Sonic R | 
 enlarge | From: Atari - Deprecated in Favor of ATBB9 11/11/2008
Category: Software
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $0.76
You Save: $24.19 (97%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 5229
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Nt, Macintosh, Unix, Linux
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8 x 2
MPN: 85076
Model: 04-16385
UPC: 010086850765
EAN: 0010086850765
ASIN: B00002S6EY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Sonic, the world's fastest Hedgehog, goes nose to toes with the world's meanest mad scientist, Dr. Robotnik. The evil doctor is gunning for the grand prize - the world-famous Chaos Emeralds! Can the fastest racer in the world outrun Robotnik's most diabolical scheme to date?
Amazon.com Product Description
Sonic R is the fastest hedgehog in a twisting, turning, upside-down corkscrewing race. Other racers, hidden track smokers, and five blistering circuits pose great challenges. As you win, collect valuable rings and other items.
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Sonic R isn't the best, but good December 11, 2007
Hiya, I'm StoryMaker. I'm a Sonic the Hedgehog fan and I bought Sonic R about a year ago. When I first played it, it was quite hard, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy. According to the user manual, Sonic the Hedgehog learns about a Grand Prix race being held. Sonic is not seriously interested in racing, but he does it anyway because his competition is his arch enemy, the evil genius Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. Sonic loves nothing better than showing up Robotnik using his super speed abilities, so it's time for racing! This game has good gameplay and good characters. The main downside is that the game is quite short with only 5 levels. Luckily, the replay value is still good, complete with characters to unlock and chaos emeralds to earn. Unfortunately, I'm not very good with unlocking characters because you have to get lots of tokens scattered across the level and still make it in 1st, 2nd or 3rd place and THEN race the character you're going to unlock. Luckily, my older sister Russian Blue Witch unlocks them for me. The unlockable characters are a blast. They are robots made by Robotnik - Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, Metal Knuckles, and Eggbot (Egg-Robo). You can also unlock Super Sonic, Sonic's chaos-charged form, if you get enough chaos emeralds. All of the characters have their advantages and disadvantages (like how Knuckles isn't quite as fast as Sonic, but his maneuvering is pretty good). However, another major downside is how every time you finish the Radiant Emerald level you have to see the credits! There is no quick way to skip through the credits - you have to press a key AGAIN and AGAIN. Also, the graphics are notably BAD. Sure, the colors are bright, but all of the characters are chunked up. Sonic's hands are cubes, the characters have points jutting up instead of being smooth, etc. Eventually, you get over it, but at the start, I complained a bunch. Overall, Sonic R is a good game with great gameplay, just get past the annoying parts. If I could I would rather give this game 3 and 1/2 stars. Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"
 Great game! December 11, 2007
When my sister first played this game it pretty hard. Scrap that. REALLY HARD! However, it only took a few rounds to get over this so it's no major loss. As for the game itself, it's real good. Traveler's Tales and SEGA did a wonderful job, the game plays simple but sweet, the songs are marvelous and I like the playable characters. On the topic of songs, they're great, but the thing is, MOST OF 'EM ARE LOVE SONGS! However, that's extraordinarily minor, it doesn't really matter. I like how every time you finish the final level, they show all the characters you've unlocked running in a circle, though it is sort of annoying that they keep showing the credits over and over. Another annoying thing is whenever you're playing Super Sonic or the robots you're always racing against Super Sonic and the other robots. Also, unless you're playing them, Sonic always tends to be in first, Knuckles in second, Tails in third, Robotnik in fourth, and Amy in last. However, these things are a bit minor and the rest of the game is so fun that I'm still giving it 5 stars. Cheers, Chocolate Dog
 uh April 27, 2006
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
isnt this game cursed? i wouldnt want to get it, even though it is fun
Fantastic April 17, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I know this game is old, but it is so much fun!
The music is catchy, addictive gameplay.
I have so many fond memories with this game and everyone should buy it!
Also probably a less buggy version is on sonic gems collection for the gamecube!
GREAT! January 16, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Who would think crystal-clear vocals can be in a 32-bit game? This ROCKS! I have the restored and renewed 2005 version that came with Sonic Gems Collection for GameCube, but my sister erased my Sonic R data and Sonic Gems Setting data. I had ALL the charecters unlocked (exepet Super Sonic), and had 1 MORE CHAOS EMERALD LEFT! She just managed the memory card to save her Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire game. What am I gonna do with her. Great thing I found my 1019-blocked Memory card so I can't erase her data.
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