Lost Sonic Game To Be Resurrected By Fans
There are many reasons why the Saturn failed in America, but chief among them is the curious absence of a proper game in the mainline Sonic series. The isometric “Sonic 3D Blast” was a placeholder for a game that was never completed, and was to be the Saturn’s big Sonic title: Sonic X-Treme. If the title isn’t 90’s enough for you, the graphics will hammer it home. Sonic X-Treme was to be the hedgehog’s introduction into 3D, bopping and racing along rotating tracks, with a fisheye lens camera aiding the player’s peripheral vision. This game would have also introduced the characters of Professor Boobowski and his daughter Tiara, who, alas, would fall into the cracks of time and never become ignored options in a Gamecube Sonic racing game. Internal politics at Sega slowed development and in some cases made it go backwards. Sonic X-Treme was on life support until the very end, at the time of its cancellation being directed by two remaining men, who had become ill from the