4Ks' Blog - Sonic Spinball

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Sonic Spinball was one of two Sonic spin-off games released in 1993 (the other being Dr. Robotnik's Mean bean Machine). Both games were met with applause and high sales, perfectly serving their purpose of holding people over until Sonic 3 & Knuckles. But while Dr. Robotnik's game was a fantastically fun Puyo Pop-alike, Sonic Spinball is a pinball game gone wrong.

 

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Putting Sonic in a pinball game is a concept that seems practically foolproof. After all, one of Sonics big powers is that he can curl into a ball and cut through practically anything, so bouncing Sonic around inside a pinball table ought to be fun. However, Sega seems to have done everything in their power to punish the people who chose this over Dr. R.

 

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http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/351/entry-7268-sonic-spinball/