Rev Up Those Sonic Cycles

[DavidCaruso]

Sonic Spinball was only good for its music, and even that was hampered by a limited sound driver (they didn't use the same one as the main Sonic games). Aesthetically it's not nearly as appealing as the main Sonic series, and the actual game itself was pretty mediocre IMO. At first glance a pinball game would appear to be perfect for Sonic because he's a ball, but in practice it's annoying and the levels were kind of bland; ironically Spinball is probably less physics-based than the regular Sonic games. Most pinball games have never really interested me though, and at least it's more elaborate than Sonic 2's Casino Night Zone which consisted entirely of nonthreatening bumpers and practically no enemies.

Other Sonic game that is only good for its music: Sonic 3D Blast (both Genesis and Saturn). Saturn version in particular has some of my favorite series tracks ever.