GameTap celebrates Sonic anniversary, Knuckles-style
by Alan Rose 
{ Jun 23rd 2006 at 10:10PM }
GameTap is now celebrating Sonic the Hedgehog's 15th anniversary by offering subscribers a trio of rare Sega Genesis "lock-on" titles. Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles, Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic 2, and Sonic 3: Sonic & Knuckles are now available through Turner Broadcasting's on-demand service, which is now over 500 titles strong.GameTap TV is also joining the party with three behind-the-scenes looks at one of the most popular characters in video game history.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Markster @ Jun 23rd 2006 10:24PM
Sonic 1 and Knuckles?!
Has that even existed before?
Certainly, when you plug Sonic 1 into S&K, you only get the mini-game select.
Matt Q @ Jun 23rd 2006 10:42PM
I don't see how any of those rare.
Kefka @ Jun 23rd 2006 10:49PM
I agree with Matt Q
sonic_fan @ Jun 23rd 2006 11:45PM
They're rare if you don't have an original Sega Genesis and the plug-in hardware. I would rather play them online than have to dig up that old hardware on eBay.
Craig @ Jun 24th 2006 12:06AM
Or don't have the Sonic Mega Collection?
Jeff @ Jun 24th 2006 12:34AM
"They're rare if you don't have an original Sega Genesis and the plug-in hardware."
Dude, just because you don't have something doesn't make it rare. I don't have any Kelly Clarkson albums, but that doesn't mean they're rare either. I mean, talk about an ego-centric way of looking at the world.
If you don't have it, go out and buy it. The point of these things *not* being rare is that they're easy and cheap to obtain. I bought S&K for about 3 bucks and the other Sonic titles for less than that. If you don't like Ebay, you can find them at pretty much any thrift shop or even still some GameStop/EB stores.
Fandel @ Jun 24th 2006 12:40AM
"GameTap is now celebrating Sonic the Hedgehog's 15th anniversary by offering subscribers a trio of rare Sega Genesis "lock-on" titles."
Rare?? Well, I guess they are really rare that is, if you don't own an XBOX, PS2, Gamecube, Genesis, Saturn, or a PC, as those games have appered on all of those systems you see above.
lolersticks @ Jun 24th 2006 1:31AM
Jeff: Dude, just because you have something doesn't make it common. I mean, I have gold cartridges for every Zelda game, but that doesn't make them common. I mean, talk about an ego-centric way of looking at the world.
If you have it, don't go out and buy it. The point of these things *being* rare is that they're actually quite hard to obtain in certain areas.
Kid Chemical @ Jun 24th 2006 1:36AM
Actually, the gold Zelda carts are quite common.
I was expecting maybe some old Sonic commercials, ads, songs, etc. Maybe even toss up an old Sonic SatAM cartoon.
Not games readily available everywhere.
Jay @ Jun 24th 2006 7:50AM
When was Sonic rare? Every Gamestation I've seen has a copy of Sonic 1-3 for the Mega Drive just sitting there. cheap too.
hmm.
Reeve @ Jun 24th 2006 9:02AM
#9 - The games that are referred to are the versions of Sonic 1-3 that were originally unlocked by plugging the cartidges into Sonic and Knuckles. They aren't that rare, since they can be found on various Sonic collections, often as unlockable extras.
J Ron @ Jun 24th 2006 9:53AM
Actually they/he are talking about the carts with the pass through you can connect your sonic 1-3 (others?) into for a bonus game or something. Those things probally are rare/desirable/collectable considering I've only seen a handfull at the used game store compared to the 10,000 regular sonic carts I've come across.
Ben18 @ Jun 24th 2006 11:08AM
Well, besides the whole 'rare' argument, I love the original Sonic's. I've not enjoyed the new versions too much, I really haven't given them much time to be fair. But Sonic and the Sega Genesis was my introduction to video games, and I'll forever have some sentimental attachment to Sonic. I love every Genesis game he was in. Cheers to 15 years!
Sonic1 @ Jun 24th 2006 1:02PM
1 For the Genesis Sonic 1 and Knuckles doesn't exist.
2 Its the lock-on carts that are rare and not the games.
Scarred Sun @ Jun 24th 2006 2:06PM
Actually, Sonic researchers have been able to put Knuckles in Sonic 1:
http://info.sonicretro.org/Knuckles_the_Echidna_in_Sonic_the_Hedgehog
rudimentalist @ Jun 24th 2006 4:11PM
I was curious since as some mentioned, Sonic 1 locked on to S&K just unlocked those Blue Sphere bonus games. Turns out that's what they meant by Sonic 1 and Knuckles, if you read the description on their game list.
Sonic 1 & Knuckles
SEGA Corporation, Action 1994
A brutal gauntlet of over 100,000,000 Sonic special stages awaits you!
http://www.gametap.com/home/game_titles/index.jsp
Maybe the author of this post could update clarifying that this is just the Blue Sphere mini-game and not anything Sonic fans haven't seen before.
Scarred Sun that was an awesome link btw.