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Sonic 3D Blast

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Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic 3D Blast cover
Developers
Sonic Team
Traveller's Tales
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows September 9, 1997
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This page is for the original port. For the emulated re-release, see Sonic 3D Blast (2010).

Key points

Has improved graphics and sound quality over the emulated Genesis version.
Has almost no configuration options.

General information

Official developer site
Sonic News Network - A massive wiki for the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Disc check
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

Options menu.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Issues fixed

Poor frame rate

Newer versions of Windows have minimal support for games that use DirectDraw, thus poor frame rate. Aqrit's ddwrapper can help smooth out frame rate.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Pentium class processor, 75 Mhz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) SVGA, supports 16 bit high color (256 colors req.)