Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball

Description

This game was essentially Sonic pinball. To pass a stage, you had to collect Chaos Emeralds and then defeat a boss.

This is the only official game to involve Archie characters.

Levels

• Toxic Caves
• Lava Powerhouse
• The Machine
• Final Showdown

Bosses

Unlike traditional Sonic games, you can actually fall outside of the boss arena. The bosses take a lot more hits than normal Sonic bosses, but to compensate it's easy to hit them multiple times in a row.

Production Credits

Programming: Polygames, Scott Chandler (SEGA Technical Institute), Jason Plumb (SEGA Technical Institute), Ken Rose (SEGA Technical Institute), Dave Sanner (SEGA Technical Institute), Earl Stratton (SEGA Technical Institute), Steve Woita (SEGA Technical Institute) Game Design: Peter Morawiec, Hoyt Ng Art: Tom Payne, Kurt Peterson, Brenda Ross, Katsuhiko Sato, Craig Stitt Sound and Music Effects: Barry Blum (Sega Multi-Media Stuio), Brian Coburn (Sega Multi-Media Stuio), Howard Drossin (Sega Technical Institute), OUI Multimedia Director of SEGA Technical Institute: Roger Hector Producer: Yutaka Sugano Art Director: John Duggan Marketing Product Manager: France Tantiado Lead Testers: Joe Cain, Wesley Gittens Testers: Michael Bench, Steve Bourdet, Daniel Dunn, David Forster, Rick Greer, Casey Grimm, Jason Kuo, Simon Lu, Dumot Lyons, Bill Person, Kimberly Rogers, Kirk Rogers Manual: Neil Hanshaw, Carol Ann Hanshaw Special Thanks: Thomas J. Abramson, Alan Ackerman, Dominique Adevereaux, Justin R. Chin, Diane A. Fornasier, David Javelosa, Deborah McCracken, Patrick Meehan, Bert Mauricio, Stephen Patterson, Noel Pulido A Special Bow To: Hirokazu Yasuhara (creator of Sonic The Hedgehog), Yuji Naka (creator of Sonic The Hedgehog)

Boxart

http://web.archive.org/web/20031006152230/boxscans.sonic-cult.org/spinball-box-jap.jpg

Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems

1991  Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic Eraser     1992  Sonic the Hedgehog 2     1993  Sonic the Hedgehog CD | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | Sonic Spinball     1994  Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Sonic & Knuckles     1995  Chaotix | Sonic Classics     1996  Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island      Prototypes  Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Sonic the Hedgehog CD | Sonic Spinball | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Sonic & Knuckles | Knuckles in Sonic 2 | Chaotix | Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island  Unreleased  Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega-CD) | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD | Sister Sonic | Treasure Tails | Sonic-16 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition | Sonic Sports | Sonic Mars