Sonic the Hedgehog and Peggle come to iPod

Two new games are available on the iPod today, and they couldn't be any more opposite of each other. One is perfectly suited to the iPod's limited controls, and was practically built to be played with the circular click wheel. The other... well... not so much.

The original Sonic the Hedgehog is now available for the iPod, featuring the full Sega Genesis classic, as well as the option to replace the game's seminal tunes with your own crappy music. We love Sonic and all, but the platforming precision required to play through this title will most likely not prove conducive to the iPod's click wheel and buttons. We expect much cramping and cursing.

Contrast this with Peggle, Popcap's ever-so-excellent casual game offering, and the other game now playable on the iPod. Of the two, Peggle's much more suited to the format, and could easily become one of the best games available for the music player. Both titles are now available for purchase through the iTunes Music Store for $4.99 USD each, and are compatible with the 3G iPod Nano, the 5G iPod, and the iPod Classic.

Read - Sonic press release
Read - Peggle press release

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How the hell do you play Sonic with a click wheel?!?!? WTF Apple?

My sentiments exactly.....................

Well, you've got left, you've got right, and you've got jump. Doesn't really need anything else. I guess down, though didn't the first Sonic not have the spin boost?

You actually have to spin the wheel in the direction you want Sonic to roll..clockwise for forward...counter clockwise for back...center button click jumps.

;)

I can't imagine it running very well either. I have a sonic demo on my phone that I played when I was bored, and somehow they managed to get it to run at a completely unplayable framerate.

Then again, I can't think of any platform which peggle wouldn't work on, so that's not really saying much.

Peggle alone is a good enough reason for me to buy an ipod. Although I'd have to control myself from doing my customary victory dance on the bus.

I have Sonic on my cell phone and it's a disaster to control. I couldn't beat the first level (and I've beaten almost every Sonic game with regular controllers tyvm).

Besides I doubt the iPod could handle Sonic. Doesn't have Blast Processing.

I managed to develop a technique to controlling sonic on my phone, using both the directional buttons and the keypad. Just unfortunate that I can't overcome the completely atrocious framerate.

I managed to beat Sonic on my cell phone too, but man-oh-man was is ever a BITCH to control. My biggest hurdle was adjusting to the fact that up (or 2) was the Jump button.
There's another Sonic game called Sonic Jump on cell phones, also. That one's actually pretty good.

Mega Man II, however, I don't think I'll ever manage to beat.

Although in truth, I have Tetris, and that's all I *really* need on my cell phone to keep me happy.

Best mobile game BY FAR is Tornado Mania. Look it up.

Like other people above me I can't see Sonic working very well with the click wheel and I am not willing to drop the change to see just how horrible it is/isn't. They need game demo's for iPod games almost as bad as they need Wii VC demos.

I want Sonic on my Zune!

well you aren't getting it so let it go

I want Steel Battalion on my iPhone.

we just got a couple of 80 gig zunes, my god they DESTROY the ipod

I want Crysis on my iPod.

I want Duke Nukem Forever on my Casio wristwatch.

Peggle is incredibly addictive for such a simple game. I'd like to see this on the Wii as well. Might be fun with the motion controls.

Up next, Street Fighter 2.

Okay, I would buy that. Seriously. In a heartbeat.

What do you do, rotate the clickwheel very quickly to speed Sonic up?

They should put BUST A MOVE on the iPod.

See what I did there?

Ok, but does it play Doom?

Question: rather than bitching on how Sonic *could* be unplayable on a click wheel, can anyone download the game for real and confirm it to us once and for all?

Thanks :D

I just purchased Sonic. The game looks and sounds great. I have seen very few slow downs. But its VERY hard to control. I can't get it to allow me to roll and continue to push forward at the same time. Jumping is iffy because there is just no fine control of movement. But worst of all its crashing every few minutes of gameplay. I am positive I would be past the first level if it would stop crashing but until a new version comes out I would skip it.

Peggle is probably the one game besides Breakout that is perfectly suited for an ipod.

I swear that Peggle sounds like a character from "Rocko's Modern Life"...

Anyway, if they're going to put Sonic-anything on an iPod, it should be the special stages from Sonic 2.

If they add the game puzzle bobble then it would make sense, otherwise no.

OMFG. I hope Peggle is on the EU iTunes store. Christ on a boat I love that game.

Hot beans! It is. Have to get this later. Sonic looks very playable too but both my Wii and PSP have it... Might as well get that Phase too.

I laughed at the first iPod games but they're actually getting quite good.

Did I just hear a Rocko's modern life reference?! Wow, I haven't heard one of those in a long, long time. Now I have to go try to scour the internet for old episodes...

I now have another reason to NOT buy an iPod... after wasting hours of my life completing Peggle on the PC, the last thing I need is to do it all over again on the iPod, which of course I would because I have no self-control... hence, no new iPod for me... I'll stick with my last-gen Nano

Or you could just run Linux and get Doom and Zelda
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/3a61ca25b29db010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
"The controls can be awkward, but having Zelda on your iPod is worth it."

I don't think any of the iPods in this article run iPodlinux.

I'm not sure the iPod's available controls are good for more than very simple gaming but the idea of better games on the iPod is cool if they can make the controles work well.

FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!! PEGGLE ON IPOD DOWNLOADING RIGHT NOW ZOMG!!!!!111!!!!!!!11!!!1!!!

Peggle is well worth the money but i have a few problems.
The graphics are poor, It has crashed on me once saying that after i bet the first level i had completed the game then it quit to the menu and the sensitivity on the clickwheel is too low. But everyone should buy this game!

Check out the Peggle iMix too...pretty cool:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=270660310

Yahtzee's peggle review for those that never saw it http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2280-Zero-Punctuation-Peggle

Sonic the Hedgehog and Peggle come to iPod

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