Quick App: Sonic the Hedgehog for iPhone
Okay, yeah, I rocked a Sega Genesis back in the day, which is perhaps not coincidentally the last platform where Sonic the Hedgehog was really done well. (Sorry, it needed to be said).
Can the iPhone version [$5.99 - iTunes link] make me eat those words, or at least spin me around on them faster than Yoda in a lightsaber duel? Let’s see, Sega does say it’ll make me relive my fondest memories from the Genesis era…
Blast through Seven Zones including classics as Green Hill Zone and Labyrinth Zone, as well as the Special Stages in an attempt to collect the Chaos Emeralds!
Classic 2-D Sonic experience on the go for the first time on the iPhone and iTouch!
Pick-up-and-play accessibility: Play in Full Screen or classic “Arcade” look and play with just the touch of a button.
If you give it a try, let me know what you think!
May 21st, 2009 at 11:08 pm
SONIC! Omg this makes me SOO excited!
May 21st, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Wait until Sega updates it. Controls are not as responsive as they need to be. It could also perform better, frame can drop at times.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Alas it’s not yet in the Australian store…
May 21st, 2009 at 11:34 pm
@tomjadams Yes it is, different name: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=316050001&mt=8
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 am
wow, thanks tom, almost though another great apps not available internationally. =)
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:15 am
Finally a game worth paying for
I dissagree with the above statement. I thought sonic adventure for the dreamcast was pretty good.
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:57 am
As someone has already stated, it does not run well yet. It is not nearly as smooth as the jailbroken Sega emulator app is when it runs the very same game.
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 am
I bought this as soon as I saw this and it’s amazing.
Unfortunately it suffers from a touchscreen D-Pad. This is a no-no in so many ways. You can’t feel the controls, duh… It leaves you constantly referring back to the screen to realign your finger.
Aside from this, though, it plays well enough for an initial release, especially knowing updates will come and make it all better.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:12 am
Damn its not in the UK app store yet
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:33 am
Omg yet another reason why the iphone owns all let’s see how long it takes to get top gun or sonic on the pre….
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:42 am
Has SEGA released any other games on the iPhone? Have they updated any of those? If the controls are off a bit and an update is probably needed, I would just like to know if SEGA will actually update it… or does SEGA just release and then they are done…
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:28 am
Am I the only one who hate when the games use accelerometer when they could’ve used the on screen controls (preferably the D-Pad) ??
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:18 am
Nooooo not in the uK store yet, I cannot wait! sooo excited!
Ive not been this excited about a game since EA said they had Clue in the works. I love Cluedo even more than Sonic
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:47 pm
The game is great as far as the appeal of the old Sonic, but as it has been said in reviews and on here, the frame rate is poor. If they can fix the frame rate and the response of the controls, then the game will be a 5/5 for sure.
I hope they come out with Sonic 2 because that one is definitly better than the first.
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:29 am
trust me, its a a nice game,, but what about windows mobile version ? on sony xperia let’s say