Comments on: Sonic The Hedgehog Races Onto The iPhone. But Do Its Fake Buttons Slow Him Down?

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By: Oli

Oli — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:08:36 +0000

If you’re having problems with lag, try turning off things like Push and WiFi. It makes an astounding difference!

By: Sonic

Sonic — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:27:50 +0000

I love the original sonic game, but I like sonic to move fast…so lag is not good.

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By: igniguy

igniguy — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:29:43 +0000

is it a game? i thought it was just a gene

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:40:45 +0000

I can’t speak for the iPhone, but on Android one of the challenges with a touch screen input system is dealing with the deluge of data it creates. Essentially the system throws as many touch events at you as your program will process. It takes some tweaking to get the balance of processing input events right so that you still get the data you need without killing the other threads like the UI thread. For most classes of applications that isn’t so much as issue, but for games it more often is since they tend to stress the system more and the impact of lag can destroy the experience rather than merely be annoying.

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By: Renzai RIzumu

Renzai RIzumu — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:35:58 +0000

I loved this game actually, the only thing is that the interface is a bit sensitive. I miss the old sonic games, they were one of the first games I’ve ever played. Hasn’t been a real sonic sequel since the classic Sonic games, I think.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:14:30 +0000

Keep dreaming. Nintendo has its own portable platform. It’s not going to happen.

By: Nilesh

Nilesh — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:00:28 +0000

Not being able to feel the buttons is often a problem, yes. Ideally, the joypad should only be a visual indicator, and the buttons functional in a wider area than actually visible.
A little like Eccentrica Gallumbits, I suppose.

Maybe if the joypad could ‘read’ my shifting taps relative to other taps on the pad, that will work better?

By: Ryan R.

Ryan R. — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:52:47 +0000

I haven’t really noticed any lag, but the sound does randomly speed up and slow down quite a bit.

If I could plug in a tiny gamepad though, I’d definitely buy all of the classic games.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:33:08 +0000

it looks nice.

By: Hercules

Hercules — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:51:01 +0000

it doesn’t

By: Hercules

Hercules — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:50:31 +0000

why would anyone want to have lag on a fast paced sonic game! maybe Apple will add a better chip or something since they’re really pushing for mobile gaming…the iPhone now just needs a GOOD 5mp camera and its set (given the new push notifications)

By: Hercules

Hercules — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:48:21 +0000

definitely. I saw this coming..and I still see Mario coming next to the iPhone too.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:30:59 +0000

If you’ve jailbroken your phone and tried the NES emulator, you’ll find similar issues there. I was so excited to give Mega Man 2 a run again only to find it unplayable thanks to jerky controls and rendering.

Maybe iPhone 3 will be able to run these old games better.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:59:55 +0000

Of course there’s lag. The iphone doesn’t have blast processing.

By: Lithiummind

Lithiummind — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:45:21 +0000

I rather play this game on a console.

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By: Barack Obama

Barack Obama — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:18:01 +0000

A joypad add-on would be change I can believe in.

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iPhone Game Play Goes Retro; Gets Mixed Results // RyanSpoon.com — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:53:04 +0000

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By: dave g

dave g — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:02:57 +0000

the unbelievable part of this story is that a monochrome nintendo handheld beat out a full color sega handheld…the difference between the two platforms was astounding…nintendo was soooo far behind sega…it was a joke.

but alas, nintendo controlled tetris…and with that, they won the war of the handhelds.

By: silicon valley dropout

silicon valley dropout — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:48:18 +0000

iphone needs a joystick addon that folks can buy

By: Jason Kincaid

Jason Kincaid — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:42:48 +0000

You sort of get used to it after a while. But seeing sluggishness on a Sonic game just seems wrong.

By: 汇率网

汇率网 — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:41:19 +0000

This is one of my favourite game.