Comments on: Hey Sega! Bring This Unofficial 'Sonic CD' Port to the iPhone http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:41:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mike http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-48711 mike Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:47:31 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-48711 wait, he's ripping Sega's work, right? so... he didn't really do it himself... wait, he's ripping Sega's work, right? so… he didn't really do it himself…

]]> By: Daneealama http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-32244 Daneealama Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:00:07 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-32244 Now whats up whit this? Now whats up whit this?

]]> By: rentrent http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-31068 rentrent Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:21:56 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-31068 Performance that LITERALLY blow the games sega has released so far out of the water? Literally???? LITERALLY???????? Performance that LITERALLY blow the games sega has released so far out of the water? Literally???? LITERALLY????????

]]> By: ron http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-30976 ron Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:16:33 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-30976 no more sidescrollers with iPhone controls ruining the games of yesteryear - please!! Give us Herzog Zwei instead. no more sidescrollers with iPhone controls ruining the games of yesteryear – please!! Give us Herzog Zwei instead.

]]> By: Chinito77 http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-30939 Chinito77 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:33:23 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-30939 Please put the "Sonic Boom" animation intro! Please put the "Sonic Boom" animation intro!

]]> By: Tim http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-30909 Tim Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:21:30 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-30909 YEAH! The SEGA blog is totally dominated with demands for this dev to be hired! And there are constant slams on SEGA's crappy product quality as of late. IN YOUR FACE SEGA! THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN! tim YEAH! The SEGA blog is totally dominated with demands for this dev to be hired! And there are constant slams on SEGA's crappy product quality as of late.

IN YOUR FACE SEGA! THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!

tim

]]> By: Ollebro http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-30908 Ollebro Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:12:59 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-30908 i love you Christian! i love you Christian!

]]> By: Christian Whitehead http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-30907 Christian Whitehead Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:09:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-30907 Hey guys, thanks for all the feedback! I should mention, that although I haven't used the source code at all... if this gets the green light I would imagine I might be able to cross reference the game against the actual source to ensure the gameplay is correct. But I can say it's pretty damn accurate at the moment anyway. Also, classic 2D games aren't as easy to program on the iPhone as you may think. Since everything is tile based, there's actually quite a few polygons to push, add to this the need for alpha blending since 2D games have see through sprites and there's actually a bit of thought involved to optimize it. Anyway, I've played Sonic for years so hopefully you can trust me more than some other random outsourced guy... please? :P Hey guys, thanks for all the feedback!

I should mention, that although I haven't used the source code at all… if this gets the green light I would imagine I might be able to cross reference the game against the actual source to ensure the gameplay is correct. But I can say it's pretty damn accurate at the moment anyway.

Also, classic 2D games aren't as easy to program on the iPhone as you may think. Since everything is tile based, there's actually quite a few polygons to push, add to this the need for alpha blending since 2D games have see through sprites and there's actually a bit of thought involved to optimize it.

Anyway, I've played Sonic for years so hopefully you can trust me more than some other random outsourced guy… please? :P

]]> By: Ollebro http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-30898 Ollebro Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:42:37 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-30898 SEGAs response! "@SEGA Thx for all the messages about the Sonic CD vid. I have the link & your requests on my list. Will bring it up at our brainstorming meeting." Maybe we will accually see this in appstore! SEGAs response!

"@SEGA Thx for all the messages about the Sonic CD vid. I have the link & your requests on my list. Will bring it up at our brainstorming meeting."

Maybe we will accually see this in appstore!

]]> By: DreamPod http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/28/sonic-cd/#comment-30897 DreamPod Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:34:09 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=14660#comment-30897 Let's not say this is awesome and great until you actuall play it. Writing a port from scratch without the help of actual source means it's not going to be the same game as the original. Chances are good the physics (how far he jumps, fast he runs, etc.) aren't exact, collision could very well be off, things like that. We've all played bad ports (just look at the iPhone Megaman 2!) And as has been mentioned, this "retro engine" isn't that amazing, it's actually quite easy on the iPhone to get 60fps in a simple low-color low-res 2D game like that. But Sega hasn't been writing 2D games on iPhone, they've been releasing an emulator and the original game ROM's, unchanged and exact, and THAT is *extremely* hard to do, particularly with the official iPhone SDK. Let's not say this is awesome and great until you actuall play it. Writing a port from scratch without the help of actual source means it's not going to be the same game as the original. Chances are good the physics (how far he jumps, fast he runs, etc.) aren't exact, collision could very well be off, things like that. We've all played bad ports (just look at the iPhone Megaman 2!)

And as has been mentioned, this "retro engine" isn't that amazing, it's actually quite easy on the iPhone to get 60fps in a simple low-color low-res 2D game like that. But Sega hasn't been writing 2D games on iPhone, they've been releasing an emulator and the original game ROM's, unchanged and exact, and THAT is *extremely* hard to do, particularly with the official iPhone SDK.

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