Sonic Blast
From Sonic Retro
| Sonic Blast |
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| System(s): Sega Game Gear & Master System |
| Publisher: Sega |
| Developer: Aspect Co. Ltd |
| Genre: 2D Platform |
Sonic Blast (or G Sonic, as it is known in Japan) is the last Sonic game released for the Sega Game Gear.
The game was released in North America in November 1996. The game came to Europe later that month. The Japanese release was on December 13, 1996.
It was released in Brazil for the Sega Master System by Tec Toy, SEGA's Brazilian distributor. The Brazilian SMS version suffers of worse graphics, due to the system's limited palette. Because it's large size (8 megabits), it won't run in the earliest Master System models.
The two playable characters in the game are Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles the Echidna. The two have to collect five Chaos Emeralds in stages visually similar to the Sonic 3 special stages, but instead collecting rings like in the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Sonic 2 special stage. You only get emeralds in the second acts, if you win a special stage in the first act you gain an extra life instead. Similar to Sonic 3, you enter special stages through large rings hidden in the regular stages.
Contents
Manuals
Zones
Production Credits
Producer: Hiroshi Aso
Director: Ryushin Hamada
Map Design: Akira Okamoto, Ken Sasaki
Chief Programmer: Toshiaki Araki
Programmer: Yoshiaki Makishima
Chief Designer: Fumikazu Sugawara
Designer: Taro Murayama
Sound Composer: Kojiro Mikusa
Special Thanks: Kazuyuki Oikawa, Aspect All Staff
Resources
Box Art
Game Gear Version
EU cover
JP cover
US cover
Master System Version
BR cover
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1991 Sonic the Hedgehog 1992 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 1993 Sonic Chaos | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 1994 Sonic Drift | Sonic Spinball | Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble 1995 Sonic Drift 2 | Tails' Skypatrol | Tails Adventures | Sonic Labyrinth | Sonic 2 in 1 1996 Sonic Blast Prototypes Sonic the Hedgehog (Game Gear prototype) | Sonic Chaos prereleases | Sonic Spinball (8-bit) prereleases | Sonic Triple Trouble prereleases | Sonic Blast prereleases Unreleased Sonic's Edusoft
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