second favourite Sonic game. I pity the Americans who know it as a Game Gear game, the proper version is genuinly good.

>> No.721809

>>721596
Honestly, I enjoyed it just fine on Game Gear. Even taking into account the limited screen space. I beat it just fine. Although it was the only game I owned for it at first, so I pretty much had to stick to it.