Now that I think about it, the DRM is probably the reason why my computer struggled so bad with this game. My old PC is quite old now, but it should be enough to easily run a 2D Sonic Game, but it ran at 20-35fps even running at low resolutions or in 4:3.
See, now THIS is how you do a TH-cam April Fools' joke. You don't need "Gone Wrong" or "Gone Sexual"; all you need is a good sense of humor and a love for something that can be used to make a funny joke. Pat on the back, pal. :)
redhotsonic you made an awesome video. I didn't think Sonic Mania could be played in 50Hz, it doesn't exist anymore in today's games. Of course it's an April Fools video. Doesn't look too bad though.
Oh my gosh that's what I said I was beaten too it. How does it play. Is it still slower? Or is it finally optimised to have the same speed of gameplay and music of 60hz?
@@90sNath It would probably be optimised, most modern programs don’t work the same as Mega Drive games and run at the same speed just looking less smooth as they are using less frames. There are some games which still have elements tied to the frame rate but they are very uncommon these days, usually only *extremely* lazy developers (*cough cough square Enix*) would release games that still worked like that. A good example I can think off of the top of my head was a recent Dragon Quest game shoddily ported to PC which would slow down at low frame rates and had no frameskip option, you just had to choose a frame rate target (60, 30, 20, or 15.) and with that it would run slower at 50hz.
The slowed down variant of Studiopolis Act II synchronizes perfectly with the Second Quarter track used in the Arcade version of NBA Jam; definitely makes for a good Mashup Mix to use in the EA Sports console reboot entries, those two titles need more music as is and this helps. (:
Me before watching this video: Looked at the title and thumbnail. Was excited about another comparison video since they are amazing to watch. Paused a moment because of the video length. Usually they are 9-10 minutes long, but 162 seconds long seemed suspicious. Also the fact that I don't recall Sonic Mania running at 50Hz. Me after watching this video: Loved that game cartridge fail you often do, with this one being the funniest. Nice 50Hz attempt trick for an April Fools joke, even though I truly didn't fall for it as I know the true differences between 50Hz and 60Hz. Speed (mix of tempo and pitch) would have been reduced to 99%, since slowing it down still played at the same pitch. Hope you're having/had a great Easter.
I'm surprised no one else mentions that speed thing. I've always liked how PAL slightly reduces the pitch of audio because it sounds more "correct" to me that way.
Did I really just discover a series devoted to the refresh rate of Sonic PAL conversions? That's ABSOLUTELY my kind of niche, oh dang. Haven't watched yet, but I hope I can output Mania to my 50hz crt without slowdown.
Looks like this brand new Sonic the Hedgehog video game is a compilation of the classic Sonic the Hedgehog games, just like Sonic Mega Collection Plus (which I have for the PlayStation 2).
So I guess I'm the only one in the world who expected there to be a 50hz setting or speed equivalent in the settings for this game! Coming from the uk 🇬🇧 this was how our sonics played and it's what we are used to ! Same as anyone who played in Europe in the 90s. As good as the game is, I think this is a massive oversight on the developers part!
All things considered, the music still sounds great at the reduced tempo. Also I was under the impression that Sonic mania would actually do something crazy at 50Hz since Taxman's version of sonic CD loses it's shit on my 144Hz monitor. Incidentally so does sonic adventure 2. Why not really try running sonic mania at 50Hz to see what happens?
It doesn't go too bonkers. Just runs the same way Sonic 2 would in 50hz. Proper speed music but slower game play and animation. (Sorry for being 3 years late)
Redhot I need that 50hz version of Studiopolis act 2 as a track. Any chance of uploading it as one? Maybe even upload an entire 50hz version of the soundtrack. It rocks!
In this modern age, there’s an opposite issue with 120hz. Instead of being tooooo slow, it’s way2fastlikesriously. It gives PAL nostalgia but also gives high refresh users a hard time with super sonic speeds.
That makes me wonder. Why didn't Team Mania make a cartridge form of Sonic Mania? I know it's because of cartridge costs and size-limitations (and time constraints), but I have my own SEGA Megadrive (Flashback 2018 by AtGames) so I really want a proper way of playing Sonic Mania on a Megadrive, you know what I mean! Do u agree? Like if you do.
Hi, I seem to know what might be the pal version of sonic mania, I played decompilation on my old device, namely Redmi 9a. The mania was going on with a noticeable slowdown.
I used to suffer with playing this game at 50htz because my flatscreen tv defaulted my graphics settings to 50 hz but I litterally figured out these graphics settings at the end of last year
Are you kidding me? DRM already made it 50Hz!
HackGame eh?
Oh, COME ON, I wanted my comment pinned
Slow down by 16.666%
Cool
Now that I think about it, the DRM is probably the reason why my computer struggled so bad with this game. My old PC is quite old now, but it should be enough to easily run a 2D Sonic Game, but it ran at 20-35fps even running at low resolutions or in 4:3.
Ngl Prime Time sounds amazing at that speed lol
premydaremy
Premydaremy
Omg, premeydaremy I'm a huge fan.
Why do you cus
@@foosiyoyusuf5323 cus
I'm shocked that Sonic Mania, a game that came out 25 years after Sonic 2, STILL suffers from an unoptimised sound driver.
Lol it an April fools joke
1:19 Confirmed, Sonic is okay with polygamy.
His real name is "Sonic the Mormon", but Sega like to keep that hush-hush for PR reasons.
I'm a huge fan.
See, now THIS is how you do a TH-cam April Fools' joke. You don't need "Gone Wrong" or "Gone Sexual"; all you need is a good sense of humor and a love for something that can be used to make a funny joke. Pat on the back, pal. :)
That’s my old profile pic lol
Pal. Did you just make that joke. Please tell me you intended to make a PAL joke.
This is my other profile, and yes, I did intend to make that joke XD well spotted.
@@Bro-cx2jc you won the internet
when you said pal you should've made it a joke.
LMFAO! THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!!!! So far, I think you've won this Aprils Fools! XD
Saw this coming miles away, but it was even more awesome than I could have expected.
Nice work, mate.
Tails away
redhotsonic you made an awesome video.
I didn't think Sonic Mania could be played in 50Hz, it doesn't exist anymore in today's games. Of course it's an April Fools video. Doesn't look too bad though.
Studiopolis Zone ~ Act 2 slow actually sounds good.
There’s a way to put the game in 50hz tho, its called going into the Nivida settings and tuning 60hz in the display settings to 50hz...
Oh my gosh that's what I said I was beaten too it. How does it play. Is it still slower? Or is it finally optimised to have the same speed of gameplay and music of 60hz?
@@90sNath well if you change monitor settings, that only changes the speed data is set to the monitor, not how fast programs run.
@@SteveDaBartender83.334% speed
@@SteveDaBartender cap it to 25 fps for 50hz and 30 for 60hz
@@90sNath It would probably be optimised, most modern programs don’t work the same as Mega Drive games and run at the same speed just looking less smooth as they are using less frames. There are some games which still have elements tied to the frame rate but they are very uncommon these days, usually only *extremely* lazy developers (*cough cough square Enix*) would release games that still worked like that. A good example I can think off of the top of my head was a recent Dragon Quest game shoddily ported to PC which would slow down at low frame rates and had no frameskip option, you just had to choose a frame rate target (60, 30, 20, or 15.) and with that it would run slower at 50hz.
I like how it is technically possible to play Mania in 50 Hz
i am a 50hz sonic mania player
The slowed down variant of Studiopolis Act II synchronizes perfectly with the Second Quarter track used in the Arcade version of NBA Jam; definitely makes for a good Mashup Mix to use in the EA Sports console reboot entries, those two titles need more music as is and this helps. (:
I wish that 50hz would be real :(
This actually looks real! Great editing!
I would love a 50Hz mod of sonic mania.
Just set your display to 50hz. Then you are good
@@90sNath he means a mod that slows down the game to how 50hz would be on the mega drive
@@Windo0ows but that's exactly what setting to 50hz does on the game though. No mod required
honestly would've been neat to have a 50hz mode in mania
Me before watching this video: Looked at the title and thumbnail. Was excited about another comparison video since they are amazing to watch. Paused a moment because of the video length. Usually they are 9-10 minutes long, but 162 seconds long seemed suspicious. Also the fact that I don't recall Sonic Mania running at 50Hz.
Me after watching this video: Loved that game cartridge fail you often do, with this one being the funniest. Nice 50Hz attempt trick for an April Fools joke, even though I truly didn't fall for it as I know the true differences between 50Hz and 60Hz.
Speed (mix of tempo and pitch) would have been reduced to 99%, since slowing it down still played at the same pitch.
Hope you're having/had a great Easter.
I'm surprised no one else mentions that speed thing. I've always liked how PAL slightly reduces the pitch of audio because it sounds more "correct" to me that way.
Did I really just discover a series devoted to the refresh rate of Sonic PAL conversions? That's ABSOLUTELY my kind of niche, oh dang. Haven't watched yet, but I hope I can output Mania to my 50hz crt without slowdown.
Redhotsonic:nice a ring
Sonic:you never have too many rings
1:40
Delightfully devilish, redhotsonic!
Mmmmm Steamed Hams
1:19
*CAN NEVER GRAB TOO MANY RINGS*
Looks like this brand new Sonic the Hedgehog video game is a compilation of the classic Sonic the Hedgehog games, just like Sonic Mega Collection Plus (which I have for the PlayStation 2).
+redhotsonic I knew this was an April Fools joke the moment I saw the thumbnail. BTW This channel is amazing! Keep it up!
redhotsonic: Yeah, they will never know!
Also redhotsonic: _Big alec exposition_
Happy April Fools Day! Congrats on 11K subscribers on TH-cam! 😃👍
Oh, yeah! Can't wait to the SA or SA2 PAL VS NTSC!
So I guess I'm the only one in the world who expected there to be a 50hz setting or speed equivalent in the settings for this game! Coming from the uk 🇬🇧 this was how our sonics played and it's what we are used to ! Same as anyone who played in Europe in the 90s. As good as the game is, I think this is a massive oversight on the developers part!
All things considered, the music still sounds great at the reduced tempo. Also I was under the impression that Sonic mania would actually do something crazy at 50Hz since Taxman's version of sonic CD loses it's shit on my 144Hz monitor. Incidentally so does sonic adventure 2. Why not really try running sonic mania at 50Hz to see what happens?
It doesn't go too bonkers. Just runs the same way Sonic 2 would in 50hz. Proper speed music but slower game play and animation. (Sorry for being 3 years late)
It’s actually kinda interesting to see if sonic mania was in 50HZ
I find it funny that I just recently started watching the 50hz vs 60hz series (literally this week) and then this comes up on this day 😂
Great going, RHS! You really had to fool people into thinking Mania was able to be 50Hz (A.K.A Basically us)
I mean technically you can, but he didn't show us how
I... I can't believe a actually fell for that. Welp, April Fools!
Me too
Me three
He’s back again, and about time too!
And this time, he’s in the mood!
PANA your game rock's
he can fly real high with his pistols out
you got me happy April fools red
That's some good editing rhs!
You know, it actually is possible to set your monitor's refresh rate to 50hz, but that only affects the FPS displayed on your monitor, I think.
the game expects to be locked at 60 so if you set a 50 fps limit it actually does run slower
Great job this acutally is good representation of what it would look like if it was made in pal
1:19 Sonic Mania Boomed revealed
This takes me back to when redhotsonic wasn't a father.
It’s June 9th and I STILL fell for it!
All I did was go to the configuration text file, and change the FPS from 60 to 50 ^_^ So yeah, in your face, "fools" :P
+Sarah McKinney Ha ha! Good one Sarah! Me and you will continue to show youtube our beloved 50Hz gaming and music.
Redhotsonic: they will never know I'm editing
All: boi I'm seeing you edit
Redhot I need that 50hz version of Studiopolis act 2 as a track. Any chance of uploading it as one? Maybe even upload an entire 50hz version of the soundtrack. It rocks!
@Urayne "Not my tempo"
Thanks though :)
Studiopolis 50hz actually sounds quite groovy
Nice. Now I finally knowhow Sonic Mania look like in PAL
This was pretty funny for an april fools joke good video rhs
RedSonic Sonic CD 50HZ VS 60 Hz
In this modern age, there’s an opposite issue with 120hz. Instead of being tooooo slow, it’s way2fastlikesriously.
It gives PAL nostalgia but also gives high refresh users a hard time with super sonic speeds.
Happy easter and a happy april fools
*puts ring,on sonic nose
Sonic: *CAN NEVER GRAB TOO MANY RINGS*
I wonder what console version came in your Collecter’s Edition.
Everyone watch it, but after the 60 Hz, just click this time stamp: 2:02
*Record scratches:* 0:55 1:04
his is the best video I've ever seen.
fun fact:you can play sonic mania with 50Hz by changing the refesh rate of your moniter to 50Hz
Best april fools I have watched. Actualt funny humor
Wow this was really helpful!
you could play it on pc and lock the framerate to 50hz.
April fools jokes are always entertaining. XD
"Slow it down by 17%".. You monster :O
Lol love it - awesome work!!
If only there was ACTUALLY a way to play Sonic Mania on the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive.
I have thoroughly April fooled. Nice job.
That didn't work on me because I knew that sonic mania doesn't have a 50Hz version XD
Finally, this review!!
There is a way to play in 50hz. Decrease tv refresh rate, and find a way to slow down the music
That makes me wonder. Why didn't Team Mania make a cartridge form of Sonic Mania? I know it's because of cartridge costs and size-limitations (and time constraints), but I have my own SEGA Megadrive (Flashback 2018 by AtGames) so I really want a proper way of playing Sonic Mania on a Megadrive, you know what I mean! Do u agree? Like if you do.
Only 2:36 minutes? Redhotsonic that is the shortist video ever you have made
Best april fools video i have ever seen. You got me for a second there with the title. It realy does look like it is running on a genesis/mega drive.
Gonna be honest, Idk if it is for anyone else but the 50Hz actually looks kind of real to me.
FINALLY, i have waited so long to see if the cartridge would fit in the slot, now i am better, also XD
Steamed Hams but its RedHotSonic
1:37 You Do Know Everyone Is Watching And Hearing Your Secret
*sees Sonic Mania at 50hz*
Me: Wait, That's Illegal
Best April Fools Joke of 2018.
I do wonder if there are any real differences between playing Sonic Mania on a 50hz machine compared to a 60hz device?
OK, now can we get Sonic CD 50hz vs. 60hz?
Hi, I seem to know what might be the pal version of sonic mania, I played decompilation on my old device, namely Redmi 9a. The mania was going on with a noticeable slowdown.
I Am So Triggered When I Discovered This Was April Fools Its Not Even April Fools Anymore
You know you cant trust anyone when the first thing you do is looking at the date
So this, ladies and gentlemen, is how you pull off an April Fools joke.
Fun fact: sonic mania in Eu is almost running like 60 Hz but insted of 50 Hz i beleve its running on 59/58 Hz or 60 Hz... idk
No joke, it would be nice if 50hz emulation was an option on the real Sonic Mania.
I used to suffer with playing this game at 50htz because my flatscreen tv defaulted my graphics settings to 50 hz but I litterally figured out these graphics settings at the end of last year
let's see what you got in store for April fools 2020!
I should've read the upload date... I just made myself have a bad time... I remember being one of the first people to comment on this.
RHS:Yeah they will never know!
Me:yea unless u or ur editor put it in
I have my Nintendo Switch version of Sonic Mania, bought it when it was 2022
I natively grew up with the 50hz version of mania
Wait, I've been playing Sonic Mania in 50H- Oh wait its just April Fools.
As much as I hate being stuck in 50hz on my Mega Drive games, I would play the PAL mode if there was one.
I actually like the Studiopolis Zone music running slightly slower. Perhaps Sega should release a cartridge that screw Europe over again :)
When you watch an April fool's video after April fool's
Hey RedHotSonic, i know a way to put Sonic Manía un 50Hz, if You have the Manía Nos Manager, You can put the option to play the game how if PAL
What about Sonic CD and Knuckles Chaotix 50 hz?
If you want to run this in 50Hz on PC (really), get a 50Hz monitor.
I actually want to see this exist.
1:15 what the heavens made me laugh out loud 😹😹😹😹
Cinda feels like you're insult us who have a crappy computer (I do believe the direct oposite tho)
You pulled a me and figured out that there's a ring in the cartridge