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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 424 |
Sonic the Hedgehog for C64/128 + REU
We're proud to announce Sonic the Hedgehog for Commodore 64/128 + REU (PAL and NTSC).
This is the first game that has exclusively been designed for the REU, to make a fast and smooth full-screen scrolling version of Sonic with little compromises.
This game is a direct port of the SEGA Master System 8-Bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog, with about 64 KB of code hand-translated from the Z80 to the 6502 architecture.
The game will be released as a free download in the coming weeks (exact release date to be announced).
It requires a C64 or C128 (in C64 mode), a compatible REU of at least 256 KB, a compatible drive (.d64 and .d81 images will be provided) and any joystick or gamepad (no extra buttons required). On NTSC, a C128 or other CPU accelerator is highly recommended.
In the mean time, here's a trailer and some screenshots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGp4a00OeRs
 
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Wile Coyote
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Registered: Mar 2004
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The speed of the music in this video works well.
https://youtu.be/SQPvA0OvR24
It appears the music speeds up from time to time.
Watching the video in the link provided, i never knew the Master System was quite that good.
Having never played a Sonic game, it will be good to give the C64 version a proper play through. |
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Alta
Registered: Dec 2010
Posts: 9 |
@Wile Coyote: The music in sonic speeds up when you pick up the speed boots! |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1075 |
Quoting hedningSaid that, Europeans will probably feel completely at home with the current speed.
hashtag notalleuropeans
It was clearly composed at NTSC tempo and just because they did a bad job porting the music in the 80s doesn't mean you couldn't do a better job today. I fully respect that there may be technical limitations preventing it, but if the songs have tempo settings that can be adjusted to compensate for the slower playback frequency that'd be a great option to add. |
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Wile Coyote
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Registered: Mar 2004
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@Alta I see. During the video, the opening level, something causes the music to either change slightly or speed up slightly. On picking up the boots, the music speeds up dramatically. |
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Wile Coyote
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Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 646 |
@MagerValp Correct. European/UK in most cases tended to get a slowed down, squashed screen take on the US/Japanese release.
Sonic looks round on NTSC. Sonic looks slightly squashed on the PAL version. That is why i picked up a Japanese Sega Saturn (with stepdown converter) to experience full screen, full speed games. |
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Trurl
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 61 |
Quote: Quoting hedningSaid that, Europeans will probably feel completely at home with the current speed.
hashtag notalleuropeans
It was clearly composed at NTSC tempo and just because they did a bad job porting the music in the 80s doesn't mean you couldn't do a better job today. I fully respect that there may be technical limitations preventing it, but if the songs have tempo settings that can be adjusted to compensate for the slower playback frequency that'd be a great option to add.
So, an update with selectable music speed is already on the wishlist :) |
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Neo-Rio
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Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 63 |
So there's some video updates on Lemon.
Release date is 19th December.
Also running it on NTSC apparently gets the accurate music rendition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtzJnC4g1Q&t=7s |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1075 |
Wow, didn't realize it was so close to release. Fun! |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 669 |
Where is it? :’-( … it’s past 6pm in Thailand and no sight of it :-( |
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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 424 |
It's out: Sonic the Hedgehog
Enjoy! |
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