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Sonic Jam: Opinions On An Odyssey

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: July 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Sonic Jam is a good game to recap events some might have missed out on in the past. In it are the games that were once on the former Sega Genesis console, Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and Sonic & Knuckles. Also included is a 3D museum entitled Sonic World in which you view the history of, you guessed it, Sonic, and also his friends and enemies. The Sonic games are well emulated, and have added options to change difficulty, play bonus stages, etc. This, I believe, was a very good idea, as novice players might have found the originals too challenging or there might have been those who only wanted to play a specific part of the game. The whole of the game is preserved including cheat codes (which are hinted throughout Sonic World) and environments, but now in Sonic 1 you can use the spindash. The only downside to Sonic Jam is the fact that you can't play any other Sonic games (such as Sonic Spinball or Sonic CD), the sound emulation is a little muffled, and the fact that Sonic World is a little too small and claustrophobic, it doesn't look it's best. All in all, Sonic Jam is a collector's item, highly recommended, but only if you can get your hands on it!

Pros: + Replay the original Sonic games or play what you missed + Added options/features to suit every gamers needs + Top notch emulation (- sound) + Interactive "Sonic Museum" + It's a SONIC game! :)

Cons: - Sonic World is too small and graphics are not high quality - Sound emulation for the Sonic games are muffled - Really no added replay value: once your done, your done - Missing key Sonic games (ie. Sonic CD)

Sonic Gets Compiled with A Library

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: February 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Sonic Jam combines a multimedia library with four legendary games of the Genesis era. When I first seen this game I knew I had to have it as a Sonic game collector. With Sonic 1, 2, 3, and Sonic and Knuckles there's six gaming possibilities. Then there's the "Sonic World", which is the first Sonic Adventure type 3-D gaming experience that includes mini games of it's own! Within the Sonic World there is a library of multimedia containing commercials of Sonic from around the globe to the history of Sonic the Hedgehog. There's even a way to listen to music and sound from the previous Sonic games. This game can give you an insight into the Sonic realm of which you may have never imagined! All said, this is the best CD you can buy that has the word "Sega" and "Sonic" on it, with one minor flaw. The flaw is in the Sonic & Knuckles game on the special stage of static balls where you have to work your way up by rolling around electro-static balls and jumping up to the next ball before the line that ends the special stage comes to claim you. In route to the top you collect shields and rings. In the actual game on Sega Genesis there are rings littered though out the stage, but in the Sonic Jam version they're all missing! I called Sega about it and they claimed there wasn't anything wrong. I think the guy I talked to never even played Sonic & Knuckles!
I gave it a four out of five because of its flaw and my CD stoped working for a while when it was scratchless! I tried to make a copy of the game and play it(of course that didn't work) but after I made the copy I tried the original and it worked! The heat from the laser pounding the CD must have cleaned out the discrepancy in the CD. Either way this is still the best you can buy, by far,on the Sega Saturn for Sonic games.

-Curt

One of the best Sonic games ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is one cool game!
PROS:You get to play every Sonic classic from the genesis, There are difficulty levels, Loads of replay, It's got a massive collection of Sonic history.
CONS:The Sonic world graphics are low quality, This came out at the same time as Mario 64 meaning it didn't sell well, It's for the Saturn which is a big ugly unpopular thing.
In this game, the 4 most classic Sonic titles ever have been jammed onto one disc. COOl. Combine this with tons of Sonics history in Sonic World. I will definitaley get Sonic Jam 2, but I can't remember which console it's coming out for! 95%

THIS GAME RULES!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game! So what if the sound is a little muffled and the graphics aren't so great. What do you expect from a 32-bit power house which so many great games premiered on? (like tomb raider and NiGHTS into dreams...) Plus who cares if sonic CD isnt on there? GO BUY A SEGA CD if you want it! So get this game it rocks.

one of the best sonic games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

sonic jam is so cool and has sonics frist 3d game for you that have played sonic 3d blast it is not 3d they jest chaged the viewponit.The game has the sonic games sonic the hedgehog 1 2 and 3 and sonic and knuckles.It also has sonic world a 3d area for missons to do cartoons to watch rare art work to look at.also in sonic world you can fly with tails and look at all the sonic games from 1991-1997.So even if you hear it stiks go buy it anyway.You can buy it at www.ebay.com or get it hear uesd and new but it is hard to get it trust me!P.S.If you like sonic jam you will like the sega saturn games.
soinc 3d blsat
nights into dreams
chrismas nights into dreams hard to find!
and sonic R.

A must have for any Sonic fan!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

sonic jam is so cool and has sonics frist 3d game for you that have played sonic 3d blast it is not 3d they jest chaged the viewponit.The game has the sonic games sonic the hedgehog 1 2 and 3 and sonic and knuckles.It also has sonic world a 3d area for missons to do cartoons to watch rare art work to look at.also in sonic world you can fly with tails and look at all the sonic games from 1991-1997.So even if you hear it stinks go buy it anyway.You can buy it at www.ebay.com or get it hear uesd and new but it is hard to get it trust me!P.S.If you like sonic jam you will like the sega saturn games.
soinc 3d blsat
nights into dreams
chrismas nights into dreams hard to find!
and sonic R

fun fun fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I frist played sonic jam it was graet.I loved how you can lower the dificulty of the game and play specel stage from the geco.It also gives you a oppertunty to lots of gameplay BUY IT
NOW!

An amazing compilation to this day!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

There are two things that make this worth it.

1. Playing with the first 3d created Sonic.
2. Playing Sonic the hedgehog with SPIN DASH enabled!!!!!!!!

These two things ALONE make the game worthwhile.
I'm glad I bought one before amazon ran out.

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