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These finished works have a softer sound than those work-in-progress tunes, and even feel a little out of place against the rest of the SEGA Sound Team soundtrack on first listen less boisterous than HydroCity Zone, not quite as melodic as Angel Island. The new music does take some getting used to, even if you have already familiarised yourself with the Sonic 3 ‘November 1993’ Beta leak from a few years ago. While Senoue-san has done a fantastic job with these alternative tracks, your first run-through with these Sonic 3 stages will mess with your nostalgia just a little bit.

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Well, not really new – it’s actually the Beta music for each level, finished and mastered by series sound director Jun Senoue. Carnival Night, Ice Cap and Launch Base do not contain the BGMs you remember in the 1990s – unfortunately due to rights issues, SEGA has had to replace these tracks with ‘new’ ones. Extra touches during cutscenes and additional audio/sound effect cues (they even fixed the Chaos Emerald collection jingle at the end of a special stage) really hammer home the level of care and attention that has been spent on almost every element of this game.Ībout the only curiosity you might find is the lack of three Zone themes whilst playing through the back end of Sonic 3. Using the spinning tops in Marble Garden and reaching the tall corridors will show the character spinning on the spot whilst running, too. Press Up or Down on that cursed barrel in Carnival Night Zone, for example, and this time you get a unique animation to communicate the action to the player. Not only does Sonic 3 & Knuckles finally get the Retro Engine treatment – widescreen, smooth gameplay, pixel-perfect physics – but there have also been a few quality of life tweaks to the game, such as brand new music for the Super/Hyper transformations and brand new character animations for certain stage gimmicks. Headcannon was commissioned to come back and help remaster these two games for Sonic Origins, and the studio’s hard work really shines here. While it is incredibly nice to be able to finally (officially) play the Retro Engine versions of Sonic 1, CD and 2 on a home console or PC, the jewel in Sonic Origin’s crown for many fans will be the inclusion of Sonic 3 & Knuckles – a couple of games that have not had a formal re-release on any platform for over a decade. The framerate and animations feel so fluid, it can kind of screw with your Mega Drive-era muscle memory in the special stages. On a PlayStation 4 these Mega Drive titles feel simply wonderful to play – being able to rush through Emerald Hill Zone and Spring Yard Zone on a big TV, with all the bells and whistles of the Retro Engine, is a complete joy – but you’ll feel the buttery-smooth gameplay the most when playing on a PS5 with a 4K screen. The result is an insanely authentic Sonic gameplay experience, coupled with the ability to include enhancements such as widescreen resolutions, new animations and additional features like the Spin Dash in Sonic 1 (or the Drop Dash in all games) – all at an enhanced framerate.

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With Sonic Origins, SEGA finally delivers fans what they’ve been wanting for around ten years now – the pixel-perfect releases of Sonic CD, Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as remastered by Sonic Mania developers Christian Whitehead and Stealth (Headcannon), previously locked to iOS and Android hardware, on dedicated home consoles and PC.Īs a result, these are not simple ports of the 16-bit originals, let alone emulated ROMs – the games in this collection (in particular Sonic CD, which is reportedly notoriously difficult to emulate) have effectively all been remade from the ground up using Whitehead and Stealth’s proprietary ‘Retro Engine’.

Sonic cd soundtrack info archive#

It’s inclusion is no coincidence Sonic Jam on SEGA Saturn is still seen as the gold standard in the eyes of many fans, with every compilation release since (such as Sonic Mega Collection) offering either poorly-emulated versions of the 16-bit classics, a pitiful amount of archive content or bonus features, dull uninteresting presentation, or a combination of all three. The fact that even the main menu theme happens to be a remix of Sonic Jam’s ‘Sonic World’ speaks volumes to the standard that SEGA is looking to achieve with this compilation. Main menus are decorated with the island worlds in which each game is set (and if you have the Digital Deluxe edition, you can zoom in on those islands and watch Sonic, Tails and Eggman dance about), UI elements are directly inspired by the colourful shapes and designs of the Japanese Mega Drive box art, and the new animated cutscenes that bookend each title are bursting with character and personality. The presentation throughout the rest of Sonic Origins is equally impressive.