Underplayed Gems

Sonic the Hedgehog XA

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How it feels

A speedy, retro-styled platformer that recaptures the breezy, momentum-driven feel of classic Genesis-era Sonic games on PS1 hardware.

fast-pacednostalgicretroplatforminglightheartedfan-madeclassicarcade-like

About

Sonic the Hedgehog XA is an open-source fan-game inspired by classic Sonic games from the Sega Genesis. It was built from scratch by a single person using the C language and PSn00bSDK and a lot of tools and scripts created for the sole purpose of building this game. Sonic XA is a game that runs on the PlayStation 1, so to play it, you will need to use an emulator or burn the game to a proper CD-ROM so you can play it on your home console.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.