13 Facts About Sonic Spinball

Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball is a 1993 pinball video game developed by Sega Technical Institute and published by Sega.

Sonic Spinball received mixed reviews, with critics praising the novelty and graphics but criticizing the controls.

Sonic Spinball has been ported to various consoles and included in Sega compilations.

Sonic Spinball is a pinball game in which the player controls Sonic the Hedgehog, who acts as the pinball.

Sonic Spinball can be maneuvered while airborne with input from the directional pad, which can be used for better positioning following an impact with a bumper or target or when Sonic Spinball is descending toward the drain, bumpers or flippers.

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Some Chaos Emeralds are blocked off by obstacles that require Sonic Spinball to hit certain switches or bumpers in order to create a clear path.

Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball is one of the few games in the Sonic franchise set in the universe of the animated series Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic Spinball is knocked into the waters that surround the volcano, but surfaces in the caves below the fortress.

Sonic Spinball was developed by mostly American staff from Sega Technical Institute while the Japanese staff were producing Sonic 3.

Morawiec recalled uproar among the team after Hirokazu Yasuhara, the lead designer on Sonic Spinball Team, explained that the tune was owned by the Japanese band Dreams Come True, whose member Masato Nakamura composed the soundtrack for the first two Sonic Spinball games.

Bob Strauss of Entertainment Weekly felt that the game initially boasted a terrific concept, but had an ultimately flawed execution, saying that Sonic Spinball, acting as a pinball, often moved like a "leaden marble".

In 2010, a spinning rollercoaster, Sonic Spinball, opened in the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire.

Sonic Spinball can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive.