

In addition, the first and second place finishers receive a Victory Chest which can be unlocked to earn larger bonuses, such as a large number of Rings or Cards for multiple characters each. They can also interact with other paths, normally utilizing Grind Rails.Īt the end of the race, players can earn Battle Chests which grant a range of Cards to a particular character. At the same time, the players can use the Spin Jump and Slide moves to dodge obstacles and destroy enemies. While racing, the playable characters are always running forward automatically. After a race, the players will keep the Rings they have collected. Getting hit with any obstacles will cause the player to lose Rings and slow down momentarily. During races, players can collect up to 100 Gold Rings (which serve to increase their movement speed) and dodge obstacles as they progress to reach the goal (represented by the " Phantom Ruby Prototype"). Instead of being an endless runner, it is a basic runner where players each choose a character and race against each other online in real-time on one of many finite tracks selected at random, based upon City, Green Hill, Sky Sanctuary, Mystic Jungle, Planet Wisp, Golden Bay, and Emerald City. The gameplay of Sonic Forces: Speed Battle is very similar to that of Sonic Dash and Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom, with a competition element from Sonic Rivals added to it. The Mega Drive version was also sent out in small numbers for the press for review.Sonic running in Celestial Skyway, one of the many unlockable tracks in the game. Both the Mega Drive and Super Nintendo releases were advertised in North America during late 1993, possibly asserting either a release in time for Christmas of that year, or in early 1994. Beastball was also set to be released on the Super Nintendo but was presumably cancelled at the same time as this Mega Drive adaption.Ī prototype has since been released showing a mostly completed game. It is a console adaption of the 1993 Amiga title Brutal Football/ Crazy Football (ported to the Amiga CD32 in 1994, IBM PC in 1995 and to the Atari Jagauar in 1994 as Brutal Sports Football). You can help Sega Retro by adding to it.īeastball is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive sports game.

Developer: Millennium Interactive, Teque London
