Sonic R (U) ROM Download for Sega Saturn. Sonic R is a racing video game developed by Sonic Team and Travellers tale in 1997 for the Sega Saturn. It's the third instalment in the Sonic Hedgehog series and features all of the adorable characters from Sega's previous Sonic games. Keep in mind though that there are only 5 levels (probably one of the biggest lacks for Sonic R). I Know But I Think Its 1998 Mine is 1998 too. I knew about two ways to make it work, one being using CPU slowdown software, but I don't want to risk damaging the game and/or my PC. Nor do I know where any safe sources for such software exist. Sonic R - Sonic R Fix - Game mod - Download The file Sonic R Fix is a modification for Sonic R, a(n) arcade game.Download for free. File type Game mod. File size 475 KB. Last update Saturday, November 17, 2018. Downloads (7 days) 37. Download 64-bit (600 MB) Gather your friends and see who is truly the fastest in this no hold barred fast track. Featuring many different stages through the Sonic series enhancing the stages with new features for multiplayer.
Admit it -- no one wants to hear that a Sonic game could ever be less than decent. Well, the truth hurts but it has to be told. Sonic R shares the same common problems that other less-than-decent games seem to have that hinder gameplay in more than several ways. Sure, it's in 3D but eventually after playing it for awhile you're not going to bother continuing on.
Speaking of 3D, it's better than say, Die Hard Trilogy for the PC, but what happened to the effects, the lighting and full use of 3D technology of the times? It certainly wasn't implemented in this game, unfortunately. When pixels jump at you or clipping problems and graphical glitches block your view, you're going to lose every race! As a matter of fact, you're going to wonder where every player is and why you've mistaken the water for a mirrored floor. The rain and snow effects on the other hand are pretty interesting and appropriately fashioned as big bubbles for a sort of cartoon look. Unfortunately, the game suffers from missing special effects and details like dynamic lighting, gouraud shading, transparency and motion trailing. It also has a horrible-looking map along with the smudged text and numbers on the screen. The graphics overall are just not good enough.
The animation on the other hand is semi-smooth. Unfortunately, the background fades in with obvious trepidation while the camera angles start to produce headaches or disorientation. Speaking of camera angles, you control three different views but there is hardly any difference between them! And how about that big black border surrounding the screen as you shrink the size from full to small? Why couldn't they have made it an actual window under Windows? As well, the speed is not as fast as Sonic should be even though the frame rate isn't totally bad. Being a simple game, you'll find no cut-scenes, intros or any of that jazz, much to the disappointment of those who anticipated such; after all, there's really no excuse for a 1999 game to lack these things.
Another annoying aspect rears its ugly head as you simply play the game with either of the controls, be it keyboard or joystick/joypad. In other words, don't worry about bracing yourself -- flaky turning and overcompensating corners will occur nearly 100-percent of the time. And your attempts to jump over flat polygonal walls will prove futile, as collision detection seems to present itself in places you can't afford to risk having obstacles in the way. When the rain comes pouring down, it's even worse as you appear to skid all over the place and losing total control. Jumping around isn't always used here and there is practically nothing you can do in this game that you can do in the other Sonic titles, namely bopping on top of objects to receive more rings or getting smacked by an enemy. Also, there is no reverse or backward move, so instead there is a ducking move that has no place in this game, as it serves no purpose.
The main issue with this game is that most of the time you won't know what you're doing or where you're supposed to go. The simple fact is that there's no concrete evidence of your goals! What's worse, the path you take isn't always logical. Even collecting enough rings doesn't seem to open up the right paths so you'll basically be stuck in the game (some levels badly obscure items you need). You'll be asking yourself, 'Why am I playing this game?' Some areas are so twisted that it just doesn't make any sense. Sure, it's non-linear but be realistic about it, at least!
Also, the multi-player mode seems to lack all of the methods of play that is mentioned on the box and on their website. I can't even set up network play or dial out with my modem because there's no way to do it, and without instructions, what's the point? That's right, there isn't any instruction manual in the box for crying out loud! It's just some useless insert that shows you how to insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive and then how to click on the executable file. Other than that, it shows you how to contact them for support... how quaint. Not!
Another pet peeve would be the minor inconveniences that turn into major pains. For instance, you cannot exit the game unless you get to the Options screen! And while you're inside the main menu and all of the submenus, you are only allowed to scroll with the joystick or arrow keys in one direction. As well, there is no way to get past the company logos at the beginning of the game, alluding to a waste of time.
Fortunately, there may be one slight glimmer of hope... or maybe not. Credit is due to the exact replication of the original Sonic the Hedgehog sound effects, including the jumping springs, sparkling rings and bopping bounces. However, the game disregards the use of spatial sound, stereo effects and even background ambience. What's new is the voiceover in the game, not from the characters themselves but from an announcer who hardly has anything to say whatsoever; it's nearly non-existent yet probably better off not even having if anything because no one is going to care anyway.
The music is quite funny, actually. You've got your vocals and maybe three songs at the most. And the ones that exist either cleverly loop themselves or are two hours each! It's okay and sort of similar to the songs in Sonic Adventure, but is rather silly and not particularly appropriate for this kind of game.
Perhaps playing other human players will help enhance the enjoyment, but honestly it doesn't really matter when everyone is having a hard time controlling the game. And with simple graphics and sound, as well as other useless or missing features, Sonic R should stand for Sonic Rest in peace! For those fans of the mighty blue ball, try it but don't buy it. For other action and racing fans, don't even bother with this one. Seriously.
Graphics: The graphics department is left behind in the past, as the developers didn't care about eliminating glitches, clipping problems, horrid camera angles and sloppy textures. The frame rate could have been better as well. There are a ton of effects missing from this game as well as a bad use of 3D hardware acceleration. In fact, it looks like purely software-rendered.
Sound: Despite the accurate Sonic sounds, the rest of the effects or lack thereof are too simple to even care about, save the funny musical score. Although the vocals tend to pump up the pace, the excitement level still suffers to the hands of the game engine, thus rendering the sound department useless.
Enjoyment: There couldn't be a worse rendition of a game that mocks the Sonic franchise as does Sonic R. Poor control, confused goals, weak features and inconvenient navigation makes for an awkward and fruitless experience. Plus, missing multi-player options such as LAN, modem and serial play smacks of deceit on the part of the marketing folks. Perhaps that is why they used Expert Software, leader of 'frugal' products, to churn out this mess onto the public's shoulders. This burden does not fall on deaf ears, however.
Replay Value: Other than playing against one more friend who has to physically be there right next to you with another controller, the replay value is not even a thought when it comes to Sonic R. You wouldn't want to play it in Single Player mode anyway when obviously you'd lose time and time again due to horrible controls.
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Description of Sonic R Windows
Released in 1997; Sonic R is the first Sonic game ever made to utilize 3D graphics for its gameplay, and the third Sonic racing title published by Sega. Right after Sonic 3D Blast was made, Sega turned again to Traveller’s Tales to produce another technical marvel. The level design is amazing; rewarding exploration while reminding of previous Sega titles like NiGHTS: Into Dreams. The soundtrack is fantastic due to its CD-ROM quality; and the first Sonic title to feature vocal tracks in the music. It is one of the most graphically demanding titles for the Saturn; see how It compares to its PC counterpart.
There are 4 characters to choose from; including Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. There is a slew of characters to unlock including Dr. Robotnik “Eggman”, Metal Sonic and a creepy doll that looks like Tails. Each track is filled with alternate routes and collectibles, including the 7 iconic Emeralds that allow Sonic to transform into Super Sonic.
Sonic R has a lot of replay value, as you’ll race the same track a dozen times trying to get all the collectibles. The PC version has aged well; and can be played in HD resolutions! Highly recommend to all Sonic fans.
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Comments and reviews
Soapy2020-12-211 point
Is it just me or does this game not have music?? It was literally one of the best things in the game D:
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ilikeyacutg2020-08-21-2 points
if you open this, your screen literally crunches down to 640x480 resolution. just press the windows key, click settings, then click system, then scroll down until you see 'display resolution' just change it back to your normal resolution. also use sonic r updater lmao
YOUR NICKNAME2020-07-162 points
If you guys have problems with running the game, then watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChTn2S2DSS4. It's the definitive way to play this game. Have Fun :).
kukitolindo2020-07-08-1 point
dis game is great the program 'DXWND' helped me to play da game thank you my abandonware :-)
OmarElgendy2020-06-25-2 points
The game doesn't work for me.):
Demont2020-06-16-1 point
I Like Sonic R I watched a person playing it on YouTube see you later bye bye
flower2020-05-290 point
so when i started to play the game my screen got small so i don't know how to get screen back to normal someone help me lmao
flower2020-05-29-1 point
when i just start to play the game my screen got small so i don't know how to put the screen to normal
im an uke2020-05-270 point
this is a awesome game and special for me
ethan2020-05-260 point
It works :)
gokuzinho2020-05-220 point
does not work is bugging
bluethunder2020-04-21-4 points
Listen,i'd like you to tell me..... WHO IN THE WORLD CREATED THAT CREEPY FREAK TAILS DOLL! Yo,seriously who would create such..... A CREEPY FREAK LIKE TAILS DOLL!!!!!!!
Mappy2020-04-05-3 points
Can you put Sonic R on the Ios and Android
cia agant2020-04-02-1 point
i like ds game! i well tell all my generals to blay it!
csonic2020-03-280 point
I Kinda Grown Up With Sonic R The Music Damn Amazing
Rolee07072020-03-250 point
Working in Windows 10?
someone2020-03-232 points
does this realy work?
DanTDM2020-02-200 point
The only reason i got this came is for the Tails Doll curse lmao
Eggman NEGA2020-02-014 points
Why am I not in this game?
Ǥᗩᑕᕼᗩ ᑎᗝᖇᗩ2020-01-190 point
I'm using my Windows 7
Ita was mya bed
Now mya computera isa deada
sonic r2019-11-29-16 points
what the f* people u have kids play an creepy game 2 children died from this game doods
Sr_foxbr2019-11-022 points
I want to know whats the diference on the downloads...and whats is recommended
Ro872019-10-062 points
Just a quick notice: If you download the RIP version, do not run unless you entirely know what you are doing. On Windows 10, it changes the display resolution, and on Windows XP it changes the colour mode to 8-Bit. BE CAREFUL
TAILS DOLL2019-08-21-4 points
All I want to know is can I play Sonic R with a modern computer that plays discs?
Vexzeal2019-07-201 point
Sonic R was that pc game I always played at my grandmothers house. She had a Dell tower with Sonic 3&Knuckles and Sonic R. Of course I always played Sonic R. Its games like these that makes me miss the past, where dlc wasn't a thing or wireless connection. You had to go to your friend's house and sit with them and play games. Reminds me of when I got my first gamecube, I couldn't put Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Gem's Collection down, not even Sonic mega collection. This game brings me great nostalgia and it makes me happy to download it again, thanks guys. :)
omarrabo462019-06-284 points
lesten up everybody
i solved the controls problem
in the game's folder open the joystick.inf
delete everything in it
write 'keyboard'
close it
rename the file 'keyboard'
hope you good luck
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Super Nitro Z642019-05-161 point
Sonic R may not have the best controls, but the games does have some great graphics and one of the best game soundtracks ever. Speaking of graphics, the player can choose one of two different texture styles: DirectDraw (Sega Saturn textures) and Direct3D.
blaine kenel2019-05-153 points
i need to know the command i use to open sonic R, i don't do dos. sorry for asking but please tell me. thank you
blaine kenel2019-05-153 points
what is the command i use, i'm not that much of a computer king but all i need now is the command, ive used SonicR.EXE SONICR.EXE sonicR.EXE and more please tell me the command i use in dos box!
It's Aweswome!2018-07-213 points
what are the controls
SUPER SONIC2018-06-27-5 points
WHAT IS CONTROLS ?!
Austin2018-06-223 points
For the people who are having problems with the controls,here is the problem,I heard the controls for the keyboard don't work on modren day PCs (windows 7, stuff like that) but there are some patches for it, but older PCs ( windows XP, windows 95/98, stuff like that) the controls are fine.
Ger2018-06-09-3 points
¿cuales son los controles con el teclado?
Tat2018-06-073 points
wow
lautaroavila2018-05-131 point
juego tan cool no paro de jugar con tails doll
justasbybys of shity gamers2018-04-21-2 points
wow thats a cool game
Henrique Melo2018-04-184 points
♫ ♫ ♫
Everybody's Super Sonic Racing
Try to keep your feet right on the ground
When you're Super Sonic Racing
There's no time to look around
We're just Super Sonic Racing
Running to the point of no return
Everybody's Super Sonic Racing
C'mon let the fire burn
♫ ♫ ♫
CaioExtremerGamers BR2018-04-170 point
My favorite race game of Sonic ;D
romero llador2018-03-260 point
me gusta mucho sonic y he probado sonic lost word y rivals 2
snoic2018-03-110 point
the screen just goes black
mack2018-01-253 points
I get to the screen prior to the main menu that says hit the start button but no buttons work at that point. Do i need to get a remote??
facucop2018-01-21-1 point
espero que al fin esto me deje jugar a sonic r
dda2017-12-10-1 point
i cant play it maybye the tails doll is hounting my computer
Thelango992017-11-290 point
This is going to be a great experience playing
pants2017-11-14-1 point
TALIS DOLL
guddu2017-08-11-2 points
good gAME
no worst thing ever2017-07-291 point
Made to hack made by heartless soul
sonic r lover2017-04-262 points
it worked the 1st time i got it but it does not work anymore
The Great2017-03-19-9 points
This is not working and is ugly software
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