The Best Ways to Play Every Sonic Game

I tried to get everything I could. But let me know if there's anything I missed or that should be added. btw, the stuttering in the Colors footage only happens the first few minutes once you start playing. It smooths over after a bit.

Intro 0:00
1 3:25
2 5:40
3K 6:22
CD 8:13
SA1 10:13
SA2 11:26
Heroes 12:35
Shadow 13:44
06 14:31
Unleashed 16:43
Colors 19:15
Generations 20:55
Lost World 21:40
Mania 22:09
Forces 23:11
Frontiers 23:49
Superstars 25:58
3D Blast 26:44
The 8-bit Games 27:45
Spinball 29:27
Mean Bean Machine 29:42
R 30:00
X-treme 30:34
Advance 2 31:02
Riders 31:32
Zero Gravity 32:56
Free Riders 33:46
The Wii Games 34:30
Runners 35:13
Outro 35:42

[Pariah]

Forgot to mention, Sonic 3 AIR claims to require a Steam copy of 3K to be played. But that is no longer available... Fortunately, all it really needs to the right rom of Sonic 3 & Knuckles with the right name in the right folder. So if you just so happened to already have a rom of 3K that you acquired via totally legitimate means, you're good.

[alexos]

This video is literally public service. Would you be interested in getting subtitles in other languages for this video? I feel like this should get to as large of an audience as possible

[sehtuk]

Something for Sonic Unleashed Wii is "Werehog Wiimprovement" by SuperrSonic.
It's a mod mostly focused around changing minor things, but it makes the very nice improvement of being able to disable the Werehog battle theme so you can just listen to the regular music (you can even change the music per act if you want). It also has the ability to switch to Japanese voice acting, turning off the glossy effect Sonic's model has and other smaller changes.

[lemonov]

The sheer аutism of the fanbase is what motivates me to eventually try to play the whole series. Good job actually making a spreadsheet, I wish a similar effort existed for other franchises I care about.

[WorksOfMagic]

22:10 In regards to Mania, there is a mod that's currently in development which aims to be what Forever and Absolute were to Sonic 1 & 2. It's called Sonic Mania Addendum, and it is a decomp mod which aims to fix oversights left by the developers like fixing character palette mess-ups (Mighty having a weird skin tone after turning Super and losing the Super transformation is an example). It also aims to add a shit ton of toggles like ones for the characters' moveset (Max control anyone?) or which character you'd like to have as a partner throughout the campaign no matter who you play as etc... It aims to even fix some very minor level design bullshit, and just overall tries to polish the game up further. Also, if you weren't sold on getting the mod, maybe you'd be if I told you about the addition of a playable Amy, complete with her own character slot?
If you want to try it out, a demo was first released for the Sonic Hacking Contest. It's since been getting more progress, with the addition of CE+ skins being in the works, and even mobile support if you're into that kind of thing. I genuinely recommend checking it out.

[TheDiego]

Glad to see an alternative to CD restored. I really didn't like the fact that you had to unlock the original soundtrack in that.

[saulw]

This is such a nice surprise to see a new version of your old enhancements video! I’ve been using your spreadsheet for about a year now and it’s introduced me to so many QOL improvements for the whole series that I otherwise would never know about

[TommFoolery]

Your original video on this was my introduction to playing this series a bit over a year ago and it became one of my favourite franchises. Can't wait to update the games I haven't gotten around to yet, thanks for all this Pariah!

[wildberrysherbert]

Sidenote about Sonic Heroes: there's a mod called Sonic Heroes Adventure that fixes the scripted sequence problem (on top of a lot of it's own original changes)

[jinxyjangle]

Thank you so much for bringing more light to Shadow Reloaded. It's an excellent mod which fixes some of the only gripes I have with my favourite Sonic game!

[legoawcstopmotioner]

Another mod I recommend to people who are using any sort of volume tweaking mod for SA2 is the Transforming Scene Volume Fix mod. Cutscene Revamp and Volume Control are great mods, but it kind of ruins the scene where Sonic and Shadow power up to fight the Biolizard because Live and Learn gets drowned out. Transforming Scene Volume Fix addresses that problem. It might conflict with the other mods in the spreadsheet. I'm not sure. But just thought I'd mention it.

[Aly_Style]

There is also Sonic Origins Ultrafix as an alternative for the 4 classic sonic games, which fixes and improves a lot of parts of Origins (such as the lack of arrow key support, sprite restorations and tweaks, and other fixes).

I’d probably recommend this to people who want a more “purist” version as while S1F and S2A are amazing, some find it changes too much.

Overall tho great video!

[FarSegaU]

Recently I got a Steam Deck so this list is perfect timing now that I finally have this device and can play all these games

[revi]

For generations there is mod for cutscenes in 720p like ps3. Normally they are in 480p like on x360. And I also recomend mods like: Better fxpepile for better antyaliasing and mod "soft shadows" for ofc better looking shadows

[elibonham]

Now this is a christmas gift pariah. Merry christmas and thank you for the content you produce

[aplsed]

30:34 Small thing about Sonic X-treme: There are several leaked builds of the game available online you could play, as well as a leaked dev build complete with the engine used to play it. They're better to play for the novelty of it, as these builds aren't entirely stable (or fun, for that matter) but they are a very nice look-through for those curious enough.

[SunkythePootis]

Another recommendation that can be made for Advance 2 is Sonic Advance 2 SP. It's a rom hack that not only reduces the special ring requirements from seven to five (along with more added special rings added to each level), but it also adds some new level layouts to reduce the amount of bottomless pits later levels can exhibit and in turn help make the difficulty curve more gradual compared to the original game.

[thewrathofrevan]

Saving this for future reference. I have a pretty big backlog to cover for 2024, so it'll be nice to have some of this on-hand for whenever a Sonic game shows up. Thanks for the list, broski!

[skeLPCgamez]

For Forces I would recommend the "Sonic Forces: Reimagined" mod. Even though it is somewhat of an overhaul they've also altered the physics slightly for Modern + Avatar and made the level design not only just more engaging but there are entirely new sections to make the stage length a lot more longer. Sunset Heights, Aqua Road, Guardian Rock, Network Terminal, Arsenal Pyramid and Iron Fortress are the ones that have new sections.

[cococroako]

Thank you for putting so much effort into informing people who want to experience the best way to play these games. Respect.