Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Genesis)

Sonic Spinball is a pinball/platformer hybrid loosely based on ABC's Saturday-morning Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, with some elements of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog sprinkled in as well. An adaptation of an adaptation? Things are getting a little too Inception here for comfort...

This is also the only Sonic game for the Genesis/Mega Drive to utilize the GEMS sound driver.

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Prototype Info Prerelease Info

Cheat Codes#

In the OPTIONS menu, the game registers the button inputs that you press. Pressing the correct button sequence will trigger either the Level Select or Play Credits.

Notes:

• The Level Select doesn't work on REV0 USA version of Sonic Spinball.
• There is a bug where if you change the Flipper Controls from the default selection (A_LEFT | B_RIGHT | C_ALL), exit the OPTIONS menu and return to press the button combinations, the cheat codes will also be remapped as well.

Level Select#

In the OPTIONS menu, press the following:

A ↓ B ↓ C ↓ A B ↑ A C ↑ B C ↑

A sound effect will confirm if correct buttons were pressed. Now go back to the title screen and hold the required button:

• A for Level 2 - Lava Powerhouse
• B for Level 3 - The Machine
• C for Level 4 - Showdown

While holding the required button, press Start to begin on that level.

Play Credits#

In the OPTIONS menu, press the following:

C ↑ B ↑ A ↑ C B ↓ C A ↓ B A ↓

A sound effect will confirm if the correct buttons were pressed. The Credits will automatically start playing.

Regional Differences#

Japanese Version#

Most of the sound effects are different in the Japanese version.

To do: Document the sound effect differences here.

The hee-haw sound played when losing a life was replaced by a proper jingle. The European version uses a slower version of the hee-haw sound.

The jump sound was replaced with a sharper one.

International	Japan

When you pause the game during one of the main levels in the international versions, the message GAME PAUSED appears in the HUD. This message was removed in the Japanese version, and instead just pauses what is on the HUD.

European Version#

There were some more music differences in the European version:

Some instruments on the title screen sound different.

The options screen's music was sped up.

The tune played during the intro cutscene is longer on the European version, even including a little of the Game Over theme in it, but it ends up being cut off.

The music for Lava Powerhouse, the second level, plays faster in the European version, and it also fixes a glitch in which the PSG would die off once the song looped once.

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