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Name:
Sonic & Tails - Japan
Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos - North America and Europe
Other Names (Nicknames): N/A
Release Dates:
October 25, 1993 - Latin America
November 19, 1993 - Japan
November 23, 1993 - North America
November, 1993 - Europe
Quality: 8-Bit ,Side-Scrolling
Platformer
Game System(s): Sega Game
Gear
Also released on:
(1). Gamecube - Sonic Adventure DX
(2). PC - Sonic Adventure DX
(3). Gamecube - Sonic Mega Collection PLUS
Developer(s): Sega of
Japan
Character Introductions: N/A
Region Game Takes Place On: South
Island.
Concept Introductions: Not
a whole lot of innovations in this game. You have the spring powerup,
which I do not believe was in any game before this one. Also, Sonic
enters the special stages by collecting 100 rings. Then there is the
probably best introduction to the speed counter at the end of the stage.
The only other game that I think has this is Sonic Labyrinth. What I
mean by a speed counter is that depending on the amount of time it takes
you to finish the board and the "length" of the board, the
game calculates the speed in kilometers per hour that it took you to
finish it. If you do it fast enough, it is possible to finish with an
average speed of 999 km/hr. Also, the rocket shoes make their appearance.
Yay for moving across the board quite quickly!
Concept Deductions: If you've read above, you
enter the special stage if SONIC gets 100 rings. It is impossible for
Tails enter a special stage at all, which is a huge downer. It's like
they replaced the special stage with flight, because Sonic's peel out
is basically useless. I dunno if that is a really fair trade.
Storyline(s): ...Yet another storyline
that involves the Chaos Emeralds. This time, Robotnik has gotten them
all and sent all but the red one into other dimensions. If Sonic and
Tails don't get the Chaos Emeralds back from the other dimensions and
get the red one back from Eggman, or else the island drops into the
ocean as a result of the flux in the dimensions between the emeralds.
Go Sonic!
Personal Criticism/Opinion:
A
very base Sonic game. I don't know what else to say besides that. Some
of the boards are interesting, but nothing is really out of the ordinary.
In the end though, this is really just a basic game.
Let's see some GAMER'S PERSPECTIVE:
Replay value of Sonic The Hedgehog? Good. As a fast moving
Sonic game, this has the replay value of a...well, basic Sonic game
Graphics and Layout? The sprites remind me a lot of the Sonic
CD sprites, but that could be just me. The boards are pretty decent
for an 8-bit game, but then again, I don't think any of the Sonic games
really suffered SO much more than the others from the lower bitrate.
Music & Sound Effects? The music is Sonic music. This is
really, in all respects, a Sonic game.
Storyline? Have you been catching the flow of what this game
is? The storyline is a basic Sonic storyline.
OVERALL RATING? I rate Sonic Chaos a 6.5/10
