Sonic Progress Update and Amazing Discovery!

Time for a progress update on my gaming goal of the year! So far, lots of fun playing and finally beating some old Sonic games. It only took me 20 years to finally beat Sonic 1! Since beginning my challenge, I have beaten Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 from the Sega Genesis. As you may have noticed on Twitter, I chose to play the Xbox Live Arcade versions. There are several reasons for this. I don't have a Genesis anymore, and in order to retain my sanity, I wanted the save and load anywhere feature that the XBLA version offered. If I had been playing without that ability, I probably would have punched a couple of babies after dying over and over and over in Sonic 1.

I have also been making some progress on a couple of other Sonic titles, namely Sonic Advance and Sonic Adventure 2. Sonic Advance has been fun, but is apparently very short. I actually just started it today, and after playing on my breaks at work, am already mostly done. Good thing there are plenty more Sonic games! Playing Sonic Adventure 2 is not quite as enjoyable though... I like getting the Dreamcast out, I love the feel of that controller, and I love the Dreamcast start up noise, so I was really excited to start playing a Dreamcast Sonic game again. But Sonic Adventure 2 hasn't really held up that much over time to me. I recently played the re-release of Sonic Adventure on XBLA and had a blast. But there is just something about Sonic Adventure 2 that just rubs me the wrong way. Maybe it is the fact that the rails system was new at the time, and they hadn't figured out how to do it right. Or maybe it is because the Miles (I'm not calling him Tails anymore) sections of the game are really dumb.

Before I update the list, I have an amazing announcement to make! During the search for my Sonic Adventure 2 disc, I found Sonic Shuffle. I decided to throw it in and see how far I had gotten back in the day. Thank science my Dreamcast VMU still had a living battery and retained some of my old game saves! After seeing that Sonic Shuffle was still saved, I booted it up. Much to my surprise, I found that (wait for it.........................) I have already beaten Sonic Shuffle!!! Yeauh!!

So, without further ado, here is the updated list o' Sonic games:

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 

Sonic Spinball 

Sonic & Knuckles 

Sonic CD 

Sonic Chaos 

Sonic Triple Trouble 

Sonic 3D 

Sonic R 

Sonic Adventure 

Sonic Shuffle

Sonic Adventure 2 

Sonic Advance

Sonic Advance 2 

Sonic Heroes 

Sonic Advance 3

Sonic Rush 

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Sonic Rivals

Sonic and the Secret Rings 

Sonic Rush Adventure 

Sonic Rivals 2 

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Sonic Unleashed 

Sonic and the Black Knight 

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I

Sonic Colors 

Sonic Generations 

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (coming this year!)

Keep checking this blog and my Twitter feed for more updates, and to send some encouragement this direction. I may need it as I get into some of the less desirables on the list... Thanks for reading!!