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The discontinued PlayStation NOW version of SADX and SA2. They were very laggy and had about 60 years of input lag and had the most crashes out of any ps4 game Ive ever used

Don't talk to me until you've played the entirety of Sonic Adventure DX with a keyboard. I did it when I was 12.

How the IGN reviewers played sonic games:

I'd argue the worst version of SA1 is actually the Xbox Live Arcade version. It's a port of the old PC version, so it suffers the same control issues, increased glitches, and terrible visuals and audio quality, but they made the DX content into DLC. So it's completely dysfunctional, ugly, and doesn't have anything over any other version.

Note that in Sonic and Knuckles Collection, the music playback was incorrect. You're playing the what was supposed to be played on a FM synthesizer music with General MIDI. There's a whole other lineup of music dedicated to be played with General MIDI, which sounds a lot better ( go check that out!).

Not even an honorable mention of Sonic Jam on the Gamecom 😒

and im those people who 100% sonic1 on GBA

Honestly, I think that the worst way to play Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is to play it through Super Mario Bros. All-Stars on the SNES.

I'll be honest, one of my biggest pet peeves with Sonic YouTubers is when they say stuff along the lines of "If you grew up with the PC version of the Sonic 3 & Knuckles soundtrack, I feel bad for you." Because you know what? I did grow up with that game, and you know what? I loved it! It was my first Sonic game. I didn't know what a MIDI was. Heck, I didn't even know what a Genesis was! I was just a blissful kid who liked to see the blue creature go fast, and I had no idea this game even had another version of the soundtrack until later in my life. Nowadays, if I wanna play the game I'm obviously gonna play it through emulator or Sonic 3 AIR, but that PC release still holds a nostalgic spot in my heart to this day, so there's no need to feel bad for me.

> "I can't compare the DS version of Colors to the console counterpart" > Immediately compares the 3DS versions of Generations and Lost world to the console counterparts

Gonna disagree with SA1 and say the worst version is actually the PS3/360 version. It's title and boxart make it seem like it's a port of the Dreamcast version except it's actually identical other releases of DX but the benefits of DX such as mission mode and Metal Sonic are sold as paid DLC and the Game Gear games are completely removed.

The "new" songs used in the sonic 3 pc being the original songs is biggest sonic plot twist of the 2020s along with the little planet theme being dubious depths present song.

Ah shit I have to defend Sonic & Knuckles Collection again from people that have no idea how Music on 90s computers was handled. Sonic & Knuckles Collection does "use the stock Windows soundfont" it uses it only because its the only one you have installed. Back in the day were Soundcards a standard for every PC gamer because the Quality of Medi music depends on the sound synth your Soundcard brought with it. Starting with XP did Windows include a standard on that was overall pretty but but better than the nothing you prior had with no soundcard. There are also virtual sound synth you can install on your PC outside of the stock Windows one that don't requiere a Soundcard. And if you give Sonic & Knuckles collection a decent soundcard perhaps even a higher end Yamaha one will it blast the Megadrive original out of the water with its far higher music quality than the low end Yamaha chip the Megadrive/Genesis shipped with. But even just a non Yamaha card like a good old fashion Soundblaster will dramatically improve the music quality.

Sonic and Kunckles on the PC only sounds “bad” if you aren’t using a proper Sound card, this is like playing Cyberpunk 2077 on a 15 year old GPU then saying the PC version is the worst version Let me also add even with the worst sound card it doesn’t sound that bad

The Brad Buxer & MJ contributions to Sonic 3 were NOT the originals. An older build exists that uses completely in-house themes that were later repurposed for S&K Collection (and Origins for that matter). This information has been available for a VERY long time, man. Also General MIDI isn't a soundfont.

In the words of BrainScratchCommentaries when they did Sonic Genesis; "You're not Eggman. I'm not Sonic."

Not even mentioning Sonic Jam for the gamecom feels like a huge oversight.

Why are we still saying "rumoured" for MJ? It's been confirmed by several people on staff ages ago. Edit: To add, the worst way to play every 8-bit title is its screen-crunched Game Gear version whenever a Master System version with a bigger display is available with the exception of Sonic Blast, the port of which was made by a different studio with severely downgraded graphics. Yes, it helps to have a bigger screen to react to hazards but not by that much for a game this sluggish. Spinball and Mean Bean have 8-bit versions and are therefore Game Gear too. Sonic the Fighters' the original since the PS3 version restores several elements such as Honey the Cat. Sonic 3D's the original since the Saturn and Director's Cuts add more value, but the original is still the most technically impressive on its respective hardware. Sonic Blast was only branded "Blast" and not conceived as a version of Sonic 3D Blast, but it's worse if you count it. Sonic R's the original since later versions add weather effects and water freezing over. Sonic 1, 2, Spinball, 3, 3D, R, and SA1 are have LCD versions by Tiger Electronics if you count those, but their SA1's genuinely impressive for a tiny novelty handheld. Sonic Jam on Game.com by Tiger. Advance is SonicN on N-Gage. Sonic Mega Collection on GameCube, which never got the Plus version. Shadow the Hedgehog is mainline, so every time you say "every mainline," please include that too. It's not just some spin-off like Tails Adventures. It was made by many top staff, was Sonic Team's big game of that year, and is the conclusion of a storyline started in SA2. I agree that the worst is usually the PS2 version whenever it's available. If you count Flash games, they have Shadow the Hedgehog Flash and Sonic Rivals Dash. All-Star Racing's the J2ME version on the lowest-end phone. All-Star Racing Transformed's on 3DS. Other cursed game builds are Sonic's Schoolhouse, the Sonic and Shadow Xs Flash games, and Sonic X on Leapster.

8:07 actually it doesn't use the stock windows midi, it uses whatever midi sound is available, and you could use your own midi output for it even if you had a card for it. or even a card with an opl2 chip, which makes it sound more like the genesis version.