Sonic The Hedgehog Ported To SNES: Tech Demo Analysis!

Summary Has hell frozen over? Sonic the Hedgehog is now playable - to a certain extent - on Super NES. Thanks to the development work of TiagoSC, a demo exists of Sonic 1 for SNES, built on original Sonic Team code adapted and optimized for SNES. Unlike today, pixel-for-pixel identical ports aren't possible - SNES was a very different machine to Mega Drive/Genesis - so there are necessary differences, which makes the port all the more fascinating.

S5.E18 ∙ Sonic The Hedgehog Ported To SNES: Tech Demo Analysis!

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Stars : John Linneman Audun Sorlie Richard Leadbetter Alex Battaglia

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Aug 15, 2020

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Frankfurt, Germany

Production companies : Digital Foundry Eurogamer

Summary Has hell frozen over? Sonic the Hedgehog is now playable - to a certain extent - on Super NES. Thanks to the development work of TiagoSC, a demo exists of Sonic 1 for SNES, built on original Sonic Team code adapted and optimized for SNES. Unlike today, pixel-for-pixel identical ports aren't possible - SNES was a very different machine to Mega Drive/Genesis - so there are necessary differences, which makes the port all the more fascinating.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Aug 15, 2020

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Frankfurt, Germany

Production companies : Digital Foundry Eurogamer

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