[TAS] Arcade SegaSonic the Hedgehog by Tuffcracker, rodonic01 & SpectralPlatypus in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/5857M
TAS originally published on 2024-03-12
SegaSonic the Hedgehog is a isometric platforming game that was released for the arcades. You and up to two other players play as Sonic, Mighty the Armadillo or Ray the Flying Squirrel, as they attempt to escape from Dr. Eggman's island after being kidnapped and imprisoned there. Doing so will not be easy however as Eggman has set up traps all over his island. Unlike most Sonic games, Sonic and friends have health bars instead of the traditional rings system; rings here instead restore your health bar. The game also uses a trackball to control the characters instead of joysticks and buttons.
Tuffcracker ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/T... ), rodonic01 ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/r... ), and SpectralPlatypus ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/S... ) collaborate to beat the game as fast as possible, defeating Eggman and getting Sonic and his friends off the island in record time. This is an improvement of 381 frames compared to the previous publication.

[@masterjuni3678]

take a shot every time Sonic says "Waaaaahh"

[@mickhithemouse]

you’d be dead

[@astonquintanilla9301]

I’d already be intoxicated by level 1

[@hhhh82user]

drunk before the first level

[@Mega_Mikey]

Six deep in the first minute

[@mickhithemouse]

you’d be dead

[@DA_Garden]

I would love to see an All/Most Rings run of this with all 3 players. So much potential there.

[@Morpheus414]

So glad to see more TAS’s of this!
Also, inB4 all the “Waaaah”’s 😏

[@KaiserRika]

Uwaaaaaaa

[@JosephShemelewski]

Waaaaahhhhh

[@GamerGee]

Waaaaah timestamps
0:09
0:28
0:35
0:42
0:53
0:58
2:16
7:22
10:28 micheal bay finish

[@SparkyMK3]

This game really doesnt get enough credit for just how great the spriteart and animation is. Sega's arcade division were wizards when it came to eye candy and technical showcases! I love touches like the cartoony delay in Sonic's eyes as he's falling in the ice level! Its a shame that Sega has NEVER rereleased this game...

[@---Dr._Eggman---]

Fun fact: this game's stages' names have one similarity to Sonic CD's zones' names. The initials of all names of all the levels is always the same letter. To be more explicit:
Sonic CD:
Palmtree Panic (PP for short)
Collision Chaos (CC for short)
Tidal Tempest (TT for short)
Quartz Quadrant (QQ for short)
Wacky Workbench (WW for short)
Stadust Speedway (SS for short) (what?!)
Metallic Madness (MM for short)
Sonic CD (scrapped zones):
Dubious Depths (DD for short)
Desert Dazzle (DD for short)
Final Fever (FF for short)
SegaSonic the Hedgehog:
Volcano Valley (VV for short)
Icy Isle (II for short)
Desert Dodge (DD for short)
Trap Tower (TT for short)
Landslide Limbo (LL for short)
Wild Water Ways (WWW for short)
The only exception is SegaSonic's final level, Eggman's Tower, which is ET for short.

[@Arntonach]

I like how up until Trap Tower you can barely tell the game is having you run away from obstacles.

[@CyanTheGamerhog01]

Incredible! I've improved a lot since the last TAS of this same game! Well done to the creators

[@XanthinZarda]

They surely got their money's worth from that stock scream effect.

[@jaru4564]

A lot more death abusing here (the one at 6:09 was funny as hell, ngl. "WHEEEEEEEE-" *dies*). Nice work, and great job on the improvement!

[@SayaAensland]

Waaaahhh the Hedgehog

[@ShadowMokujin]

He avoided those rings like his time dependent on it!!!!

[@DarkBluefire91]

Will never understand how Eggman manage to escape within 20 sec.

[@eppiox]

Some of the stylized graphics in this look awesome

[@KGershkoff]

"WAAAAAAAAAHH!"
I was hoping for an All Rings run, but I guess that's too tough considering the difficulty of the game.

[@jboyathegamer]

Finally we got to see someone play this game again

[@damin9913]

1:30 that laugh sound very familiar 🤔 but I can't put my finger on it

[@Ryusuta]

I liked the part where Sonic said...

[@maverickhunterstupidiocy7779]

Well, implying he said anything is a stretch, at the moment he seems incapable of saying anything that isn’t “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

[@waddledoo_eatsrocks]

​@maverickhunterstupidiocy7779 what about sonic saying okdokido" in 1:56 ?

[@ammiebaker2911]

So.. How do we further optimise that Desert stage which sucks up a lot of time??? And go!!!

[@cannon9009]

The trackball for this game in arcades must have been the most faulty-ass thing ever after like 20 go-arounds considering the whole gameplay is you spinning it with the force of a thousand suns trying to pass some of these mechanics

[@RADish-official]

Sonic has a really good Waluigi impression.

[@uzziel524]

Ultimate Waah Destruction

[@sdgdhpmbp]

Cool like last time. No all rings run yet?

[@gerioSB]

2 undodgable rings, wow

[@user-ci1ed2pe5b]

今夜も完璧ヤナ😊

[@Ponifex]

What gets me is that, after screaming his head off for most of the first stage, Sonic generally shuts-up for the remainder of the playthrough.
Maybe the devs realized how annoying all the WAAAAAH!s were in playtesting, and cut most of them out from Zones 2-8 (barring one further instance in Zone 6, of course).

[@ammiebaker2911]

Is spin jumping the whole time faster??

[@colonthree]

Sonic got wise: Sage Sonic

[@solarflare9078]

Not the best System 32 arcade game (Rad Mobile exists after all), but it’s still a fun arcade game akin to Atari’s Marble Madness

[@user-kk1ne1lp9h]

100%

[@awesomeabbygaming9927]

Jim Carrey anyone?

[@SmoggyLambGG]

❌ You want to get on the highscores table? Collect rings!

[@BlueAizu_]

The point was to beat the game as quickly as possible, and the ring tally at the end adds more time to the run!

[@user-yv7pl4db4k]

Super Mario 64 70 star record

[@curtissmith5783]

How is it a speedrun if you keep dying?

[@heyomaio]

Dying in some games saves time. There's a reason why they die on purpose

[@Fuck_You_Youtube_]

WTF