One thing that's actually amazing about the game, is its soundtrack. Its OST was so good that its composer Jun Senoue, was even like, "This music is too good to be wasted on Sonic 3D Blast" and then re-used some of the songs for the first Sonic Adventure game.

Fun fact: The opening cut scene takes up the majority of the game cart's memory. I think it's like... 4 times bigger than the whole game? It's crazy. Furthermore, to circumvent debuging testing, if you ever encounter an error in the game, it's programmed to take you to a stage select menu, making it appear as if you had accidentally found a secret! You can trigger that menu by just jostling the cart in the Genesis itself. And if you want an earlier exemple of Isometric 3D-like games, I highly recommend Rare's 'Snake Rattle & Roll' on the NES!

Sonic 3D Blast is kind of like putting wings on your Dog and calling it a bird: it obviously isn't a bird but it's still pretty good at being a Dog, and it looks really cute. It's a terrible attempt at actually being a bird, but it's a hell of a lot less painful than Frankenbird.

I love that Scott talks about this game like it’s a macaroni portrait that Sega made for him.

I can't believe Scott actually died for this video to be made. That's dedication right there.

I’m amazed with scott. He somehow got 25 minutes out of Sonic 3D Blast

The “3D” and “Blast” being in quotes is so funny

2:29 Challenge Accepted 1. Streets of Rage 2. Golden Axe 3. Altered Beast 4. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master 5. Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium 6. Gunstar Heroes 7. Comix Zone 8. Vectorman 9. Ecco the Dolphin 10. Toejam & Earl 11. Columns 12. Ristar 13. Splatterhouse 2 14. Shining Force II 15. Dynamite Headdy 16. Landstalker 17. Crusader of Centy 18. Beyond Oasis 19. Zombies Ate My Neighbors 20. Kid Chameleon 21. Mutant League Football 22. Outrun 23. Thunder Force III 24. Super Hang-On 25. Virtua Racing 26. The Revenge of Shinobi 27. Fatal Labyrinth 28. M.U.S.H. A. 29. Light Crusader 30. Elemental Master 31. Alien Soldier 32. Target Earth 33. Road Rash II 34. General Chaos 35. Herzog Zwei 36. James Pond II: Codename RoboCod 37. The Immortal 38. Shadowrun 39. Super Street Fighter II 40. Mortal Kombat II 41. Ghouls 'n Ghosts 42. Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse 43. Strider 44. ESWAT: City Under Siege 45. Phelios 46. Turrican 47. Thunderforce IV 48. Mega Man: The Wily Wars 49. Jurassic Park 50. Splatterhouse 3 51. Shining in the Darkness 52. Sol-Deace 53. Flashback: The Quest for Identity 54. Dune: The Battle for Arrakis 55. Haunting Starring Polterguy 56. Cannon Fodder 57. Kick Off 3: European Challenge 58. Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure 59. World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck 60. Forgotten Worlds 61. Sword of Vermilion 62. The Lawnmower Man 63. The Lost Vikings 64. The Ooze 65. John Madden Football '93 66. Pirates! Gold 67. Double Dragon 68. Super Off Road 69. Micro Machines: Military 70. Alien 3 71. Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II 72. Barkley Shut Up and Jam! 73. California Games 74. Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf 75. Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes 76. ESWAT Cyber Police 77. Midnight Resistance 78. Mercs 79. Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi 80. Truxton

I cant believe Scott died for us to make the ghost effect work! Now that's dedication

I genuinely didn’t expect Scott to stay a ghost for the entire video

Thinking about how Crash Bandicoot used corridors and camera angles makes me realize just how much of the real thing Mario 64 was. It was a 3D game where you'd be in a field and could move the camera anywhere, up, down, forward, wherever. Kind of the first legit 3D game

One of the rare games I actually owned during my childhood. My parents were very much into the "why buy games when you can rent it at the video store" mentality so I didn't own many games. =(

I love how Scott manages to go from “yeah it’s boring, frustrating, and hard to look at” to “it has its flaws but it’s not terrible”

Let’s all take a second to acknowledge the fact that in the past 4 weeks Scott has put out nearly 4 hours worth in heavily edited, well written, high quality, and engaging content and just as an added flex he prefaced the month by saying “sorry guys… I’m behind. I’ve been slacking lately”

The developers at Traveler's Tales in the 90s are an interesting bunch. They made some very impressive software with amazingly creative use of each platforms' hardware to pull off things that shouldn't have been possible for games that no one cared about. They knew how to program games really well, but actually designing fun and interesting gameplay seemed to be a challenge. As a programmer myself I know the struggle, it takes a very different mindset to design games rather than just coding them. It probably didn't help that they almost never had much time or budget to polish their games as they were just cranking them out within a matter of months most of the time.

The more I look back into the development history behind this franchise, the more I wonder how they managed to make the classic games as solid as they did.

This man can talk about Sonic 3D Blast for longer than 5 minutes. Impressive.

GameHut's videos documenting some of the tricks he and his team put in to make 3D Blast possible are very good. Made me appreciate the game even more.

Shoutout to @Gamehut for his video on the intro of Sonic 3D Blast! It’s always interesting learning about the tricks they came up with to make such impressive technological improvements back in the 90’s.

23:49 "Are you really playing Sonic 3D Blast for a good time, or to look back at history...and chuckle?" That is the best description possible of why people come back to this game lmao

God I love the limited 3D they use for this game. It’s so charming.

thank you for teaching me the difference between a hernia and sonic 3-D blast Scott, couldn’t have done it without you

8:05 in a previous video, can’t remember which, he had a similar bucket list that said “Don’t die” and “Meet Lincoln” on it. Considering that the “Don’t die” item is still there, this is probably the same list. However the “Meet Lincoln” item is not, which leads me to believe that he met Lincoln at some point and crossed it off his list. Congrats on meeting Lincoln, Scott, I knew you could do it!

Thanks Scott for showing us past the first level. You should get a Nobel Peace Prize for this

With Scott's Charity Bonanza 2022, Pack-In Games, and now this, this has been an amazing week for Scott The Woz fans. Thank you, Scott.

God I love the limited 3D they used for this game. It's so charming.

For all its flaws, Sonic 3D Blast was mindblowing to play in the 90's on the Genesis. And the music still slaps.

Nice to know they've been struggling to make a good 3D Sonic since beginning

Richard Jacques did an INCREDIBLE JOB with the Saturn soundtrack, so happy to hear you cover it

Scott’s the only KZfaqr that’s made me laugh from the title of the video alone

Im 32, had this game as a kid. Pissed me off so bad one day that i hit it and it took me to the level select screen.

I decided to complete Sonic 3D Blast earlier this year. I actually ended up enjoying it way more than I thought I would. Some of it was frustrating but once learning how things worked the gameplay became way more enjoyable. I also really do love the music in this game.

I have fond memories of sonic 3d blast, it was the first game I ever returned.

I can really relate to scott here Believe it or not I was also a victim of a sonic 3d blast related death.

Sonic 3D Blast, the "one truth two lies" of videogame history.

I played this game on genesis as a kid and honestly loved it. If you would have asked me back then I would have said its 10/10. Looking back now, I tend to agree with Scott's analysis. But when I revisit it, part of me is still that little kid just happy to be exploring a sonic world. Helps that the OST is filled to the brim with bangers.

i swear, scott makes juuuust enough videos in a row about small elements of the video game market to make me wake up in a cold sweat at night wondering if he's given up on game reviews and then out of the corner of my eye: sonc the hog

2 episodes in a week!?! And the charity bonanza!?! This is an incredible week for all scott the woz fans

I love this stupid game

Scott deserves to be nominated for content creator of the year at the game awards and has been since he's been making videos

The bgm for Volcano Valley is still one of my favourite tunes to date. Gives me goosebumps. Panic Puppet is almost as good.

I remember having my pre teen mind blown when I first played this game. I mean the novelty definitely wore off by like the second zone but having not played any true 3D games at that time it was genuinely impressive. I also remember it being a two and a half trawl to complete with no save function which was kindof weird considering sonic 3 had a save system and this was in my mind at least the next evolution of Sonic games.

9:00 Resolution 256x80 streched with off-set to make it look high resolution Color depth - 16 colors with vertical lines that became the checkerboard pattern because of the off-set, simulating more colors Frames per second - 15 Size of the entire game - 4MB Size of the intro - 0.7MB This is really damn impressive!

Didn't know Scott could make a video on an single game anymore.

I actually love how charming this game is

I remember one winter, I got sick. My mom asked me what I want to make me better, and I said "A new Sonic Game". She brought me 3D blast, which for some reason kept crashing on my Genesis. But you know what did not crash? The sound test. I love this game's OST, and I love that Sega still honor it, as we've seen this music get rearranged many times over the years. I finally played 3D Blast on the Mega Collection, and I really liked it. Sure, it's no S3&K, but as far as Sonic spin-offs go, it's a solid one.

8:34 I genuinely nearly cried that theme is so nostalgic to me because my dad used to emulate sonic games on his Mac and I loved this but also never beat the level and just that theme brought back so many fond memories even though all I would do was run around

Now we know that the reason Scott got a PC is for Sonic 3D Blast: Director’s Cut. Glad to know he’s spending money responsibly, like always!

The whole concept of collecting Flickies and losing them when you get hit and taking them to the goal in each level is the same as the original arcade/Genesis game "Flicky" made by Sega back in the 80s. That's also why they appear in Sonic games when you destroy enemies. They're even in Sonic Adventure.

I'm 10 minutes into the video and Scott is really sticking to this bit, and I highly respect it

Scott always manages to take memories I didn't remember having from the bottom of my brain

At this point, Scott The Woz is like an anime, where death is just an inconvenience.

It cannot be overstated how much the music and art in this game deserves a better game to be in. Especially the music.

Every day I wake up knowing that there isn’t a Director’s Cut of the Saturn version of Sonic 3D Blast

9:52 plot of the u.s government

Ever since I clicked on this video, I've wanted to see Scott talk about Sonic "3D" "Blast", I'm glad that my 5-second long dream is finally coming true.

Glad Scott giving us excellent content before his huge 10th anniversary Wii U video.

Scott, I've been very sick this past week and your videos are absolutely saving me. Thank you

Putting this out there super late, but Scott, huge thanks for getting around to adding the music used in this video. I tried desperately to track down the Rusty Ruins Zone (Act 1) theme by ear, but I had no luck until you added it to the description. Appreciate it so much man, it did not go unnoticed!

Hey Scott, not sure if you’re going to see this or not but I’d really like to thank you for the pure joy and positive energy you bring with your videos. This past year has been very tough for me and your videos are one of the few things that put me can make me momentarily forget all of the hardships and be truly, truly happy. Thank you for everything you do Scott.

The 6:08 joke caught me so off guard, I spilled cereal on my laptop. I'd be pissed if wasn't laughing so hard. And if my roommate wasn't facing me from across the room,

can we just talk about how banging both soundtracks are

this man should be given an award. I mean 20-30 minute videos with great comedy every week or two. and if he's gone for a month he's either taking a well-deserved break or making a movie-length piece of content. he is one of the greatest KZfaqrs ever. (In my opinion)

We're so lucky to get so much Scott the Woz at the end of this year. All though I am happy that his content is on other platforms, it was quite sparse in the beginning of the year. Have a great 2023 Scott the Woz.

I loved Sonic 3D Blast back in the day and it will always hold a special place in my heart.

7:28 When I attempted to play Sonic 3D Blast on this collection as a kid, the "SEGA!" shout always scared me out of my bedroom because i wasn't cognitive enough to remember those versions of the ads that used that shout for the marketing 😰

You got that CRT you wanted, I'm so happy for you!

Scott honestly be having me crack up, his quick lil jokes are the best

It’d be great if there was a sort of directors cut of the Saturn version. I think it’s a neat enough game that if it had the strengths of both the Saturn and Director’s cut versions then it’d be something that I could recommend more people check out. I mean the special stages on Saturn are some of the best in the series, and that counts for something. Also Jon Burton’s work on his KZfaq channel GameHut is really cool, he did a video talking about how the intro for the Genesis version works. Great watch if you’re interested in that.

10:34 Who else instinctively looked at their own hand without thinking about it?

I actually really like this game, admittedly, and somehow that’s grown for me over the years. It feels like a sort of intermingling of a ‘Sonic game’ and a isometric platformer rather than one being the other, and since both appeal to me independently, I think that’s why I enjoy it. But I definitely think it’s influenced by nostalgia too! Those soundtracks for both the Genesis and Saturn respectively are very much favorites. Great video, Scott :)

The developer Jon Burton has a channel (shown at 20:06) where he shows the making of the games he worked on. For example, he explained how it's possible for that intro cutscene to work so well on a 4 MB Sega Genesis cartridge. Also, he follows me on Twitter for some reason.

10:22 made me laugh so hard, I cannot explain why

I'm crying right now, my late brother used to play this game when we were young. I just remember he used to play some old 3D sonic game.

Cant wait for the next vid hope your having a good and not too stressful holiday season Scott💯

Scott the Woz is the channel I come to to watch a video longer than the actual time I spent playing these games that lived as random distorted memories in the back of my head

My heart rate goes up 102.3 when Scott the Woz uploads.

8:45 was that Sonic, With BIRDS

Every Scott video is great, this one felt particularly like his older stuff and I love that

I just wanted to say that 2:54 unlocked a core memory of myself playing BUG! when I was very, very young. I had literally forgotten about it COMPLETELY until seeing this footage. Very surreal!

11:25 even better examples are the arcade games Qbert and Crystal Castles, released in 1982 and 1983 respectfully. Sure, they didn't have eight-directional movement, but the isometric top down view was already being utilized over a decade before 3D Blast.

These scripts are soooo tight. It’s just joke after joke after joke after joke, and every one of them lands. There isn’t a single filler sentence in any of Scott’s videos

Scott died for our Sonic 3D Blast's, happy _"Anyone up for Tennis?"_ day.

I never actually choose to watch the woz, he just sneaks on my screen when I’m not looking.

God I love the limited 3D in this game, its so charming

Always liked this game as a kid and loved when the first level's music was re-used in the second half of Windy Valley.

20:23 Scott enabled Auto-Tune for a split second

23:02 yep, it’s definitely a 3D Sonic game

Scott the Woz casually just gives me life support when he uploads.

0:48 did he predicted Yuji Naka's arrest or referenced it?

7:19 "Hell yeah death!" 😄😄

3d blast was one of the firsts games ive ever played it brings back so many memories, for me it's so nostalgic i actually play it sometimes

I love when Scott takes a look at 3D Sonic games, specially with 3D in the title, that doesn't actually mean 3D in the game itself

Needed a good video from the guy who owns sonic jam....always a good time

3D Blast is like the ghost pepper of video games. Its eaten because of the pain it causes, not because of how good it is

24:46 Lawyers be like

0:07 one of them is a really bad thing for your body the other one is hernia

Scott is the only KZfaqr I will drop everything I'm to watch. Great job

Watching Scott get impressed by that FMV is so heart warming

"welp, they developed puggsy" -Scott the Woz's final words before death, R.I.P.