Sonic Adventure would continue to be a blast throughout most of his other levels. A frame rate of 60fps accompanying Sonic’s insanely high speeds truly made Sonic Adventure feel like a Sonic title. This scene was particularly cool, and I loved the amazing sense of speed throughout the entire level.ĭuring the first level, the Dreamcast’s power was immediately made apparent: Sonic Adventure featured smooth textures, character models with no visible polygons, and a blisteringly fast frame rate. In this level, I witnessed one of Sonic Adventure’s most memorable scenes: An enormous whale chases Sonic across a collapsing bridge. I bopped enemies, jumped off springs, and ran until my lungs collapsed. While pursuing Tails, I entered the game’s first level or “Action Zone.” This 3D course was reminiscent of the levels in Sonic’s Genesis adventures. Even though this environment felt strangely out of place, I paid it no heed, and zoomed on to save my friend Tails, who had crash landed while testing his plane. This familiar environment didn’t appear in Sonic’s past adventures rather, this city looked like it belonged in sunny Florida.

Upon entering Sonic’s Adventure, I was thrust into an urban environment with a hint of familiarity. There was also Knuckles, but I was never a fan of the angry Echidna (and I’d witnessed his “action” levels in a friend’s copy of Sonic Adventure 2), so I decided to stick with the speed demon, Sonic. He continually got in my way in Sonic 2, so I decided to pass him over for the blue blur. Sega’s mascot was a hero of mine as a kid, so I had to stick with him (brand loyalty folks).īack in Sonic 2, I was also introduced to Tails, who I quickly learned to leave in the dust.

Of course it’d be none other than the hedgehog with an attitude. When I first booted up my Dreamcast, I immediately knew who I’d choose. Well, my dream finally came true–ten years later. It’s bad enough that I was introduced to Sonic Adventure with its worst character, but I was also misfortunate in that I had to start in Station Square (Sonic Adventure’s overworld).ĭespite starting in the game’s lousiest location with the worst possible character, I had always wanted to play Sonic Adventure. The graphics were amazing, as was the frame rate, but I couldn’t figure out where to go with the walking carpet known as Big The Cat. In 1999, I actually did get to demo Sonic Adventure at a retail store, but I walked away unimpressed. This time, the blue blur wouldn’t evade me. I may have missed both of these popular launch titles upon their release, but ten years later, I finally purchased a Dreamcast. Two of these titles blew away Dreamcast fans: One featured a bipedal hedgehog with a ‘tude and the other was a gorgeous 3D fighter. Instead of surprising us with a sneak attack, Sega actually announced the Dreamcast’s release date, and sent a legion of retail games to accompany it.

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