Mobius and turned it into a mechanical base, named the 'Veg-O-Fortress'. Sonic will lose a life if he falls into certain traps such as lava, slime, or monsters, and the game ends when the player loses all their lives.ĭr. Once all of the Chaos Emeralds in a level are collected, Sonic gains access to the boss room and has to defeat a boss to advance onwards. The player must guide Sonic through each of the four levels and collect all of the Chaos Emeralds, then fight Dr. The game features four large pinball tables: a sewer level, a geothermal power station, a robot factory, and a launchpad system. In a few rare instances, the player can control Sonic on foot, but for the majority of the time he is rolled into a ball and controlled by the flippers. The main difference from traditional pinball game is the ability to influence Sonic's movement somewhat while moving, although flippers are still the primary source of movement. Sonic Spinball is essentially a pinball simulation featuring Sonic as the 'ball'. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine were the only two Sonic games released to use characters and elements from the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons. The term 'Spinball' is a portmanteau on pinball and 'spin dash', a move Sonic performs. It was originally released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1993 and later ported to the Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System in 1995. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, or Sonic Spinball (ソニック・スピンボール Sonikku Supinbōru?), is a pinball video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

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