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Sonic Heroes downplays the action-adventure and exploration-based gameplay of its predecessors Sonic Adventure (1998) and Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) in favor of returning to the linear style of Sega Genesis-era Sonic games. Heroes was the first multi-platform Sonic game, produced for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Windows.
After end of official support, Ryan Mallon reconstructed around July 2015 a source code variant of the game's engine to port these games. [367] Ryan Mallon works also on reverse engineering The Lost Vikings engine. [368] Out Run: 1986 2012 Arcade racing: Sega: Since around 2009 [369] a game enthusiast worked on decompiling source code of Out Run.
Sonic Tag-Team Heroes is a Sonic tabletop role-playing game. Rowan Zeoli of Polygon described it as a "more traditional tabletop game with crunchy, Dungeons & Dragons-inspired grid-based combat". [90] Rings and Running Shoes is a Sonic tabletop role-playing game that uses the Powered by the Apocalypse framework. [90]
Christian Whitehead, also known as The Taxman, [1] is an Australian video game programmer and designer. [2] He is most recognized for his work creating updated ports of early games in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, as well as being a lead developer of an original game in the series, Sonic Mania.
[1] [2] The 1991 release of Sonic the Hedgehog is considered significant in video game history, as it increased the Sega Genesis's sales and Sega displaced Nintendo as the leading video game company. [3] Some Sonic Team games, such as the Sonic games and Nights, are considered among the greatest of all time. [4] [5]
Two characters introduced in Sonic CD, Amy Rose and Metal Sonic, became recurring characters in the Sonic series. Metal Sonic appeared as an antagonist in Knuckles' Chaotix (1995), the Sonic the Hedgehog anime film (1996), [87] Sonic Heroes (2003), [88] Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (2012) [89] and Sonic Mania (2017).
Sonic Mania is a 2017 platform game published by Sega for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows.Produced in commemoration of the Sonic the Hedgehog series' 25th anniversary, Sonic Mania pays homage to the original Sega Genesis Sonic games, featuring speedy side-scrolling gameplay.
Sonic Mega Collection compiles 14 emulated games originally released for the Sega Genesis, limited to only 12 in releases outside of Japan.In addition to the seven default games, three unlockable games are included that recreate the Sonic & Knuckles "lock-on technology" to allow for new modes and/or playable characters in the first three Sonic games.