![]() So far, Sega has not told Burton he can’t make his Director’s Cut. This year’s excellent Sonic Mania has its roots in the work of former Sonic modders and fan game creators. Normally, you’d expect that a major gaming company wouldn’t be happy about someone, even if they worked on the original game, making a free, unofficial update to one of their products.īut Sega has a long history of being lenient and even supportive of the Sonic fan game community. Instead, it is available as a patch that you can install into a ROM of the Sega Genesis version, which you can then play on any device that can run a Genesis emulator. ![]() ![]() Now lead programmer Jon Burton is going back to the game he helped create 21 years ago to try to make it a more polished experience.īurton’s Sonic 3D Blast Director’s Cut is not an official Sega product. But its problems and poor timing doomed it to mediocre reviews and a cool reception from fans. Sonic 3D Blast is not a bad game (it also has one of the best soundtracks of any Genesis game). The controls are slippery, and levels have players finding Flickies - colorful, little birds - in nonlinear scavenger hunts that can become frustrating. But Sonic 3D Blast also has some of its own problems. ![]() Super Mario 64, which came out a month earlier, looked leaps more impressive with its full 3D worlds and dynamic camera. Sonic 3D Blast’s isometric take on 3D gaming seemed quaint in 1996. ![]()
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