Sonic's Schoolhouse - in-game footage (mostly)

Alright, I got off my lazy ass and made footage of one of the few Sonic the Hedgehog edutainment titles: Sonic's Schoolhouse.

My sound is teh broke, sadly (that's what the pop-up box is telling me before I really start playing), but let it not be said that I am not resourceful; I edited the MIDIs into the video roughly where they were supposed to show up. Sound effects would be too much work, though, so that aspect's broken; anything that DOES make a sound is an AVI video file, as opposed to WAV files.

I also think the color is a little more washed out in the video than it is in-game, but nothing major.

So yeah, that's what the game's like, really. You go into a hub, and choose a subject. You solve the problems on the four initial blackboards, get access to the six blackboards further inside, and solving any of THOSE gets you a power-up - a game token, a bus pass, and a key that allows you to skip any problem.

As for these bonuses, I made sure to show them, too: both games are present, as is a brief flirt with the field trip thing. The games are rather basic, but there: one has me collecting rings (how many depends on what grade level "Recess" is set to) while evading enemies and Eggman - touching any of those guys loses all your rings, and you can't collect the ones you drop - you have to make do with whatever's left in the world. The other's a matching game which isn't exactly worth writing home about.

And the field trip? Aside from Sonic's driving like a maniac, I think the video I watched should be a good indication of their quality. It's all generally factually correct - it's whether you actually WANT TO KNOW that's the problem, as is the voice actors telling you.

So yeah, that's the game, really.

Video by Shadow Hog
Original game by Sega

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• sonic
• the
• hedgehog
• sonic's
• schoolhouse
• edutainment
• reading
• recess
• games
• rings
• matching
• field
• trip
• bus
• gumball
• et
• cetera

[hoooooooooooooooo]

Doom for kids really exists. And that is the worst voice for Sonic ever.

[ShdwHg]

@hoooooooooooooooo

Chex Quest? I'm aware. It's pretty damn fun, but then, it's Doom, so of course it is.

[Pikawil64]

This game is what happens when Eggman went back and obtained his teaching degree.

So don't let Eggman obtain his teaching degree.

[ShdwHg]

@Pikawil64

When I first read this comment, I didn't get it.

Having since beaten Generations (had to wait on Steam to release it), I chuckled.

[UnclaimedPants]

This looks like a better version of Srb2...

[DigiTan000]

"Sonic Generations in 8 minutes" brought me here.

[SergeantLuke]

0:11 Orion went out of business just two years after this game came out. Coincidence?!

[Ratty524]

This brings bag memories of my childhood. I think I still have this game somewhere.

[MissSMA12]

I can't believe I watched this whole thing from start to finish! I have this game as a CD-Rom lying around somewhere! I have not played it in awhile, so I figured I'd watch someone else play it!

[HyperGolem]

Watching this video is torture.

[AlucardTheOfficial]

Sonic's Schoolhouse...

So, uh, fanboys... what was that about Sonic Unleashed (among others) sucking and Classic Sonic being perfect?

[helloale20]

@helloale20 But the music is pretty cool :3 but I cant understand why appears one Elephant HERE?? for my is strange :/ but is pretty cool this game (so so)

[helloale20]

Before see the game: YAY I finally found it

After see the game: .... damn game... really that voice of Sonic??? REALLY????

Shadow sleeping is more fun than that game! and elephant??¡¡ RLY??¡¡¡¡

[Kaagh178]

Ryan Drummond sure was a step up in the voice department.