Sonic 2 HD REMAKE - Playthrough [1080p 60FPS]

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Sonic 2 HD is an unofficial overhaul of SEGA's franchise classic for the modern world. It is made for fans, by fans, with no financial gain whatsoever.
Thanks a lot to the S2HD Staff, you can get your hands on the demo for free here: sonic2hd.com/
TIMERS
00:00 Game Start
00:20 Title Screen
00:40 Emerald Hill Zone 1
01:54 Emerald Hill Zone 2
02:51 Boss (Emerald Hill)
03:52 Chemical Plant Zone 1
06:29 Chemical Plant Zone 2
10:37 Boss (Chemical Plant)
11:22 Hill Top Zone 1
13:22 Hill Top Zone 2
15:16 Boss (Hill Top)
16:00 Game Credits
#Sega #Sonic #SonicTheHedgehog #HD #Remake

[@mikereyes2488]

This is how sonic 2 looked like to me as a kid in the early 90s 😂

[@laurentlhoest8324]

So very true for me as well, the music still sounds crispy clean in my mind too, a masterpiece

[@tiphilou-x6740]

Me toooooo 😭

[@Firey8172]

SAME BRO BUT STILL TODAY😂

[@DarkPanda558]

This is NOT THE ORIGINAL SONIC 2 IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE THIS FOR YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE 90s! LOOK UP SONIC 2 Game ON KZbin PLEASE IT WAS ON THE SEGA GENESIS NOT PC!!

[@frostoned]

@@DarkPanda558 :/

[@ScrewyLoops]

This is what Sonic 4 SHOULD have been like. The attention to detail is phenomenal! Incredible.

[@rafaliciousbmx]

Please don't bring back those memories and wasted cash... 💀💰

[@Kennyisdarkvanilla]

Sonic Mania is the true Sonic 4

[@antenant9294]

I never played Sonic 4. Wasn't it like this? Then I'm glad I didn't waste my time.

[@kyledonnelly8069]

Sonic 4 is one of those games where they came up with the price before even starting the project, then just did the bare minimum.

[@Towersen]

Totally agree!!

[@DomOsborne]

I cannot even begin to fathom the amount of effort and passion that has gone into crafting this. Congrats!!

[@123TauruZ321]

Are you joking?

[@mattburkey]

The Sonic 2 HD team have extensive dev blogs on social media where they document the amount of effort that goes into each sprite and animation. It's well worth looking into.

[@MyBeagleCisa]

Maravilhoso a sega poderia abraçar essa ideia e contratar essa turma de programadores

[@marioguy6486]

The transitions between acts is a nice addition. Chemical Plant is BEAUTIFUL holy cow

[@Dogsport1]

Props to the composers for the reimagined versions of these classic bg tracks. Clearly a lot of love was put into this project.

[@elijahfrickingourd]

It was actually tee lopes, who was hired to make music for sonic mania!

[@GroWeyez]

@@elijahfrickingourd can we download it? Does he have an Instagram or something?

[@Roflcrabs]

Hill Top Zone sounds rad as hell.

[@KojiCornier]

​ I knew I heard a similarity

[@anonymousaccount12344]

He went up in the ranks of sonic fan

[@mattburkey]

This is the care, attention and love Sega SHOULD be paying to their heroic hedgehog. Once again, the fans are the ones doing the best work!

[@chucklesdarwinwaswrongevol236]

Man the 90s was a great decade. They had the best music, tv shows, movies , video games, etc in my opinion.

[@marioguy6486]

Personally I loved the STH movie that came out around those times I’m wondering how the current people of that time took it

[@RealHomeRecording]

Now THIS is blast processing!

[@Striker_AgingGamers]

It's like bringing the game the way you remember it, out of the mind and into our eyes. I wish more remakes looked this good.

[@deathscythe9158]

This is what Sega should’ve done with the Sonic Origins compilation. Instead they put minimum effort and expect people to fork over cash. I looks so good that it’s hard to believe it’s a fan project. Truly outstanding work. ❤🔥

[@jedijoe84]

This is beautiful! This is what sonic origins should have looked like.

[@Mad_Amy]

YES!!!

[@shirkam3657]

Why would sonic origins would look like this? It's just a collection, and the games in it are ports of the original games with some new stuff, there's no logical reason on why the games should have get completely new graphics

[@Julian_Heru]

@@shirkam3657 only stupid people spend 50$ to old Sega Genesis games, even emulator is free lol

[@shirkam3657]

@@Julian_Heru "Yea let's not buy this product because we can get it for free" Sega: *bankruptcy* What were you expecting, that Sega was going to gift it? it's a multimillionaire company, not a NGO or an indie developer, of course they were going to sell it. It's your decision if you want to buy it or get an free emulator, but you have to understand the point of view of Sega. I'm also not denying the fact they gave too little time to the developers for polishing the collection, but you have to understand that it's a multimillionaire company, not a indie team that make games for hobby. Please correct me if l'm wrong, l would like to see your opinion.

[@shirkam3657]

Plus, it's an collection of old games with some upgrades and extras, its objective is not having complete remaster of the games with new visuals and stuff like that, just like every other Sonic collection.

[@PlumbDrumb]

That Chemical Zone music is thumping. What a fantastic looking game. I thought the development on this ceased but I'm glad it's come back. It was many years since I've seen any news of this game but admittedly I stopped paying much attention.

[@RipJawn]

Why Couldn't Sega Have done this ?! i would totally Buy ! Great work to the Makers !

[@jonathanrigby1186]

For someone who was born in 1983 ... and gre up playing sonic .. this is impressive .. not much things nowadays impress me but this did by far. It's so sharp the image .. my gosh ..

[@rocketpunchgo1]

HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN! The team did some amazing work with this. Hopefully Sega sees it!

[@andrewhunt1328]

Without a C&D order

[@Tien1million]

If they sees this they'll shut it down. Kind of like how a lot of other projects get shut down by the copy right owners.

[@mgigamestyle]

It's been over 10 years now!!

[@giltyascharged]

@@Tien1million thats how whitehead got a job with SEGA. he made a sonic 1 version with widescreen support and sega hired him instead of giving him a C&D order .. then eventually they released that version for mobile phones

[@paul1979uk2000]

@@Tien1million Sega are actually more open unlike others like Nintendo that Sega would probably offer the team jobs to work on this for more platforms, maybe even to work on doing the other Sonic games.

[@felphero]

Once again, fans giving Sonic more love and attention than freakin Sega. This is bittersweet

[@rosema7909]

Why doesn’t sega just hire this group? Seriously

[@noobdungeon1590]

This is perfect and beautiful and for just a few minutes brought me back to the snowy Christmas of my youth when I received Sonic 2 in my stocking and learned to share my Sega with my little sister. We got along and were kind to each other for an entire hour...before she got tired of being Tails. I told her to go play with her Barbie and get off my back, it was a great day.

[@brys.3131]

Love that Chemical Plant Zone OST

[@TheSektorz]

I had no idea this existed - looks awesome! First Sonic Triple Trouble 16 bit, now this!... damn, the Sonic fan community is full of talented developers. 🔥🔥🔥

[@Yan23459]

This already was a thing way before triple trouble 16 bit

[@Shockberta26]

Love the Sonic 3 style transition from Act 1 to 2. Music changes and everything.

[@emmanuelcarlos4182]

imagine this game and the sega genesis games all in HD

[@kylehenley3903]

You took the PERFECT Sonic game and improved it! Too talented for us humans! Talk about giving fans what they want! Take notes Sega!!!

[@StaticShock234]

Oh my God this is beautiful. I agree, this is what Sonic Origins should've been. I'm eagerly waiting for the full release of this fan game.

[@niffuM4205]

i doubt sonic origins would even be released yet if it looked like this (development would probably take like 20 years lmfao)

[@wagneraraujo6773]

I really want those soundtracks as ringtones! 😍

[@chicharostudios]

The best thing that has happened to Sonic, is having so devoted fans.

[@andrejamal5438]

Man this takes me back to 93!!! Gosh, y’all are awesome

[@ChuckStegall777]

You mean 1992, Sonic 2 came out in 1992

[@joshuawynne329]

⁠@@ChuckStegall777not every game immediately goes off sale and everyone stops buying it the year after it’s released. A lot of people didn’t get these games until quite a bit after they were first released.

[@ChuckStegall777]

@@joshuawynne329 I wasn't talking about sales, maybe read my comment again and learn to comprehend better pal. I was specifically talking about the year it was released, not the sales. I find your lack of comprehension disturbing in the Force.

[@joshuawynne329]

@@ChuckStegall777 that’s what I meant, I’m saying not everyone gets games the year they were released, that links to what I was saying. What I said was that he could’ve got it in ‘93, he didn’t have to get it in ‘92, in fact, I find your comprehension pretty disturbing.

[@pohpiheno]

Man this is what I thought it looked like back in the days lmao

[@Mad_Amy]

Nostalgic Filter 😁

[@Write-Stuff]

Holy cow that intro. The animation; the music; bloody brilliant.

[@doomfilhota5845]

WTF........My childhood in real mode. Congratulation Team

[@Nintendan84]

It pains me so much that sega is sitting on a gold mine and it has to take the fans to make something amazing with their own franchise.

[@steveothehulk]

looks and sounds fantastic, seriously this plays great its exactly what sonic should be like in 2023

[@MugenLord_inNeonLights]

Tears of hapiness when i see this piece of art.Relive the Sega 16- Bit Era.😉🚀

[@Alex-Gamer-2134]

there is a positive and a negative point positive point: I like the gameplay Negative point: not all areas are there and that disappoints me

[@paul1979uk2000]

There are so many games from the 8-bit and 16-bit era that I would love to see a remaster like this, a solid remaster, keeping to the core of what made the original great. This Sonic 2 remaster actually looks like one of the best I've seen, something for others to learn from.

[@TravisLohmannMusic]

just stumbled upon this! Crazy ridiculously good!

[@krtek673]

very nice...my entire childhood... *tear drops*

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

This is how we experienced Sonic 2 in early 90s! :)

[@gixG17]

Sonic 2 is peak Sonic and, aside from the horrible hand at the intro, Sonic 2 HD brings it to a whole new level!

[@StanklinFranklin]

this needs a full release best sonic ever made more please

[@sanjota8318]

Remake that all Sonic real fans wanted! Hope you guys will continue this for rest of the Sonic games such as Sonic 3 and Knuckles! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@PUOj]

Damn it, that's absolutely wonderful.

[@adamsaunders97]

BTW they are still polishing up Aquatic ruin zone and have started on Oil ocean zone already so the dev team is still going so next update I'd say will be in about 5 - 6 months?

[@user-fh7pl6xf4o]

Wait, that's official info?

[@gleggli5527]

Can't wait

[@adamsaunders97]

@@user-fh7pl6xf4o yeah everything is official there except the waiting time, that's my prediction

[@futbolover10]

YAY

[@futbolover10]

LETS GOOOO

[@djhollaback]

The fact that this play through is played like they don't know every pitfall is amazing😂. This soundtrack is amazing also. Great job all the way around.

[@sleepinglionarchives]

Sprite art always wins for this 90s kid, but still, this is mighty impressive. Very well done

[@pichonPoP]

WAO, I'd like to play this game entirely just to see all the love you guys put into this project.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Play Sonic Mania.

[@lisagavin4719]

@@Nickbaldeagle02 sonic mania to me is not like this. I prefer the original game play I'd just love to play with this more upgraded version

[@akasumora]

Waited for the Emerald Hill theme to hit. Was not disappointed 🎧😍

[@michaelcinotti4130]

Love the way the camera can't keep up with Sonic's movements at times. It helps give a better sense of that classic Sonic speed! Fantastic work (hope you all get hired by Sega too).

[@80gadge]

The playthrough of Chemical Plant act 2 was so stressful to watch 😅, seriously though this is incredible work! Amazing!

[@harrytaylorjr2770]

Even the sound effects sounds polished. Well Done indeed😍😍😍

[@giltyascharged]

this is awesome.. how i always pictured a good remake of old games.. i always wanted like a super mario 3. .. or super mario world HD like this

[@daviddamasceno6063]

This is the most beautiful 2D game I've ever seen!

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Not seen Sonic Mania? It's pretty much the same as this.

[@mikeakaspike]

Holy crap, this is REALLY good

[@AlmightBlackDragon]

That sax on Hill Top zone is just perfect👌

[@silasakron4692]

Wow, seriously impressive. Can't say I've ever seen anything quite like this before; it's how the game looked to my young mind in '92, but somehow beyond that even. The detail is so high it's almost lost while Sonic and Tails are in motion, but that is not a gripe at all! Imagine remaking other 16-bit side scrollers in the same manner.

[@JustAnotherGamer1005]

Exactly! You're pulling the words out of my mouth. This is the way to remastering/remaking 8/16-bit games (also like they did with Wonderboy, Streets of Rage 4, Alex Kidd).

[@marcusmorrow3900]

this was gorgeous! fav was hilltop zone. i was loving the way the lava looked.and the intro was just magic.its amazing seeing one of my fav childhood games remastered like this. your a genius.

[@rogerionogueira8999]

Uma obra de arte belíssimo.

[@xani123123]

obra prima

[@richarddobson4801]

This is amazing! Imagine this quaintly in all the original sonic games! This is how it’s done SEGA 😊

[@1Sandwitch1]

right? No excuse what so ever.

[@jessewisowaty1227]

even as I read this I heard "SEGA" in the commercial voice haha

[@mattmaverick703]

Never realized the Genesis had this much potential! I still own mine I'll have to hook mine back up to play it. Loved Sonic 2 as a kid

[@atieppo]

This is not for Genesis

[@SwuadeTV]

might as well get sonic mania on the switch if you got a switch

[@mattmaverick703]

@@SwuadeTV sounds 👍. I still play the OG Sonic Games on the Sega Genesis especially Sonic 3 & Knuckles that's a great one!

[@SwuadeTV]

@@mattmaverick703 yeah I wanted to as well was looking on ebay for a console but ended up going wit mega sg since it had hdmi and jus bought the carts

[@mattmaverick703]

@@SwuadeTV not a bad choice 👍

[@ChuckX182]

This is absolutely incredible! You can tell the passion and time that went into this. Props!

[@Brandon_Lee83]

WOOOO! That was awesome!. 😁🤘

[@Frank-sp7vu]

This looks so clean and beautiful! I'd pay money for it if it ever gets a final release, looks amazing!

[@graysondutoit3910]

If this were to be officially released on all platforms, I would get back into gaming... this is absolutely everything I've been waiting to see for the best Sonic game I've ever played. Well done, attention to detail is incredible and the remake of the music makes me wana jam with it in full blast with a surround sound home theatre system. Fantastic work👏 And just one last thing on the music, love that each sub-stage has a different version of the of the same basic version.

[@lisagavin4719]

Likewise this team eould defiantly have my money for this game

[@eropoke]

Mom can we have sonic superstars at home We have sonic superstars at home Sonic superstars at home:

[@RustyDodd]

Gonna need that chemical plant zone 2 soundtrack on a separate video. Awesome tune.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

One thing was missing, the circle of stars that appears around a checkpoint when you have over 50 coins. Besides that, great job!

[@whiteeeveeangel]

Yeah, a little sad that there wasn't anything for the Special Stages, but I know that's done in a completely different perspective compared to the rest of the game's 2D zone formats.

[@dodgykebaab]

That hill top zone music is so good! The sax is perfect

[@Hellomynameaborat]

This looks like those remakes of old 8 bit and 16 bit games they put on the Xbox 360 store and that’s a compliment I ate that shit up in the 2000s

[@maxhiggins6270]

This is a absolutely perfect. Smooth, and retains the traditional style.

[@robertphillips2868]

This is so beautiful and the music is amazing too, I could watch this over and over 💙

[@joshkny]

I loved interlaced. Left so much to the imagination

[@regissimeon7377]

Wow !!! Very impressive ! Congrats ! One day Sega/Sonic Team will understand that it is THAT we want !

[@wagneralencar]

Magnific work! Congratulations!!!!!

[@emilioalvarado3487]

This is just beautiful. Gorgeous. And totally loved the final credits.

[@RodneyWallaceDynamoC]

Holy shit, this is awesome, best fan remake ever. Congratulations, you guys nailed it!

[@righost7593]

Wow, the music was captured and remade so well. Tthis play transported me back to 8 year old me. Amazing that you took the time to make this.

[@Clodd1]

Usually the feeling is lost when someone remaste a classic. It's not the case here. Just awesome work.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

Get ready to hear from Sega, in a good way, because it's stunning.

[@CharlesUrban]

This is some top-notch stuff. Tails's victory animation and the Hill Top Zone 1 music stood out to me in particular as a nice touch and a superior cover, respectively.

[@mynameiswesker]

I love how each zone changes its soundtracks' dynamics. Especially in the the hill top zone.

[@felpom]

wonderful! i'm so happy this exists

[@MarcGameplays]

Wow, wonderful remake!

[@Brbos06]

This an amazing amount of worthwhile effort guys. You did an amazing job!

[@DTailorUK]

The background work well in HD and water effects. Was a nice project.

[@LCCreole]

Damn this looks FANTASTIC!! this is what I'd expect when I see a classic sonic game remake, a game from my childhood never look so better! Thank you!!

[@nathanielhermanson6987]

0:18 The sprinkle stars bleeds my ears for a second! Oww

[@Solanegore]

THATS THE WAY SONIC 2 REMAKE SHOULD BE!

[@mikec3260]

This is what the latest collection should look like. Amazing stuff!!

[@GaaraRyuha]

It's just absolutely incredible. Best fan-made I have ever seen. So respectful for the orignal game. Congrats for your very hard work, can't imagine all time needed to achieve this ! :o

[@qwertylesh]

I am shocked to stumble across this! it is just amazing 😍 amazing work!!

[@crimsontide1980]

To me, it's always mind blowing how fans and indie developers always blow the doors off of any kind of AAA devs efforts as far as remakes and remasters. Guess those big companies don't have the same kinda love for these games as the fans do

[@MrStrikecentral]

Now imagine how amazing the Special Stages would look with this kind of upgrade.

[@BetterCallJamie]

I think from a long term sonic fan this is all we would want a HD facelift for the first 4 games and the SMS games with a HD facelift. I love the originals but a HD remaster would be great. As we know SEGA love to do the complete opposite of what fans want and exactly the opposite what pops reviews and makes money. SEGA love to say let’s do the opposite and 9 times out of 10 fall flat on their face.

[@RedTygon]

Would love it if Sega put even HALF the effort and love in their games as this. True it didn't get finished, but you can see how much effort was put in upscaling and polishing what is there.

[@_Galaxy_457]

Frontiers exists

[@RedTygon]

@@_Galaxy_457 We'll see if they have redeemed themselves when it comes out.

[@_Galaxy_457]

@@RedTygon It doesn't mean anything, lmao, you just need to see what they did to disprove your comment

[@RedTygon]

@@_Galaxy_457 Your acting like this is going to make up for the Decade of bad Sonic games. You're wrong. Frontiers may be good, yes, but who's to say they will keep that up. Sega have a bad track record and a bad habit of letting fans down. Sega and Sonic team have a lot of making up to do. I hope they do come through, bit not getting my hopes up from one good game right now.

[@ubermec214]

Holy moly this looks amazing!!

[@dliedke]

Wow, I downloaded the demo and it is AMAZING! Congratulations for the project!

[@The73MPL4R]

I love that they used the Sonic 3/Mania formula of each act having different music and transitioning straight to Act 2 instead of a black screen

[@carter9410]

This is what I wanted Sonic origin to look like

[@tiborvegh700]

Sega should absolutely pour bucket loads of money into this and let these guys rework all the classic Sonic titles. This is done in the best possible way I can imagine, pure masterpiece!

[@sang_from_rushhour3009]

I seriously need an animated desktop wallpaper of Chemical Plant zone. that looks so superb in every way imaginable.

[@KendyBeraldo]

Simply beautiful !