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Sonic DS is a proof-of-concept port of 3 classic Sonic the Hedgehog SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive games to Nintendo DS. This demo was made by Simon Thomley, AKA Stealth, best known to Sonic fans for his work on the remakes of Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, and 3 commissioned for use by SEGA for app stores and in Sonic Origins, and Sonic Mania.
While the games in Sonic Origins and Sonic Mania run on Christian Whitehead's "Retro Engine", Sonic DS provides a more accurate direct port of the original engines to the DS. It was made with the intent to pitch to SEGA after the title of Sonic Classic Collection for Nintendo DS was leaked in the hopes that SEGA would not repeat the past.
The proof of concept was built off of Stealth's previous demo, "Sonic GBA", which set out to prove the original Sonic the Hedgehog could, in fact, run perfectly on the Game Boy Advance. That demo is often cited in conversation surrounding the infamous Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis, which had inaccurate physics, excessive slowdown, and barely passable remixes of the original music, often interrupted by more important processing tasks.
I made this video because of a lack of coverage and this project, being often overlooked in conversations about the history of Sonic collections. I believe it's not only important to the context of Sonic Classic Collection, but to Sonic Mania and Sonic Origins especially.
Visit the original Headcannon website for Sonic DS, and to try it out for yourself: www.headcannon....
24 мар 2023