Sega Announces Sonic Riders For PC

JKKDARK · August 23rd, 2006

Sega of America today announced Sonic Riders for the PC and will be released this holiday season

Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Marketing, said: "Sonic Riders adds a new and exciting dimension to PC racing games. The blending of the action-racing genre and the Sonic franchise has created a racing game that is appealing and accessible to both Sonic fans and casual gamers alike."

cloudvii · August 24th, 2006

Yay for any PC port ^___________^

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Samor · August 24th, 2006

if they port it RIGHT

, it ought to be nice...
I guess this means Shadow the Hedgehog isn't coming to pc, though.

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The General · August 24th, 2006

This sounds good, but would it have it editor tools and would it work on windows 98 se?

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ViperXtreme · August 24th, 2006

Outrun 2K6 was done/ported 60FPS fine, i guess this one will be too

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Samor · August 24th, 2006

yeah, sonic heroes was a good port too...I guess lately they're making quite decent ports

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cloudvii · August 24th, 2006

Actually I think Sega was famous for their good PC ports always since Dos times :P . (But for HOTD2 which lacked settings configuration

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cel123 · August 24th, 2006

yay,i just wish my pc could handle it and PSU

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**Cid Highwind** · August 24th, 2006

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Originally Posted by ViperXtreme

Outrun 2K6 was done/ported 60FPS fine, i guess this one will be too

The porting of Outrun 2k6 from arcade to the home systems was done by Sumo instead of Sega I think.

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Samor · August 24th, 2006

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Actually I think Sega was famous for their good PC ports always since Dos times :P . (But for HOTD2 which lacked settings configuration

)

not really, but at least they usually kept their games intact, even if the port was shoddy.
Lately their ports have been good an a somewhat more constant basis, but sometimes they came with very curious sets of problems, or they were lacking something.

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Silenus · August 24th, 2006

Great news.
My friend will freak out when I tell him this.

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raksmey1309 · August 25th, 2006

Yike cant wait...

turrican_dx · August 25th, 2006

I was gutted when I played VF2 on the PS2, the textures were rubbish. But I reckon more recent titles have received better conversions (nevermind the Dreamcast launch titles, namely VF3tb and Sega Rally 2), but if they keep porting their older classics that poorly it certainly won't make alot of people happy.

Panzer Dragoon on the PS2 was nicely done (a port of the PC port evidently).. we need more of those, NiGHTS, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Burning Rangers.. Sega Ages titles aren't being localised nor there are enough titles being converted to begin with.

Samor · August 26th, 2006

VF2 on PS2? That's a Sega Ages release....during the course of the series they changed it more into rereleases of model 2 games rather than beefed up old games....surely it has bad textures (even compared to other ps2 games

), it uses the original ones.

The earlier Sega Ages releases are beefed up old games. VR, for example, has additional effects added to it (a bit strange to see lighting effects and shading on what was originally a model 1 game, but it doesn't look totally out of place).

The model 2 ports seem to be some sort of emulation. aside from VF2, there are Fighting Vipers and Last Bronx for example, and Sonic Fighters in the Sonic gems collection and the Sega Rally rerelease that comes with the Japanese Sega Rally 2006 are the same idea. They're not altered from the originals, so yes, they'll look dated compared to regular ps2 titles.

As for Virtua Fighter 2 PC; it was quite a nice port of the Sega Saturn version, and it got a D3D patch too (unlike Last Bronx). Without that patch, it was lacking, though (really heavy for the pc, at the time).

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kuaikukia · August 28th, 2006

Sonic riders on PC ? All righty

. I've played SR on PS2. This game is awesome. I have unlocked whole char and now I'm try to collect all gear and the last character, Super Sonic

IMO this is the best of Sonic genre so far.

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If they port it RIGHT , it ought to be nice...
I guess this means Shadow the Hedgehog isn't coming to pc, though.

I'm sure shadow the hedgehog will be avalaible play on PC too since on PS2 Shadow can playable (as secret char).

Samor · August 28th, 2006

oh, sorry if I wasn't clear, I meant the game "Shadow the Hedgehog", not the character (he's in Sonic Heroes, afterall).

Not that Shadow the Hedgehog is such a stellar game, but I'd like it better if it ran smoother, and I would only have the PS2 to play it on now (which is sadly the worst version).

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August 23rd, 2006	#1 (permalink)
JKKDARK Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 6,349	Sega Announces Sonic Riders For PC Sega of America today announced Sonic Riders for the PC and will be released this holiday season Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Marketing, said: "Sonic Riders adds a new and exciting dimension to PC racing games. The blending of the action-racing genre and the Sonic franchise has created a racing game that is appealing and accessible to both Sonic fans and casual gamers alike."

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August 24th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
cloudvii Emunext fanboy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cairo , Egypt Posts: 4,241	Yay for any PC port ^___________^ __________________ Fekra Online magazine Fekra Magazine Fekra Magazine readers Facebook group

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Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	if they port it RIGHT , it ought to be nice... I guess this means Shadow the Hedgehog isn't coming to pc, though. __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850

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The General " U2K Tha Greate$t " Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CA, Red City Posts: 209	This sounds good, but would it have it editor tools and would it work on windows 98 se? __________________ u2konline coming soon, #1 abandonware site online, best believe that.

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cloudvii Emunext fanboy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cairo , Egypt Posts: 4,241	Actually I think Sega was famous for their good PC ports always since Dos times :P . (But for HOTD2 which lacked settings configuration ) __________________ Fekra Online magazine Fekra Magazine Fekra Magazine readers Facebook group

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Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 3,383	Great news. My friend will freak out when I tell him this. __________________ --ASUS G50VT-X1 - P8400 2.5GHZ - Geforce 9800GS 512MB - HDD 320GB - 4GB DDR2 800MHZ - WINDOWS 7 64 BIT - ZALMAN NC2000-- ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...

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turrican_dx Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Terra Posts: 21	I was gutted when I played VF2 on the PS2, the textures were rubbish. But I reckon more recent titles have received better conversions (nevermind the Dreamcast launch titles, namely VF3tb and Sega Rally 2), but if they keep porting their older classics that poorly it certainly won't make alot of people happy. Panzer Dragoon on the PS2 was nicely done (a port of the PC port evidently).. we need more of those, NiGHTS, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Burning Rangers.. Sega Ages titles aren't being localised nor there are enough titles being converted to begin with.

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Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	VF2 on PS2? That's a Sega Ages release....during the course of the series they changed it more into rereleases of model 2 games rather than beefed up old games....surely it has bad textures (even compared to other ps2 games ), it uses the original ones. The earlier Sega Ages releases are beefed up old games. VR, for example, has additional effects added to it (a bit strange to see lighting effects and shading on what was originally a model 1 game, but it doesn't look totally out of place). The model 2 ports seem to be some sort of emulation. aside from VF2, there are Fighting Vipers and Last Bronx for example, and Sonic Fighters in the Sonic gems collection and the Sega Rally rerelease that comes with the Japanese Sega Rally 2006 are the same idea. They're not altered from the originals, so yes, they'll look dated compared to regular ps2 titles. As for Virtua Fighter 2 PC; it was quite a nice port of the Sega Saturn version, and it got a D3D patch too (unlike Last Bronx). Without that patch, it was lacking, though (really heavy for the pc, at the time). __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850

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Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	oh, sorry if I wasn't clear, I meant the game "Shadow the Hedgehog", not the character (he's in Sonic Heroes, afterall). Not that Shadow the Hedgehog is such a stellar game, but I'd like it better if it ran smoother, and I would only have the PS2 to play it on now (which is sadly the worst version). __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850