this game is fucking awesome, for once I'm not with Mark. I freakin love Sonic Spinball
@exxodas
4 жыл бұрын
I just remember being very disappointed in this game. Still feel guilty for wasting my parent’s money.
@caffeineadvocate
11 жыл бұрын
So many childhood memories of this amazing game, which is sitting proudly on my shelf next to the Tiger Electronic handheld version. Guess which one gets more play.. Great review.
@qualli13
8 жыл бұрын
Why do you always say "sonic thiii hedgehog"? My mother tongue is german, but I also learn english. I thought you say "thiii" when a vocal (a, e, i, o, u) follows. But maybe there is another rule that allows to say "thiii" before the word hedgehog.
@JackBetts55
8 жыл бұрын
qualli13 he just pronounces it strangely
@JReed7560
6 жыл бұрын
Saaanic
@mep6302
4 жыл бұрын
Most people pronounce it correctly. He doesn't speak English very well
@RocketeerRaccoon
7 жыл бұрын
If only they used the same game engine as Sonic 2, this game would have been a lot more pasted, Sonic Spinball is just too slow.
@SuperLeopold64
9 жыл бұрын
Well at least it's better than the Game Gear version.
@keidrienmccollum3476
2 жыл бұрын
Yep
@jarekvoice08legend
5 жыл бұрын
It's terribly boring and difficult, a waste of my money! Yet playing Sonic 2-3b was kinda the happiest time of my life! No game series is perfect : - ( ...
@NotWatching666999
11 жыл бұрын
I use to love this game.
@IHoboJunk
11 жыл бұрын
The world map was a great idea!!
@dbpooper7512
9 жыл бұрын
Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball is one you might like.
@FrostFang86
7 жыл бұрын
I hated this freaking game! When I got my sega genesis it came with it, and when I got it I had nooooo idea it was a sonic game which wasnt like the other sonic games. And that first stage---omg that damn mechanic dragon in the water; it was infuriating falling in there. This is so much more difficult than the other Sonic games, and playing it as a kid was just too much.
@Dmdm_dm
11 жыл бұрын
I convinced my friend back in 1994 to buy this game because I thought it was Sonic Triple Trouble for the Mega Drive (go figure) and featured Sonic with Knuckles and Tails. He kept blaming me for months
@michaelcorrigan6577
3 жыл бұрын
You actually don't need to paddle through the sludge. All you have to do is go to the top and he will fall in basically automatically.
@franciscojr.millan2102
5 жыл бұрын
I remember renting this as a kid and thinkn... Meh. I'll stick 2 my Sonic 2
@kuragari1anonly
11 жыл бұрын
Sonic Spinball had some cool music. Dat The Showdown
@joeyjo-joshabadu9636
2 жыл бұрын
Framerate absolutely ruins this game.
@Pandan3D
11 жыл бұрын
Do you sometimes google search your own reviews to make sure you havent reviewed it yet? Lol Awesome review
@ouaueaioh
11 жыл бұрын
I had this game back in the day and man, this one was punishing!
@bokuboi8913
11 жыл бұрын
wow 1993! I remember that I asked my dad to buy me a Sonic game and he got me this; at first I was disappointed but after I played it I loved it :D
@markmachao
11 жыл бұрын
Mohammed thanks again!!!
@rushnerd
11 жыл бұрын
Oh god, I almost forgot how bad the framerate was in this title, odd for a sonic game, let alone a PINBALL one. It's also hard as bones.
@CanaldoZenny
9 жыл бұрын
Sonic Spinball for Sega Genesis: The original ear rape.
@joshsmith130
8 жыл бұрын
+Matheusfpolis1 It's not that bad.
@N0rlight
8 жыл бұрын
+Matheusfpolis1 The Ear Rape isn't that awful in the cartridge version.
@RetroGamerVX
11 жыл бұрын
I come from 1000 years into the future, and due to our mastery of the Higgs field, we can precisely control sonic :o)
@thomas83lin
9 жыл бұрын
just picked this up, I can only make it to the second level so far. Yes its hard.lol
@RetroGamerVX
11 жыл бұрын
New intro = something from those really bad 90s computer game shows :o( Nope, this game sucks :o(
@MicahBuzanANIMATION
11 жыл бұрын
no reason to give up on sonic for dbz - you can like them both, because they're BOTH awesome!
@SuperJumpReviews
11 жыл бұрын
This game was so difficult for me back in the day. I could only get the first emerald. : (
@HereForAStorm
11 жыл бұрын
He's in a warehouse now... seriously. The man sits in a storage warehouse by himself everyday playing 20 year old video games and makes a living. Must be nice.
@SuperJumpReviews
11 жыл бұрын
i keep forgetting he's good at pinball. I know he's really good at vectrex though.
@darkeclipticheart
11 жыл бұрын
One time I actually used saved points and beat this game. It never got any better...
@TheRealDustinNunn
11 жыл бұрын
Sonic Spinball was alright, but my favorite is Metroid Prime: Pinball! That game rocks! The best Metroid game ever, in my opinion.
@ralfalf4
11 жыл бұрын
This game is just awesome. I remember playing it till I finished it, really freaking hard game.
@nicholastosoni707
11 жыл бұрын
The "Mega Collection" version is much smoother, I find.
@MonjeBedeiah
4 жыл бұрын
I beat that game when I was 14. After that finally conquering it, I didn't want play it again. It really doesn't offer much replay value. It's a mediocre game at best.
@reticulat1ngsplines
11 жыл бұрын
Man, I loved this game so much when I was a kid. Never did beat it. Time to break out the Genesis.
@themetalgod66683
11 жыл бұрын
I love the game! I have it for my Sega Genesis. That last level and the one before that are a pain in the ass.
@N0rlight
8 жыл бұрын
Sonic Spinball was the first game that I've bought for my genesis, let me tell you... It's my favorite spin off games of all fricken times.
@scottthewaterwarrior
11 жыл бұрын
I played this game back in the day, never had a genesis myself though. I was like -6 when it came out, lol! The hair cut place near my moms office always had video games to play while they cut your hair. The owner let me come and play the Genesis even when I wasn't getting a hair cut! Could never even get past the first level but this game was fun. Since that place closed I've cut my own hair! It just wouldn't be the same getting it cut anywhere else.
@xboxtagthedarkfenix
11 жыл бұрын
I was a big fan of this game back in the day, but it was a little clunky at times but great game non the less
@TheCompletionist
11 жыл бұрын
I've only ever had the chance to play this game in passing, but never really put any time into it. I hope to get a chance to play this game quite a lot, but i have plenty of sega compilations to play this on.
@SnakeOfBacon
11 жыл бұрын
I never had this game back then but from when I tried it a few months ago, I could only get that far too, maybe second emerald, I'm not sure, keep in mind that Mark is a damn fine pinballer
@KingGameReview
11 жыл бұрын
I liked this game as a kid, but it always felt weird... like the Game Gear / Master System Sonic games... I guess that makes the Game Gear version of Spinball double weird.
@Tyranic1993
11 жыл бұрын
That's because IT IS, this game is actually quite enjoyable, even though I've only played the GameGear version. And by the looks of it, the Genesis version is even more fun.
@2WhiteAndNerdy
11 жыл бұрын
Man, this brings back memories. One of my favorite games of all time, even if it isn't the best Sonic or the best pinball game. Some of the best music to ever grace the Genesis, too.
@Arz2003
11 жыл бұрын
Let me tell you i beat the game back in 95 or 96 i bought the game for 15 dollars from toys r us and yes it was fucking fustrating but i did beat it like 3 or 4 times. The game is ass but if u put your mind into it you cqn beat it with no problem. I still own that original copy of sonic spinball in 2013 :)
@MicahBuzanANIMATION
11 жыл бұрын
the game was so-so, but DAMN THAT MUSIC IS SEXY :)
@Renegade666
11 жыл бұрын
Am I the only person who doesnt find this game all that difficult? I did a run through recently in a few hours or so without really dying much.
@RabidKanid
11 жыл бұрын
Sonic Spinball was never a good game, not even a decent Pinball game. Metroid Prime Pinball beats the ever living crap out of Sonic Spinball. Want an actually good Sonic Pinball game? Go play Casino Night Zone again or that Casino Night Zone Pinball DLC for Sonic Generations.
@abramelinomago516
3 жыл бұрын
Never liked this one. It simply couldn't match the quality of other Sonic games of the time. It was also based on the planet Mobius storyline, something that I never cared about.
@MoonSpiritChannel
9 жыл бұрын
I actually like this game, and I beaten it before. It's not really that hard, it just takes some time to adjust.
@svenz2681
5 жыл бұрын
I've read somewhere that the game was a rush job and thus programmed in a higher level C++ instead of Assembly. The compiled code was not efficient enough for the Genesis and the cause of the slowness.
@Smalltummywonderful
8 жыл бұрын
I have played this game on the Sonic Mega Collection, for the most part I enjoyed playing the games the came on it. Still I admit these games are hard, or rather challenging I just love the original Sonic The Hedgehog games. I was clearly raised on these games when I was child, and they are quite fun with retro vengeance. ^_^
@billroberts7828
11 жыл бұрын
Transpose that theory to people and all of a sudden you're cooking with fire!
@demonshade500025
9 жыл бұрын
Hopefully to any who play this, they haven't burned away too many brain cells from the anger of dying more than in any other Sonic game even if they were a rookie. I couldn't get passed the second level and I think I died around ten or fifteen times with four or five game overs.
@PyroJiro
11 жыл бұрын
That intro narration never gets old. CGR banned from Earth? Of course! Because it's too good of a show for the normal human brain to comprehend!
@PrinceWatercressXadara
11 жыл бұрын
Yep, this game's a keeper, alright...if you're ready to step up to the challenge. The map thing is awesome. Let's see if CGR can cover the world!
@mAnOnFiRe451F
6 жыл бұрын
Always wanted this one as a kid to complete my sonic collection but never got it 😣................😄
@VideosbySteve
11 жыл бұрын
Fun game but damn it sure was annoying trying to hit that ONE stopper only to miss and fall back to the beginning of the board.
@Space-Holiday
11 жыл бұрын
Has anyone been on the Sonic Spinball ride at Alton Towers? :D
@Neodude991
9 жыл бұрын
I liked this game but could never beat it. Swapped it with a friend for Sonic 3 and never looked back!
@BuChan89
11 жыл бұрын
Sweet El Camino! My dad owns an '84. He bought that after we restored a '69 Camaro which is what I drive now.
@FedorovAvtomat
11 жыл бұрын
Mostly because that is an emulated version for the consoles. You can take add extra frame skipping or increased CPU clock speed. Its like Star Fox, if you play it now on a console it is a miserable experience due to framerate. If you play it on an emulator it is much more tolerable.
@sweetpeachnectar
11 жыл бұрын
oh how i hated this game for having sonic in it. sonic looks and plays awful, the graphics are too dark for a sonic game and the music sucks ass. it just doesn't feel like a sonic game at all. this is what happens when soa developes games :/
@SylveonTrapito
11 жыл бұрын
Also this game was made by Sega of America, Yuji Naka the creator of Sonic was not involved. That´s why it´s technically not that well made, but that didn´t stop me from enjoying it. You think that is slow? Try the Game Gear version hehe...
@ripoutyourprejudice
11 жыл бұрын
This really doesn't push the hardware limits at all, after playing stuff like Alien Soldier, Ristar and Vectorman that's quite obvious. If the game suffers from slowdown that's because the team at Sega were dozing off while developing it.
@megacherv
11 жыл бұрын
I imagine that the speed problem is due to this being coded in C rather than Assembly like the original 4. They could probably optimise more with Assembly because of its 'closeness to the metal' but not for C, resulting in a slower engine.
@bombjack1984
11 жыл бұрын
You're right, this game was rushed out for Christmas '93 because of delays to Sonic 3. The developers admitted the slow frame rate (30fps) was due to the game being coded in C as they didn't have time to write it in assembly language.
@Bigdaddyhognuts666
8 жыл бұрын
sonic spinball is awesome! and u do not have to paddle over. thats a secret easy route. u get to that if u do things normally. but its just an amazing game!!
@Danbotology
11 жыл бұрын
Because they use bots or multiple logins to thumb them up and keep them in view in the comments section.
@Cybershroom
11 жыл бұрын
I never found this game to be sluggish. Altough it made me throw my control at the TV screen as kid...
@FedorovAvtomat
11 жыл бұрын
There is actually a good reason why the game runs slow. It was coded in C rather than the standard practice of coding a game in Assembly. It takes far more CPU cycles to process C than the M68000 Assembly.
@samwyse2006
11 жыл бұрын
Clunky, jerky and frustrating. Still played it a decent amount on the PS2 Sonic Mega Collection.
@atranfanatic
5 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not. Sonic Spinball is my favorite Sonic game. I am better at it than any of the other Sonic games. lol I have been to the 4th table or level. I am determined to beat it some day. Need to get back to it and beat it.
@KNGINetwork
11 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Mark carries his copy of Truxton around in his pocket at all times. I know I would.
@KITT171
11 жыл бұрын
I love this game, my favorite video game pinball game along with Devil's Crush.
@darrenjames9891
3 жыл бұрын
I enjoy playing the first level. every level after that is just frustratingly hard.hence never getting past the third level .
@iLife64
11 жыл бұрын
The reason why this game is "sluggish" and "slow" because SEGA put lots of objects on the screen, thus purpously limiting his speed on the system so the game doesn't jitter
@xOmniCloudx
10 жыл бұрын
I played this game so much as a kid. I never beat it but I did get to level 3 or 4 until it got too hard. I still have it in the closet but am afraid of letting it demolish me for free lol.
@arcticfox04
11 жыл бұрын
Waiting for this review for a while from CGR. Sega + Pinball = Awesome
@juangonzalez4821
11 жыл бұрын
I remember owning this game, but never made it pass the jetflying level. Fact it maybe sometimes want to switch over to Sonic 3 combine with Sonic and Knuckles.
@bagaaoglong
11 жыл бұрын
I can see it's an inspired game, but yeah, it's not really a good pinball game or a good Sonic game. I even liked "Pokemon Pinball" on the GBC better than this.
@FunkyFranky80
11 жыл бұрын
Cool spin off game. Not as good as the main series, but still good. I've added it a few weeks ago to my collection. Oh, and it's not do hard as everyone thinks.
@jaztazzy89
11 жыл бұрын
They need to remake make this classic Sonic game because it would make me very happy :)
@ShapeyFiend
11 жыл бұрын
Never liked this game much. I think they should have gotten Compile to develop it instead of Sega America. The music would have been better for a start.
@xxcrysad3000xx
11 жыл бұрын
Wish they had gotten Naxat to program this one. Still a pretty good video pinball game, a genre that had alotta potential that never got explored.
@sglider
11 жыл бұрын
I don't think this game is pushing the Genesis to do too much, I just think it's coded poorly. Had Sonic Team done it, I bet the results would be better.
@Raiden3651
11 жыл бұрын
Hated this game. It was lacking elements that should define a Sonic game. Way too difficult as well. The controls were pretty floaty as well.
@sonicledgend
11 жыл бұрын
you don't need to paddle to the first chaos emerald.... I never even knew you could do that. you just get to that cart room and drop in
@DemonGhostX
11 жыл бұрын
I had this for GameGear when I was a kid. If you thought the Genesis version was slow and frustrating, the GameGear version was even worse.
@mattmaverick703
3 жыл бұрын
I still love it! Something Sonic did on Sega that Mario didn't on Nintendo. So classic here!
@FlippytheMasterofPie
11 жыл бұрын
Keep up the map thing. That's pretty neat, seeing where all the games come from
@GoobbueXIV
11 жыл бұрын
They did make a Sonic pinball table, but I don't think it was based on spinball.
@segacky
11 жыл бұрын
Mark, if you haven't had the pleasure, you should definitely review Crue Ball for the Genesis. The absolute best pinball game ever...
@thejunkmanlives
11 жыл бұрын
if the game was as fast as a regular pinball game it would be unplayable since u only have a very limited view of the play area.
@Xerazal
11 жыл бұрын
its jerky and slow because sonic team didn't make it. sad, cuz it could have been alot better if it just played alittle smoother.
@miguelalves7333
6 жыл бұрын
Would be nice if you could chose other caracters.tails knukles metal sonic
@juangonzalez4821
11 жыл бұрын
While watching the video I notice he had the 1st edition Genesis. My Genesis was where u slide the cartridge in the middle.
@BillyBetYT
11 жыл бұрын
I like Mohammed, he reminds me that gamers are gamers, and it doesn't matter where they're from. Keep on keepin' on, Mohammed!
@Blurgleflargle
11 жыл бұрын
If there's a game that deserves a proper remake, it's this one. Just iron out the flaws and it could become something great.
@xenobytek9583
7 жыл бұрын
Its a unique type of pinball action game people missunderstood
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