Sonic The Hedgehog Spinball on Sega Mega Drive / Genesis retro games console

[Edd731]

I found this for the megadrive on cart boxed with manual in great nick for £5.00 a few weeks ago in a flea market along with Galaxy Force 2 and another game I cant remember. LOVE 16-bit consoles!

[SteveBenway]

@Edd731 There's definitely something special about the games from the 16 bit era :)

[JuniorD1975]

I have this on the Sonic Collection for the Gamecube. I have not given it a play as I am not the greatest pinball fan to be honest but after seeing this I think I will be giving it a spin! Really impressed with it. Great vid mate.

[XFile2708]

Great gameplay matey - Ive got this one in my collection but not played it yet... time to dig it out I think :D

[markvergeer]

Framerate issues? I could try this out on my NTSC Jap Megadrive. Got the game as well. Check out the differences. It may be that 50Hz PAL screws up the gameplay just a tad.

[pocketmego]

I love hearing what you have to say about it.

"Playing Naked, smacking the Hedgehog..."

I think I might just have had an embolism....

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My one complaint about this is that it resets like any other pinball when you loose your ball. But, with the platform elements that makes it very difficult to continue. Like when you got the chaos emerald there. When he dies its like you never got the emerald.

The flipper button is the same button that makes him jump.

[DeanoTheLegend87]

Go into the options menu on this game, contains the worst music in video game history.

[LeeMan00]

Its funny, I was just playing this a few minutes ago.

[davidhass3lh0ff]

this is an ok game never been a huge fan of it but i guess it is what it is sonic pinball

[a3HeadedMonkey]

My computer went bang twice today, lol. Just shut itself off. Did it yesterday too. I changed the power supply to give it a little more juice. I don't think it liked running my four drives & the fan all day, haha. Seems okay so far. Not looking forward to sleeping tonight though. So hot!

Anyway, I love this game. Pretty satisfying getting to the other tables. I bought it on the VC for my Wii & really liked it.

[Lorfarius]

I always found this a tough one to love. Nice idea but not the greatest of games.

[zeldajunkielol2]

Mr. Benway, you are a funny man.

[LeShark75]

Yep Bolton has been like an microwave too. Thank god it's cooling down a bit now. My den/cinema room where I have all my gaming kit is still too warm with the fans on full belt, throw in some gold and silver tickets and it would be just like The Crystal Maze lol.

Anyway Sonic Pinball, I have friends who hate it but I love it, class game.

[preydog1]

worksop has been hot today too hot!!!!!!!

[TheVideoGameJunkie99]

LOL the bit when you said 'bollocks', you're actually meant to be going on the carts along the track to get the Chaos Emeralds, the blue things.

[TheVideoGameJunkie99]

@TheVideoGameJunkie99 you gotta get three of them to unlock the boss room and advance to the next level

[RPKGameVids]

I find this to be quite a fun game but really hard.

[pauljmccann]

Never seen this game. Thanks again mate.

[SteveBenway]

@UKRetroGames I'm undecided about Sonic R, but that 3D Flicky thing is all wrong.

I like this, but I think just as I don't really consider it a real pinball game, I don't really consider it a real Sonic game either.

It's just loud, fast, and quite good fun :)

And LOL @ the first bit of your comment :P

[zeldajunkielol2]

@SteveBenway Yeah, Even when I was little I knew there was something wrong with that Flicky's Island game but I quite enjoyed Sonic R.

[Otouto72]

Love this game! And you done rather well sir!

[SteveBenway]

@Otouto72 *Takes a bow* :)

[AtsumaKarin]

Y'know, for the majority of this video, esp. the first half of it, I thought I was watching a different player. Not only were you actually surviving, you were making progress as well. You're a natural!!! :D

Then I got a comforting feeling just after 7 mins in when you finally lost it and I thought: "ah, that's the Steve I know" .:P

I LOVED this game back in the day, beat it numerous times. :)

Looking forward to the 2K sub special!!!

[SteveBenway]

@AtsumaKarin Natural my arse :P

It's just so forgiving that you can sit there stabbing randomly at one button and not die... which when you play like I do, is very pleasing :D

[pappachook]

Hate this game and the music is bloody anoying to boot. Looking forward to your Big Suprise

[shaurz]

I quite like this game. I know what you mean about the sluggish feel. There are better pinball games on the Mega Drive but this is still fun.

Do you get random subscribers from music channels or random non-gaming channels? It seems like they just subscribed for self-promotion (I guess they hoped you would sub back).

[SteveBenway]

@shaurz Yes, lots of those types.

I can understand the music ones, as I have 30 or so tunes of my own on this channel, so maybe they're drawn by that. But also lots of people just looking for a return sub, who obviously don't get one.

2000 sounds like an impressive number, but the truth is, barely a quarter of those actually watch my vids.

I suspect I'm not the only one who finds that.

[AtsumaKarin]

@SteveBenway nope, you are correct. About 1/4 is what I'd estimate is your usual regular viewer count, actually. :)

[dde12321]

that's a hard game

[SteveBenway]

@dde12321 I couldn't really tell. Maybe it's hard to get to higher levels, but in terms of staying alive, I find it very forgiving.

[AtsumaKarin]

@SteveBenway Level 4 is VERY challenging, even when you know what you're doing.

[SteveBenway]

@roundtr1p My first impressions when I played it on the GBA weren't great, but it grew on me. Especially when I turned the volume up.

[jboypacman]

Never was that good at Sonic Spinball sadly.

[SteveBenway]

@jboypacman I don't know how you'd define good or bad on this game. I just smack the hedgehog around and enjoy the pretty colours, or something :)

[jboypacman]

@SteveBenway lol ok this is true.

[mathowlett]

I personally thought this was a load of *ahem* balls. I much prefer Dragon's Fury (Devil Crash)...... in fact, I even prefer Dino Land for the Megadrive. This one.. hmm.. too confusing for my taste.

[SteveBenway]

@mathowlett This is definitely confusing, but I think I like it coz I don't really view it as a pinball game. It's more of a fast moving colourful noisy ...umm... thing :)

[boredwithusernames]

Pending congrats on the 2000 subs Steve, well deserved. With regards to pinball, it seems every time I play it I find the dead ball slot more times than the flipper... This version looks fun tho.

[SteveBenway]

@boredwithusernames Thanks :)

You have to try really hard to lose the ball / hedgehog on this. It's very forgiving.

[Jago666]

smack the hedgehog the gamers version of smack the pony lol

[SteveBenway]

@Jago666 I dunno about that, but it's a whole lot more prickly than spank the monkey.

[kyotoair]

looks like a pretty fun game!!

probably gonna buy this on ebay soon

[SteveBenway]

@kyotoair It's pretty good fun. I have it on GBA too, though I haven't really spent any time playing it on that.

[RetroGamerVX]

I have this on my dingoo, I did not know you could escape the sea monster lol Ohh, first by the way lol (actually, by the time I press post I might be second lol as I don't press post until I've finished watching lol)

[SteveBenway]

@RetroGamerVX 2nd :P

You have to press up, and one of the buttons (dunno which... as usual) to escape the monster thingie... and to get out of the barrel).

[BlooditeDrakan]

Well done on the potential 2000 subs dude! It ain't easy.

Also, I know this game wasn't a popular spin off, but it's better than most of his games today. I actually rather enjoy it, and that music is VERY thumpin'. Good video dude.

[SteveBenway]

@BlooditeDrakan Thanks :)

I read reviews of this back in the day that said it was quite good fun... though I never played it back then.

I totally agree about the music. It really adds something.