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Where the F*** is Knuckles Chaotix?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I liked Sonic Gems Collection. It features great games that are considered rare or hard to find like Sonic CD (best game on this disk.), Sonic The Fighters, and Sonic R. The Unlockable games (Vectroman 1+2) and unlockable artwork help give the game a decent amount of replay value.

Some of the games are really bad (I'm looking at you, Sonic R!) and controll and graphics could have been a little better polished, yet that can't be said for all of the games. I would also like to say that the collision detection could have been a little more precise in Sonic the Fighters.

But to me, the games biggest flaw is that it didn't include the Sega 32X game Knuckles Chaotix. For those of you not aware of waht this game is, it's a game simialar to Sonic 1- Sonic and Knuckles that features Knuckles and his friends, the Chaotix (Also of Sonic Heroes fame) as playable charecters. Although I'm a major Sonic fan, this is the only Sonic game I've never played and would've liked to try it. This is definantly a rare game and it is a surprise it wasn't on this disk.

Overall, if your a gamer or a Sonic fan, your really going to like this game. Everyone else could get some fun out of it too. But, as a little side not to Sega, if you ever re-release this game, please include Knuckles Chaotix.

My Score: 7.5/10

Its fun, but nothing we haven't seen before

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The second complilation of Sonic games, the other being the Mega Collection, this one offers the 3 classics that the other missed: Sonic CD, Sonic R and Sonic the Fighters. Let me say this now: Sonic R and Sonic the Fighters are crap. I've beaten R in less than an hour, with all hidden characters and Chaos Emeralds, each track taking me no more or less than two attempts: One for the hidden character, one for the Emeralds.

The Game Gear games can be unlocked in Sonic Adventure: DX, so if you're getting this for those, it's much more fun to get them in Sonic Adventure, which is still a fun game, though a bit dated (but if you're getting this collection, you shouldn't be complaining about 'dated'). Sonic CD is definitelly a fun romp. I still haven't beaten it, I'm sorry to admit. The other games you unlock are fun as well... But you have to unlock them. Sorry, I can't recommend this game PURELY for Sonic CD, which is what rides the 'Fun' rating of this game. Hardcore Sonic fans ONLY need apply. And even *I* have seen the light and have tried other ways of feeling nostalgic for the old days.

Ok But Not Great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The only reason to buy this is because of sonic cd. The other games are really just horse [...] (and thats a complament) The only other reason to buy this is for the unlocables. If you have a windows 98 computer you can buy sonic cd for it, you might wonder why I have not sugested a sega cd they cost about $100 and im not making that up. If you have a sega cd and don't have this game your messed up. Now for the other games Sonic R realy is not that great its not at all a fun racing game and it gets boring fast. Sonic Fighters is also not that great its an arcade game so it takes about 5 min to beat . The game gear games stink there very boring and will not keep your intrest long. Overal if there is no other way to get Sonic Cd for you buy it but cheap!

Sonic Gems

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The reason i got this game was for Sonic CD. Without a doubt my favorite sonic game excluding the perfection that is Sonic and Knuckles 3. I used to play this game back on the PC when i used to have it. unfortunately i lost it and was overjoyed to hear it was remade for the gamecube. It plays flawlessly on my Wii and in 480p if you have component cables.

The gems collection contains Sonic R, A sonic fighting game (which is extremely fun and addicting, and surprisingly deep)and a couple others.

I would recommend this collection to any fans of the blue blur we all know and love. Relive the glory days of sonic in 2D.

old school'n fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is not as good as mega collection but still good.Sonic cd is good but not as good as sonic 1&2.Cause it is way to easy.I made it to the last level without even trying.Anyway the best game on the disc is sonic the fighters.

Finally. Sonic CD on a console other than the Sega CD

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It goes without saying that more than half of the people buying this game are buying it for Sonic CD alone. Not a bad thing at all, I'm just saying from experience, the rest of the games on this disc are really not worth playing, so I'm just reviewing their treatment of Sonic CD

It's the opinion of many ( including me ) that Sonic CD is the greatest Sonic game ever made. Every level has 3 different versions, past future present etc, excellent music and graphics, awesome special stage etc. But unfortunately this Gamecube disc version has some differences both good and bad from the Sega CD version. A good difference is the opening animation for the gamecube version is so much better quality that it makes you really see how bad the Sega CD's full motion video really was. It's so beautifully improved. All of the graphics are somewhat improved too and/or just as good as the Sega CD version. The only downfall is the SOUND. The music a little bit but mainly the sound effects are very very VERY noticably lower quality when compared to the Sega CD version and it honestly does effect the value of the game. I'm sure some other people know what I'm talking about but when I play the sonic gems version, part of my brain just says man, I wish the sound was the same. To be completely honest, the Sega CD disc had mezmerizing crystal clear hi fi sound, it was total ear candy. It doesn't seem like they did a very good job with the transfer, sonic's jumps, springs, and ring collecting sounds are so choppy almost as if someone recorded them with a hand held tape recorder or something.

In all honesty, the game is still enjoyable, the 50 billion different colors, the insane graphics, the opening and ending animations. But it lacks the Sega CD version in all it's QSound glory

Graphics boost it up !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It is like noo fun. But graphics are the best!

A Treasure Chest of Rare Gems!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game ROCKS! Here are the grades for the games on the disc:
Sonic Cd:A++
Sonic the Fighters/Sonic Championship:A+
Sonic R:A-
Tails Adventures:A+++
Sonic Triple Trouble:B
Tails Sky Patrol:B-
Vectorman 1 and 2: C+
Sonic the Hedgehog 2:C-
Sonic Spinball: Don't even get me started.
Sonic Drift 2:B+

They need more games for another collection but this is the best collection so far! I hope Sega will make one!!!!!

The kids will play for hours

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A popular game. I purchased this for my 6 year old nephew and he loves it. The 9 year old plays with it as well. Truth be told - my husband also sits there and plays the game. Very comparable to a game for the full systems.

Poor....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game collection of Sonic is not that fun. It's full of old games with very poor graphics and sound. I bought this game for my kids and they don't enjoy it very much (they almost never play with it). If you really love Sonic, then there are other games better than this. Don't lose money and time with this game.

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