Sonic Spinball (GameBoy Advance) - Walkthrough

[@theultimategamer95]

Genuinely never knew Spinball existed on the GBA, wtf. At least it doesn't play like Sonic 1 GBA, I guess...

[@biggydickey2620]

Same...😪

[@_pulstar]

IKR? It’s crazy!

[@r543Blitzsonic]

Neither did I, although I did hear of Sega Smash Pack before. Guess because it's Sonic Spinball and not really noteworthy otherwise, it's rarely brought up? Also looks like this came out early in the GBA's Life as it brightens up the colors to fight the dark unlit screen... The Small Screen as well as music differences are also noticeable. Kind of surprised on how the screen doesn't stay as centered on Sonic, but I guess they didn't want it to move all over the place? Edit: Nevermind, apparently they could only port the Title Screen and Toxic Caves Music? Great...

[@gordyowl9455]

It's because there's now this gameplay uploaded, this is how it should been made a decent port of earthworm Jim and not like the one majesco had for the GBA

[@Imfernolistico]

@@r543Blitzsonic Same here.

[@solicon7408]

Far better than Sonic 1 on GBA.

[@techleontius9161]

Even when sound is hurting ears.

[@AleT118]

Probably the second worst sonic port there's ever been.

[@GrounderSez]

@@AleT118 What's the 1st one and why is it the Sonic Advance mobile port

[@randomabsurdist665]

better than sonic 1 on Android

[@deadchannel478]

@@randomabsurdist665 are u f#cking crazy sonic 1 android is remaster are u out of ur mind??!?!!

[@AliC202]

>only plays Toxic Caves I see this as an absolute w- >hears the GBA rendition Oh... oh no

[@ShinySkink9185]

At least it's better coded than the Sonic 1 remake...

[@AliC202]

ShinySkink9185 I mean the bar was set pretty low

[@ShinySkink9185]

@@AliC202 What bar

[@TCSFanPOE]

@@ShinySkink9185 at the top or something

[@kylesatwon1134]

...ehhh, could be worse. I think the audio just sounds weird on the emulator. I bet on an actual GBA it sounds fine.

[@zeusthefox1585]

Lol good to know that clip glitch in Toxic Caves is still in this.

[@ShayBlez]

also why did I never realize I could boat over to the emerald in the center from the oar'd barrel?

[@MSOGameShow]

Geez, the guys who ported this must have really liked Toxic Caves's music...

[@_pulstar]

You can’t blame them!

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@_pulstar true, but you _can_ blame them for only liking the “time travel” music from Ecco the Dolphin’s _utterly bangin’_ soundtrack!

[@TheFormalFools]

This is probably the first ever footage of the ending on youtube... i've tryed to search it up. but no hope... now we got some :D

[@mrmadmothy1121]

The ending is all over the place on longplays for Genesis, its no different.

[@TheFormalFools]

​@@mrmadmothy1121 i know its the same. i'm just saying its nice theres actual footage of the gba version. and basically most of the game :P

[@alexfrogman2631]

Special stages without any music make me feel nervous.

[@somebody8863]

God this game feels like an unfinished prototype

[@MoodyReeper02N8]

There isn’t even music in the bonus game...

[@ashkirby8896]

Zixon This better than Sonic Genesis!

[@sonicoouricado9471]

@@MoodyReeper02N8 and all levels have toxic caves music

[@IvanFranco120]

@@sonicoouricado9471 Yeah, because they ocupaided with the other soundtracks in the cartidge...

[@gabeznl3591]

Nintendo can put yoshi's island in this little thing, but SEGA couldn't add better sound to the gameboy advance lol

[@Versitax]

The fact that this plays better than Sonic Genesis and that this is packed with 2 other games is sad.

[@lunexbot8437]

"Insert Miyamoto Quote here"

[@FilipinoWaylon26]

You know, I for a second questioned why this port is faithful to the original, minus the sound effects, then I remembered something very important. Sonic Spinball was written in C, as opposed to assembly. Because of this, the game can easily be ported, well game engine anyways

[@Melonposting]

“The options screen has no music at all” So it’s an improvement?

[@alienxotic5028]

Nah, the options music was never bad, but emulators had trouble emulating it which is why it was so earrapy

[@oshabot1646]

Sup

[@sackerlacker5399]

I wondered what it would sound like if it was here.

[@Chenchulli]

​@@sackerlacker5399genesis music already scared me, imagine in gba...

[@Icesan4096]

Wouldn't have hurt SEGA to remaster the music and sounds in some sort of Sonic Advance style. Even though the Genesis under the GEMS sound system sounds groovy, it can't be ported to the GBA. Overall, _still_ better than Sonic 1 GBA.

[@nikitawineberger8973]

Sonic GBA had generic instruments, but this one's "ost" was just ear raping

[@NMarkk]

Wasn't this made by THQ tho.

[@JesusJavier-MyAccount]

SEGA didn't fucking port this. A single programmer did. You fucking ignorant.

[@wfr2615]

. JJ1013 FUCK YOU

[@ashkirby8896]

Very true, this better than Sonic Genesis!😆🤣😂😄

[@Danhanado]

I think this was the only sonic game I hadn't seen footage of until now

[@shilze1]

There's a lot more out there you're likely not to have seen from. Most of them J2ME/ old mobile phones.

[@Danhanado]

shilze1 That's the thing, I have seen those (The ones that actually have footage that is)

[@camulodunon]

@@Danhanado there are probably tons of obscure bootlegs that have no recorded footage and are either totally gone or collecting dust in a basement.

[@EpicTails]

same tbh

[@liomanwhy]

This game sounds like it's in pain

[@StarBird06]

Toxic Caves playing for the entire game?! Aw yeah!!!

[@TheKiller92272]

Too many limitations

[@maxibash]

Can we talk about the awful sound emulation real quick? This is why there's no headphone jack on the GBA SP.

[@forind934]

Some games on the GBA have good sound, the only problem is the compression (static)

[@forind934]

@@McChickenNugget done

[@T3KNUG3T5]

I mean for not really having a sound chip its "not bad" but its not really good either

[@JesusJavier-MyAccount]

Do me a favor and shut up. This was ported by a single programmer.

[@T3KNUG3T5]

@@JesusJavier-MyAccount who me?

[@rosegold8115b]

It would be better if it was on its own cartridge instead of being on a combination pack

[@bluestreakedladyshe-her8507]

Or they allowed a larger cartridge so that they could hold all the music, sounds, et all. Ecco is luckily based on the Japanese/CD version's updates, and imo suffers the least in this port.

[@orbeezslurper]

are you assuming people would actually buy sonic spinball willingly

[@bluestreakedladyshe-her8507]

@@orbeezslurper For collection purposes, yes, but otherwise? No, unless they toned down the difficulty too. I mentioned them making the cart bigger so they could have all the proper music and sounds for all 3 games, not just Spinball.

[@alienxotic5028]

@@bluestreakedladyshe-her8507 people would willingly buy it if the port wasn't literal shit

[@Chisette_FG]

My ears are bleeding but I prefer this over Sonic 1 Genesis.

[@marx4538]

They tried to fit 4 Genesis games in one GBA cartridge. They failed.

[@SparkstarScope]

4?

[@marx4538]

@@SparkstarScope Yes, it's SEGA SMASH PACK, not only Sonic Spinball.

[@SparkstarScope]

@@marx4538 uhhh. Sonic Spinball, Ecco and Golden Axe... That's 3.

[@marx4538]

@@SparkstarScope Oh, sorry. I've always thought it had 4 games.

[@SparkstarScope]

@@marx4538 It's all good. But nah, the intro shows the 3 games too.

[@FlamesOverdrive]

Toxic Caves music for the entire game, huh? No boss or bonus music either? And THAT is why these games SHOULD'VE been split into 3 cartridges

[@ultramaster2o1studios53]

This port looks actually really good! Aside from no boss music, I might give this one a try.

[@ultramaster2o1studios53]

Also the re-usage of toxic cave's theme. I guess, but I don't know why the other tracks are missing. Maybe it's because of space on the GBA considering the two other games on the cart.

[@CesarTorres61296]

There's no Bonus Stage music either.

[@Epsilonsama]

To think Sonic Spinball plays more like the original than Sonic 1 which was butchered the hell and back. What was Sega thinking?!

[@alanbareiro6806]

SEGA was definitely lazy. Stealth showed that you could have an accurate Sonic 1 port in the GBA.

[@ashkirby8896]

Very true, this better than Sonic Genesis!😆🤣😂😄

[@SailorMoon126]

1:00 I like that the intro music has sound effects but then they added more sound effects almost overlapping those sound effects.

[@DracRio]

I love the fact that you have to listen to Spinball’s title theme twice in a row

[@VoiceOfButters]

This game also has better frame rate than the original

[@nikitawineberger8973]

The only reason for this damn port's existence.

[@SGWasTooShort]

the original game's framerate was good, i think you're talking about the crappy SMS/GG port

[@T3KNUG3T5]

@@SGWasTooShort no. It was bad. It was slow and sometimes unresponsive. Mainly because it was coded entirely in C (which at the time was a slow language) which was pretty unoptimized for the Mega Drive.

[@JesusJavier-MyAccount]

@Nenner KN Do me a favor and shut the fuck up. This was ported by a single programmer.

[@wfr2615]

. JJ1013 FUCK TOU

[@snocavey]

I actually didn’t know Sonic Spinball existed on the GBA!

[@stephlass5253]

If you ever found yourself lost in regular Sonic levels, this game will confuse you until your brain melts Like seriously where the hell am I how am I supposed to get anywhere

[@Jayromi2]

Fun fact: In the beginning of Toxic Caves, that splash sound effect that plays when Sonic jumps out of the water is not a sound effect. It's a part of the song. In the beginning of every stage that splash still can be heard despite the water not being there at all. It's absolutely jarring

[@IvanFranco120]

Yeah, i just noticed that oddity too... Its most liney the splash sound effect was accidently recorded during music GBA audio compresion deveploment...😅

[@ChiptuneGlitch]

Well you actually did it. You made me happy to own the Game Gear version.

[@MissUmbra]

We live in a timeline where Sonic Spinball runs better on GBA than the ORIGINAL SONIC THE HEDGEHOG.

[@DrRobotnikPingas]

Sounds and plays Better than Sonic The Hedgehog GBA.

[@guillermogazanol356]

Me too lpingas

[@DrRobotnikPingas]

Guillermo Gazañol happiness is always so much more enjoyable when it based on the misery of millions. - Dr Robotnik from Aosth

[@mjc0961]

your ears must be malfunctioning

[@ashkirby8896]

Game LP Very true, this better than Sonic Genesis!😆🤣😂😄

[@d.a.garden_mobile]

I mean, Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis is bad, but this is just bad, but for completely different reasons. Only one level music track, half the sound effects are missing, sprite layering issues, and the sacrifices made for the smaller screen size just don't work. I really dont see how something this bad could be released, but SEGA back in the early 2000s proved on more than one occasion that they had no issues in doing so. Also my ears hurt.

[@d.a.garden_mobile]

Also, at the end, added to the credits (21:22), is a solo credit to a John Panettiere from CodeFire for this GBA port. Wow.

[@JesusJavier-MyAccount]

@D.A. Garden Mobile Do me a favor and shut up. This was ported by a single programmer.

[@alienxotic5028]

@@JesusJavier-MyAccount so? That makes it even worse knowing they relied on a single programmer to Port it.

[@ashkirby8896]

At least this is better than Sonic Genesis!

[@PresStar2Play]

I didn't even know that there was a GBA port of this game. It's interesting how the music is streams of the original Genesis songs at a seemingly pretty high frequency rate, but it seems like it comes at the cost of having every level have the same music, there isn't even boss music. It would've been better if they recreated the music for the GBA hardware and made it sequences, that way they could also adapt the instruments for the hardware so some of them don't sound so grating. But I'm guessing this port is very low-budged so maybe you can't expect much.

[@someone-lu3xd]

Sonic Spinball™: Even More Earrape™ Edition™

[@i_love_sonic464]

AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

[@johtotrainermax2037]

And people still complain about the GBA port of Sonic 1. At least that had more music (though it doesn't sound like the original).This deserves to be noticed.

[@ashkirby8896]

Johto Trainer Max Very true, this better than Sonic Genesis!😆🤣😂😄

[@TheKiller92272]

This port of sonic spinball, ecco, and golden axe is not even worth bothering with

[@sackerlacker5399]

SpongeBob Supersponge, Rugrats and tak all where bundled together. I can’t see why there aren’t more tracks.

[@paulbell3682]

Those are smaller & simpler games though.

[@theoneandonly-qs1uw]

one question, why does every GBA bundle with SpongeBob in it have Supersponge? do they just love that game?

[@ashkirby8896]

Woah, I never would have imagined that Sonic Spinball had a port on the GBA, and it sounds more like a Genesis GBA port than Sonic Genesis, and it even sampled most of the FM patches, sound effects, and PCM samples from the original game(but with the GBA’s messy sample rate, but at least it sounds better than Sonic Genesis)!😄🤩😎👌

[@luciebureau6815]

I played this on Sonic Mega Collection Plus PS2. It was nice. I’ll be honest : i never played this port(and never heard of it) but i can tell that it looks strange. You’re right, some music and SFX are missing. And those who are here are badly remade. It’s just a shame, that’s all.

[@naobi666]

Say what you will, I've always loved this game.

[@MatthewCobalt]

I believe the sound crackling is because the audio is being played back at 44kHz. The sounds will be a lot closer hardware when brought down to 22kHz.

[@IvanFranco120]

Yeah...

[@Strister_Real]

They got the most goated game on handheld! 🤑 #SpinballSweep

[@calebdouglas7622]

It plays just like the original just with a different sound.

[@henrythepurplepoodledog612]

I didn't know that GBA port of Sonic Spinball existed. In fact, I'm thought Sonic 1 only one got GBA port

[@PatrickBoi6497]

WHY IS THE FLIPPER ANIMATION ON THE BONUS STAGE SO FUCKIN SMOOTH

[@IvanFranco120]

Because of number amount of frames used...😅

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

Wow, "scratchy" sounding audio aside, this looks to be so much better than Sonic 1 on the GBA as ports go ... why didn't I know this existed? XD

[@classicsonicstvcommercialvault]

Sonic Spinball for Genesis on GBA? That's cool, yet classic!

[@returnofthemari]

It sounds like someone recorded the OST on an incredibly shitty mic and then pasted it into a Gameboy Advance

[@OutlawMantis]

Wow, learn something new every day I guess.

[@thepenguinater9992]

I use to play this at my Sega Genesis

[@sergiofls7623]

you had a genesis?

[@thepenguinater9992]

@@sergiofls7623 yes but it's broken

[@thepenguinater9992]

It's was like 5 years ago

[@CD-zj5tc]

Better Than Master System And Game Gear Version, Better Than Sonic 1 Genesis GBA, But Not Better Than OG Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball On Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

[@Azopatho]

I had this! I wonder why I wouldn't play *intro* *plays* Well no wonder And I could tell my ears are bleeding by the intr

[@VoiceOfButters]

At least it’s better than sonic 1 for the gba

[@VoiceOfButters]

Jojoboi oil agreed

[@ashkirby8896]

Very true, this better than Sonic Genesis!😆🤣😂😄

[@digitalgamer457]

The games no one knew existed on gba.

[@IvanFranco120]

Yeah...😅 I'm gonna try myself...

[@aheiiv]

Gosh darn it, I thought this was Sega Smash Pack for the Dreamcast at first.

[@DeskoDev]

I actually don't know which would sound worse, this or Spinball in Smash Pack's emulator. Extremely compressed Toxic Caves or square waves for literally everything.

[@oldaccount7768]

while it is possible to make actual genesis sound on the GBA, this is still pretty impressive for a port made by only one person

[@MilesTailsPrower]

why does every zone have the same music?

[@panoramhusky]

cartridge limitations. they're using compressed audio files instead of midi, making the filesize more squeezed together, as it also includes 2 other full genesis games with their own compressed music files on the one gba cart.

[@ph4ntombr4in]

I'm glad it's just as playable as the Genesis version... which isn't saying much. But THIS is an example of a Sonic port WORKING on a handheld console!

[@SolidSonicTH]

I guess I don't...MIND there being only one music track through the whole game if it's going to be the Toxic Caves theme but...yeesh, it sounds so compressed.

[@CitruZ.]

These Bosses are creepy ._.

[@IvanFranco120]

14:07 What's with the glitched pink tile on the left tube in the Machine level? I don't think it was present on the original Genesis version...

[@videotape2959]

WOW I had no idea that Sonic Spinball was ported to the GBA! Way past cool. Unfortunately guys, I'm sure you could have done a better job, right? I mean, no music during the bonus stages, no boss music, Toxic Caves' music for every levels???

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

The real crime here is how they butchered Ecco the Dolphin ☹️

[@IvanFranco120]

With only damn ONE soundtrack playing throughout the entire game...😬

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@IvanFranco120 and one of the worst to just loop

[@AlmarAZL9S]

I see Razor. Upload bad versions of Sonic games that nobody bothered to upload due to how terrible it seems. We now know they exist. Keep it up (even though it sounds like pain at times) Razor & Zenon.

[@MDTravisYT]

I think this is the first game I've seen that involves THQ that's not a Nickelodeon game

[@IvanFranco120]

Yeah...

[@shilze1]

Spinball just doesn't have any luck on anything but Genesis portables.

[@zipperkirbo]

I never knew Spinball was ported to GBA. By one guy, no less.

[@KRISPY_WAFFLE.]

20:42 SONIC DOES IT HAVE 2 MOUTHS AND 3 EYES?

[@RavenWitchShade]

The fact that this got a better port than Sonic 1 (Barring the screen crunch, compressed and missing music) is really disheartening ^^;

[@santyclos1302]

Now why didn't the developers for this game work on Sonic 1 GBA???

[@JesusJavier-MyAccount]

This exists?! At least it's not Sonic 1 GBA! ... but nobody appreciates this port.

[@LeonAzureBlue]

Toxic cave music only 🤣 . Toxic Port is real xD. Best Mega Drive and GG version.

[@andressennn7893]

Wayyyyy better than sonic 1 on game boy advance

[@rpj8961]

Damn this is awful! Probably could’ve been a chance to make a better version of game gear version.

[@Tbae2401]

I imagine putting three Genesis games on a gba cart must've been hard at the time. These cuts must've been necessary so they wouldn't need to use a larger cart or something

[@rpj8961]

The Bad Ass Echidna then don’t put 3 genesis games on a GBA cart of all things.

[@JesusJavier-MyAccount]

@RPJ Collectables Do me a favor and shut up. This was ported by a single programmer.

[@alienxotic5028]

@@JesusJavier-MyAccount how does that have to do with what he said tho

[@jakighcolburnchannel3584]

@@JesusJavier-MyAccount even one person can do a better job porting stuff than that. I mean look at Simon Thomley (stealth), he made it possible porting Sonic 1 to gba in perfect condition. What’s this game’s excuse? This is a very lousy port job, and it makes it even worse that it’s in a compilation when it should’ve been released separately because it gives the game even more limitations

[@sackerlacker5399]

I wonder what the options theme would have sounded like.

[@stevenpavelish6017]

If this game was released in japan, it would be called: Sega archives from USA GBA edition

[@AuranDerg]

if only this much effort was put into the sonic 1 port

[@saturn_wolf]

Oh my god it’s actually real

[@jaxixteen]

I find it hilarious that this game exists on GBA

[@IvanFranco120]

Yes. I didn't know it, until i saw this video...😅

[@stevenshockley4237]

I forgot this existed. They did better on this than an actual Sonic port lol that's sad.

[@CesarTorres61296]

20:42 Man Sonic you need to get your eye checked

[@jocularsolid]

I didnt know the soundtrack could be any more glass shattering

[@MasterNix]

This game was my nightmare fuel... music was amazing though.

[@Osterergerbanta]

This looks fine, the sound is as good as the the gba can handle, the choice of using only one song is amusing, but the screen crunch make this.unplayable . Wow

[@DeskoDev]

"the sound is as good as the GBA can handle" Not at all. This game used heavily compressed recordings of the Genesis music. By sequencing it, either with recorded samples of the GEMS instruments it used or entirely different samples you can get much better quality AND free up storage for other songs. Case in point: Final Fantasy 4-6 on the GBA which have pretty high quality soundtracks by GBA standards plus hacks which restore the original SNES soundtrack while still sounding good.

[@null1023]

That audio is atrocious. There's clear effort to actually bring the Toxic Caves BGM across, but it's being mixed at such a low sample rate that the lead is just pure, aliased garbage. Also, there's just the one song.

[@JesusJavier-MyAccount]

@null1023 Do me a favor and shut up. This was ported by a single programmer.

[@wfr2615]

. JJ1013 how about YOU shut up fucker

[@peridotstan8997]

Man I wish we got the options/credits theme in crunchy GBA glory

[@FunkyStudios]

When it does better at emulating a genesis with music and speed then what Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis did....

[@metalgamerjonny6410]

look at how they massacred my boy....

[@magmaworm5262]

Nice game

[@mistashadow]

Well, it's... playable (unlike a certain other GBA Sonic port) Though... I wonder why they killed the audio?

[@ashkirby8896]

Shadow Very true, this better than Sonic Genesis!😆🤣😂😄

[@HomemadeArtistry]

Sonic Spinball is superior to Sonic Genesis

[@ashkirby8896]

Homemade Memes Very true, this better than Sonic Genesis!😆🤣😂😄

[@dngr_4209]

It’s so Fast compare to the original version

[@chomperelectric2676]

Definitely better than Spinball on game gear and Sonic 1 on gba, but still worse than the real deal

[@vittoman4392]

WHY ALL THE PORTS OF OTHER GAMES ON THE GBA SOUND TERRIBLY COMPRESSED?? I thought it was only Pac-Man World 1/2 and Pac-Man Collection but apparentely not...

[@IvanFranco120]

Some GBA does not used GBA sample files, unlike the Kirby games or something...

[@TKCFASF]

What if i had a megadrive?

[@HamadAliZ264]

Great job Master You are Speedrun 👑👑👑👑👑

[@DAgamon21]

Wow. Sonic Spinball sounds crunchy.

[@banzaidoesthings]

At least the Veg-o-Fortress looks alot bigger now. I always thought it was quite small to fit 4 things.

[@ChalkTeacher]

Oh wow that's terrible. Zoom-in never works, even less in a pinball game, and hearing the stage 1 theme for all the themes is worse, not even mentioning the ear raping sound effects. Saying "at least is better than Sonic 1 GBA" is definitively not a compliment (since it's not much of an acomplishment anyways)

[@kiwibro6454]

id never thought this game could sound any worse