DF Retro: Sonic The Hedgehog Ported To SNES: Tech Demo Analysis!

DF Retro: Sonic The Hedgehog Ported To SNES: Tech Demo Analysis!

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Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
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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.

Read more here: http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=20638

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