I love reading personal stories like this. Bless your grandfather. :)

iDub42 the last boss is indeed hard

Sonic Ace 24 it's not hard it's pretty easy tbh

waaait wat? you got through the entire game without a game over your first time and you were 6 or 7, It took me weeks to get through some parts

John Doe Yeah man I just got into a zone my first play through. only time I struggled was the 2nd level and the Last boss lol

Console re-releases of the Taxman and Stealth remakes would be great. As of now, though, the best method to play them from my experience is via the Android emulator BlueStacks. It's not ideal, but it's at least a way of getting them on the big screen and without touch controls. :)

Retropolis Zone Good to know. Would you still say that this is your favorite sonic game? Or perhaps those opinions may change in the next couple videos.

bickuribox12 its on steam tho

they have it, just use a pc with bluestacks

Thanks to Apple Airplay or Samsung Screen Mirroring and the control access in all Sonic Taxman ports, I often play the mobile ports on my tv via screen mirror with my PS4 control. Too bad it’s not actually on console’s though.

Thanks for the comment, man. Glad you enjoyed the video. :)

+Retropolis Zone I just love your content. You actually go into detail when it comes to the games you review. I love games and I love gaming, but I also love gaming reviews, discussions and analysis that get into the technical details that makes those games click. I could put your channel right up there with Mathewmatosis, GameMaker's Toolkit, TheGamingBritShow, and TurboButton (recommend checking up his videos about action games, especially his DMC 4 video :D). And your channel deserves more attention and subscribers based off of the quality of your videos alone.

Damn, it's kind of hard to accept and believe I'm ranked amongst Matthewmatosis and GameMaker's Toolkit by some people. Thanks a lot, man! That's really encouraging. :)

This comment literally described my exerience with the first 2 games in the most accurate way possible. Could we be the same person? 0_0

Fábio Goto same

SCMJ reference? I HATE SLICERS!

i kinda liked that actually, taking the rings as a sort of price to enter stages granted if the rings didn't respawn it'd probably be pretty annoying

Probably is related with the code of tha game. Too information for small memory system.

@@felipetartas5434 yet they have lots of unused things on the memory. Classic Sonic Team™.

I know, those Christian Whitehead ports of Sonic 1 and 2 would sell so well on consoles.

There isn't a Sonic 3 and Knuckles port yet because they legally can't, I believe. The game has been re-released as a one-to-one port before, and so has been allowed, but because Christian Whitehead has altered the game significantly, they aren't allowed to sell it as-is. This is because of the 3 songs composed/worked on by Michael Jackson - Carnival Night, Ice Cap, and Launch Base. Christian Whitehead wants to retain these songs for his remaster, but it would cost SEGA a lot of money to obtain the rights. You can see evidence of this in the PC port of Sonic 3, back in the 90's. The game was programmed for PCs, and wasn't a direct port of the Megadrive version, and so the 3 songs had to be replaced with new ones. So don't hold out for a Sonic 3 and Knuckles remaster on iOS/Android anytime soon.

Marius Urucu I'm guessing Sega doesn't want to port Christian's Sonic 3 mobile port to mobile devices due to how complex the level design is in that game. However I personally don't find that an excuse. With that being said, I believe Sonic Mania will become a huge succes in quality and money so Sega will likely continue take more advantage from Whitehead. If Sega makes Classic modern and Boom Sonic their own seperated series we could have one series that is simple 2D fun, the other with a serious tone and finally a lighthearted silly game (Boom Sonic). That would serve greater meaning to the term "Don't like this vision? Go elsewhere".

You made that excuse up yourself then said you didn't buy it 😂 I've explained why they haven't done it in this thread.

LiveHedgehog Oh xD Guess I didn't see it, kind of made myself look silly there :9 Btw I didn't know I made up an excuse to not buy the port, where did I say that? :O

Don't make me try the KingK impression... Also, the comment and support is much appreciated, man. Glad the review lived up to the expectations. :)

Retropolis Zone You're welcome! A shame that your content is so underrated. It definitely deserves more recognition.

Daxtery Toon Actually, the Death Egg sonic robot, in lego dimensions, is confirmed to be named "Robo Sonic".

Liam That's a translation of its Japanese name

Thanks!

Same. I'll agree that those ports are certainly the definitive way of playing Sonic 1 & 2. I'm hoping one day they are on Steam cause I like to own them one day.

Super Gamer61499 they are on steam already in case you dont know

It also felt like forever for myself! I was so glad to finally get a new video up. Thanks for your continued support, man!

legles, the little leg flying fox

The Genesis does have many great games, but sadly most of them are more obscure, whereas on the Super Nintendo most of the known titles are the better ones. Thanks for the comment, man! A lot of time goes into getting all these details in the script and editing just right, so I'm glad somebody notices it. :D

I haven't played much of the 8-bit Sonic games, but acquiring the Chaos Emeralds does seem quite improved. Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the video!

Glad I could pleasantly surprise you! Thanks for the comment and subscribing. :)

No problem! Keep up the great work, good sir! :)

o rly

It was a mixture of my job sucking up a lot of time and me getting a bit burnt out from making videos.

Happy to read you enjoyed the video! Thanks. :)

Aw shiet, you're here too!

Of course. xD

FireBomberBassist Been seeing you in many videos in the comments section for like 3 years now. *cough Mega Man 7 OST cough*

FireBomberBassist is Haedox 2.0

If it's a Megaman video I'm probably there.

these videos must take forever to create

GoiabaMX wonder how long the next video will uploaded.....

Working on videos for Mega Man X7 and Sonic CD. :)

Thanks for the big compliment, man! Hope you enjoy the channel. :D

These types of comments are so bitter sweet to read. Thanks for the encouraging words and for some subscribing, man!

Hey, people start out small. Don't worry about that. Once people who are subbed starts liking and sharing your videos, many more will come to watch these and I am sure that when people who actually love in depths reviews come and watch these, they will have great pleasure in sticking with you till the end. Binge watching through all of these and so far I am definitely enjoying these.

on the way to 10k subs

Thanks for your continued support!

Thanks man, hope you enjoy. :D

Hey man, I'm looking forward to Mania, as well! I hope you enjoy the channel in the meantime, and afterwards too, of course. Hehe. Thanks for the sub!

Yeah, I'd argue that Oil Ocean is a better example in this regard due to how slow they are and the fact that you need to use so many of them. Chemical Plant's are fast, visually stimulating and most of them aren't even necessary to beat the level.

oh god you're right...

Get your ass working on another Profile episode!

There are also equally great games on the Genesis and no one gives any attention to them. It's completely obnoxious. This channel did review SOR1 though, but I'm hoping he reviews the 2nd game because it was an exponential improvement.

I do want to review Streets of Rage 2, 3 and probably the Remake by BomberGames, but I'm always drawn to other games with bigger growth potential for the channel. It's unfortunate that videos on obscure games don't get many views.

Retropolis yeah I understand the dilemma and I appreciate your response. I want you to do it because I can clearly see that you do truly excellent work and believe you would do the games proper justice, and not just them but Alien Soldier +others as well, because of your profound attention to detail and gaming skill which too many retro reviewers utterly lack. It sucks to feel pressured into being more "mainstream" to grow the channel, at least that's how I would feel. The Genesis is just such a misunderstood, misrepresented and underappreciated console; if bigger channels would stop being toxic fanboys, (completionist, watchmojo, James R. etc) and give deserved attention to it, it would alleviate the obscurity factor as time passes, but people should be more open minded to begin with. Anyway I'm gonna sub, my kudos to the channel and I look forward to seeing them someday.

I had Sonic 3 for a long time before I got Sonic and Knuckles (like 5 years). I find the level design in S&K less interesting. Plus the hyper emeralds just sound silly. "Collect the chaos emeralds! Oh wait after you do that there's these better things called hyper emeralds. Sorry." And the sound effect when you jump on the mushrooms in Mushroom Hill Zone drives me crazy!

Carl Munny Y'know Sonic games are great and all, but fall flat against Planet 51..............the game........for Wii.

Much appreciated, man. :)

I heard some people like how the stages are shorter in Sonic 2. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Samuel Brent He's saying that practice makes perfect and he's right.

I'm inclined to disagree. When I get hit in a video game, I want to be able to say that it was my fault without a shadow of a doubt. "Luck and randomness are real world factors and i find them charming in games as long as it's not over done" really because i don't find them charming in the slightest but hey i've never been a lucky guy, you probably enjoy it sometimes if you have good or even decent luck "Look at your video for example, by the end of the game it's possible to get more than 20 lives" extra lives are mostly found by getting 100 rings and through monitors held in secret locations, the latter of which might go ignored by people like me who prefer a linear experience, and holding onto rings requires not getting hit, and by extension, knowing the game and its "cheap" locations for enemies and whatnot. "a couple of deaths beyond your control" that's a really big deal, in a game where there's no continues or poor checkpointing, that'd outright ruin the game, sonic 2 does good on both points but even with those systems in play it still hurts the experience considerably

What kind of space time continuum do you live in?

Retropolis Zone A time where Shaq Fu, Knack, and Bubsy are getting a sequel.

There are ways they could have made the level design rewarding for experienced players without relying on cheap enemy placement. The Ring system helps, sure, but the unforeseeable instant-kill scenarios in combination with limited continues are pretty bad.

PornIsAWayOfLife why must you tease me with that profile pic

Megaman Man lets see how long will he upload next video

You can tell it's a cave with the background, but with all the leaves, I don't blame you for thinking it looks like a forest.

@@casualvanilla it tripped me up as a kid if they ever make a stage remix of it I think at the end of the zone it should have a transition where the characters run out of it that would be dope.

My problem is simply Sonic+Tails being the default setting. There's no way a new player of Sonic 2 attempting the Special Stages would want Tails dragging along in the Special Stages. I'm also aware that you don't absolutely need Tails to collect extra Rings if you're experienced enough, but these Special Stages are already a big trial-and-error fiasco in their design, so the last thing you'd want for a new player is to have an even higher Ring requirement to meet.

Wouldn't expect a review for Sonic 3&K for a while, unfortunately. But I will definitely get to it at some point or another. Thanks for the comment, man. :D

Yeah, it was a reference.

i find playing the game with someone not very useful because tails get's left behind so quickly it isn't really fun to play with someone.

@@kaexewires7531 true,but it was good for a boss fight and you dont lose any rings

I tried fiddling with the D-pad and mashing the action button in all kinds of combinations over and over, for minutes on end, but I was absolutely stuck on there.

Retropolis Zone That's odd. I played the 3ds version and I had no issue with it.

It was just an unpredictable glitch. It's not supposed to happen in the original, either. Who knows, though, maybe the 3DS version fixed the issue? I believe those 3DS Genesis ports are more than just emulated ROMs.

Retropolis Zone Maybe. I also tried holding the jump button and that seemed to help move it, but I never tried the physical version.

Thanks, Sarah!

I did say it wasn't a big issue, though. It's just that at times the level design goes a bit overboard and it's rather difficult to understand how everything connects together. You can't really get lost in a sense, but it just feels a bit chaotic at times, especially when you're lurking around for checkpoints for Special Stages. The hunting for Checkpoints is the primary reason I ever brought up this complaint.

Metroid is shit.

Thanks, Krabs! Always nice to see returning faces. :D

It's not perfect by all means, but it's still a great game & improves most of the things from Sonic 1.

P.S I was shocked to realize that the criticisms you put forth with this game in particular never in my Life applied to me :o I suppose maybe I have a higher reaction time or maybe just played a little safer than was intended, but I never noticed the gripes with Oil Ocean or Mystic cave that you showed here, although I acknowledge that now I see what you mean and am delightfully surprised that one of my fave games isn't perfect like my Nostalgia goggles convinced me it was. I was almost angry with you until I realized that the Android port alleviates alot of these issues, and since I'd been playing that version for the past few years I probably further blinded myself from the original games problems. I suppose that's a testiment to TaxStealths work on the game. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the android ports, I personally think they are far and away the best things you can buy in the Play store. It'a a shame Sega snapped them up to make Mania before they had gotten the chance to port S3&K. I'm Sure it would have been excellent and would have Given Android owners a fantastic trilogy of games

Thanks, friendo. I hope you're incorrect about that last part, though. Haha.

I hope so, too. Your videos are a daily view/listen for me. Helps me get through a work day :p

WeirdoAnimeFan 294 how is the bug in the game???

Much appreciated!

I hate those crabs like SERIOUSLY dude how am i supposed to know they're there?!

Yes, but I wouldn't expect that review to come out for a quite a while.

@@RetropolisZone i think its officially been quite a while now lol, any updates on the S3&K vid? love your channel btw!

Thank you, and glad to read you enjoyed the video!

Thank you so much. :D

Thank you very much! A lot of effort did go into these Classic Sonic reviews. :) Right now I am working on episodes for Mega Man X7 and Sonic CD. Give me some time and I will be back with more videos. :)