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Vangar, on 23 June 2015 - 05:55 PM, said:

Back in 2007 or so, the same thing happened to me - got a second-hand copy of Shenmue and disc 1 wasn't working. My local Blockbuster Video had a disc-cleaning service - usually cost £10, but they did it for free as they said 90% of the time it didn't work well on GD-ROMs as they're so sensitive even to minor damage. Popped the disc in when I got home and it worked flawlessly! = )

So yes - it might not work, but it's definitely worth a try as there's the possibility it could fix it for you.

It would be a reasonable assumption that no serious development has started yet given that they didn't have guaranteed funding, and that everything you see is composed of quick placeholders knocked up to have something to show on the Kickstarter page. I have no doubt the actual game will look nothing like what you currently see, and that the characters and environments will be better refined in terms of both graphical polish and resemblance to their Dreamcast/Xbox-era selves.

Dandaman, on 10 June 2015 - 07:25 AM, said:

The words "SoR Disassembly" do kind of give the game away. = P Very exciting, though! Would love to see proper disassemblies of the Streets of Rage games.

Wow, amazing scans there! Can't believe the clarity of those screenshots. When I think back to the one or two blurry screenshots we had back in the day, it's absolutely incredible that such clear material exists.

Is this scan the first that suggests that the old screenshot of a title screen with a black background, which has been floating around for donkey's years, could be from this build? The screenshot in this article has all of the same differences (ring extends down further, "SONIC" text is smaller), though has obviously been taken a second or two earlier than the old screenshot.

Really wish Mr. Naka had been able to include this in Mega Collection as he'd originally wanted - such a shame SEGA no longer had a copy. Saw someone mention drx might have a lead on this currently - if that information is accurate, then I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!

blueswirl, on 14 April 2015 - 09:17 AM, said:

Amazing news - sounds great. = ) Looking forward to the update and finally being able to enjoy this version of Sonic CD without onscreen controls! = D

Also glad Sonic 1 & 2 have been updated to fix the issues they were having with starting up - once I'm less busy again, I need to do a marathon through the remastered versions of all 3 games...!