Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Sonic 3D Blast

Title	Sonic 3D Blast
First release	1996
Developer	Traveller's Tales
Publisher	Sega
Platforms	Mega Drive / Genesis, PC (Windows), Sega Saturn
Genre	isometric platformer
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Mega Drive / Genesis: 1996-11-08 (NTSC-U) Sega Saturn: 1996-11-20 (NTSC-U) PC (Windows): 1997-09-30
Wikidata ID	Q853541

Sonic 3D Blast is a 1996 Genesis video game developed by Sonic Team and Traveller's Tales and released by Sega of America in the USA on November 8, 1996. THE WORLD FAMOUS BLUE HEDGEHOG IS BACK! Fully rendered graphics thrust Sonic into an exciting 3D playing environment. An all new gameplay perspective puts you in the middle of Sonic's 3D adventure! The evil genius, Dr. Robotnik, is after the Chaos Emeralds and it's up to Sonic to stop him. Rescue the innocent Flickies before Robotnik turns them into part of his evil plan. • Search for secret passageways and hidden power-ups as you race through 14 challenging levels! • Use Sonic's new Blast Attack to defeat the evil Robotnik! • 3D rendered graphics set new standards for 16-bit gameplay.

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Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Sega · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

Mega Drive Longplay [005] Sonic 3D Blast (US)

World-of-Longplays · Mega Drive / Genesis version · longplay · 1:17:17auto-matched
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Saturn Longplay [031] Sonic 3D Blast

World-of-Longplays · Sega Saturn version · longplay · 1:34:37auto-matched
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