Sega braked Sonic in Master's degree System

Unlike what many people believe, Sonic in Master's degree System did not limit himself to being a cut away version of the success of Gentle Drive but one adapted the game to the characteristics of the small console of Sega.

But let's go on parts, as well you will remember that Sonic was the Sega project to create a product that was selling 1.000.000 of games, a personage who was competing with the star of the moment, Mario, and who was giving the definitive push to Gentle Drive in the United States. One was looking for something different and in turn to make use of the characteristics of 16 bits of Sega his most rapid processor (approximately 7 Mhz), with which a platforms game is designed for a fast personage, on having seen the vertiginous of the game, Yuji Naka (the leader of the project and Sonic father) seemed "Supersonic" to him and like that it remained.

The targets were fulfilled, Sega thought of keeping on exploiting his personage in his console of 8 bits, which although at the beginning of the nineties his market share was much reduced in Japan or the United States, in the old continent and Brazil due at his low price forged a good hollow.

Master's degree System nevertheless was a console of 8 bits and he had not the sufficient ease to move stages at big speeds, with what it was decided in favor of a development slower that in the one that the platforms was gaining area to the precipitation and to the factor it covers streets of the Sonic of Gentle Drive.

A less rapid game their a few much more calmed, even different levels were designed to the being with scroll horizontally automatically (we had to continue the rhythm of the phase), very exact jumps, as in the levels of the jungle (with horizontal displacement, something should frequent very little in the series) or in the fortitude of Dr. Robotnick eggman. Or small puzzles in which we have to cover the whole level opening doors to find the exit (this level was very good, insurance that you remember). Also we will have bonus levels if we obtain more than fifty rings in the same level

The control was answering perfectly (the crosspiece of the Master's degree System was soft and with a big trip) to the requirements of the video I play, that on the other hand was not of infernal difficulty, as it was a custom in that epoch, on the contrary was quite balanced and alone in the last levels we will be able to spend real complications.

East if that is a Sonic and not the chuloputas of nowadays

Graphically it squeezed to ceiling the Master's degree System (that was one of the most top consoles of 8 bits), the coloring was extraordinary, the protagonists enjoy a few notable animations, where Sonic was emphasizing his expressiveness (on having lost the rings, on having run, etc...). Another good detail is the fluency, practically it is rare to find some slowing down or the classic blinkings, not even when several enemies appear on screen. Sonic possibly is one of the most beautiful games of the age of 8bit and still to today it keeps on turning out to be agreeable at sight.

And his music was the catastrophe, the first level was re-mixing the classic melody of Green Hill, nevertheless the rest of the levels is one of cult for made fond of the video games music midi. I leave you with a sample that will be better that my void sonorous knowledge.

Curiosities Sonic

In this Sonic delivery when we are struck by an enemy we lose the rings, but unlike Gentle Drive, it is not possible to recover them.

So that you realize the change jugable of this delivery in favor of the platforms, in all the alone game we will be able to find a speed potenciador, in the first level, which also gives place to a quite curious glitch (and evidently known, he was thinking that it was the only one in the world that knew it), in which Sonic covers so much that disappears of the screen.

Curiously the first Sonic game in development for Master's degree System, was an educational US title. Gold, Sonic Edusoft, this title was re-using big part of the material of the version of Gentle Drive and it was never commercialized.

It is necessary to remember as well as this game was coming in the internal memory of the Master's degree System 2 when a pack of the console appeared by 5000 ptas (really a bargain).

Differences between both versions  

• The version of Master's degree System works to major resolution, but that of Game Gear is richer in colors.
• In the version of Game Gear the visibility of the stage is minor than in Master's degree System due to the small size of the screen of the portable one.
• In the version of Green Hill of Game Gear, it appears occasionally by each of the acts a few signs of form of rhomb of yellow color with a sign of exclamation, a sign of "warning". In Master's degree System, it does not exist.
• In Jungle Zone of Master's degree System, Sonic must spend the act 2 of a direct way, since the screen is going up, without allowing to Sonic to step back down. This does not happen in the version of Game Gear
• The mapping of Labyrinth Zone is different in both versions (Inclusive location of the Emerald of the Chaos of this area), although the design of blocks and objects is identical. The same happens in Special Stage.

Source Sonic the Hedgehog in wikipedia

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Kirkis http://elpixelilustre.blogspot.com
Date September 6, 2008
The Sonic of Master's degree System is very good, many persons believe that to the being of a console of low level it is a worse game that that of Gentle Drive, but they are quite wrong. There are different games.
You have said everything exactly as it is, I have loved the article.

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raul http://gameadaffiliates
Date September 7, 2008
All the reason you have, it gave me great anger when the people announced the exit of this game to herself in the virtual console in the forums began to say that it was not worth it for being a castrated version of the Sonic of Gentle Drive.
When it has not anything in common

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Kirkis http://elpixelilustre.blogspot.com
Date September 11, 2008
All the gilipoyas there is free one in the world xD
And the truth, to me also me mola very much the Sonic 2 of the System, because this phase with hang glider is an anthological xD

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