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The Sonic fan community has always been one of the most active ones when it comes to mods, fangames and romhacks, to the point where each year there's a couple of events focused on Sonic-related fan games and romhacks being held, with those being the Sonic Hacking Contest (SHC) and the Sonic Amateur Games Expo (SAGE).

Noah N. Copeland and his team have been just some of the many developers that have participated in these events, with one of his most well-known projects as of late is the widely known "Sonic Triple Trouble 16-bit", a fully developed fan remake of the original "Sonic Triple Trouble" game released for the Game Gear back in 1994, with Copeland's full 16-bit remake being released just over a year ago.

Afterwards, Copeland and his team started work on yet another project, this time in preparation for SAGE 2023, where he presented yet another remake based on another Game Gear title, this time being "Sonic Drift" released originally for the Game Gear back in 1994, the same year as Sonic Triple Trouble.

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This new remake by Noah Copeland and team follows a similar ideology to that of his Sonic Triple Trouble remake, where he re-imagines the original game as a 16-bit title, complete with a graphical, musical and presentation overhaul, new content and several improvements all around, to give the original title a new and more modern light and gameplay, and it even mixes some elements from Sonic Drift 2 and the main classic Sonic trilogy (Sonic 1, 2 and 3&K) on Genesis.

The demo for Sonic Drift 16-bit is currently available for download for Windows/PC systems on GameJolt, with the demo itself having 3 courses to race through, 7 playable characters and whole bunch of new things to improve over the gameplay that players can test out and expect from the full remake. Copeland does mention on his FAQ that he hopes to have an eventual Android release as well, but that their main focus is the SAGE PC demo at the moment.

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[KingVamp]

I didn't even know Sonic Drift was a thing.

 

[pedro702]

why not go for full 3d? wasted opportunity imo

 

[PacBunnyXV07]

Sonic Spinball 16 bit Remake when?

 

[ShadowOne333]

Sonic Spinball 16 bit Remake when?

Sonic Spinball is already 16-bit tho.



I think the Game Gear / Master System titles are the ones that need a 16-bit remake the most.
For one, I'd love to see a full version of both Sonic 1 and 2 that implements ALL of the aspects from both the Master System / Genesis games into just one 16-bit package, including all the unique zones from the Master System versions of both Sonic 1 and 2 as well as the neat overworld maps from Sonic 1 (if they don't plan on doing area-transitions like Sonic 3 did, since that'd be way better than an overworld map).

 

[GengarsGhostlyGiggles]

Amazing ! The fans of sonic are so much better than Sega at this point.
This is why I don't trust Sega on resurrecting their old ips, They can't even get Sonic right.

 

[Osha]

why not go for full 3d? wasted opportunity imo

Because at that point you might as well go play Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.

 

[DJPlace]

Sonic Spinball 16 bit Remake when?

hell no. still i'm shocked sonic drift got a remake i played a bit of the SMS remaster and i like it.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Sonic Spinball 16 bit Remake when?

It had a Genesis release so it already had a 16bit version. Not great, though...

 

[PacBunnyXV07]

Sonic Spinball is already 16-bit tho.



I think the Game Gear / Master System titles are the ones that need a 16-bit remake the most.
For one, I'd love to see a full version of both Sonic 1 and 2 that implements ALL of the aspects from both the Master System / Genesis games into just one 16-bit package, including all the unique zones from the Master System versions of both Sonic 1 and 2 as well as the neat overworld maps from Sonic 1 (if they don't plan on doing area-transitions like Sonic 3 did, since that'd be way better than an overworld map).

You do know theres a Game Gear version right?

 

[Bladexdsl]

isn't it wonderful that sega actually support fan made content and like their fans unlike some other so called backwards closed stuck up company that shall not be named

 

[CeeDee]

Sonic fans are so awesome

 

[SaulFabre]

This is damn awesome. Never thought Sonic Drift would get a 16-bit entry, even if it's made by the fans. Wonderful !!!

 

[Marc_LFD]

You do know theres a Game Gear version right?

Who doesn't... Gen Zers.

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Sonic fans are so awesome

Except one that went on to do horrible things to his mother and got arrested.

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including all the unique zones from the Master System versions of both Sonic 1 and 2 as well as the neat overworld maps from Sonic 1

That got a HD fan remake and it's awesome.

 

[tech3475]

why not go for full 3d? wasted opportunity imo

Considering the nature of the project as a 16bit inspired remake, staying 2.5D makes sense.

Going 3D would IMO likely either make things look worse (VDP/Super FX style), not really benefit the game (flat maps) or require a significant rethink of the game to actually benefit from it e.g. redesign the levels.

That said, maybe some day someone will make a 'Sonic Drift 3D'.

 

[_47iscool]

I guess this will compete with SRB2 Kart.

 

[jumpman17]

It had a Genesis release so it already had a 16bit version. Not great, though...

Just seeing the box instantly makes my ears hurt..... like scrubbing my ears out with an aluminum foil brush...

 

[pustal]

Amazing ! The fans of sonic are so much better than Sega at this point.
This is why I don't trust Sega on resurrecting their old ips, They can't even get Sonic right.

Sega nourish the fan and homebrew community, unlike Nintendo. You have Sonic Mania, an official Sega game because of that.

And Sega itself isn't doing too bad. Frontiers is great and apparently from those who played it, Dream Team is great as well.

 

[ertaboy356b]

The trailer gave me headache. It looks so janky.

 

[noahncopeland]

The trailer gave me headache. It looks so janky.

same.
oh wait...