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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [a] is a 1992 platform game developed by Aspect and published by Sega for the Master System and Game Gear.It is the sequel to the 8-bit Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) and follows Sonic as he attempts to get the Chaos Emeralds back to rescue his friend Miles "Tails" Prower from Dr. Robotnik.
Sonic and Tails jumping across pillars in Aquatic Ruin Zone. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a side-scrolling platform game. [1] It features a story similar to the first Sonic the Hedgehog 's (1991): [2] Doctor Robotnik, a mad scientist, seeks the Chaos Emeralds to power his space station, the Death Egg, [3] and traps the animal inhabitants of West Side Island in aggressive robots. [4]
Composer Yuzo Koshiro in 2006. In 1990, Sega released the Game Gear, [10] an 8-bit handheld game console designed to compete with Nintendo's Game Boy. [11] Around the same time, Sonic Team worked on Sonic the Hedgehog for the 16-bit Genesis and Sega wanted to increase consumer awareness of the Game Gear by producing a version of Sonic for the system.
First true 3D id Tech engine. id Tech 2.5 Quake II engine: C: 2001 C: Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS: Quake II, Heretic II, SiN, Daikatana, Gravity Bone: GPL-2.0-or-later: Also termed the Quake II engine. Improvements to the id Tech 2 engine. id Tech 3 Quake III Arena engine: C: 2005 C: Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS
Game engine recreation is a type of video game engine remastering process wherein a new game engine is written from scratch as a clone of the original with the full ability to read the original game's data files. The new engine reads the old engine's files and, in theory, loads and understands its assets in a way that is indistinguishable from ...
A number of Sonic games were developed for Sega's 8-bit consoles, the Master System and the handheld Game Gear. The first, an 8-bit version of the original Sonic, was developed by Ancient to promote the Game Gear and released in December 1991. [34] Aspect Co. developed most of the subsequent 8-bit Sonic games, beginning with Sonic 2. [35]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Bonk's Adventure: CPU Sharp SM83 @ 4.2 MHz MOS 65SC02 @ 4 MHz Zilog Z80 @ 3.5 MHz HuC6280A @ 1.79 / 7.16 MHz Memory 8 KB work RAM, 8 KB video RAM 64 KB RAM 8 KB work RAM, 16 KB video RAM 8 KB work RAM, 64 KB video RAM Video
The 32-bit/64-bit era is most noted for the rise of fully 3D polygon games. While there were games prior that had used three-dimensional polygon environments, such as Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter in the arcades and Star Fox on the Super NES, it was in this era that many game designers began to move traditionally 2D and pseudo-3D genres into 3D on video game consoles.