DF Retro: Sonic The Hedgehog Ported To SNES: Tech Demo Analysis!
August 16, 2020 DF Retro: Sonic The Hedgehog Ported To SNES: Tech Demo Analysis!
Has hell frozen over? Sonic the Hedgehog is now playable – to a certain extent – on Super NES. Thanks to the development work of TiagoSC, a demo exists of Sonic 1 for SNES, built on original Sonic Team code adapted and optimised for SNES. Unlike today, pixel-for-pixel identical ports aren’t possible – SNES was a very different machine to Mega Drive/Genesis – so there are necessary differences, which makes the port all the more fascinating.
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