Sadly, it ain't Sonic CD, Sonic 3 or Sonic and Knuckles. Rather, SEGA has released Sonic Spinball for iOS devices. If I sound unenthusiastic about it, I apologize. It's just that I would much rather see the aforementioned Sonic games be released first and that I recently got into the handheld emulation scene via the Caanoo and see no point in spending $2.99 on a game when I can play a superior version for free.
Despite this, I should point out two cool aspects to Sonic Spinball for the iPhone: The app icon is pretty sweet, featuring artwork from the Japanese Mega Drive box, and that the game offers up two soundtracks: the US version and the slightly different Japanese version. Pretty cool! Also, SEGA has released Altered Beast for $2.99. If you have fond memories of Toxic Caves and and rising from graves, check these out.
Back in 2009, South Korean company Game Park Holdings released the awesome GP2X Wiz handheld video game console. The Wiz was awesome for a number of reasons, but the cheif reason was that it was an open-source device, meaning anybody could develop just about anything for it. While the system does have a number of original developed games, such as the great Wind & Water Puzzle Battles (also available on the SEGA Dreamcast), there is also a massive scene of console emulators that make the device a home entertainemnet system on-the-go. Imagine having everything from the earliest home computers through to the SEGA CD and 32X on one handheld, and then imagine just about every handheld through to the GBA as well. Awesome.
In August of this year, Game Park Holdings returned with an upgrade to the Wiz, the Caanoo. The Caanoo offered a larger, better touch screen, an improved control pad, increased RAM and Wi-fi support. Even better, the Caanoo was priced the same as the Wiz. So after months of waiting, Christmas has finally arrived (almost) and I caved and bought myself a Caanoo! While I don't have it yet, I look forward to adding it to the Nomad Junkyard family of handhelds (which also includes the Game Gear, iPod Touch, GBA and obviously the Nomad). Maybe I'll even review it?
From the SEGA of America blogs comes a cool piece of news: SEGA has decided to have the prices of their iOS games drop permanently! This is great for those who missed out on the past few sales and were waiting for the next one to come around. Now it's like there's a sale all the time! Check out all the deals:
ChuChu Rocket: Now: $2.99 (was: $4.99)
ChuChu Rocket HD: Now: $4.99 (was: $6.99)
Ecco the Dolphin: Now: $0.99 (was: $2.99)
Football Manager 2010: Now: $4.99 (was: $7.99)
Golden Axe: Now: $0.99 (was: $2.99)
Gunstar Heroes: Now: $2.99 (was: $4.99)
Phantasy Star II: Now: $2.99 (was: $4.99)
Shining Force: Now: $0.99 (was: $2.99)
Super Monkey Ball 2: Now: $2.99 (was: $5.99)
Super Monkey Ball 2 Sakura Edition: Now: $4.99 (was: $7.99)
Sonic The Hedgehog 1: Now: $4.99 (was: $5.99)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2: Now: $4.99 (was: $5.99)
Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode 1: Now: $6.99 (was: $9.99)
Streets of Rage: Now: $0.99 (was: $2.99)
I personally have to recommend ChuChu Rocket, Shining Force and Sonic 4. Three great games for $11!
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