Create and play your own Sonic levels
Since quietly launching earlier this year, Sega’s web game portal, PlaySega, has quietly existed without much fanfare. Primarily launching with standard titles like “Texas Hold’em”, “Solitaire”, and a variety of other casual-centric games, PlaySega had very little to appeal to the more hardcore Sega fans on the internet. Over time, however, Sega Genesis games have begun to appear on the service, including classics like Comix Zone, Gunstar Heroes, and Alex Kidd. But, coming out of NeoGAF (via Sonic Retro), PlaySega has a brand new game that may be of interest to budding game designers.
The aptly-titled “Sonic the Hedgehog Level Creator” allows you the ability to create and play custom-made Sonic the Hedgehog levels. So far there is only one tileset, comprised of a mixture of new and edited tiles from various other Sega Genesis Sonic games. Physics, while not quite on par with the Sega Genesis games they’re based off of, do an admirable job. Unfortunately, while anybody with a Free PlaySega account can run through any of the currently available user-created levels, if you would like to create your own Sonic the Hedgehog stages, you need a PlaySega VIP account – priced at a minimum of $6 a month. The upside to all of this is that there are multiple payment plans for PlaySega VIP access, and if you subscribe for three months or more of the service, you get a free PlaySega-branded USB gamepad, patterned after the Sega Saturn controller. Though a subscription fee to a service like this seems silly (and the prices themselves are a bit steep), the incentive of a free gamepad (based off of what some claim is the “greatest gamepad ever made”) may make it all worth it.
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AWSOME
hm cool!
) Was that update, good or bad?
@Werehog: Thanks dude for ansering my question on the previus update, and the complement! ^_^ lol.
I do NOT KNOW what all of this and that wentos crap was about :Needlemouse game ohay, ALL I need to know is, (plz someone anser me THIS time
@blueblur: What update?
Vsync is nonexistent and the engine needs more work. But a nice concept nonetheless, if a bit overpriced.
This is like if S06 was in 2D and had an open level editor, either way, why pay $7 a month for something you could do on your own for free.
It sucks… Only one good thing i found is a good tile set. But paying money for this is just nonsense.
They should make a Classic Sonic Level Editor GAME for the modern game consoles.
I think the levels are pretty cool. I got 12 seconds on “Go Faster and Spin”. One level I tried is confusing but it plays well.
The cool thing is, apparently the guide referances that “A key part of Sonic games is multiple paths”(paraphrasing). I hope whoever typed that has input on Project Needlemouse.
It’s a nice idea for those who are not within the sonic fan game scene. My problem is with the price of this service. It’s a bit high for somthing that you can easily (with a bit of reading and trial and error) learn for free. My advice to anyone reading this that would like to have a go at maing your own sonic levels, go to Sonic Retro or Sonic Fan Game HQ beause it’s really not worth paying for it.
I find it cool, but if my Mom won’t let me play Toon Town ’cause it costs money, this’ll be a no, too. Dammit. T_T
@Crazee:
Shadow the Hedgehog, all of the Sonic Advance games, Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure (and to an extent, Sonic Unleashed) all featured “multiple paths” and shortcuts.
you know, guys… I was testing different 2D Sonic games! (or levels!) And I tested:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic Unleashed 2.5D levels
And…. i`m confuised! They are both decint! ITs just 2.5D (SU) Is fuck ton better than paper 2D! Cause you can see all of the game in 3D but still have 2D gameplay! Graphics are awsome on it too!
so…. who thinks……. who reakons Project Needlemouse 2D thing will be? 2.5D? OR Normal 2D? Give a reason as well please! AND PLEASE DON`T IGNORE ME! I CAN`T STRESS THAT ENOTGH!!!!!!!!!!
tell me and I`ll test more back at home to see why its better and such! okay? 
START ANSERING!!!!
poll scores:
2.5D = 0
2D = 0
@Werehog: what update? oh um… the wentos one i think!
or the one where i kept asking is it fan crap! lol ^_^
Everyone posting in the comments section is either mis-informed or very thick to the head.
PlaySEGA VIP isn’t only the Sonic level editor, it’s a bunch of other stuff too.
@Shadi
PlaySEGA VIP may very well be a bunch of other stuff. But it’s still not worth the money sega are asking. Given how agressive you just got about it i’d say you’re either…
a) Someone who was silly enough to fall for the “FREE USB PAD” thing and now need to justify your purchase.
or
b) Working for PlaySEGA and are trying to drum up sales by calling people thick. Which might i add is not a very good sales tactic.
how i download for play it