Sonic the Hedgehog (lost build of cancelled Amiga port of Sega Genesis platformer; 1992): Difference between revisions

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Magazine ad for the game.

Status: Lost

In September 1991, Italian gaming magazine The Games Machine had an article discussing the original Sonic the Hedgehog being ported to various home computers such as the Commodore Amiga. It was going to be published by U.S. Gold and would have likely been released in June 1992. However, it was never released, possibly due to disagreements between Sega and U.S. Gold.

Two screenshots have surfaced, both of which were sourced out of the aforementioned article and, based on these screenshots, the game may have had entirely new level designs and possibly even new levels, similar to the Game Gear version. Additionally, the title screen depicts Sonic's "American" design as opposed to the Japanese version. The sprite of the character in-game is closer to the Game Gear version, but appears to lack shading.

Little else is known about the port.

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-|title=<center>Sonic the Hedgehog Amiga Port
+|title=<center>Sonic the Hedgehog Amiga Port</center>
 |image=Sonic1 amiga.jpg
-|imagecaption=The aforementioned magazine ad.
+|imagecaption=Magazine ad for the game.
 |status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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+In September 1991, Italian gaming magazine ''The Games Machine'' had an article discussing the original ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' being '''ported''' to various home computers such as the '''Commodore Amiga'''. It was going to be published by U.S. Gold and would have likely been released in June 1992. However, it was never released, possibly due to disagreements between Sega and U.S. Gold.
+Two screenshots have surfaced, both of which were sourced out of the aforementioned article and, based on these screenshots, the game may have had entirely new level designs and possibly even new levels, similar to the Game Gear version. Additionally, the title screen depicts Sonic's "American" design as opposed to the Japanese version. The sprite of the character in-game is closer to the Game Gear version, but appears to lack shading.
-In September of 1991, the Italian gaming magazine known as 'The Games Machine' had a article talking about the original Sonic the Hedgehog being ported to computers such as the Commodore Amiga. It was going to be published by U.S Gold and it probably would be released in June of 1992. However, for unknown reasons it was never released( possibly due to disagreements between Sega and U.S Gold).
+Little else is known about the port.
-Two screenshots have surfaced, sourced out of the aforementioned Italian magazine article (as you can see to the right) and in it you can see that the Green Hill Zone screenshot seems to match neither the Genesis nor Game Gear versions of the title, implying the game had entirely new level designs and possibly even new levels, similar to the Game Gear version.  Also the title screen depicts Sonic's "American" design as opposed to the Japanese version. The sprite of the character in-game is closer to the Game Gear version, but appears to lack shading.
 [[Category:Lost video games]]