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|title=<center>SEGASonic Bros.</center>
|title=<center>SEGASonic Bros.</center>
|image=SegaSonic Bros temporary title screen.jpg
|image=SegaSonicBros Title 1080p.png
|imagecaption=Title screen for SEGASonic Bros.
|imagecaption=The title screen.
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Unreleased'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=04 Dec '18
|foundby=Guru & [https://twitter.com/NeoHazard NeoHazard]
}}
}}
'''''SEGASonic Bros.''''' was an arcade game that was never properly released. It was a puzzle game where Sonic is joined by red and yellow recolors of himself with differing personalities, the red one being cheerful, and the yellow one more brooding/shy. In the game, the player must stack Sonic's copies (multi-colored orbs) together to earn points, similar to ''Cleopatra Fortune''.
'''''SEGASonic Bros.''''' was an arcade game that was never properly released. It was a puzzle game where Sonic is joined by red and yellow recolors of himself with differing personalities, the red one being cheerful, and the yellow one more brooding/shy. In the game, the player must stack Sonic's copies (multi-colored orbs) together to earn points, similar to ''Cleopatra Fortune''.


==History==
==History==
The game was designed by Fukio Mitsuji, and given a location test. It failed this test, and was never released, possibly being marked as one of two unsatisfactory Sonic arcade games in a press release. The game fell into obscurity for many years until ''Custom Robo'''s creator Kohji Kenjoh brought it up 20 years later, followed by a few Twitter posts on the game.
The game was designed by Fukio Mitsuji and given a location test. It failed this test and was never released, possibly being marked as one of two unsatisfactory Sonic arcade games in a press release. The game fell into obscurity for many years until ''Custom Robo's'' creator Kohji Kenjoh brought it up 20 years later, followed by a few Twitter posts on the game.


The game was found by "ShouTime", an arcade board collector. He has yet to dump the game online, however.
==Avaliability==
In February 2016, Arcade board collector ShouTime posted screenshots of a working board of SEGASonic Bros to his Tumblr and Twitter, sparking a massive following in the gaming community, as he also teased about dumping the game to the public, but has yet to actually happen.


On July 26th, 2018, SegaBits (a well known SEGA news reporting website) announced that ShouTime will be providing the playable arcade board at the California Extreme event that will be available from July 28th to July 29th, 2018, so it's possible the game resurface on the internet soon.
On October 23rd, 2018, a post was made on Arcade Fixer's Blogspot page about a Japanese collector who has several undumped Sega games, including ''SEGASonic Bros.''<ref>[https://arcadefixer.blogspot.com/2018/10/sega-system-c2-undumped-romsets-galore.html?spref=tw The Arcade Fixer's Blogspot page that contained information about ''SEGASonic Bros.''] Retrieved 23 Oct '18</ref> The Japanese collector, however, has denied the game being dumped onto MAME with one other game as well (that being ''Head-On Channel'').
On November 26th, 2018, Arcade board dumper The Guru got his hands on the game and made an update about it, explaining how one of the hoarders of the game tried to scare him to not release the game.
On December 2nd, 2018, Guru released the SegaSonic Bros. ROM in response to the support for the game added by him on MAME getting removed and included the driver for it to recompile MAME with support for the game.
==Gallery==
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  |description1 =Gameplay Footage from California Extreme 2018.
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  |description2 =Direct Capture Footage thanks to NeoHazard.
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<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
SegaSonic Bros temporary title screen.jpg|The original photo of the title screen
tutorial.jpg|Screenshot of the "How-To-Play" screen.
segasonicbros-rank-select.jpg|Rank select screen.
tumblr_o2328opzv71rppy76o1_1280.jpg|Mode select screen.
SegaSonic-Bros-1.jpg|Single Player mode.
File: SEGASB.jpg|Another screenshot of the "How-To-Play" screen.
</gallery>
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.sonicretro.org/2016/02/twentyfour-year-old-sonic-arcade-game-segasonic-bros-found/ Sonic Retro article]
*[http://www.sonicretro.org/2016/02/twentyfour-year-old-sonic-arcade-game-segasonic-bros-found/ Sonic Retro article on ''SEGASonic Bros.'']
*[http://segabits.com/blog/2018/07/25/rare-segasonic-bros-arcade-prototype-to-be-playable-at-california-extreme-this-weekend/ SegaBits Report on the ''SEGASonic Bros.'' prototype.]
*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~lantra9jp1_nbn/gurudumps/ Download link for the ROM.]
 
==Reference==
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Revision as of 18:15, 14 January 2020

SegaSonicBros Title 1080p.png

The title screen.

Status: Found

Date found: 04 Dec '18

Found by: Guru & NeoHazard

SEGASonic Bros. was an arcade game that was never properly released. It was a puzzle game where Sonic is joined by red and yellow recolors of himself with differing personalities, the red one being cheerful, and the yellow one more brooding/shy. In the game, the player must stack Sonic's copies (multi-colored orbs) together to earn points, similar to Cleopatra Fortune.

History

The game was designed by Fukio Mitsuji and given a location test. It failed this test and was never released, possibly being marked as one of two unsatisfactory Sonic arcade games in a press release. The game fell into obscurity for many years until Custom Robo's creator Kohji Kenjoh brought it up 20 years later, followed by a few Twitter posts on the game.

Avaliability

In February 2016, Arcade board collector ShouTime posted screenshots of a working board of SEGASonic Bros to his Tumblr and Twitter, sparking a massive following in the gaming community, as he also teased about dumping the game to the public, but has yet to actually happen.

On July 26th, 2018, SegaBits (a well known SEGA news reporting website) announced that ShouTime will be providing the playable arcade board at the California Extreme event that will be available from July 28th to July 29th, 2018, so it's possible the game resurface on the internet soon.

On October 23rd, 2018, a post was made on Arcade Fixer's Blogspot page about a Japanese collector who has several undumped Sega games, including SEGASonic Bros.[1] The Japanese collector, however, has denied the game being dumped onto MAME with one other game as well (that being Head-On Channel).

On November 26th, 2018, Arcade board dumper The Guru got his hands on the game and made an update about it, explaining how one of the hoarders of the game tried to scare him to not release the game.

On December 2nd, 2018, Guru released the SegaSonic Bros. ROM in response to the support for the game added by him on MAME getting removed and included the driver for it to recompile MAME with support for the game.

Gallery

Gameplay Footage from California Extreme 2018.

Direct Capture Footage thanks to NeoHazard.

External Links

Reference