Ryan Bloom

Early Access: The Definitive Way to Play Sonic R

Added 2019-03-10 21:43:06 +0000 UTC

It feels nice to be able to put a video out after only working on it for a week and a half instead of months and months of slaving over it.

This video is around 90% complete. I'm a little fuzzy on some of the release dates, given there's conflicting information out there on when Sonic R released. According to Sonic Retro, Sonic R's release schedule looks like:

USA: November 18th, 1997
JP: December 4th, 1997
UK: December 11th, 1997

But according to GiantBomb, it's:

USA: October 31st, 1997
JP: December 4th, 1997
UK: December 12th, 1997

And if you trust Mobygames, they say:

USA: October 31st, 1997
JP: December 4th, 1997
UK: December 21st, 1997

Hidden Palace, a site dedicated to prototypes, say the final builds of Sonic R were made on:

USA: October 17th, 1997
JP: November 5th, 1997
UK: October 17th, 1997

I've asked Sonic Retro for clarification, and I've pinged Jon Burton of Traveler's Tales on Twitter trying to hammer down the real, actual release date of this game, which is the main hold up preventing this from releasing to the wider public. I've also got a couple of other tweaks in mind for the finished video, too.

But until then, enjoy this early look at a mostly-completed video.

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