I think he said it would be harder to do as he didn't do the Saturn conversion and it might have used other tools he didn't have any more. Or if was programmed in C or something and he doesn't have the source code.
@@bangerbangerbro I wonder if it would even necessarily be that tough as if I remember correctly, the Saturn version runs *mostly* on the Genesis version's code under an interpretation layer that adds the new effects and points to the new assets.
@@bangerbangerbro Trrruueeee I forgot about the music. I guess like...implementing the control reworks, bug fixes, and improved handling of flickies shouldn't be too bad, but things involving the interpretation layer itself would be...about as hard as Saturn development typically is.
@@fisherdotogg I didn't know there was emulation going on. I thought it was just converted for saturn. Actually now I am not sure about what I said about the music. I think I was just thinking it would be harder to change things for some reason. Maybe I thought that the data track might end up a different size?
Yeah... that why the music gets ported to Sonic hacks so much, despite the hassle of porting them over (especially Volcano Valley, that song is great but if you're inexperienced, then don't even try to port it without a guide). Oh and the Saturn version has some nice tracks, I guess
I played a shitload of Flicky so I really loved 3D Blast. I 100%'d DX when it first came out and it's been improved so much, it's almost impossible to stomach the original now. It's amazing. I mean, it's the same game at its core so it's not going to sway any hearts that never liked it to begin with, but it's a very satisfying update for those that did.
Hey nice video! I recommend recording/exporting at a higher bitrate, as the video gets a bit crunchy at times, 15000/20000 kbps to record and export should be good for crisp quality at 1080p. Keep it up!
Love the password system he added. I can play on my Genesis mini and then continue my play session on my modded N3DSXL so easy this way... Great life hack for portability! Write down your save passwords and pick the game right where you left off.
I'm clapping for Jon in my mind. :P Seriously though this is a great project and to me it really shows how undermined TT's development skills were by being made to rush nearly all their projects (they made the Saturn port in SEVEN WEEKS). One thing I think is underrated about the Director's Cut is that it gives the game longevity, some actual post-game content and even appeases those who don't wanna just collect flickies with its time attack and level editor modes.
Technically, there is a way of patching the PC version so that it can use mods. So with a few improvement mods, you can make a Sonic R Director’s Cut in a way.
I remember staying up late one night back in 2013 just to beat this game with all the emeralds just so I can say that I 100% beat 3D Blast and won't ever have to play it again. I'm trash at isometric games (see Congo Bongo and Zaxxon) but I wanted to beat it because...well because its Sonic. I love Sonic
People saying SplashDash is secretly LS Mark are wrong. LS Mark is IRISH. SplashDash here is obviously a true Scotsman! Listen for the consonants and vowels and how long he holds the vowels. Obviously it's of a rural Scottish accent. Especially when he says "game directory" like "gaeeme dirrrrectory." That's Scottish. Irish gamers would be all like "Sahnic threeDEE blahst is magically delicious jus' like me frosted Lucky Charms!" But that's just a hypothesis. A GAME Hypothesis. Thanks for reading! In all seriousness, welcome to the Sonic Community, SplashDash! This was a good video on the Director's Cut. Also, I'm descended from Irish, Scottish and (unfortunately Welsh) relatives from my mom's side. So I have comedic immunity with the Lucky Charms bit.
It's funny that you bring up both the games I used to LOVE PLAYING as a young one (Sonic 3D Blast and Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Steaming Machine) on Sonic Mega Collection PLUS. Even better I love the soundtracks to all of them as well; 3D Blast had surprisingly long songs that are well put together. Also this Mean Bean Machine song on the Gamegear version called "Lesson" because its time signature is like 7/8 (2+2+3) I think, and it sounds amazing, short but amazing jajaj. I'm weird.
idk its interesting how Sonic 3D Blast gets to much negativity.. I played the game on original MegaDrive 2 and I loved it! Even completed full game, I was amazed with its graphics, even on later levels I loved those teleport tubes n stuff, I played and praised the creativity that was put in this game!
It’s a neat game, but people expected more, y’know. It’s fine for a side game, but at this point something resembling Sonic Adventure’s playstyle should’ve come out for the Saturn. Something like Sonic XTreme, but without the fisheye view levels and instead with only levels using the boss engine. Unfortunately, Sega’s management was awful and ultimately killed Sonic’s rise to dominance. They were doing so well, too...
3D Blast is one of my favourites, contrary to popular opinion. But Mean Bean Machine was a blast(A 3D Blast! Not sorry) I always got to the final stage and got my ass whooped lmao, I haven't finished it to this day.
I think _for a modern game_ it's obscure. It just sorta fell right off anyone's radar. Probably because it was merely okay, instead of awful enough to talk about. You notice people almost never talk about Colors, the only good post-Knuckles pre-Mania game. Instead they talk about Generations, because they can CALL it the best and then discussion will happen as people are like 'yeah but...'
Really good video! I don’t want to say that the special stages you mentioned don’t work as you described. If you complete tails 1 then you’ll do knuckles 2 if you find knuckles next then. So you do end up getting to 5/6/7 as they do get to be the hardest stages you play
Only reason I want to re-play this game is for the *awesome Sega Saturn Choas Emerald Special Stages* which, to me, are the *best ever chaos emerald stages* in Sonic history.
The 3d blast directors cut is essentially the same as MCC PC, while it fixed the majority of issues with its original release, at the end of the day its still the same flawed foundation no matter how much polish you give it, but mad props for actually improving what you can.
A personal complaint is that the Knuckles Special Stage theme was supposed to be different (the same one that would later become Pleasure Castle - Twinkle Park) so he could have made a 16 cover and re-implement it.
@@protocetid he made the romhack to work with original hardware in mind And doing anything bigger would have essentially required porting the source code over which goes beyond the scope of what he was originally doing.
@@Turbulation1 You’re leaving out several key details, as a result your post is doing the opposite of clearing things up. Flash carts work on real hardware and ported to what exactly?
They already kind of made it before, with the arcade game. 01:37 Thought you were going to say Lost World then. That game always reminded me of Xtreme.
Weird self-hate for growing up with "3D: Flickies' Island." It's known in the continent that developed it (EU) and the country that invented Sonic (JAP) as that. It's 3D and it's on Flickies' Island. Tell me, what the hell is a "3D Blast"?
0:43 care to explain how Flickies' Island is a 'retarded name'? it takes place on an island predominantly inhabited by Flickies, you collect Flickies, the levels are set on said island, seems descriptive to me
I wish someone would make a mod that would replace the special stages with the Saturn ones. There's still no way to play those cool saturn special stages unless you spend like $150 for a saturn and a version of this game that doesn't even have a save feature or level select
I had whatever that mega sonic collection was on the ps2 when i was young and i played so many games like spinball and bean machine. I think 3d blast was on it, and it was my absolute favorite one.
Listen, I loved this game as a kid lmfao. I had the mega collection on GC and they had Flicki and 3D blast. And even tho me and my brother memed on it, I loved it lol. The flickies following you untill you get them in the ring was like crack to my child brain
Guys this isn't LS Mark it's actually Cybershell in disguise.
I don't need the flashback
I hope it is
3 years...
@@walternipples5902 AAAAAA PTSD
@@walternipples5902 Five more till the Sonic 3 bonus video
Dude my favorite sonic character! P R O T O T Y P E C R A B
Wow I can’t wait to see a remake of the toy story game but with a difficulty setting
but it's a better game than donkey kong country, even though it doesn't use silicon graphics computers, thus making it worse than donkey kong country
lamsorz i like that reference
lamsorz I was gonna do a mean comment until this guy made remember that one cadicrus video
Yeah
I just want the music and features of the Genesis version while having the increased color palette of the SNES version
The Saturn version of Sonic 3D Blast/Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island needs the director's cut treatment.
I think he said it would be harder to do as he didn't do the Saturn conversion and it might have used other tools he didn't have any more. Or if was programmed in C or something and he doesn't have the source code.
@@bangerbangerbro I wonder if it would even necessarily be that tough as if I remember correctly, the Saturn version runs *mostly* on the Genesis version's code under an interpretation layer that adds the new effects and points to the new assets.
@@fisherdotogg But it would still have a lot of modifications wouldn't it? And then there's the whole thing with CD track lengths.
@@bangerbangerbro Trrruueeee I forgot about the music. I guess like...implementing the control reworks, bug fixes, and improved handling of flickies shouldn't be too bad, but things involving the interpretation layer itself would be...about as hard as Saturn development typically is.
@@fisherdotogg I didn't know there was emulation going on. I thought it was just converted for saturn. Actually now I am not sure about what I said about the music. I think I was just thinking it would be harder to change things for some reason. Maybe I thought that the data track might end up a different size?
Lemme tell ya, this has such an underappreciated soundtrack. The game's meh but damn, do the tunes kick. BOTH soundtracks.
Yeah... that why the music gets ported to Sonic hacks so much, despite the hassle of porting them over (especially Volcano Valley, that song is great but if you're inexperienced, then don't even try to port it without a guide). Oh and the Saturn version has some nice tracks, I guess
Overappreciated*
i hope this channel becomes the second coming of cybershell
edit: it fucking happened my life is complete
maybe some day
the videos here do remind me of cybershell
Person Guy these videos remind me of ls mark
@@hello-qy9jk he is
I hope not, I can't stand cybershell
who remembers sonic blast? not 3d blast, just blast.
The shitty Game Gear game?
Garbage game
@@FedorovAvtomat yeah that one i played 3 secondsa before giving up.
@@mistar_feed Played, completed it. Wondered why I did so? Wanted to un-complete it! It wasn't hard at all, it's just shitty!
I do but only because my introduction to sonic games was mega collection plus.
I wasn't 100% convinced this was LS Mark until he showed Butch Hartman's channel
It's painfully obvious it's him from the voice alone.
It took me a fat minute too realize I wasn’t watching an Ls mark video
Cybershell 2: The Return of The King.
I played a shitload of Flicky so I really loved 3D Blast. I 100%'d DX when it first came out and it's been improved so much, it's almost impossible to stomach the original now. It's amazing.
I mean, it's the same game at its core so it's not going to sway any hearts that never liked it to begin with, but it's a very satisfying update for those that did.
I haven’t heard about sonic 3D blast in ages but yeah I heard how amazing Sonic 3D Blast Director’s Cut.
ahem... Sonic 3D flickies island Director's Cut
King Kirb why
@@MicklePickle Because EU
@@kingkirb9787 the American name is better, sorry not sorry
Lets all compromise. Sonic 3D Flicky Blast
Oh my god, it's Mark's long lost twin!
This oddly sounds like Mark.
Android Apex who is mark im watching splash dash
@@MicklePickle good point.
Mark is just a shameless Splash Dash ripoff
@@BeltryOmega LS Mark is a bad man.
Oh hi Mark
Hey nice video! I recommend recording/exporting at a higher bitrate, as the video gets a bit crunchy at times, 15000/20000 kbps to record and export should be good for crisp quality at 1080p.
Keep it up!
Splash Dash taught me about that LS Mark guy.
Obama chuckled "you mean the Chaos Emeralds."
That ending though XD
Is basically marble madness if a marble had legs. I love it
What
Imagine if those Directors Cut Changes with Saturn Graphics and special stages
Man that jab at channel pup
I wish that we could have the director's cut with the Saturn 3D bonus stages
Love the password system he added. I can play on my Genesis mini and then continue my play session on my modded N3DSXL so easy this way... Great life hack for portability! Write down your save passwords and pick the game right where you left off.
Don't tell Nintendo you nodded you 3ds
@@CurlyheartI’m reporting them to the Nintendo police
1:02 wait this was on game gear
Oh wait thats not 3d blast, thats just “blast”
I like Sonic 3D Blast. For a Sega Genesis Game, the intro scene is really cool!
There's also a version of the Director's Cut with different palettes and a Homing Attack, which is my favorite version of the game!
What is the name of that one?
@@ikagura Not sure, It's on the GameHut website though
@@EnderElectrics Thanks I'll check it
I'm clapping for Jon in my mind. :P
Seriously though this is a great project and to me it really shows how undermined TT's development skills were by being made to rush nearly all their projects (they made the Saturn port in SEVEN WEEKS). One thing I think is underrated about the Director's Cut is that it gives the game longevity, some actual post-game content and even appeases those who don't wanna just collect flickies with its time attack and level editor modes.
this is god content. I didn't know this could be done through a virtual sonic fan's bedroom.
Now no one can complain about mark doing too much sonic
Glad this popped up in my recommended. Definitely subbed. Sonic 3D blast was actually my first Sonic game. I can't wait to make a video about it haha.
I love Sonic 3d blast, thanks LS, I mean Splashdash.
This game REALLY needed a permanent homing attack.
"Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine"
Oh yeah that game existed, I keep calling it kirby's avalanche and puyo puyo.
Would love to play the PC version of this in Widescreen.
No you wouldn't
Switchable soundtrack between versions and 3d pipe from Saturn might have sold me on this
I actually want another isometric Sonic, like made by Supergiant or something.
Man I'd LOVE a sonic R directors cut!
Technically, there is a way of patching the PC version so that it can use mods. So with a few improvement mods, you can make a Sonic R Director’s Cut in a way.
That, "forgotten sonic game" video just popped up on my for you page. Definitely not clicking it now. 💀
You should check it out it's a good youtuber
12:04 I never expected -LS Mark- SplashDash to say such a thing.
This whole channel is way more cynical and jaded than LS Mark. It's both disturbing and intriguing.
I don't know which channel I like more.
The Best Way to Play Sonic 3D Blast, but everytime "cybershell" says : "geims" you take a shot.
I remember staying up late one night back in 2013 just to beat this game with all the emeralds just so I can say that I 100% beat 3D Blast and won't ever have to play it again. I'm trash at isometric games (see Congo Bongo and Zaxxon) but I wanted to beat it because...well because its Sonic. I love Sonic
People saying SplashDash is secretly LS Mark are wrong. LS Mark is IRISH. SplashDash here is obviously a true Scotsman! Listen for the consonants and vowels and how long he holds the vowels. Obviously it's of a rural Scottish accent. Especially when he says "game directory" like "gaeeme dirrrrectory." That's Scottish. Irish gamers would be all like "Sahnic threeDEE blahst is magically delicious jus' like me frosted Lucky Charms!" But that's just a hypothesis. A GAME Hypothesis. Thanks for reading!
In all seriousness, welcome to the Sonic Community, SplashDash! This was a good video on the Director's Cut.
Also, I'm descended from Irish, Scottish and (unfortunately Welsh) relatives from my mom's side. So I have comedic immunity with the Lucky Charms bit.
It's funny that you bring up both the games I used to LOVE PLAYING as a young one (Sonic 3D Blast and Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Steaming Machine) on Sonic Mega Collection PLUS. Even better I love the soundtracks to all of them as well; 3D Blast had surprisingly long songs that are well put together. Also this Mean Bean Machine song on the Gamegear version called "Lesson" because its time signature is like 7/8 (2+2+3) I think, and it sounds amazing, short but amazing jajaj. I'm weird.
really like this style, keep it up
Kinda sounds like LS mark…good video!
idk its interesting how Sonic 3D Blast gets to much negativity.. I played the game on original MegaDrive 2 and I loved it! Even completed full game, I was amazed with its graphics, even on later levels I loved those teleport tubes n stuff, I played and praised the creativity that was put in this game!
It’s a neat game, but people expected more, y’know. It’s fine for a side game, but at this point something resembling Sonic Adventure’s playstyle should’ve come out for the Saturn. Something like Sonic XTreme, but without the fisheye view levels and instead with only levels using the boss engine.
Unfortunately, Sega’s management was awful and ultimately killed Sonic’s rise to dominance. They were doing so well, too...
Cybershells spirit lives on
That family guy clip was from the pilot episode death has a shadow or back the pilot episode
'that TV isn't even plugged in.'
3D Blast is one of my favourites, contrary to popular opinion. But Mean Bean Machine was a blast(A 3D Blast! Not sorry) I always got to the final stage and got my ass whooped lmao, I haven't finished it to this day.
I'm not gonna lie, Splashdash is a good name
0:15 Lost Splash Marker Dash says the frick word COLORIZED 2
HI *(Lsmark)* SplashDash Great video
For some reason, my favorite part of this video was that jab at Channel Pup.
Damn people really think lost world is obscure????
It kinda is
@@BitchChill maybe i just thought that most people knew it existed
I think _for a modern game_ it's obscure. It just sorta fell right off anyone's radar.
Probably because it was merely okay, instead of awful enough to talk about. You notice people almost never talk about Colors, the only good post-Knuckles pre-Mania game. Instead they talk about Generations, because they can CALL it the best and then discussion will happen as people are like 'yeah but...'
That game are so cool!!!
I was hoping for this to be a mod for the Saturn version with new recompositions of the Genesis soundtrack.
I wasn’t expecting the family guy scene
the best way is to just listen to the OST
4:33
Omg…
Makes sense when this collection room thing would’ve came out. But it’s still shocking to see.
LETS GO CYBERSHELL IS BACK.
12:02 this felt so unnatural to hear from LS M- I mean Splash Dash even though it sounds exactly like something he'd say
I knew about Dr. Eggman's Mean Bean Machine before Sonic Mania. Same with this game. Mega Collection.
Really good video! I don’t want to say that the special stages you mentioned don’t work as you described. If you complete tails 1 then you’ll do knuckles 2 if you find knuckles next then. So you do end up getting to 5/6/7 as they do get to be the hardest stages you play
Only reason I want to re-play this game is for the *awesome Sega Saturn Choas Emerald Special Stages* which, to me, are the *best ever chaos emerald stages* in Sonic history.
Dude I can't wait for the Puyo Puyo video
"dont let the generic as fuck Gamer name confuse you"
*looks at SplashDash*
mkay
This was the first game I ever played, I played it so I could impress my father but didn't know I was supposed to collect more animals.
Wow now I actually want to try 3D blast now
hey friend of ls mark, good job!
The end😂😂😂😂. I watched this late at night and laughed so hard that i woke some folks up😂
Im still waiting for the Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine video
You're as beautiful as the day I lost you
(Prototype crab in all his glory)
Dr. Robotnik’s mean bean machine was really good though
"The shocking character left out of the game.....*add plays* F I V E B I L L I O N
SplashDash is LS Mark, the video about the Alvin and the chipmunks scene in disaster movie is in this channel.
@Nelo BillsCantrell some people actually don't know
Hey i searched up ls marks second channel and this showed up
The 3d blast directors cut is essentially the same as MCC PC, while it fixed the majority of issues with its original release, at the end of the day its still the same flawed foundation no matter how much polish you give it, but mad props for actually improving what you can.
Soon it will be the fan game that's in the works
What a great outro
Splashing and dashing are my two favorite pastimes.
first time watching this channel really surprised me...
a Sonic-Focused RUclips channel made by a LS Mark is AMAZING!!!
You gained a subscriber!
Guys this is not LS Mark, this is CG James
I got good at mean bean machine. During college I would complete it every Monday when waiting for friends before dinner and evening events.
A personal complaint is that the Knuckles Special Stage theme was supposed to be different (the same one that would later become Pleasure Castle - Twinkle Park) so he could have made a 16 cover and re-implement it.
There wasn't enough space left on the cart, yea he managed to implement the crab but that was very small in Kilobytes.
@@Turbulation1
Oh ok.
@@Turbulation1How is space an issue when we have flash cartridges and emulators?
@@protocetid he made the romhack to work with original hardware in mind
And doing anything bigger would have essentially required porting the source code over which goes beyond the scope of what he was originally doing.
@@Turbulation1 You’re leaving out several key details, as a result your post is doing the opposite of clearing things up. Flash carts work on real hardware and ported to what exactly?
They already kind of made it before, with the arcade game.
01:37 Thought you were going to say Lost World then. That game always reminded me of Xtreme.
5:35 run that back 🤨
Weird self-hate for growing up with "3D: Flickies' Island." It's known in the continent that developed it (EU) and the country that invented Sonic (JAP) as that. It's 3D and it's on Flickies' Island. Tell me, what the hell is a "3D Blast"?
Bro i cant wait to see more of Prototype Crab
I grew up playing Sonic 3d Blast on PC.
I like the music better on that version.
Later on I bought the Gens version. Haven't played it yet.
Music is sooooo much better
0:43 care to explain how Flickies' Island is a 'retarded name'?
it takes place on an island predominantly inhabited by Flickies, you collect Flickies, the levels are set on said island, seems descriptive to me
Finally new Cybershell
I wish someone would make a mod that would replace the special stages with the Saturn ones. There's still no way to play those cool saturn special stages unless you spend like $150 for a saturn and a version of this game that doesn't even have a save feature or level select
Just emulate the Saturn version.
Sonic? Butch Hartman? This says LS Mark all over it
Sonic Blast or Sonic Drift 2 is probably the most forgotten sonic game
I still remember the pain when I bought this on day 1 for £45 from Electronics Boutique......
7:23 i mean makes sense.. but also not.
like, if that bothers you then don't collect all emeralds in angel island and done.
Can people stop shitting on Knuckles Chaotix? That's probably one of the most interesting spin offs.
I do wish that there was an option to have the Saturn graphics instead of the Genesis graphics.
It's still a genesis rom so nope.
I had whatever that mega sonic collection was on the ps2 when i was young and i played so many games like spinball and bean machine. I think 3d blast was on it, and it was my absolute favorite one.
Listen, I loved this game as a kid lmfao. I had the mega collection on GC and they had Flicki and 3D blast. And even tho me and my brother memed on it, I loved it lol. The flickies following you untill you get them in the ring was like crack to my child brain
I love how this SplashDash dude sounds like LS Mark is BY DEFAULT way cooler because he swears and says what's REALLY on his mind!