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Sprites can be drawn, as vector or bitmap graphics, from scratch in a simple editor that is part of Scratch, or can be imported from external sources. Scratch 3.0 only supports one-dimensional arrays , known as "lists", and floating-point scalars and strings are supported but with limited string manipulation ability.
Sonic 3D Blast was released for the Genesis in North America [d] and Europe in November 1996. [e] The launch coincided with the release of the Game Gear game Sonic Blast, which also features pre-rendered 3D graphics. [34] The Saturn version of Sonic 3D Blast was released in North America later that year [1] and in Europe in February 1997.
The game is a Westernised version of Puyo Puyo (1991), and replaces its characters with those from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, primarily the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog animated series. The Puyo Puyo character Carbuncle appears under the name "Has Bean" and makes different animations depending on how the player plays the game.
The 1998 webcomic Neglected Mario Characters was the first sprite comic to appear on the internet, [1] though Bob and George was the first sprite comic to gain widespread popularity. Starting its run in 2000, Bob and George utilizes sprites from the Mega Man series of games, with most of the characters being taken directly from the games.
Naka originally intended to make Nights into Dreams a slow-paced game, but as development progressed the gameplay pace gradually increased, in similar vein to Sonic games. [24] The initial concept envisioned the flying character in a rendered 2D sprite art, with side-scrolling features similar to Sonic the Hedgehog. [26]
Sonic the Hedgehog was the best-selling home video game of 1991, [108] with 2 million copies sold worldwide by the end of the year, [109] becoming Sega's best-selling home video game up until then. [110] In 1991, Sonic the Hedgehog helped Sega generate a gross revenue of $1 billion in console sales and capture a 65% share of the European ...
[3] [17] [18] Paul Bufton of Mean Machines Sega wrote that the backgrounds and character sprites were "the best to grace the Game Gear" and believed them to be superior to those in previous Game Gear Sonic games. [12] Additionally, Sega Magazine and Sega Pro thought the visuals approached the 16-bit quality seen on the Mega Drive Sonic games.
Sonic the Hedgehog CD [a], simply known as Sonic CD, is a 1993 platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega CD. As Sonic the Hedgehog, the player attempts to protect an extraterrestrial body, Little Planet, from Doctor Robotnik. Like other Sonic games, Sonic runs through themed levels while collecting rings and defeating robots.