Casino Park: Radical City combines this with Metropolis Level, with one corner of the track taken up by numerous giant slot machines and a pinball table.Canon Foreigner: Tails Doll and Metal Knuckles have never reappeared in any other game.The pinball area in Radical City and some of the surrounding area look like they came straight from Spring Stadium Zone.Reactive Factory features elements from Gene Gadget and Panic Puppet Zones (the large machines which decorate the area).Resort Island shares several elements in common with Green Grove Zone.Award-Bait Song: Nearly the entire soundtrack is made of techno-pop versions of this.Attract Mode: If you wait a while at the Title Screen (or in the PC version, hold the Confirm+Cancel buttons), the game will play a demo of Sonic racing through some of the tracks in the game.Amazing Technicolor Battlefield: Radiant Emerald is a literal example in that it constantly changes colours as you race round it.Alphabetical Theme Naming: Every race course in the game starts with the letter 'R'.The car also has a speed boost and can hover in water. While it does make her the the slowest character in the game, she handles well. While Sonic Generations and Sonic Forces would bring back the classic designs of some characters, this is the only game to have the entire cast of them.Ĭompare with Sonic Drift, Sonic Riders, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, and Team Sonic Racing. note Sonic Jam and the Saturn version of Sonic 3D Blast only have small sections in 3D, while Sonic the Fighters did not receive a Saturn port (although it was also ported to Gems Collection years after the fact). It is also the only fully 3D console game wholly featuring the original character designs. This game is notable for being the final game of Sonic's 'Classic' Era, with Sonic Adventure coming out about a year and a half later. both the Saturn and PC versions can be played in any standard CD player, in case you want to listen to the music without having to play the actual game. Like many CD-based games of the era, † Including all '90s-era iterations of Sonic CD and the Saturn/PC port of 3D Blast. The game is known for its Eurodance soundtrack by Richard Jacques with songs performed by British singer Teresa Jane Davis. It was also made available for download on GameTap for a short time in 2007. In 2005, it was re-released for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 as part of Sonic Gems Collection, which is based on the PC version of the game.

note The PC version has a unique feature in the form of seasonal effects. Sonic R is a Racing Game starring the spiky blue speed demon and his friends, developed by Traveller's Tales, who also made Sonic 3D Blast, and was released in 1997 for the Sega Saturn and later for the PC. 'Everybody's Super Sonic Racing, try to keep your feet right on the ground.'

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