Hello everyone! I hope you enjoy the deep dive into the world of Sonic Fan Games! If you wanna see EVEN MORE FAN GAMES, check out the sequel video! The Sonic Mega Fan Collection Plus! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5IsAz13Dlh0.html
@@firesnake4325 thank you so much!! If this video continues to do well then ill probably make a sequel to it and showcase a ton more amazing fan projects!
@Jetter06 Another Thing that I love about this is with this video I have discovered many new fan games I would not without you. Also Almost every RU-vid don’t really cover a lot of Sonic Fan games anymore
Sonic Horizons dude here, thanks for the kind words! Progress is kinda stagnant right now due to school chugging away from my free time, but it's been happening, and there's a good bunch of stuff I'm working on to enhance the game further (wink wink combat)
Your welcome! you and your work deserve it! Horizons is an amazing game! Also I totally get it, life takes priority and besides, as they say! you cant rush art! Also I cant not wait to play the next major update for horizons!!! Seeing combat implemented is gonna be so awesome!!
Sonic Legends lead dev here! Thank you so much for not only featuring our project with a BRILLIANT summary of our story synopsis, but to have HOURS worth of other projects to talk about here to boot! A number of which I have also had the fantastic opportunity to work on over the years! The fangaming scene has spanned multiple decades and the dedication, passion and talent of my fellow colleagues and devs is something that cannot be understated enough! It really felt like no stone was left unturned here and I cannot help but sincerely appreciate your effort in also helping signal boost a number of the games that were released outside of the two SAGE events in the past year! This has now easily become my go-to video to recommend newcomers in the scene with, should they want to be up to speed with how far we've come as a community!
Thank you so so much for your incredibly kind words! It means the world to me! I'm so happy I was able to showcase and go over all of these fantastic games, there are so many amazingly talented people in the fan gaming space, its just incredible, and I really wanted to give this video my all to get that point across and go over as many titles as possible! Also side note I'm suuuuuuper excited to see more of sonic legends and or any other projects you and your team might work on in the future, you all have done a marvelous job!
It’s honestly kinda crazy yet wholesome how many of the devs who did these fan games are coming in the comments to praise the video or give an update on how their games our doing. These devs worked really hard on these amazing games so you know a video is good when everyone is coming to support it
It really is super humbling, I am beyond grateful for all the kindness and support the devs and viewers have shown and I cant wait to show off more amazing fan projects as time goes on!
Heyo! Its nice to meet you! Im gald I got the opportunity to talk about both of them! You and everyone else thats worked on these titles have done an amazing job and I really hope to see more from you in the future! Keep up fanatics work!!
I’ve actually been on the Hunt for as many Complete 2D Classic Sonic Games as I can to eventually play alongside official classic games in a little Marathon - Quite a good video u got here ^^
Sonic Colors Demastered developer here! Thanks so much for the shoutout and I'm glad you liked the game! I'm working very hard to continue SCD's development and am currently targeting a completed release for Winter of this year. I've been very happy with how positively the demos have been received so far so I'm really looking forward to players getting to experience the rest! Thanks again for the shoutout! Also loved seeing all the other games you mentioned. I'd never even heard of the "Sonic Classic" games but kinda want to check them out now! (also, my username is pronounced "RAN-DUM-OSS-ITTY Gaming". There's an "o" in there after the "m" but it gets overlooked pretty often so you aren't the first to call me "Random City Gaming" and probably won't be the last, haha!)
Your welcome!! I'm glad I got the opportunity to include into this massive collection! ALSO a full release this year!?!? that's amazing!!! I cant wait to play it!! Also I'm terribly sorry for the mispronunciation 😅 next time I talk about SCD I promise ill get your name right!
Here from the Hyper Edition Team, thanks for showcasing and enjoying our game. We do some cooking lately, hope you will look forward for what the future holds. I can guarrantee more original stages and music. Hyper Edition started as "Blitz Community Edition" as Restless had stopped development and isn't part of Hyper Edition in any way. Hyper Edition is basically a few people from the Blitz Community not being able to accept the game's development ending, and continuing it in Restless' stead. Hope people can love Hyper Edition just like I and the others in the Hyper Edition Team did. Also we do balance updates/bugfix updates for the game and its competitive scene.
Your welcome!! I'm glad I got to showcase your amazing work, and thank you for continuing to develop this amazing fan game! I cant wait to see all the new stuff that's in store, Im sure its gonna be amazing!!
Your welcome!! Sonic test labs has to be one of my all time favorite games and I speed run it on the regular so I was deafinity going to include it here! You and your team have done spectacular work on test labs and I cant wait to see what you all will make next!
@@michael4numbers I probably wont stack up all that well lmao xD But it still would be cool to see how others run through the levels and see their times! It would probably help me learn some better routes and optimization!
Hey Jetter, thanks for the Showcase! I'm glad you enjoyed Sonic 3D in 2D and its challenge! Also, thank you for touching on the unlockable characters and the achievements, it's something that usually gets overlooked!
@@akaithehedgehog I don’t know. There’s definitely outliers of community and twitter, despite me not using the latter. I feel like excluding Mania, Dream Team has been the only one in recent years that hasn’t been overly divisive. Frontiers comes in a close second perhaps but I feel that’s in part because of the DLC that helped it.
Hello from the Omens team! I still smile every time I remember your super positive crazy energy, and I'm really happy to see our game in such a huuuuge video! Really, I lost count of how many games were mentioned, awesome job! Supermassive thanks from all Sonic fan-developers! ♥
Hi Omens team!!! Its great to hear from you again, I hope you all are doing great!! Im super happy I got the opportunity to talk about Omens again! Funny enough, when I was first making this video, omens was actually one of the first games I added to the collection! Thank you so much for the kind words and I hope I get to talk about your game again and or hear from you all in the future!!
@@LoginJ Omens team had permission to have a Patreon and develop the project straight from SEGA members. So if you need proofs or you're convinced that other rumors are true, you can read our studio response to controversy. Since I can't attach link to this message, you can easily find the link to this doc going to my channel and scroll down a community tab a bit.
@@JohnR1se I've seen the fall of Ouroborous Studio document, I've seen *SEVERAL* videos on the topic, so no, give me proof that SEGA said yes, without editing images or anything of that matter.
Wow! I really appreciate the praise for XG Classic. Don't feel like it earned some of it, considering the quality of its physics, but I'll take it, I guess. It's an okay romp to play to kill some time. I'll just rattle off a couple minute things here since I have quite the tendency to do that a lot when it comes to this project. - Classic the way it is now isn't representative of what I intend for the project as-is. The "abrupt ending" is... definitely something, but it's what Joseph and Euan _apparently_ planned so I just went along with it as-is, just throwing in an incredibly handwavy manner of restoring Angel Island because the rest of the timeline couldn't really operate (not without major changes, I mean) with the fallen Angel Island fragments littering Earth's oceans. Right now, the focus is on implementing completed iterations of currently incomplete levels (indicated by the blue strip on the level card instead of the usual red one). The levels which fall under this category are Chaos Central Act 2 (Layout), the entirety of Sunken Star and Furious Finale part 1 (Layout + Final Boss). - The amount of story details I was given to work with was... very little actually. What one sees in the 2007 demo was more or less all I had to work with aside from a particular detail in regard to "Metal Sonic giving Tails a one-way trip to Misty Maze act 4 without debug mode after the final boss". I've managed to draft out a rough story for what it's worth, so that's... _something_ at least.
I honestly really enjoyed my time with XG, I thought it was a great time! also its interesting to know the abrupt ending was actually planned! and its awesome that you have managed to created a set up for the story with so little to work on!
I take it you don't think the physics are up to par? It really appeared quite good in the video tbh, it certainly atleast has momentum based physics, unlike the OFFICIAL sonic 4, which had nothing of the sort. Maybe you feel the execution wasn't stuck but just seeing the demo gameplay here, I can tell that game looks amazing. That's the kind of 3D sonic game we deserve and actually want.. Big areas, momentum based gameplay that you can almost break and exploit, to it's design, that's what a sonic game is. Aslong as you can keep that momentum going and speed increasing or rolling up hills at slopes, that's great. I think another game with another 4 amazing stages would be awesome, with a better fleshed out story or cutscenes if possible, sonic GT legit looks like a game I would of adored back in the 2000's, and even now. I gotta get me a pc to start playing all these amazing games it's a must now screw the ps5 lol
Great watch, brought some much needed attention to the Sonic fangame scene, thanks for this :) If you ever end up doing a sequel, I'd personally recommend Eggman hates Furries (okay so the comical name and crude humor of the game aside it's a really awesome boss rush title that's been a favorite of mine for years), Sonic Boom (an old Sonic Retro hack from back in the day, not the 2014 reboot series), Sonic Evolution (a fangame that was shown at 2016's sage which has always appealed to me so much), Sonic Fan Remix (a beautiful visually stunning 3d recreation of Sonic 2), and if flash games are something worth a tackle, I'd totally recommend the Final Fantasy Sonic X series and Sonic RPG series :) (especially the final batch of games from both of them)
Hi, great video! Just wanna say thanks for using some of my videos as background footage. It’s great to see others enjoying my videos and using them in their own.
Hey man. I watched the whole video, i really like your work. But you forgot to put Sonic Axiom in the 2d games. It's like a mix of Sonic 2 and Sonic CD, that is really charming and utterly underrated.
I mean there all free and they dont take up all that much storage so you have nothing to loose by checking out a few minutes of the ones that intrest you the most.
When I was a kid I lived in Italy for a few years near a town called Lago Patria that had an arcade. That arcade had a Segasonic cabinet. When I moved back to the states I told them about that game but nobody believed me. It wasn’t released stateside and it was before the internet was in everyone’s homes. It’s so cool that people expanded on that isometric gameplay style.
Well that was a massive video, that for some reason i watched all in one go. It is now 4 am. It actually gave me several ideas for fangames that i think would be cool to see come to life ! But I'm far from a game dev, having only game jam micro-experience ( literally a 2 minutes thing ) to my name. One day though I hope I can make the dream come true and contribute to the Sonic fangame scene ! So many incredible creative works you've listed !!
Thank you for watching the whole video! it means a lot and I hope you enjoyed it!! also If you put your mind to it, then you can achieve anything, im sure of it!
Here’s some constructive criticism: your biggest flaw I believe is your vocal performance. Every single sentence in this video is spoken with maximum excitement and joy. That is a problem because when something actually exciting happens and you want to express it, it will just sound the same as everything else you say. It’s like the boy who cried wolf. You sound excited when nothing that exciting is happening so when it does happen, it falls short of its impact and payoff. I suggest being more relaxed and down to earth for most of the video, but when something insane or jaw dropping happens That’s when you should use the excited voice. 👍👍👍👍
I appreciate your input and comment! xD though my voice is kinda like this 24/7 lol, its just apart of my personality to output at 100% and I get super excited talking about the amazing works by fans! but again I appreciate your perspective and comment!
@@Jetter06 oh I see, I thought you did it on purpose lol. I suggest maybe eventually practicing narration and vocal commentary skills and master your vocal cords in general so you can improve your vocal performance over time. 👍👍
Thank you so so much! This project has taken near 2 months to complete which is why there was such a huge lack of uploads, but your kind words make the work worth it!
I thought I knew of all the good Sonic fan games, but this video proved me wrong! Excellent job here! It may be worth a mention for anyone with a PlayStation that the game DREAMS has some really impressive fan games within it such as Sonic Venture, Sonic Adventure Dreams Edition and more. Anyone with a PS4 or PS5 should definitely check them out!
Im glad I got to introduce you to a whole bunch of new games!! And thank you for the kind words!! I also plan on doing another major deep dive into sonic games in roblox and dreams as well as mods and romhacks so ill have to make sure to check those titles out!!
I know this fan game was cancelled nearly a decade ago, from what I recall, but I have to mention it regardless since it's forever my favourite fan game, Sonic Mecha Madness.
1 issue about Sonic world & Sonic world DX though, because of it's engine you NEED to run it on windows to be able to play it at all (as far as i know)
I actually Had no idea that was even a problem! Is is there a particular reason why that's the case? does the engine just not run well on Mac or Linux?
@@Jetter06 yes that's exactly the thing On top of being quite an old engine It's only really compatible with windows, so if ya don't have a Windows platform, tben unless ya use a Windows emulator (example: wine) or something, you literally can't play it
For the honorable mentions: Sonic community and fans make those reality or expand or remake those I'll be so hyped especially sonic freedom omfg that's my dream sonic game but i understand reality sucks. But man toshi needs a full release fr.
There was this fangame called Sonic Neo Adventure that was super super good as I wish it got completely. Great controls, vibe and game feel. I still play from time to time.
Hey man, this video was really amazing, loved all the explanations and even that cool menu overlay to breakdown the vid into different sections. Really good work man u earned a new sub :)
@@Jetter06 nah thank you bro :) i only just came across sonic fan games after looking up ways to emulate sonic unleashed/ colors and generations now i finally have a gaming machine. didnt know the community is so goddamn talented to make full games! im gonna run through some of the games you recommended. also would you happen to know much about the sonic final fantasy x6 games? used to play it in my early teens, not sure if its a full series or anything? and i'd love to hear history lessons and fan projects of all types of games and media from you, i really enjoyed it :)
I'm not entirely sure if I missed these in the 2D game section, but I don't think you mention Sonic Emerald Ties. I guess it's inevitable that a few gems will fall through the cracks, but even if you don't make a video, I recommend enjoying it on your own time. It's a decent sized demo
I actually made a reference to Emerald ties at the end of the video when I talked about how there were still many other fan projects out there, I also included it in the extras page on the Sonic Mega fan collection document! I actually considered at one point but the video was already fully completed at that point so I decided to hold off on adding it so that way I have the opportunity to include it in a sequel video if this one did well enough!
Not a dev but like I hadn't heard of many of these fangames, especially the 2d ones, despite being so tuned in to what is usually happening at say, SAGE. Thank you for this really cool look at some of the community's best! It was a fun watch, and your positivity was awesome!
Great video @Jetter06. This is a superb collection. One question, you mention at about 1:35:05 that you have a previous version of Sonic Rebirth that is before the 3.0 beta that has a glitch and that you would have a link to it in the description, but I don’t see the link to it? Do you still have the game and have a link to it? I would really like to play Rebirth all the way through without the glitch. Thanks again!
no problem! docs.google.com/document/d/1othepvaxuhDcw0lEPPHZ5xMGo9S4Ehg0_D7bh2ojrFw/edit?usp=sharing its in the sonic mega collection doc that I created which I linked above, scroll down to the honorable mentions section to find sonic rebirth and you'll find a google drive link to it!
one of the games worth mentioning is sonic overdrive on dreams mainly made for PS5 (dont worry still works on PS4 just at a lower framework than PS5.) by demigodstudios. the game has a really cool style and demigod said himself that sonic overdrive takes place after the events of sonic cd because of the chains on the ground. the sound track for the only full level in the demo called neverlake (or counting the tutorial) is good. The game looks really nice and the game has neverlake as a playable sonic cd intro. I recommend playing it.
Funny enough, Sonic frontiers came out after fallen star So as far as i know starfall island was either 1: a previously fanon location being made canon Or 2: by high coïncidence shares the EXACT same name 3: the name references the game Honestly though, i think it's the third possibility because frontiers starfall is nothing like fallen star starfall & come on, what are the chances of having the name 100% the EXACT same by pure coïncidence
Sonic Triple Trouble is one of my all-time favs. Found the 16-bit fangame a year ago, and 100%'d it in 3 days. Shame about the Sonic Chaos fangame going dark - I played Chaos as a kid and loved that game (100%'d it too back then). Somebody please make a modernised Sonic Chaos fangame!
I love when Sonic smackdown gets some love. We are indeed out here and still playing. It is just as fun as he says in the video ANDDDD we do run tournaments for it lol
Also, Sonic XG is being officially completely remade by a new team. The trailer was released about a few years ago on twitter, and there are a few sneak peaks of the new version of final fall. We haven't gotten a substantial update in a long time, so its unknown if it was silently cancelled. I've tried to look in other sites for more info, but no such luck.
sonic robo blast 2 has a github you can use to play in school or without downloading and can still use mods and i also cant wait for the sonic x mod in december
i have sonic triple trouble 2 tip there is a soundtrack 2 of them switches sonic and knuckles color for red sonic (1,25,1,25) for blue knuckles (6,19,94,2,2)
Id say it would be one of the best for sure! I do wish we could have seen the orginal envisioning of sonic mania back when it was called sonic discovery!
43:05 STARFALL ISLAND??? "*Thniking about Sonic Frontiers...*" Did this came out before or after? If before...Stardrop...you predicted the Starfall Islands in Frontiers...if after...HE STOLE DA NAAAAME
I wouldn't mind listening to which mods are your favorite for SRB2, even I have fun and I am on a phone! And I am looking forward to an, I kid you not, A Sonic X Sonic character to play as!
I defiantly don't see it that way, When it comes to fan projects especially when in the terms of voice acting I feel that you have to be more open minded and not judge to harshly, honestly any fan game that goes the extra mile and includes voice acting should be praised not discourage cause they didn't have to put that effort in especially for a free fan game
