Playing Classic Sonic Wrong (Patreon)

Published:

2022-01-12 23:03:48

Imported:

2026-06

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This one has been a weird project to take on. I wanted to try a few things different. Not just hitting these games with shorter form reviews. But using gimmicks to explore games I'm very familiar with from new angles and essentially provoke a topic out of them.

This got stranger in writing, I've been on the internet for a long time and watched a lot of stuff related to Sonic, it can at times be hard to pick out what's a conclusion I came to on my own versus one I've picked up along the way. So many people talk about this series from so many angles that I'm thoroughly uncertain if anything I can say will be both novel AND useful/interesting. So this steadily morphed into some kind of "retrospective retrospective" not just tackling the games and semi-related topics, but the conversations I've heard over the years.

Anyway I still tried to keep it fun and breezy and I hope you enjoy. I wound up splitting what was originally a full retrospective into a series so I can modify my approach going forward if people aren't fully feeling this.

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Playing Classic Sonic Wrong

Today we’re playing Sonic wrong, starting with the classic series, we’re playing Sonic 1, 2, and 3 with gimmicks! The well has been thoroughly tapped on Sonic reviews, so we’re going to instead manipulate the games so we can talk about whatever we want to, which may occasionally be Sonic, it’s a retrospective retrospective! Links Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tehsnakerer Twitter: https://twitter.com/TehSnakerer Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tehsnakerer EmuVR: https://www.emuvr.net/ Thanks to Hotcyder for the Thumbnail (and joining on the S3&K stream!) Video Links Geek Critique: Sonic 2: https://youtu.be/pDPi_Mc51Ws Innuendo Studios: It’s Not Easy Being Blue: https://youtu.be/vPOBsk-rjgU PAL NTSC comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW-XsGN8oKc Mario 64 No Textures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_zjaI6Gm_k Why the sound of a gun had to be nerfed: https://youtu.be/RDxiuHdR_T4 “Games as Service” is Fraud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw Sonic 2 Special Edition Ending: https://youtu.be/3sOoz3e1AWM Sega Lord 3D Blast Review: https://youtu.be/cSIC2Eo2vIc Ace Card 3D Blast Review: https://youtu.be/WpHoU11a5Y4 Webster: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdPsqX_D5zx717G_DDChMyg Gamehut: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfVFSjHQ57zyxajhhRc7i0g Lightgun Games in VR: https://youtu.be/bRzcWDGR61g Infinite Review Evangelion: https://youtu.be/TLrKZcY2ScI Videos referenced People whose streams I watch MDCChris: https://www.twitch.tv/mdcchris Cybershell: https://www.youtube.com/c/Cybershell13/ Running Shine: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLrno_gfh32wX4I8-6qV4Wg Spicy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzTNam1Y1zPbccGIm-yaVNQ My Stream https://www.twitch.tv/tehsnakerer/ VOD Archive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvTtLpT9kYAIy8hJwz2qnZw Remixes Mesmonium – Sky Chase Zone Jazz Remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewDwizVpU9M Jahn Davis – Mechanical Wasteland (Scrap Brain) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLL8s2-edWk Mesmonium – Chemical Plant Zone (Smooth Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY1-AJntmPM Toni Ley – Special Zone HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1QhYX84wBA housethegrate – Walk on Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKDYXjwNpqI Insaneintherainmusic – Ice Cap Zone Jazz Arrangement https://youtu.be/b_j1KVnU-go Index Spintro The Game Critic Curse 00:00 Sonic the Hedgehog 1. Speed Learning 03:17 2. Sonic, Genesis, and Nostalgia 06:47 Sonic CD 1. Critical Darling 13:16 2. Sonic no CD 18:48 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 1. Hold Right to Whinge 23:16 2. gohegdeH eht cinoS 25:25 3. Special Savestates 28:33 Sonic 3D Flickies Island: Directors Cust 1. Blast from the Past 32:20 2. A Critical Question 34:53 Sonic 3 & Knuckles 1. It’s the Best 38:09 2. Livestream of Consciousness 40:09