Sonic R
| Sonic R | |
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Sega Saturn cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Traveller's Tales Sonic Team |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Masamitsu Shiino Richard Lloyd |
| Producer(s) |
Yuji Naka Tetsuo Shinyu |
| Designer(s) |
Takashi Iizuka Shiro Mukaide Shun Nakamura |
| Programmer(s) | Joe Burton |
| Artist(s) |
Yuji Uekawa Yoshitaka Miura |
| Composer(s) | Richard Jacques |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) |
Sega Saturn
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 70% (PC) 69% (SAT) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |
  (SAT)
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| CVG | 4/5 (SAT) |
| EGM | 8/10, 8/10, 8/10, 7/10 (SAT) |
| Game Informer | 7.5/10 (SAT) |
| GamePro | 2.75/5 (SAT) 3/5 (PC) |
| GameSpot | 5.6/10 (SAT) |
| Next Generation | 3/5 (SAT) |
| Sega Saturn Magazine | 93% (SAT) |
Sonic R is a 1997 racing video game developed by Traveller's Tales and Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn, and re-released for Microsoft Windows in 1998. It was re-released for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube as part of the Sonic Gems Collection in 2005. The player takes control of one of ten Sonic series characters and participate in races on various Sonic-themed race tracks. The story focuses the characters' efforts to win a series of races and prevent Doctor Robotnik from stealing the Chaos Emeralds and enslaving the world.
Sonic R is the third Sonic racing game, and the first in 3D. It is the last of two Sonic games co-developed by Traveller's Tales and Sonic Team, taking nine months, and the game was designed to take advantage of the Saturn's hardware. Soundtrack was composed by Richard Jacques, and his track "Super Sonic Racing" has been reused in subsequent Sonic games.
The game was praised by critics for its visuals, but was criticised for its poor game controls and short length. Sonic R is the only original Sonic game to be released on the Sega Saturn; Sonic 3D Blast is a port of the Genesis title, and Sonic Jam is a compilation of the first four Sonic games.
Sonic R is a racing video game featuring single-player and multiplayer game modes. The player selects a character and participates in a footrace in one of five race tracks, competing for the fastest time ahead of the other racers. Four characters are initially available while the other six are secret characters that become available when the player completes certain in-game objectives. Although the gameplay is considered similar to kart racing games such as the Mario Kart series,Sonic R places an emphasis on jumping and exploration as each track has multiple paths and hidden areas. The tracks, although original creations, are thematically based on the art style and environments of classic Sonic games such as Sonic the Hedgehog's "Green Hill Zone" and Sonic the Hedgehog 2's "Chemical Plant Zone".
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