Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure is a video game from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was the very first Dreamcast game. It was released in Japan on November 27, 1998, in North America on September 9, 1999 and in Europe on October 14, 1999. It is the first Sonic game to have 3D surroundings, instead of 2D surroundings like the other Sonic games had. It was released in Japan as one of five launch titles. It also has a sequel called Sonic Adventure 2.
| Sonic Adventure | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Sonic Team Sonic Team USA (international) NOW Production[1] (additional DX staff) |
| Publisher(s) | Sega Activision/Sega PC (Windows) |
| Designer(s) | Takashi Iizuka (Director/Level Designer) |
| Artist(s) | Kazuyuki Hoshino (Art Director) Yuji Uekawa (Character Design) |
| Writer(s) | Akinori Nishiyama |
| Composer(s) | Jun Senoue (Sound Director) Kenichi Tokoi Fumie Kumatani |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Zeebo |
| Release | DreamcastNovember 27, 1998 NAGameCubeJune 18, 2003 JPWindowsDecember 18, 2003 PALNA April 22, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (two-player) |
Gameplay
The object of the game is to get all of the Chaos Emeralds by playing different characters from the Sonic series, in order to defeat Dr. Eggman. Each character has their own level, each with a specific purpose. For example, Knuckles has to find and put together all of the pieces of the Master Emerald. The list of playable characters are:
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Amy Rose
- E-102 Gamma
- Big the Cat
- Super Sonic (after the player finishes the game with all characters)
- Metal Sonic (after the player gets all 130 emblems on the DX version)
Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic Adventure DX: Directors Cut is an advanced version of Sonic Adventure released for the Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft Windows in 2004. It was later released on PSN, XBLA and Steam. It contained a new "Mission Mode", a Mini-Game collection [only on GameCube and Windows versions] and allows the player to play as Metal Sonic once they get all 130 emblems.
Sonic Adventure Media
Jun Senoue (left) and Johnny Gioeli (right) in 2010
Sonic Adventure was released for the Dreamcast in Japan in December 1998 and in the West in September/October 1999.
