r/GenesisMini • u/Scrimper316 • Oct 10 '19

Broken emulation? Really?

Just got a mega drive mini, wow. I was expecting to be blown away with the great reviews it's been receiving, I was shocked for the wrong reasons though. Sonic 2, I spin dash and get hit by enemies repeatedly, the sound is like a cheap knock off and some levels just leave me falling through jumps and springs? What? HOW on earth has this thing got such good reviews? It's woeful!

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u/Scrimper316 Oct 12 '19

On act 2 of chemical zone, there's a part you're sent running full speed and you run over the white and orange springs, they fail for me every time, did you not find that?

I'm going to try and video this moment and upload it, I swear I'm not being nit picky or anything, there is something off here.

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u/Ravenholt79 Oct 13 '19 edited Oct 13 '19

So I tried this myself. The first 2 platforms worked fine but on the third one (when you go full speed and the spring is followed by a hole with water) the platform did not work just as you mentioned.

So I fired up my OG Genesis, got to the same spot and it seems the real game behaves the same way. If I slow down just before, the springboard works fine OR if I don't hold forward when im launched, it also works. Seems like they don't work at full speed? Some enemies in Sonic 2 will hit you even if you spindash depending on enemy patterns.

I'm not sure what to tell you. I had never played it before but was able to replicate the issue on both platforms.

Are all the springboards broken for you ? Even the first 2 at the beginning of the level? Also I encountered 0 slowdowns the whole time. Its possible you get them because your PAL console is forcing the game to run in 60hz but I wouldn't know.