Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
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| Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive/Genesis |
| Publisher: Sega |
| Developer: Sonic Team, Sega Technical Institute |
| Genre: Pinball |
Sonic Spinball is a pinball game (using Sonic as a ball) combined with the storyline of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is the only official game to incorporate the characters and setting of SatAM.
The plot revolves around the Veg-O-Fortress, Dr. Robotnik's new mass-roboticization facility built in and around the Mt. Mobius volcano. Sonic must use the fortress' special "Pinball Defense System" to his advantage, working his way up from the bottom of the volcano's interior by stealing the Chaos Emeralds that keep the volcano stable, destroying the doctor's boss guardians and, eventually, taking out the massive roboticizer itself, the Veg-O-Machine. The grand finale is at a launch hangar built around the volcano's crater, as Robotnik attempts to escape Mt. Mobius in a rocketship before it erupts.
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Gameplay
Sonic Spinball is basically a continuation of the pinball themed levels first seen in Spring Yard Zone and Casino Night Zone from the first Sonic games. As with those games you have some control of Sonic while he is being knocked around the pinball themed levels. The D-pad will move him while in ball form and the A,B,C buttons will cause the flippers to flick. If he happens to land on a flat surface you can move in a similar fashion to the Sonic games. But these opportunities are very infrequent.
Manuals
Also Released On
- Sonic Spinball for the Sega Game Gear and Master System
- NOTE: Reissues of Sonic Spinball for the Game Gear may be found on that page,
- Sega PC Smash Pack for the PC (2000)
- Sega Smash Pack for the Game Boy Advance (2000)
- Sonic Mega Collection for the Nintendo Gamecube (2002)
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut for the Gamecube (2003)
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus for the Sony Playstation 2 and Microsoft X-Box (2004)
- Sonic Gems Collection for the Nintendo GameCube and Sony Playstation 2 (2005)
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.
Versions
There are two versions that were released in the US. The first version was accidently released in limited quanities, this version has the classic Sonic title screen music and a different game over and chaos emerald collect song. The more common version has different music. The japanese version was the same as the final US version and replaced the hee-haw sound when dying with a proper jingle. The European version was also the same as the final US version, with some music was rearranged and extended.
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 and Yuji Naka, creators of Sonic The Hedgehog
Resources
Box Art
EU cover
US cover
JP cover
Asian cover
| Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems | |
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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 |