One of the loyal Sonic fans just discovered something interesting. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and the game Flicky (what the Flickies in Sonic 3D Blast are based on) are now available as a PC Port in Japan. He discovered this while browsing Sega PC Japan’s website: (it’s in Japanese, but you can translate to English with an Japanese to English Web Translator)
Apparently they have 3 software packages available, called “Sega Archives from U.S.A.” Volumes 1, 2, & 3. Volume 1 is what we know in the States as the “Sega Smash Pack,” and Volume 2 is the “Sega Puzzle Pack.” (which includes Doctor Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine) But Volume 3 doesn’t seem to have any American equivalent (at least to my knowledge — anyone?), and that’s the one that contains Sonic 2. There does seem something rather odd about this though:
Wasn’t it Steve Snake, et al, who put together the Smash Pack & Puzzle Pack (see sega.com’s PC section)? I would assume that the same people put together the 3rd collection in the series; but if so, how come it wasn’t released in the States first? And, am I right in assuming that these people are Americans?
If you have any idea at all, post on the Station Square Newsboard (link to the right) and look for the post titled “Sonic 2 on PC”! Later!!! ^___^