- Original Platform: Java
- Original release: 10th June 2017
- Available to buy: No
I had no idea that Java games were still being made in 2017, but I guess some areas are still mainly using cheaper phones, so this caters to them. This is based on the smartphone game of the same name, and is a much worse version of it.
There are a lot fewer features: Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are the only characters, there are no helpers and there are only six stages and a boss fight per area, four fewer per zone. Because of the lack of helpers, the game is much more difficulty as you only get one attempt per level – you also can’t spend rings to continue, either.
The game feels very wonky. While you could chain together a lot of cool movements in the main version, in this everything feels just off. The movement doesn’t sync to the levels quite right and you’ll die a lot because of following the rings and coming up short for a jump.
The game comes in touch and button versions, although the graphics and content are exactly the same. The touch version lets you see a lot more screen at once, even if the repeated background looks very odd. In the button version, you don’t get much of a chance to react to anything. I also found that there are no invincibility frames – if you ran into an enemy, you seem to just die instead of losing rings and moving on.
If you have access to a smartphone, there’s no reason to play this version at all. It’s just a scaled down version that doesn’t work as well.
Where to get
- ROM Status: Available
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