Sonic Multimedia! - Zifei 11:57pm CST, 12-31-98

SegaNet has put up a ship load of Sonic Adventure movies. More to the point, Sonic movies. Click below for the article and downloads: Sonic Movies

SSS#8 Release Date! - Zifei 11:51pm CST, 12-31-98

Archie Comics' Super Sonic Special #8 will ship to all comic stores in America on January 13th, 1999.

Knuckles #22 Release Date! - Zifei 11:50pm CST, 12-31-98

Archie Comics' Knuckles the Echidna comic #22 will ship to all comic stores in America on January 6, 1999.

Sonic Makes Me Sick! - Zifei 11:44pm CST, 12-31-98

That's what a minor portion of the gamers are saying after playing Sonic for 20 minutes. Here are some quotes: Anyone else get nauseated after playing Sonic for extended periods of time? I'm sure I'll eventually adjust. But for now I have to limit my time with the game depending on how I feel. After playing for 20 min, I almost had to shut off the tv. The game really makes me sick. But oh well, it's good game though. Now this is considered to be a kind of motion sickness. When you watch Sonic move at such speeds, it will probably make you sick if you're one of those with motion sickness.

Playable Hidden Palace! - Soneec email 4:33pm CST, 12-30-98

A.J. Freda made a playable Hidden Palace of Sonic 2 with all the graphics and everything. You can download it at the page below: Hidden Palace

SA Complete Review. - Zifei 3:29pm CST, 12-30-98

SegaX's editors have written a complete review of Sonic Adventure. If you do want to hear a few spoilers about the game, click here to read the review.

Ken On SSS#9! - Zifei 3:26pm CST, 12-30-98

Here's what Ken Penders said about Sonic Super Special #9 and a few other projects he is currently working on: Regarding SONIC SUPER SPECIAL #9, Mike Gallagher did indeed write a Young Sally meets Young Knuckles tale, which I co-edited and made sure it fit in with the continuity I'm working on. As for the other stories, I had no involvement with them at all, as I'm currently at work on three other Super Specials in addition to my other work, all of which I'm involved with on the complete books. There are no other writers involved. Glad to hear that, maybe now we'll actually get some more decent super specials.

Tails, Tails, And More Tails! - Zifei 6:38pm CST, 12-29-98

SegaNet has put up an article with tons of Tails movies from Sonic Adventure. Click here to see all the Tails.

Sky Deck... - Zifei 4:21pm CST, 12-29-98

Dimension-S has put up another Sonic Adventure movie. This one is of the 10th level: Sky Deck. Very very cool graphics and animation. Click here to download.

SegaX's Deep SA Coverage. - Zifei 10:09pm CST, 12-28-98

Well, SegaX put on a ton of Sonic Adventure information in their update today. Including pictures, movies, impressions, reviews...you name it! Below are the links to their articles. Sonic Impressions Sonic Videos Walkthrough: Sonic Adventure Super Sonic Unveiled More Sonic Impressions

SegaNet's SA Coverage... - Zifei 2:58pm CST, 12-28-98

Ho no, here comes the deep coverage of Sonic Adventure. I don't think I can keep up with all the stuff, so I'll just report the more important ones. Anyway, here's SegaNet's coverage of Sonic Adventure. Below are links to the different articles. Sonic Adventure Second Look Sonic Adventure VMS Game: Details And Images Sonic Adventure: Pinball Games Sonic Adventure: Sonic Level Guide Sonic Adventure: Another Impression

Images From Japan... - Zifei 2:20pm CST, 12-28-98

The Sonic Team posted some images they took during the Sonic Adventure launch on their webpage yesterday. Click below to view them. Ah, look! It's Knuckles! And Sonic! And Tails! And Amy! And Yuji Naka! Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5 Image 6 Image 7 Image 8

More SA Movie! - Zifei 2:14pm CST, 12-28-98

Here come two more Sonic Adventure movies from Dimension-S. Both of them are of the Sonic Speed Highway. Click below to download: Speed Highway 1 Speed Highway 2

One More SA Review! - Zifei 1:44pm CST, 12-28-98

Here come one more Sonic Adventure review by Hawkmoon. He's currently 80% done with Sonic, so expect more reviews from him later. Now click here for his current review of the game.

Sonic Adventure Goodies! - Zifei 8:25pm CST, 12-27-98

Sonic the Webpage has put up a PC wallpaper from Sonic Adventure, click here to download. Then check out the Sonic Adventure cover and pins!

Ray The Squirrel. - Ray email 5:47pm CST, 12-27-98

I just recieved an e-mail message from Ken Penders and he said that Ray the Squirrel will be meeting Mighty the Armadillo on the Floating Island and will join the Chaotix Team permenately sometime either within or after Knuckles #26-28! As many of you will know, Ray met both Mighty and Sonic before in the arcade game SegaSonic Arcade. Ken right now is trying to find a replacement for Charmy, this move will probably set off a few Charmy fans...

More SA Movies! - Zifei 11:51pm CST, 12-26-98

BBT has provided us with some awsome movies of all the charcters' in game play. The files are in Quicktime 3.0 format, so they're more detailed than the earlier mpeg movies. If you look at Sonic's Speed Highway...such great 3D graphics! Wow! Click below for the movies! Sonic Tails Knuckles Amy Rose Big the Cat E-102 Gamma

Tails In Windy Tunnel. - Zifei 5:16pm CST, 12-26-98

Dimension-S has supplied us with a movie of Tails in Windy Tunnel in the game of Sonic Adventure. It appears the main goal of Tails in Sonic Adventure is to beat Sonic in different races. Click below for the movie. Windy Tunnel

Super Sonic! - Zifei 5:16pm CST, 12-26-98

Super Sonic will be there in Sonic Adventure, all you have to do is beat the whole game to make him playable. As in each character has to finish all their levels.

Sonic Super Special 9! - Zifei 11:58pm CST, 12-24-98

Super Sonic Special #9 will be Sonic Kids 2, which was originally planned as Super Special #12. Our previews page will pick this up soon (in a few days I suppose), so I won't go into details (it's late).

Those Humans... - Zifei 11:50pm CST, 12-24-98

I made this comment on if you could attack the humans in Sonic Adventure earlier today. Well, I got my answer: When Sonic does his spin and goes by people, they duck. Hmm...well...OK. Also, I downloaded all the in-game videos of Sonic Adventure today, there are a lot of pop-ups in the game. Especially in the orca chase. But you won't notice if you're not looking for it (and you won't be when a whale's chasing you).

A Detailed SA Review! - Zifei 11:43pm CST, 12-24-98

I finally found a very detailed Sonic Adventure review, it's still only about the first 5 levels. But that's better than the others. Click here to read it!

DC N. America Release Date! - Ray email 11:40pm CST, 12-24-98

I just found out that the release date for the Dreamcast has been moved from September to August! I don't know the exact date for the release yet, but as soon as I find out, I'll let you know! I found this out at EB and Rhino Video Games.

Sega-Otaku's SA Coverage. - Zifei 11:40pm CST, 12-24-98

Sega-Otaku has some great coverage of the launch of Sonic Adventure in Japan and the review of the game. Down below are the links to their articles: Sonic Adventure Launch Report Sonic Adventure Manual Sonic Adventure Impressions

Merry Christmas! - Sonic HQ 11:24pm CST, 12-24-98

To all the visitors of Sonic HQ, Merry Christmas and happy holidays! Thank you for supporting Sonic HQ this year, we'll be back next year in full force as we move on to a better server with a brand new design. Be save and have a wonderful time!

More SA Movies! - Zifei 12:45am CST, 12-24-98

Online CEX has put up two more Sonic Adventure movies!. One is the FMV intro to the game, the other is the orca (killer whale) chase. FMV Intro Orca Chace

And Another SA Short Review... - Zifei 11:58am CST, 12-24-98

This game is sounding more and more fun... At first, it seemd to be an "ok" game. the gameplay is great, but it took me a few mins to get used to it. there is some noticeable pop up on the game, sadly. its very noticeable in some areas. also, the camera sometimes doesnt position itself right, so you have to be messing with it manually. (R L shifts spins camera around, digital D pad is used to look around) the first two stages were good. I liked them, but was kind of not too impressed. then I got to the "wind" stage, and, was blown away (litteraly hehe). that stage had me on the edge of my bed, with all kinds of twists, spins, even playing upside down. there was a big tornado following me, wich took up the whole screen, and looked amazing. Then I went back to the city (the stage you start in) and there were people walking down the streets, cars rolling up and down the streets, and it was dawn. the longer I played, the darker it got, untill it was night time. I stepped infront of a car, and it suddenly stopped, and more cars kept stopping until there was a traffic jam! After seeing that, I know what to expect from the following stages. but I need to play longer. at least past the wind stage. This review came from shadowblade. Traffic jam eh? I wonder if you could actually get hit by a car...or try to attack the people.

All The SA Complaints So Far. - Zifei 11:39am CST, 12-24-98

All the complaints about Sonic Adventure so far: too fast, some pop ups in the Windy Valley level, and some of the camera angles. And keep in mind that's only coming from a few people. A lot of other people see it this way: I don't think the game is too fast, it's Sonic, I appreciate DC's ability to present the speed of the game. How can you complain about speed in a Sonic game? Isn't that like complaing about having to do to much killing in Duke? So far I haven't heard of anyone who played through the whole game with all the characters. In fact, I haven't heard anyone who even completed one character...just to show you the size of this game. Also, mini-games are very fun, according to all the talking on the Sega boards and newsgroups.

Another Indepth SA Review... - Zifei 10:09am CST, 12-24-98

Of the first three levels. The reviewer is Hawkmoon. He imported. And he complaints about the speed of Sonic. He says that sometimes, when you try to turn a corner, you can't stop and run into walls (just like in Sonic R, except there, you run off the road). The first three levels took him 6 hours, and that's only 25% of the game. Click here to read it!

Indepth SA Review... - Zifei 10:33pm CST, 12-23-98

Of the first three levels in Sonic Adventure: Emerald Coast, Windy Valley, and Casino. This review came from a French gamer named Teck. The review is from Sega2000. Click here to read it!

SegaX's SA Impressions. - Zifei 9:56pm CST, 12-23-98

SegaX's Asian editors wrote several short reviews of Sonic Adventure today. Since they're too long, I'll just link you to them. Screen shots are included: Sonic Adventure Is Here First Look At Sonic Adventure Sonic Adventure First Impressions

Extra Stuff In SA. - Zifei 9:52pm CST, 12-23-98

Here's something from SegaNet: Japanese gamers who have gotten their greedy paws on Sonic Adventure for Dreamcast are happy to report that Sonic Team has continued their tradition of including an "extras" folder in their game CDs. Sonic Adventure's extras folder holds a whopping 22.5 Megs of Sonic wallpaper! According to someone else, all you have to do is use your computer CD/DVD drive to run the GD-ROM Sonic Adventure disk to get the wallpapers. And there are 10 of them.

Sonic Cartoons... - Cassie email 4:43pm CST, 12-23-98

Sonic the Hedgehog is back on the airwaves! But it's not the SatAM version (unfortunately). Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog airs on Toon Disney, Monday - Fridays at 1:00 PM Central. Also, Toon Disney will be airing the Sonic Christmas Blast special as part of their Winter Break segment sometime in the next week or so. Check your local listings for details.

New SA Screens And Movie! - Zifei 1:02pm CST, 12-23-98

Wow! Check out these shots! First look at the charcter select screens: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Big, E-102 Gamma. Then check out the battles with the first boss you encounter in the game: Chaos 0. Image 1, Image 2, Image 3, Image 4, Image 5, Image 6, Image 7, Image 8. After that view the screens of Emerald Coast and the killer whale chase! Image 1, Image 2, Image 3, Image 4. And finally, download this Quick Time 3.0 movie of the first boss. It's about 6MB. Source: Online CEX.

More SA Impressions... - Zifei 12:31pm CST, 12-23-98

These are found on the Sega newsgroups, a few gamers I know haven't been on the net since they announced that they picked up a copy of Sonic Adventure early yesterday... wow....just played it......my god!! What an amazing game!! I've never played such a home video game that shock me that much.....Sonic probably the game of 98 I think.The graphic, visual effects are excellent, over the top and the music and sound effect are good also. One bad point is there will be slow motion (when) a large object (Eggman's sky ship) is moving. Yeah, Sonic is so great game. I think for slow motion with big object can acceptable. The world for Sonic is really big, and the game is running 60/frames per second with high resolution (640*480 I think), so just a few (very few) slow is totally acceptable. Anyway, this game is so great for the speed and graphic, especially the sunlight in the beach, the tornado in windy valley. Also someone said that the part were the killer whale is chasing Sonic is very hard. "Crazy!" As he said it.

Sonic Commercial? - Zifei 10:07am CST, 12-23-98

I haven't heard about a Sonic Adventure commercial from Sega of America yet, so keep this as a rumor until confirmed. But here's an interesting quote from the Sega newsgroup: Did anyone catch the Sonic Adventure commercial? There was one on yesterday (saturday). I didn't see the whole thing, except for the end where I caught a screen shot and it saying something like "The Hedgehog is back"...pretty cool I think, they are already advertising Sonic WOO HOO. I think DC will be a hit...seems like SOA is doing something right with this system. No one else have claimed that they seen this commercial. Sonic Adventure commercials should be coming in about 6-8 month from now, as the Dreamcast 9-9-99 launch nears.

Newsgroup Summary! - Vector 9:06am CST, 12-23-98

Recently, I have heard from everyone that the Sonic newsgroup is falling apart. It's just not interesting anymore. There is nothing new on it. So unless the newsgroup turn itself around or some freelancer willing to do the report every week for us, this is the last alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog summary you'll see on this news page. In this report, Vector talks about Sonic the Fighters, fan comics, and copyright issues. Click here to read on.

SA: First Impressions! - Zifei 9:06am CST, 12-23-98

Here are some first impressions on Sonic Adventure fromsome Japanese gamers on IRC, some words are changed for the younger readers: It kicks major (behind)! It's better than Zelda visually, it's got big, fantastic areas! (extremely) good graphics. From my rememberances of the little previous Sonic titles I've played, nicely redone in 3D finally. Well, so far, all the first impression are great, at least on IRC.

Problems In SA. - Zifei 9:32pm CST, 12-22-98

There are some problems with Sonic Adventure, which came out today in Japan and China. According to Next-Generation, the two main problems are: There are two criticisms in which 3 of the 4 editors agree on. First, the game at times is so fast that it is difficult to see and play, causing unnecessary frustration on the gamer's part. Secondly, they point out that there are situations where the camera system is poorly utilized causing blind spots for the player to navigate characters through. Despite these minor shortcomings, the editors collectively agree that Sonic Adventure is the first AAA product for Dreamcast and that it shows off what Dreamcast is capable of doing. Ha! Too fast! I like it! Now we know for sure that Sonic Adventure would promise us the experience of beinging Sonic himself, travelling at super-sonic speeds.

Tails' Factory Slide Show! - Zifei 4:48pm CST, 12-22-98

Check out this slide show of Tails' Factory from Sonic Adventure! It's really a animated GIF file. It's about 350K. Click here and view it!

Knuckles #22 Release Date. - Zifei 8:49am CST, 12-22-98

Archie Comic's Knuckles the Echidna issue #22 would be released in comic stores on January 6th, 1999.

Sonic Adventure Out! - Zifei 8:47am CST, 12-22-98

At least in China anyway...how did stores there get it first? The game would be out in Japan this afternoon CST. Expect reviews to hit very soon.

Sonic Adventure Cover! - Zifei 4:02pm CST, 12-21-98

Here's a shot of what the Sonic Adventure CD cover would look like.

Sonic Adventure Tomorrow! - Zifei 3:40pm CST, 12-21-98

One more day until the release date of Sonic Adventure in Japan! Tomorrow, we will learn all the things we need to know about this game. So stay tuned! This game will mark the com back of Sonic the Hedgehog. Bring it on!

The New Sonic HQ! - Zifei 3:34pm CST, 12-21-98

I'm not going to reveal the new Sonic HQ yet, but I will allow you to see this new design for the Sonic News Press. So, how do you like it?