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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (not to be confused with the official Sonic 4) is an unlicensed Super NES game and a ROM hack of Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos (1995). Featuring Sonic in place of the eponymous character, the player can collect rings and free Nintendo's Mario (replacing the mice from the original game) from an assortment of cages.
Release years by system: 2001 – Dreamcast, GameCube [63] 2012 – Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, Windows [64] Notes: . Celebrates Sonic's 10th anniversary, with the ability to play as both heroes: Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower and Knuckles the Echidna, and villains: Dr. Eggman, Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat.
This is usually done by technically inclined video game fans to improve an old game of importance, as a creative outlet, or to essentially make new, unofficial games using the old game's engine. Many ROM hacks typically redesign a game as a new, fun way of playing the original games while keeping most if not all of the items the same, while ...
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.
Sonic Heroes was the first multi-platform Sonic game: it was developed for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 (PS2), and Xbox. [14] Unlike the Sonic Adventure games, made using proprietary software, [9] Sonic Team partnered with Criterion Software to use the RenderWare game engine so the game could be programmed and ported with ease to each platform. [15]
The GameCube and controller (Indigo color). The GameCube is Nintendo's fourth home video game console, released during the sixth generation of video games.It is the successor to the Nintendo 64, and was first launched in Japan on September 14, 2001, followed by a launch in North America on November 18, 2001, and a launch in the PAL regions in May 2002.
Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable. The official documentation is often only available to licensed developers, and these systems may use storage formats that make distribution difficult, such as ROM cartridges or encrypted CD-ROMs.
[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]