Playing this was not only a joy but great confirmation that both the Game Gear Sonic games were good and that Sega should really hand more over to the fans.

Triple Trouble 16-Bit for those unaware is not really a remake, more a reimagining, a "what if?".
Rather than being stuck on Game Gear Triple Trouble came to Mega Drive following S3&K.

It takes level themes, gimmicks and characters from the Game Gear game but gives it Sonic 3 style graphics, has brand new level designs, some great narrative and fun extra stages as well as completely unique Special stages AND if that was not enough; to be vague completing this multiple times is very worth while.

It's not completely without flaws, a couple of bits of music (mostly 16-Bit versions of the original) don't hit quite right and some of the, at the worst still fun, transition and unique stages aren't quite as good as the others.

Personally I also got squashed in places I'm sure I shouldn't have and found the Special stages a tad to hard but then again, that's maybe not too different from the "proper" games.

If you like 2D Sonic at all you owe yourself to get this downloaded and big ups to Noah Copeland and everyone who worked on this as it's maybe the most fun I've had with the blue blur in a long time.
All for the best price - free !

Now to wait for them to go back and 16-Bit Sonic Chaos for me.

Reviewed on Aug 27, 2022


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