Sonic 3D Blast - Versions Comparison - Sega Genesis, Saturn and Windows 

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- Saturn graphics and special stage - MegaDrive intro and music - All the improvements of the Director's cut

12:38 RIP ears

12:37 I actually grew up with the windows version and I don't remember sonic appearing to needing the toilet as he's running. He's got this sorta awkward "leaning to the right" thing going on here that looks like he's limping. XD

3:26 Sonic got a cough drop 😆

I had the Saturn version when I was a kid, and I loved it. It was my favorite game on the Saturn aside of Tomb Raider and Daytona. The music in my opinion was the best soundtrack in a sonic game. Especially in Ancient Ruins. The tracks sounded like Enigma and I was loving it! The gameplay was great. The graphics were awesome. I miss my Sega Saturn now lol.

7:10 Sega Saturn: Fade Out, You Go to Special Stage 12:34 PC: The Game Will Freeze for 2 Seconds, then you go to Special Stage

Sonic 3D Blast isn't my favorite Sonic game, but I did really it both on the Genesis and the Saturn. I prefer the Genesis version the most, simple because it's got one of my favorite Genesis soundtracks. I really need to sit down and play Jon Burton's director's cut of it sometime. Whether or not someone likes or hates Sonic 3D Blast, the fact that it was a driving force for Jon to post videos about 3D Blast, 68K assembly and Genesis programming tricks, other videos about Traveler's Tales developed games, etc. makes Sonic 3D Blast an invaluable launching point for Jon Burton's video gifts to the community.

18:11 well,my planet needs me,godbyeeeeeee...

The Saturn bonus stages look amazing. I grew up playing the PC version which even as a kid, I remember thinking, "This is WAY too easy..."

I was born in 2002 and my mom introduced me to Genesis alongside the first and second sonic game from 1991/92. I'll never forget the endless times I've tried beating this game. I even tried to find glitches or secrets in Genesis too.

I thought I was pretty immune to the effects of nostalgia but then I heard the creaky bridge sound effect from the Windows version for the first time since 1998 and it flicked a switch in my brain and now I’m in my pajamas eating Capn Crunch and listening to Brain Stew (the Godzilla Remix) by Green Day featuring Godzilla available now at your local Sam Goody

used to play the PC version a lot when I was a kid but for some reason my game never had any music in it. I grew up assuming it was just like that, but I guess it was my pc being weird. It really changed everything a lot. It felt almost like an horror game without the music.

As cool as the gameplay for Saturn is, the Sega Genesis OST makes playing the Genesis version worth it imo as i think the Genesis OST is better

Sega Genesis/Sega Saturn: 60 FPS PC: 30 FPS

I grew up with the Genesis version. As I recall it wasn't great to control but it was still fun and the music was great. Saturn version looks great -- with the new soundtrack by the same guy as Sonic R -- I'm very much getting Super Sonic Racing 90's dance vibes. Only downsides seem to be CD audio track loading speeds, and the camera angle in the special stage seems a bit off. PC version -- I was going nuts when the song didn't change at all for speed shoes (sometimes acceptable but the Saturn did it) and especially for invincibility. Plus the special stage, while more difficult than the Saturn looks worse than the Saturn. I had no idea that all three versions had entirely different special stages.

I played the Saturn version and genesis and Saturn was way better.

I remember hearing from rewievers that both Saturn and Windows versions has Sonic 2 - styled special stages. It made me disappointed with Windows version because they didn't mention that these special stages are just a cheap parody of the ones from Saturn version.

The windows special stage sprites for sonic feels like they just slapped a gif of sonic running in a halfpipe

OMG the chaos emeralds actually look like emeralds in this game

For me the Saturn version is my favorite. It has the best quality for the intro video and the best graphics. Also, not many people know, but there is a map you can view to help you find your way around. Having said that, from what I've read, the changes in the director's cut might make it the best playing version as far as controls are concerned.

I've tried all 3 of em and my experience with all 3 is and follows.. 1 Megadrive version: this is obviously the simplest and first version but it has very good music and responsive gameplay for being an isometric 3D it's actually really fast. (Post fact the Directors Cut of the game really realizes it's full potential on this game in particular) 2 Saturn version is basically similar to Megadrive but it has better graphics and the actual 3D sonic 2 special stages that are fun and challenging they're a natural evolution, anyways this time around it adds FMVs it simplyfies the story a bit with as opposed to the Megadrive versions which has text and images to do the story. 3: PC version is like the Saturn version but with different but worse special stages and the same music as Saturn version the music has a more situational vibe in like rusty ruins you get an atmosphere of rusty ruins but in the Megadrive version you get a catchy tune anyways. 4 conclusion regardless of version you get the same core game is there but i do wish we had a version that combines best of all with DX gameplay and text screens from Megadrive and 3 different soundtracks with Saturn or Megadrive music but also a remasterd soundtrack that has the melodies of the Megadrive version but still keeps the instruments and vibes of the Saturn version :)

The Saturn version is THE way to go! From graphics to OST, it's phenomenal.

Favorite versions is saturn, it would be windows, but they downgraded the special stages

I had this for Saturn it was super duper joyful

I have the Genesis version on the Sega Collection for Switch.

Que buena la versión de Saturn, que lastima que no sacaran un Sonic como se merece para esa consola. Un buen vídeo. un fuertisimo abrazo compañero

The Saturn wins on soundtrack alone but I remember being so excited for the MD release late 96 even though I had a SNES as it gave me hope for further 16-Bit support (not counting NEO•GEO) in 97 which unfortunately didn't come to pass😔.

it's kinda cool on how the genesis could handle 3D

the music is just so well-made, it's like it's summer again

I almost forgot about the PC port and the Director's Cut version.

I would have to say the Special Stages in the Genesis version of Sonic 3D Blast is more easier than the Sega Saturn and PC versions of the Special Stages

And the Razzie goes to the Windows version for it's lackluster graphics, seizure inducing shields and terrible special stages (also I played it back on CD ROM, so add horrendous loading times to the list).

Soundtrack and graphics go to Saturn, and Features go to Genesis Director's Cut.

Having had both versions. I always though the mega drive music was better. Especially volcano valley. Also anyone else described that if you tape the cartridge as the ‘S’ is forming of the sega Logo. If you get it right it will bring up the level select. I found it by accident when I was 10.

Me:*see a zone named green grove* what in my brain:grove STREET

AWESOME SONIC 3D BLAST 1996 - VERSIONS COMPARISON !!!

Can see it's being played trough emulation, the fact that you can't see Sonic trough the shields gives it away.

Never played the saturn version. Genesis is amazing and i finished. I played the demo of this game for PC a lot of years ago.Maybe some day i will buy the steam version.

I look forward for the Sega Saturn version of Sonic 3D Blast/Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island to get the Director's Cut treatment. Here is what I want to see in the Director's Cut version of the Saturn version of Sonic 3D Blast/Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island: standard save/load system, save/load slots, no passwords, let Tails and Knuckles appear in the Gene Gadget and Panic Puppet levels, the option to switch between the Genesis/Mega Drive and Saturn version's soundtracks, the ability to transform into Super Sonic and play as Super Sonic after you get all of the 7 Chaos Emeralds plus 50 or more rings and Time Attack Mode.

The Saturn one sounds so upbeat and full of optimism. Made me cry- so sad.

Green grove zone theme will forever be engraved in my mind as the Sammy classic sonic fan intro song

My ranking: 1. Saturn 2. Windows 3. Genesis

I dont understand why the windows intro is compressed as fuck but the saturn is pretty unnoticable

Yo....that Windows special stage is butt.......UGLY!!!!

Nice!

The glow effects for the pick ups has it turned on every other frame. If you watch the video in 30fps it is static and consistently covering sonic. In 60 fps you see how it's supposed to look. I knew something was off until I changed the resolution.

O port do Saturn é fantástico! tem apenas dois pontos negativos a tela de carregamento demorada e deixou passar a oportunidade de adicionar o Super Sonic.

I have so much fun for watching this level

It's funny to think that this game have 26 years old and we've never seen sky in it...

I've only played the original Genesis version on GameCube. Its isometric perspective is a strange choice for a platformer, and I find its sensation of speed to be different from in other Sonic titles because of that and its confined world design, but I remember liking it. Had Sega remembered what made this game good and not completely lost the plot with later 2D and 3D titles, perhaps the Sonic series wouldn't have become the butt of jokes and instead continued to be a solid platformer franchise. If I was to play this one again, I'd probably opt for either the Genesis or Saturn versions. The Genesis version has music I find more memorable, but the Saturn version admittedly has better graphics. The Windows version seems good, too, but it seems to me like the hazards in its bonus stages are hard to see.

Версия для Генезис не на много уступает по качеству графики двум другим версиям, но зато имеет ОТЛИЧНУЮ музыку!!! Следовательно - версия для Генезис - лучшая!

gene gadget on the saturn has the best intro for any sonic level

Thanks to this game we get an awesome remake for the Circuit zone in adventure

Saturn is by far the best version.

Ah good times. Still have my pc cd of it (they used the saturn version for the pc release) and it was one of the 2 sonic games I bought with my pocket money. (The other being sonic CD but I somehow broke it to think it was illigal; no idea how I managed to unburn a sega cd and delete stuff but I think that's what happened.) Anyway I always thought the stage effects made the world feel bigger and mysterious; like it had years of hidden secrets. And eggmans scary laugh with cd's made me think he was the satam version. Man to get a scarym intimiating eggman-like villian would be great to see again.

Now i remember where i heard the speed simulator hub world music

sonic 3d blast for genesis is actually one of my favorite sonic games

I love this game!

i have extremely vauge memories of playing this game

I like the Saturn version because of the graphics and sound being better than the Mega-Drive/Genesis version.

Damn pc's in 1997 struggled running 3d blast at a constant 60 fps

Hallelujah!!!!!! In the Directors cut version now sonic isn't running on ice!!!!!

Did they really remove that crazy intro song from the Saturn and Windows version? Or was it just cut from the video?

Director's Cut Needs - A Complete Remastery of Genesis Intro (Like Alot more pallete)

Hearing several Sonic Adventure tracks, a good two years ahead of the DC release is still awesome today. I was more fond of the Jacques Saturn soundtrack but didn't really care for the game, outside of the demo we got on the Sega Flash demo discs in the UK. An isometric sonic game didn't really peak my interest at the time. I didn't get my Saturn until early 98. (I think I was actually still on the megadrive/mega cd at the time but playing something else. I wanna say Final Fight CD and Castlevania Bloodlines...🤔)

When I first played the game and the guy yelled SEGA! I spilled my Coca Cola

Why oh why did I own the Genesis version and not the Saturn version back in the day? Sega needs to rerelease the Saturn version instead of rereleasing the Genesis version over and over again.

Green Grove Zone always gave me motion sickness.

The Sega Saturn version is the best. Hands down.

I swear I played a version of the PC port that had the Megadrive Bonus Levels After seeing the comparison I defiantly prefer the Megadrive version over all the directors cut will be the version I play.

What genesis did with its hardware and this game (and intro!!) was AMAZING. Sega Genesis ❤️

7:39 why couldn’t have this looked like the sonic game we should’ve gotten for the Saturn? Really sucks all we got was Sonic Jam and a remake of a genesis game. Don’t get me wrong Sonic Jam is pretty cool with the free roam world but it’s not a fully fledged sonic game that we should’ve gotten. RIP Sonic Xtreme

Ngl i liked the SS port the the 2017 Directors Cut as it made the first Genesis one a faded memory now.

Nobody: Not a soul: Subtitles:Woof

The Saturn version essentially sits on top of a converted version of the original; given that it was done in seven weeks, it's a pretty decent achievement. However, for what it does with the hardware, the Mega Drive version is more impressive.

0:30 now I know from where come the first song on Twinkle Park, sorry for my ignorance, jeje

Missing in Genesis version the options menu

They should rerelease the Saturn version in a compelation.

I really do prefer the Genesis OST. Seems to have more energy and fit sonic a bit more in general.

What happened with the windows special stage

Where the game shines. Saturn: Graphics, special stage Genesis: Music

Whitout comment the Director's Cut hack, Saturn wins, the graphics, music, and, special stages, extremly superior to PC version, with good style Comment the Director's Cut version, this version wins (Director's Cut), revamps ALL of the original MD version, and, level editor, more control style and more! Request: Bomberman (1991), launched versions: PC Engine, Sharp X68000, MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST Note: Good job with the comparison!

Funny how the Genesis version has the best music. Much more fitting to a Sonic game.

Nice vid, if only for showing off the director's cut. It looks cool but the game's still style over substance in my opinion. But seeing more devs go back to their old games and upgrade them would be neat.

What the holy hell is the Special Stage of the Windows version?

Am I the only one that like this game

The only thing Missing from the Saturn version was NO SUPER SONIC and if the transformation was available they should of used the you’re my hero theme from the intro for it.

Mario kart super circuit also has a directors cut has every improvement you can imagine like playing as miis

the saturn versions of green grove in sonic 3d blast is not so green as the orignal

Some effects in the PC version are absent compared to the Saturn, a huge example is the fog in the 2nd world.

I remember owning the saturn version until my brother sold our saturn for a PS1, to me the saturn version is simply the best way to play the game. Windows 95 was good also but I remember being disappointed by the bonus stage but I was so young I didn't know why, now I can tell pretty clearly. It's nothing like the saturn version at all. I still don't get why sega sells the genesis version of this game all the time but not the blatantly superior saturn version.

I grew up with the pc version of sonic 3D blast, the original 1997 copy.

the thumbnail is the quality of the duck amuck reanimate jam video

My personal favorite version is 3D in 2D.

Windows 9x: i need 256 colors movie: almost choppy

Windows port's bonus stage has 3d stage and 2d sonic. Just... wow....

My favourite sonic 3D blast is the saturn is so Cooper in the bonus levels

I like the music for the Sega Saturn and Windows versions better.

Feel like a bit of a hybridization of the Saturn and PC version of the special stage would be best. More of that 3d sonic, maybe the same animation speed of running as the PC version. While graphically, the PC version isn't as good as the Saturn, the view of the track ahead is kinda cool