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Description

The evil doctor Robotnik has a new plan to take over the world. He has built a new weapon, the Veg-O-Fortress on Mount Mobius and with it, he is transforming all creatures into robots. Sonic sneaks into the fortress and tries to stop Robotnik.

Use Sonic as a pinball in 4 dangerous levels. Score points, get rings, collect Chaos Emeralds and destroy the boss at the end of each level.

Alternate Titles

  • "STH Pinball" -- Informal title
  • "Sonic Spinball" -- European title

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Merchant Title Platform Price  
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Sonic Spinball GEN Genesis $0.01  
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Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball    
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User Reviews

A tacky cash-in on Genesis' greatest platform game series. Gary Smith (65) 1.5 Stars1.5 Stars1.5 Stars1.5 Stars1.5 Stars

The Press Says

GamePro Nov, 1993 87 out of 100 87
Sega-16.com Sep 03, 2004 8 out of 10 80
Objectif-SEGA Oct 08, 2008 8 out of 10 80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Dec, 1993 7 out of 10 70
The Video Game Critic Sep 09, 2001 B- 67
Entertainment Weekly Feb 11, 1994 C 50

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Trivia

On the final day of Spinball's development, the team was throwing their 'end-of-project' party when the Japanese group working on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 dropped in to see how things turned out. Among the group was Hirokazu Yasuhara, who, upon seeing the start-up sequence, wondered how the Spinball team talked Sega into paying for the rights to the original Sonic theme song. It turns out that the Spinball team was completely unaware that the rights for the original Sonic music belonged to Dreams Come True, who had become quite famous since the music was composed two years prior. Their asking price was more than Sega was willing to pay, so at the very last minute composer Howard Drossin whipped up a new opening jingle which became Spinball's theme.




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