Sonic Jam Wikipedia. Sonic Jama is a compilation video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. It was first released in Japan in June 1. North America and Europe two months later. A port was also released for the Game. North America in July 1. The game contains the first four main Sonic the Hedgehog titles which were originally released on the Sega GenesisMega Drive Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic Knuckles. In addition, the game includes a 3. D environment called Sonic World, which acts as an interactive museum consisting of Sonic the Hedgehog related content. Development of the game begun after the release of Nights into Dreams. July 1. 99. 6, and was officially revealed at the 1. Tokyo Game Show as part of a project to increase market awareness of both Sega and the Sonic the Hedgehog brand. The game received mostly positive reviews upon release Sonic World was praised for its wide range of information and unlockable content, however its graphics gathered mixed responses. Regarding the compilation itself, critics praised its value for money however, some criticised the exclusion of Sonic CD and Sonic Spinball. Gameplayedit. The player, as Sonic, may freely explore the games 3. D environment, Sonic World, in order to view a range of Sonic the Hedgehog related content and information. Sonic Jam is a compilation video game which contains the first four Sonic the Hedgehog titles released on the Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic Knuckles. All four are nearly identical to the original Sega Genesis releases, with the exception of minor bug fixes. Furthermore, Sonic Jam emulates Sonic Knuckleslock on technologya special feature that allows the player to merge elements of Sonic Knuckles into previous games, resulting in slight changes to the level design as well as the choice to play as Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Tails in Sonic Knuckles. The four games can be played with three difficulty modes Normal, Easy, and Original. Original mode is unchanged from the Genesis games, Normal mode slightly alters the stage layouts to create a unique often less difficult experience, and Easy mode incorporates extra platforms and removes many potential challenges including entire levels. New features include the ability to spindash in the first Sonic the Hedgehog and to play Special Stages separately from the main games, a Time Attack mode, and a Time Out option disabling the time limit in which levels are otherwise to be completed. The game further showcases a special 3. D environment called Sonic World, whereby the player can move around freely as Sonic and interact with various objects. Sonic World acts as an interactive museum in which the player can access an array of information of Sonic the Hedgehog related content, such as viewing concept artwork, manuals, character portfolios, music, and original Japanese advertisements. To access these features, the player must guide Sonic into specific buildings. As well as the interactive museum, Sonic World has a mission list which is only accessible if the player forces Sonic to jump on a red and white trampoline. Missions include collecting rings, reaching goalposts, and locating Tails 9 if all the missions are completed, the player is given the opportunity to view the games credits. Sonic Jam is compatible with the Saturns 3. D Control Pad. Development and releaseeditAt the 1. If you were looking for the first game in the series, see Sonic the Hedgehog 1. If you were looking for the 2006 game of the same name, see Sonic the. Tokyo Game Show, Sega officially announced Project Sonic, a promotional campaign aimed at increasing market awareness of the Sonic the Hedgehog brand. Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, declared that phase one of the project would introduce Sonic Jam as a compilation of four titles which came with several improvements rather than being a direct port. At the time of the Tokyo Game Show, the game was 8. According to Naka, the purpose of Project Sonic was not only to increase consumer awareness, but to renew the excitement the world once had regarding Sega, as Sonic the Hedgehog was only initially successful outside of Japan. Development of the game begun after the release of Nights into Dreams. July 1. 99. 6, after Sonic Team received a lot of letters from fans asking who Sonic was. Naka and Naoto Ohshima thought it was important to introduce people to the Sonic character, which was the basis for introducing Project Sonic to the public. Until the release of Sonic Jam, the studio themselves had not worked on a Sonic title since Sonic Knuckles in 1. Watch Sonic The Hedgehog The Movie Full Version' title='Watch Sonic The Hedgehog The Movie Full Version' />Naka thought that Sonic Team had a good rest period to recharge our batteries and had new ideas regarding a new game. Sonic WorldSonic Jams 3. D hub worldserved as a prototype for the first fully 3. D Sonic gameSonic Adventurewhich began development for the Saturn but was moved to its successor, the Dreamcast. In a retrospective interview, Naka stated that the 3. D section of Sonic Jam was part of an experiment to see how a Sonic the Hedgehog game would work in full 3. D. 2. 0 Sonic World uses the same engine as Nights there is speculation that Nakas refusal to share the Nights engine with the Sega Technical Institute STI team developing Sonic X tremea factor in the latters cancellationwas motivated by his preference for Sonic Teams own efforts to create an original 3. D Sonic title. Naka later expressed relief that X treme was cancelled. Naka and Ohshima reflected that the most difficult part during the development process was gathering game specific information in Sonic World, as there are so many games we have never even heard of . Segas a big company and before we knew it lots of different game systems had sprung up including Game Gear, Master System and Pico. Sonic Jam was first released in Japan on 2. June 1. 99. 7,1 and the Saturn version of Sonic 3. D Flickies Island was released in the end of that year. A port of Sonic Jam was released for Tiger Electronics Game. It features scaled down versions of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic Knuckles, and also allows the ability to play as all three characters in the included games. ReceptioneditSonic Jam received mostly positive reviews upon release. It holds an average score of 7. Game. Rankings, based on an aggregate of four reviews. The games 3. D environment, Sonic World, received mixed opinions for its graphics and array of unlockable content. Lee Nutter from the Sega Saturn Magazine said that it featured some of the most astounding graphics witnessed on the Saturn thus far, rivalling that of Super Mario 6. Replicants, superheros, and reboots await you in our Fall Movie Guide. Plan your season and take note of the hotly anticipated indie, foreign, and documentary. Sonic the Hedgehog is the main protagonist of the Sonic Boom series. He is an anthropomorphic. Sonic the Hedgehog is an AmericanItalian animated television series created by DiC. Sonic Jam is a compilation video game which contains the first four Sonic the Hedgehog titles released on the Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2. You can now watch Marvel Studios full San Diego ComicCon 2017 panel for Thor Ragnarok online minus the Hall H exclusive footage. Furthermore, Nutter pointed out that the game contained no clipping or glitching, and commended the 3. D engine as truly remarkable whilst speculating that it would be the same 3. D engine to feature in a future Sonic game, though it never materialised. Glenn Rubenstein from Game. Spot, however, stated that the games 3. D world was not impressive opining that it did not look as smooth as Super Mario 6. Crash Bandicoot. Rubenstein praised the unlockable content featured on the game, in particular the ability to view Japanese versions of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons and adverts. A reviewer from Game Revolution thought that the 3. D graphics of the interactive museum were impressive despite criticising the set up as mundane. They did, however, commend the idea of allowing the player to watch old Sonic the Hedgehog related adverts as entertaining. Colin Williamson of All. Game opined that the 3. D presentation was gorgeous to look at, however he later thought that the overall experience was not as fun compared to Super Mario 6. Crash Bandicoot. 3 Special K from Game. Pro opined that the game overall made a great permanent record of all original Sonic titles. Sonic the Hedgehog TV series Sonic News Network. Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic the Hedgehog title screen. GenresAction Adventure. Comedy drama. Science fantasy. Sonic the Hedgehog is an American Italian animated television series created by Di. C Entertainment and the Italian studio Reteitalia, in association with Telecinco. The show is based on the video game series of the same name. The series aired from September 1. December 3, 1. 99. ABC. The series sharply contrasts with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, a syndicated series that premiered in the same month. While Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is known for its bright colors and whimsical humor, Sonic the Hedgehog featured darker stories which constituted a departure from the tone of the Sonic games of the time. To distinguish between the two series which was broadcast concurrently, fans typically refer to this series as Sonic Sat. AM, because it was a Saturday morning cartoon, while Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog aired on weekdays in syndication in the United States. The show was also the partial basis for a comic book series called Sonic the Hedgehog by Archie Comics, which continues even twenty years after the cartoons cancellation and still features many of the cartoons own characters. Sci Fi Thriller Movies Reds And Grays on this page. The show ran for two seasons. A third season was in the early planning stages until ABC canceled the show because of low ratings thought to result from competition with FOX Kids Power Rangers. After Sat. AM was canceled, reruns of the show appeared on USA Networks USA Action Extreme Team. The series was also televised in Canada on the CTV Television Network between the same dates ABC did, but also went beyond ABCs cancellation date of December 3, 1. June 1. 0 and September 2, 1. CTV ran the Season 2 episodes in order, with Game Guy airing first and The Doomsday Project bidding Sat. AM farewell to Canada. A potential reason for CTV airing the show during those dates of the summer of 1. ABC never did, was to simply run the rest of the 1. The show has not been re broadcast in Canada since its cancellation. The program initially had a complete run on Channel 4 on Sunday mornings. It was partly recently broadcast on the UK television channels Pop and ITV2. Despite its cancellation and limited recent airings, the show enjoys a large and loyal internet fanbase. In response to popular demand, the entire series was released onto DVD by ShoutFactory on March 2. As of February 2, 2. Netflix and it is scheduled to be removed on February 2. Plot summary. 01 0. Sonic the Hedgehog Sat. AM Opening. Intro. The show takes place on a planet called Mobius sometime in the 3. Blast to the Past Pt. Archie comic. An evil scientist named Doctor Robotnik and his pet robot chicken Cluck invaded and conquered a huge city named Mobotropolis, with the help of his assistant and nephew Snively and his army of robot soldiers called Swat bots. He then used a giant airship called the Destroyer to turn Mobotropolis into a new city, renaming it Robotropolis, a polluted city of factories and warehouses. This invasion occurred on Friday the 1. September 1. 3, 3. December 1. 3, 3. Blast from the Past Parts 1 and 2. Robotnik soon invaded the castle home of the citys King, exiling him to a dimensional warp known as the Void and making the palace his own personal headquarters. From there, he captured the rest of the citizens, including a brainy old hedgehog named Sir Charles Hedgehog and his dog Muttski, and used a machine called the Roboticizer invented by Sir Charles to allow the elderly to live longer to turn them into robot slaves. Sonic and Rotor in the first episode. Those who managed to escape retreated into the Great Forest and built a village named Knothole to hide from Robotnik, and formed a group called the Freedom Fighters among them the protagonist, Sonic the Hedgehog, Charles speedy nephew and Knothole freedom fighters de feato leader, as well as his best friend Tails, a young two tailed fox who can twirl his tails to fly. Other Freedom Fighters include Rotor, a walrus with a knack for machines, Antoine, a French coyote and former palace guard with many personality flaws, and Bunnie Rabbot, a pretty Southern cyborg rabbit who was partially roboticized before being saved by Sonic. Last is the groups leader, Princess Sally, the Kings only daughter. Sally carries a sentient mini computer named Nicole. For ten years, the Freedom Fighters constantly foiled Robotniks schemes. In the shows second season, a winged female dragon named Dulcy was a new star. Dulcys mother Sabina was captured and roboticized along with most her species. Sonic and Sally. The show ran for two seasons before it was canceled. The final episode, The Doomsday Project, ended with a cliffhanger suggesting a new villain for season three it was later revealed that the villain would have been a sorcerer from a previous episode named Naugus. There were rumors of a third season, but it was never produced. Many fans and newcomers have debated over whose eyes were in the background at the end of The Doomsday Project. Some thought it was Knuckles the Echidna, while others thought Metal Sonic. On the popular semi official Sat. AM website, Ben Hurst revealed that the eyes belonged to Ixis Naugus. Not Knuckles. Not Metal Sonic. Ixis Naugus. He also did not specify if Knuckles and Metal Sonic would appear later on in the series, had it been able to continue. Theme song. The theme song Fastest Thing Alive was produced by Noisy Neighbors Productions. Voice cast. Jaleel White Sonic the Hedgehog. Kath Soucie Princess Sally, Nicole. Mark Ballou Rotor Walrus Season 1. Cam Brainard Rotor Walrus Season 2. Bradley Pierce Miles Tails Prower. Christine Cavanaugh Bunnie Rabbot. Jim Cummings Dr. RobotnikJulian, additional voices, Swat bots. Rob Paulsen Antoine Depardieu. William Windom Charles Hedgehog Uncle Chuck, Cat. Charlie Adler Snively. Cree Summer Francks Dulcy. Mark Ballou Rotor season 1. Cam Brainard Rotor season 2. Dana Hill Young Princess Sally. Tahj Mowry Young Sonic the Hedgehog. Shari Belafonte Lupe. April Winchell Rosie, Ro Becca, additional voices. Charlie Schlatter Griff. Michael Bell Naugus. Dorian Harewood Ari, additional voices. Alaina Reed Hall Female Nasty Hyena. Frank Welker Cluck, Muttski, Kraken, Swat bots, additional voices. Tim Curry The King, Keeper of the Time Stones. Characters. For a full list of the characters in Sonic the Hedgehog, see here. Main characters. Recurring characters. Reception. Mark Bozon of IGN criticized the show for not aging well, and being so bad, its good, comparing it to. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and The Legend of Zelda, franchises that seemed cool when you watched them decades ago, but in all reality. Looking back, those shows are so bad theyre awesome. Thats the kind of awesome Sonic The Hedgehog is. The show got good ratings on TV. IMDB, based on members reviews gave the show 7. Sonic boom by 0. 1. Todd Douglass Jr. DVD Talk found the show to be dated, though he said Out of the 2. For instance, I got a kick out of Ultra Sonic where Sonic finds his now robotic Uncle Chuck. Blast to the Past Parts 1 2 and Doomsday Project stood out alongside Ultra Sonic as the crme of the crop though there were a few episodes here and there that entertained on some level1. Home video release history. Episode list. Season 3 AbortedAccording to writer Ben Hurst, thirteen episodes were originally planned for the third season but no scripts were written. The planned third season would have featured Snively briefly taking over Robotniks position. His attempts quickly fail in the process and Snively is forced to release Naugus whose eyes were seen behind Snively at the end of Season 2, The King, and Robotnik from the Void. Naugus would eventually overthrow Snively as the main villain with Robotnik serving as his lackey, while Naugus uses The King as bait to lure the Freedom Fighters into a trap.