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SONIC X-TREME RETURNS! With comments from Insincere Dave

26/2/2015

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18 years ago, Sega announced Sonic X-Treme - the game that was intended to be Sonic's Saturn debut, and the 'hog's triumphant equivalent to Super Mario 64.

Ultimately, the project was canned, after leaked footage suggested Sega struggled to translate Sonic's running and jumping into a 3D environment, and the Sega top brass expressed disappointment with the project's direction. It wasn't until Sonic Adventure was released for the Dreamcast that the franchise finally went fully 3D.

However, Kotaku reports that some enterprising types, with far too much time on their hands, are now working on resurrecting the game for the PC. 

Though only one level exists at the moment - based upon the Green Hill Zone-esque environment showcased at the 1996 E3 show (which the game's developers are referring to as "The E3 Jade Gully Level) - they're intending to eventually complete the entire game. 

You can find out more details here - and here's the team's announcement video:
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"Coooollllll!!!! I don't know about you, but I can't wait to play a game that was never considered good enough to release 18 years ago!?!!! I'm sure time has been kind to this one!!!!?!!!! Forget survival of the fittest - this is survival of the FASTEST!!!!!??????!! Plus we all know that every Sonic game has been a solid-gold treat, so this is bound to be worth thirty seconds of your time!!!?!!!!!"

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Mr Smith
25/2/2015 03:04:33 am

No mention of the fish-eye lense camera? That was the best bit about it, as shown here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzvS_beXtXk

I seem to recall there was actually two different version of Xtreme being worked on... But the history is all too messy to figure out.

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Pevin
25/2/2015 04:11:58 am

I liked that lensing effect too. It was a pretty novel way of enabling you to see what was ahead of you (unless you wanted to travel towards the camera).

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Pevin
25/2/2015 03:59:09 am

It looks like it plays like a dream!

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Anthony Smith link
25/2/2015 05:12:03 am

Cough cough... shameless plug for own youtube channel video of Sonic X-Treme... cough cough.

http://youtu.be/v7-7lzSBCMU

It's so weird to try to control. The physics are all over the place. But that's just the nature of alpha builds. Looking forward to seeing what else these guys do with it.

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Taskbaarchitect link
25/2/2015 02:15:34 pm

HD Insincere Dave is terrifying.

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